THK BEE: OMAIIA, MONDAY, MARCH 6, lOlfi.
EYE-WITNESS TELLS
OF YERDUN ATTACK
French Observer Deicribei Km mere
of Oermsrn, Who Are Killed
' Fat a Are Been.
VERITABLE SLAUGHTER
PAM3. March 8. The French of
ficial eya witness tm the following
description of the defense, of the
Herbebols, three mile to the north
of Port Douaumont, where the great
battle of Verdun, began twelve days
ago: ; ' - .
"It tii on February 21, at 7:20
o'clock In th morning, that the Ger
mane began the preparation for their
attack. They unloosed a formidable
artillery fire on the position! which
they wished to capture and sheila of
all calibres fell like hail from those
cf ISO millimeters to 'hells of 305
millimeters.
"It vu a veritable drum fire of
an Intensity unknown till bow, and
thla drumfire played by series on
objective polnta selected for attacka.
A tone 600 meters broad and a kilo
meter deep for example, was pounded
In such fashion that the earth was
plowed up on the entire superficial
extent in mathematical fashion.
Lacrymosal shells and suffocating
gas shells were also employed by the
enemy to accentuate the moral ef
fect. Penetrate First Mae.
"However, despite thla formidable rain
of projectiles tha Oermans on tha flrat
day eueeeeded only In entering our flrat
Una of defense at Herbebols and taking
a amall supporting work of tha Una. It
waa a miserable result compared with tha
mechanical effort and tha human effort
which they had put forth against our ad
vanced Una of resistance, H waa then
that . my regiment waa called upon to
counter attack, and to try to recapture tha
' fh-at Una I oat. When I say Una, It muat
be understood that there were only soma
chaotic elements of trenches and fur
rows torn up with shell holes.
"At midnight, accordingly, on tha flat,
tha men ware In position and ware rather
' happy at having at the flrat moment of
, our appearance on the ground, taken sixty-three
prlaonera. who Beamed to be very
glad not to have to meaaure themaelvea
agalnat ua any further. They rubbed their
hands and seemed quite gay at tha
thought of having ended their share In
the war. Among theae prlaonera waa an
officer who. having tried to escape, waa
killed by tha eautry who was charged
with guarding them.
noekea Attack Again.
"Our center attack took plac on Feb
ruary 23 at 4:10 o'clock in tha morning.
Then tha bochea attacked again. No one
had the advantage In Ihia affair. Then
during the day there waa on both sides,
an unceaalng struggle with hand grenades
while some of our men strained every
effort, under tha protection of tha grenade
throwers, to consolidate our positions. At
this moment, we no longer had any nat
ural shelter. Herbebols Is covered with
tree atumpa, among which soma large
treea stand tip.
"On a depth of three te four hundred
meters behind Is ordinary undergrowth,
but the Germans had opened upon it a
terrible outpouring of projectiles and the
wood at certain places was transformed
into a clearing. It was neeeaaary there
tore to maneuver' through this confusion
by the climbing and crawling and to work
and rata barricades and to fill the shell
holes. It was snowing and I leave yon to
Imagine the endurance which our men
showed In the 'circumstances.
fleaew Their Offensive.
"During the court of the night of Feh
, i-uaiy a the Gorman renewed their uf
f "naive. A bombardment of amaxlng vio
lence and of a mortal prcdaioa did not
permit them, however, to advance an
Inch.. Whrn their infantry In turn ' at
tempted to atrlke, our men made them
, auffar aangulnary loaaea. It was Still
wora during the day of the lid. After
having once more copiously rained
shells on our lines, the Germans sent
against ua at leaet tha equivalent of a
S anation. Thla attack la a hod axcltaA
to the hlgheat degree the valor of our
men. Thar alghted tho Germans at fifty
' ' meters and under methcdlo volleys the
latter fell, howling In terrible fashion. It
waa a veritable massacre.
"Our To-milllmetre guns on their side
had executed a curtain fire, preventing
the enemy from retiring and very few
cf the oasaJUnl suelej in getting te
the rear. Almost all were left on the field
of battle. That did not prevent the Ger
mans from attacking ua once more dur
ing the day. but without any better suo
reca. Kill Theae as Fa at aa They Ceaae.
"Four of our grenadiera. pnettd at tha
entrance of a communication trench
which united' our eld firing trench now
occupied by the Germane with a aujv
eortlng t ranch which we still held, killsd
groups of the enemy as faat as they pre
sented themaalvea.
"They carried -on . this work for more
yian. twenty hours. During theae flghta
Was revealed once more tho warlike
ardor of the French. Despite the looses in
curred (almost all exclusively from artil
lery fire, -for In the Infantry engagements
we had constantly the uwer hand) their
morale did not waver for a moment. Our
troopera maneuvered aa during field prac
tice. They saw without a murmur their
comrades fall around them and they con
tinued their work aa quietly aa at exer
cise. One has reaaon to be proud of cont-
maiTnr attch mn.
. ' "At 4:i o'clock In the afternoon of
"ToLiruary 3, while we had not retired a
a1. file foot,-order was givan us to with
draw., carefully for the Varrtlle wood
having been taken, wa ran tha riak Of
being, surrounded. We waited for the
eight to come. Some of the men, when
they learned that they were to leave Iler-tje-tirB,
stopped, asked that they be al
lowed to die on the spot. Iloweverr
' iacdful adrtces obliged us to evacuate
and we had to reckon with the jrenerat
situation.
, Order te Fxeeated.
"TUa retircAient or oer was executed and
ve went ta take a position In front of
(ht 'Is Chsume wood, communicating with
the units on our right and left.
The defc-iee of HerteboU will ' cer
tainly remain one of the moat glorious
pf In the annals of our regiment
I, (..re tiiswi 8.M Oormtiti came In succes
sive wavee to smash themswlves against
out rente, although we were In a fighting
position f themoet disadvantageous kind.
Me voluntarily abandoned the- ground
whrr inindred and hundreds of German
c.,ri iowi-d sufficiently how effective
waa our tctunce. Neither the bon
tard netit, ttor tha snow, nor the dlffl-
I
ctiltlns of securing previsions, nor fatigue
eouM overcome the stubborn bravery of
ur Infantry. Pr thus holding firm In
this corner of Jlerbebole they for their
part contribute to win time for th ar
rival of tha necessary reeervee and thar
seriouely Interfered with tha edvanre of
tha Germans. It wsa eeerlflces of thla
kind repeated1 at numerous points on our
front which held back tha Mmr flood."
BILL PROVIDING FOR
POWERFUL ARMY IS
OFFERED IN SENATE
(Continued from Page One.)
l,onr fighting troops. The percentage
of men In each company or battery at
peace strength would be Increased In
the Intereats of efficiency and the full
war atrength would be fa.). The army
would conalst of sixty-five Infantry,
twenty-five cavalry and twenty-one field
artillery regiments In addition to the
staff and other special eorpe and the
coast artillery. The mobile army In
continental United estates would conalst
of fonr Infantry divisions and two
divisions of cavalry. Corresponding In
creases In the number ef general offloers
would be made and the rank and pay of
lieutenant general would be given to the
chief of staff.
The bill provides for complete reorgan
isation ef the army, legalising the or
ganisation now In force under depart
mental regulation. The appointment of
second lieutenants other than graduates
of the military academy are made pro
visional for two years before a commis
sion Is Issued.
Flzad at Bevem Tears.
Enlistment Is fixed at seven years-
four with the colore end three In reserve.
At the end of one year ef service effi
cient men may be discharged into the
reaerve on recommendation of their com-
mandera and at tha end of two years at
their own request. If approved. Reaerv
Ists would receive a minimum pay of 124
a year and the president would have au
thority te mobilise the reserve In actual
or threatened hostilities.
As an additional Inducement for re
cruits, prevision la made that men who
have completed six years' service In the
army may be examined by a board of
officera to determine the civil occupe
tlona for which they are qualified and
they will be' eligible to appointment to
civil service positions of that nature
without a civil service examination. The!
president also would have the power to
appoint one man from each regiment to
the military academy.
Reaerve Officers' Cerps.
The reaerve officers' (ralnln
would have senior and Junior grades es
tablished at civil educational Institutions
where military oouraes are provided with
an army officer detailed as instructor.
Tha senior grade units wnuM ha
at colleges and universities and the Junior
grades at high schools. Five hours a
wee, a would be -reoulred in tha uni..
grade and three in the Junior, devoted
to military training. Summer camps for
field training of the cadeta Would ba ftm.
vided by the government.
The regulations under which graduates
Would be appointed to tha raaerva iutn
are left to the president Such appointees
mui om at least n years of are end must
obligate themaelvea to serve for ten years,
n"r maximum la fixed at M.oto.
Left te Frceldeat.
The federal volunteer
tor In general language, leaving the whole
Question of enlistment, trsintns-
and the like to the discretion of the preel-
'ine clause 1 an amendment of
the volunteer act to permit organisation
ef gueh a force In peace times as welt
aa. war. The only restriction In numbers
is mat the rorce shall not exceed an
average of 00 for each consraaalnnai ti..
trlet, approximately JW.000 men tn all.
neguiar army pay would be provided for
both offloers and men during periods of
training. ,
Tre plan Is the continental army pro
posal In effect although the committee
decided to leave to the nmM.nt ih.
est possible latitude so that the require
ments or the service could be fitted to
the needs of each section f h ..,-
lndlvtduajly. jt is believed by framers
of the bill that this plan will offer the
best means of testing the possibility of
creatine an adequate volunteer army In
peace times, and the committee desired
to enact no regulations .which wnnM
hamper the experiments. The continental
Propose by secretary Oarrtien. com
mlttee members, thought was too definite
In many respects.
Umard Plan Adapted. '
For federalliatlon of the National Guard
the bill adopts with numerous nwvtiitr..
Ions the plan Brouoeed bv t Ha K t Inn at I
Guard association. The rate of pay for
officera, however, was set at fcO a year
for all of the rank of eantain nr aixv.
M for flrat lieutenants and certain
apecined slafr orfloers and tt for second
lieutenants. The association plan pro.
poeea mgner Pay for general afflcsra
. Enlisted men would receive pay on the
basis of one-fourth of the regular army
pay, and would contract an enhatm.
to serve the United States In tlma of
roe enlistment period te fixed at six
years, three with the colors and threa In
reserve, end organisation of the regular
army is prescribed. - Provision Is made
also for examination ef all offloers in.
pointed by aute authorities and for the
inclusion ef officers of the National
Guard in the personnel of the militia
division of the War department.
The National Guard provlalona of the
bill probably will be substituted by the
house provisions when the two bills reach
conference. The senate committee save
particular attention to the regular army
features, wmie the bouse mads tha
fedeialiaettou project Ita main ohJscU
ISInoe the same general outline la fol.
lowed In both bilia. the agreement will.
not be delayed. It Is thought
Republicans Lead
Every Lincoln Ward
(From' a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. March l (SpecUl.) A nether
week's registration In Llnooln dtacluses
that the republicans are still In the lead
on the registration books. Every pre
cinct In the city ahowa a republican ma
jority.
The total regiatry so faf disc loses the
following tlneup:
Republicans 1 rm
Itamocrats 1,9
i ruiuuKjuuisis
Kaclallsta
iTocreaatvae
topuluna
No party i
...... .....
omen
Total
. i.iu4
-j ma w scout half the registration aa
it should be if all take advantage of the
Pi'o it unity.
Secret Service Men
the Exact Time of the Wedding
The Bee's own private Fhelock Holmee
gumshoed Into the office of the United
Statee attorney and fixed "Dave" Dickin
son, private secretary, with a beelllak eye.
"Anything doing V he asked.
"Not a thing," said "Pave." as osua!.
The repnrtoruvl Sherlock pointed a atern
forefinger at "Dave" and. In a lawyer-for-the-defenae
voice, demanded:
"Are you sure there will be nothing do
ing today?"
"Nothing that I know of," was the
steady reply.
Here comes the big scene now.
"A rent you going to be married ta-
dayr
The words echoed like the hark of a
machine gun. But "Dave" didn't flinch.
Steadily he looked Into the clear, honest
eyes of his accoser.
"I certainly em not" he asserted, Just
like that.
Bhertocko was nonplussed or something.
But only for a moment Then
"How about .tomorrow?" he demanded.
Phelps County Road -.
Officials Banquet
HOL.DBEOB. Neb., March l-fpeeUa
Every township In this county was rep
resented y two or more men at a "bet
ter roeds" meeting In thla city yester
day. The meeting waa called by the
County Board of ftuperviaora, road over
seers and township board members, com
posing the attendance. Ideas were ex
changed and uniform methods of mak
ing and maintaining roads were adopted.
Much enthusiasm was shown by those
present, and it is expected that the
county's highways will benefit in no
small measure from this meeting.
Those . attending the meeting and tha
Holdrege council of the N. C. T., Hold-
re ge Commercial club for the noon meal
and In the evening they were Invited
to a amoker and "get-together meeting"
of the club. More than SftO persona at
tended this. After refreshments had
been served, Frank I. Ringer of Llnooln.
secretary of the Nebraska Manuafctur-
ers' eaaoclatlon, addressed the meeting
on Community Building." He spoke for
an hour, giving the businessmen and
farmers many excellent Ideas. His talk
waa followed by short speches by C 1 w.
McConaugby, F. A. Dean. A. O. Orrln
and A C. Newland of this city. Senator
J. M. Orece of Mascot and Secretary
Blake of the Hastings Chamber of Com
merce. SHAHAN MAKES REPORTS
ON WEST STATE JAILS
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. March 6.(Special.)-Kelth
county has a mighty poor Jail, poorly
ventilated and without an outside en
trance. . It is situated in the basement
of the court house at Ogallala and If a
fire should break out prisoners could
hardly escape. It was condemned hy the
grand Jury In 1911. but it is still tn use.
Such Is the report of 3. W. Bhahen, sec
retary of the Board of Charity and Cor
rections ef the state to the governor,
ernor. . . ;
Keith county has a smalt poor farm.
which brings fn a rental dttW a year
and paya the auperintedent of the farm
110 per month for hoarding prisoners.
though there are none at the present
time. .
The Deuel county .Jail, according to
Mr. Shaban. Is a fine one and modern
In every way. It la ln,elde the new court
bouse built last year. Deuel county has
no poor farm.
The Cheyenne county Jail at Sidney
la a good Jail and divided Into male
and female apartments. There la but
one prisoner at the present time. The
county has aa unimproved eighty-acre
tract of land for.oor farm uses, out
no buildings upon It
The Kimball county Jail ahouldbecon
demned. according to Mr. Shahan. It Is
situated In the basement of a frame court
house, heated with a stove and has no
closets. Sentiment of the people of the
county Is for a new court house. There
Is no poor farm.
, t
BRYAN MEN GET CHARGE
OF NEW CLUB OFFICERS
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
L1XCOI-N. March .-(SpecUL)-Un-
coln anti-Bryan domocre ta fell asleep at
the switch last night and as. a conse
quence the new Lancaster County Demo
cratle club waa organised with an all
Bryan set of officers.
Formation of the club waa first pro
posed by the anti-Bryan crowd. Every
thing went off all right at the prelimi
nary meeting, but last night at the Lin-
dell hotel the Bryan'crowd put one over
on the antls, by getting Into the room
first and occupying most of the chairs,
leaving the anUs out In the hall. While
the leaders ef the movement.were down
In the lobby wondering what they could
do to unhorae the Bryan crowd the lat
ter- put across the election and took the
offices.
It is now understood tbat the antls will
call another meeting and tell how it hap
pened, look the altuation over and form
another club, which they will call the
Real Democratic club. And In thla way
the harmonious situation In democratlo
ranks wilt continue.
lawTsaea Win freaa Hhlekley.
LAWRENCE. Neb.. March (.-(Special.)
Lawrence High school debating team
won the flrat debate tn the southern dis
trict from Shlckley Friday evening. Law.
ranee had the affirmative of the question.
"lUeolved. That congress ehould adopt
the recommendations of the secretaries
of war and navy for Increased arma
ment." The affirmative speakers were
Bural Haines, Walter Stelter and Vlda
Barrett: the negative speakera. Rodger
Bergqutst. Jennie Krthunt and Roy
Kempf. The Judges were Prof. Barnes,
Mtndsn: Prof. J. a. T. H anion, Hastings,'
ana rror. c. A. Novak. Superior.
Jeha Mettrath Dies Saddssl.
TABLE ROCK. Neb.. March X (.
ciai.H-jonn McUrath. a resnected eltlaan
or Ht. Bridget southeast ef here across
the stste line, died verv suddanlv Frt
day Bight. He oomplalned ef a severe
pain tn his chest and before a doctor
or neip ox any kind could be summon.
he waa dead, hla wife and one ehikd
with Mm at the time. He was burled
In St Bridget cemetery baalda i
graves ef the six children, whe met their
oeatn eome years age by drowning.
Threw Off Co 14a sal Ptmi c.i
When you feel a eold corning on. take
Laxative. Bromo Quinine. It . removes
eeuae ef Colda and Grip, epnly em
"Bromo Qutnlne." ' E. jr. Grove s signs
ture on box. tic. Advertisement
Cannot Find
"And not tomorrow, either." aald truth
ful "Dave" "tin my word of honor."
i "Any time within the next week?" de
manded hie merciless Inquisitor.
Aha, here he had him. "Dave" hesi
tated. "Well." he remarked, "1 won't say any
think about a week, but you can depend
on It I won't be married today or to
morrow." "Dave's" engagement wl the young lady
Who worka In tho next office haa been
known eome time and his apeclal cronies
have been Donating that If he can get
married without their knowing It they'll
acknowledge his cleverness with fifty
bucks worth of silver.
A chap whose Initials are H. M. and
Who Is In the government secret service,"
but whose name we wouldn't mention for
worlds, tipped us- off to this false tip
hout "Dave."
This chap seems to be getting a bit
nervous about that fifty bucks worth of
sliver, eh, what?
Former Table Rock
- Woman Is Dead
TABLE ROCK, Neb., March . (Fpe-
clal.V Word has reached here of the
death at her home In Sen Diego, Cat.,
yesterday of Mrs. Nancy Murphy, the
widow ef Charlea H. Murphy, who died
a few weeks since, who was an old aol-
dier of the Alxth Iowa regiment In the
civil war. The Murphy family lived
here many years from 161 to 1WS. go
ing from here te Grand Island, from
there to Genesee, Idaho, and later to
Pan Diego. Mra Murphy waa a daugh
ter of Henry Freeman, who died In
U92. and a sister ef Harry Freeman, Gil
bert Freeman and W. H. Freeman, and
Mrs. Jake Layman of Pawnee City, and
Mrs. A. E. Lane of Hennessey, Okl.
HORRIBLE HARVEST HAND
KNOCKED CUT BY STOKER
TECUMSEH, Neb.. March S. (Special.)
A bunch -of Tecumaeh fans went to
Johnaon last evening, to witness the box
lag contest between Ellis Gay of this
city and John Maaur of Veata. Masur,
a former farmer boy, has been doing
a little eeml-profeaalonal boxing over
the state of late, devoting much of his
time to the art. He was heralded as
the "horrible harvest hand," and It was
anticipated that he would make Gay
work pretty hard, if he did not floor
him. Gay Is fresh from five .years of
training on a United States training ship.
He was a stoker and later asslstsnt engi
neer, and had the reputation of Jelng
the handiest man on the vessel with the
mils. The bout was advertised for four
rounds', but there was Just one reel.
Gay landed heavily upon Maaur from
the go, knocking him completely out In
the flrat round, the harvest hand admit
ting he was out of his class.
BRYAN SAYS PROHIBITION
IS ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN
YORK. Neb., March B. (Special Tele
gram.) W. Bryan delivered an address
on municipal Improvements at the Toung
Men's Christian association, this ' after
noon.
The speaker reviewed conditions from
both a moral and economic standpoint, aa
they exist tn many of the cities of the
country and advised organisation among
the Toung Men's Christian association
business men, and those opposed tq the
liquor traffic to improve city government
by driving out the had Influence and
throttling the menace ef public service
corporations.
Mr. Bryan contended that the para,.
mount Issue ef the campaign this year
was prohibition.
Mr. Bryan ' confined his remarks to
municipal and state government and did
not touch on national politics or mention
his own candidacy for nomination for
governor.
YORK COLLEGE' PRESIDENT
BUYS BUSINESS COLLEGE
TORK. Web.. March (.-(Special Tele-
gram.) C. W. and W. W. .Buckley, who
have conducted the Turk Business col
lege for the last ten years, have eold
their college and equipment to President
M. McLaughlin of Tork college, for a
reported consideration of f3Q00, posses
sion to be given en June 1.
The college will be conducted separate
from Tork college, of which Mr. Mc
Laughlin Is prealdenU Whether he wilt
resign as president of York college Is
not known at this time.
Jade BfeWal "Will File.
TABLE ROCK. Neb.,' March (.-(Special.)
It Is announced that County Judge
J. R. McNalr will be a candidate for
the democratlo nominatldn for state sen
ator from this senatorial district at the
primary next month. Pawnee county
has not furnished a candidate en either
the democratlo er republican ticket since
the county waa set ever with Gage
In the senatorial district C. H. Car
mlchael has filed for county commis
sioner la the first commissioners district,
on the democratlo ticket and George
a Bedea en the republican ticket Both
of the latter are from Table Rock pre
cinct Judge' McNalr Is from. Pawnee
City precinct. - . . .,
Colfax PUIaa-a.
SCHtTLER, Neb., March (.(Special.)
The following have filed for office:
John R. Henry, .democrat for state sen
ator from the Tenth senatorial d atrlct;
George W. Smith, democrat county
treasurer; Jess I Woods, republican,
clerk . of the district court: Frank C.
Bchuls, democrat, clerk of the district
court: Walter C, Hronek. democrat,
county attorney; A. W. Biudelar, demo
crat county aaaeasor; P. F. Tuliy. demo
crat county clerk, and W. Hugh
Fletcher, republican, county clerk.
Mreeter Day In Aarwsw.
AURORA, Nab., March (. (rtpeelal.V
Streeter day will be one of the annual
events in Aurora If the plans ef the
Aurora Commercial clue are carried eut
Plana are now being worked eut for an
annuel celebration In honor of the man
whose wealth went te this city in the
establishment of the splendid Streeter
park, whioh haa lust become the property
of Aurora.
Bekari Barker Killed.
PLATTBWftUTH, Neb March, (.(Spe
cial.) Robert Barker, for a number, ef
years a clttaea of Plattaraouth, and mere
recently a reatdent ef Mynard and vi
cinity, waa el moat blatantly killed la
California by being atrack by a limited
I flyer of the Southern Pacific
BORDEN PUT ON OFFICIAL
Corporation Officer Must Hot Use
Secret Information Against
Stockholders.
DECISION IH THE JAQ.U2TH CASE
I From a ftaff Correspondents
LINCOUV .March R. (Special.) A pres
ident or manager of a. corporation who
la also a director and stockholder Is lia
ble to any stockholder if he puprhasae
stock of auch stockholder at a leaa price
than he afterwards Bella It for If he
makes the deal knowing that he can sell
at an advance.
Thla la the opinion cf the supreme court
In a caae brought by Anee Jaqulth
against Edgar Mason, administrator, and
others.
Sometime prior to October, . the
plaintiff, owning M. shares of stock of
the face value of M0 each of the Un
derwriters' Insurance .company, placed
the same In the hands of a stock broker
named Burns for sale. Burns sold the
stock for ITS per share. Later the stock
was sold to Montgomery for H10 a share.
The plaintiff brought suit against the
president alleging that he Joined in the
deal for the transfer of. the stock, and
asked for the difference between' f? and
1110. The high court upholds the district
court of Douglas county, which gave the
plaintiff the full amount aued for,
amounting to IT, 085.
It takes but a minute ot time to save
dollars when you read The Bee Want Ad
columns.
VERDUN BATTLE
STILL IS A DRAW
(Continued from- Page One.)
was carried out by six regiments ad
vancing In close formation.
French machine guns did gruesome
execution in the mass and French In
fantry held carefully under power until
the advancing force approached the
trenches, leaped out to meet the onrush
with cold steel.' The fighting was fin
ished In a few minutes. The Germans
retired, leaving hundreds torn and tangled
In the barbed wire entanglements.
As the battle proceeds, the stratAgy ot
General Petaln French, commander at
Verdun Is being compared more and more
carefully with that of General Castelnau
In the battle ef Nancy.
Strategy fleeeeaeral.
General Petatn's withdrawal te the
Douaumont plateau waa like e General
Caatelnau'a withdrawal to the plateau of
Amance, away from the heaviest blows
of the adversary to a dominating position
from which all efforts failed to dislodge
him. French officers predict eGneral
Fetain's strategy will have the same re
sult eo that the Germans will be com
pelled to seek a decision somewhere else
cn the front. . -
t '
More Than
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should be demanded in a table beverage.
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flavour for some, bnt it contains a most harmful cle
mentcaffeine, a subtle, cumulative drug, the con
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GERMAN RAIDER
M0EWE LANDS IN
PORT WITH GOLD
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then made known tbat the itoeee had
sunk five more steamships off the coast
of BrffBl.
The Saxon Prlnee and Maronl prob
ably were raptured by the Moewe on its
way back to Oermany as their sailing
dates show they were both on the high
sees toward the nd of February.
Identity Still In PnsM.
The Identity of tbe Moewe has not
been established here definitely. Prlaon
era from captured ships, which were
transferred to the Went burn, said on
their arrival at the Canary Island, that
the Moewe'a guns were smaller than
seven Inches. According to one report.
It was formerly a tramp steamship, one
of several which had been fitted out with
guns as commerce raiders. Tbe last
previous report of the Moews was that
It parted company with the Westburn
on February t.
Count Von Dohna, the Moews's com
mandar. belongs to the Schlodien or
Bilealan branch of hV family, which is
headed by Prince Richard . Von Dohna.
He formerly commanded the gunboat
Talng-Tau In the China seas. It was
reported last month that the count was
In command cf t he German raider
Pongs, which was said to have made
ita way out of Kiel several weeks ago.
DEATH RECORD.
Mra. Isabella Bssssa.
worth PLATTE. Neb.. March I. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Isabella Bannon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bklnner of this city,
died at the home of her parents cm West
Fourth street late Friday, ueatn was
caused from consumption from wtiiah
the young woman had been a euiierer
for but a short time. The funeral was
held Bunday afternoon from the Metho
dist church of this place.
II. Kalkwarf,
CRETFl Neb., March S. (Special Tele
gram.) H. Kalkwarf. a young farmer
living east of Crete, died Saturday morn
ing at I o'clock. Mr. Kalkwarf was 3
year old. He will be burled Tuesday, the
services being held from the German
Lutheran church.
Wolf Hist ta Cass.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., March 8. (Spe
cial.) Three hundred enthusiastic hunt
era In a wolf roundup yesterday Just
west of Plattemouth killed an even halt
dosen of the pests, which have been
committing depredations In the farm
yards recently. The crowd surrounded
five miles and came to the center, driving
the wolves before them. One large and
vicious looking wolf ran the gauntlet of
a number of shots and was not hit by
any. though many whom he "got by"
were poaing as crack shots. Another hunt
will occur in a few days.
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