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MOTHER OBJECTS TO
SON ENTERING ARMY
flan to Release Former Mar
"mal of Scribner, Held on
Charge of Intoxication,
Stopped by Parent.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special
; Telegram.) Arrangements .had been
. made by the local authorities for the
release of Tom Clements, former
Scribner marshal, who pleaded guilty
to a charge of drunkenness at Fre
mont last Saturday. The plan was
to release him on the promise that
he enlist in the army. Clements was
preparing to leave the jail when hi$
mother came from Scribner and en
tered a protest on the ground that he
his her only support. Mrs. Clements
objected to her son enlisting.
Clements was relieved of his star
and club Thanksgiving day,' when he
engaged in a fisticuffs with a citizen
lie later secured another weapon and
defied the citizen until officers arrived
from Fremont. He is being held in
jail here pending further' action;
Pioneer Resident of Beatrice
Dies at Old Soldiers' Home
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special.)
airs. R. J. Kilpatrick yesterday re
ceived a letter from Captain C, L.
Brewster of .Company C at Camp
Cody, acknowledging the receipt of
135 comfort bags sent to the soldiers
from Beatrice Red Cross chapter.
J, W. Carpenter has been appointed
agent for the Adams Express com
pany at this place. Lou Steece was
also checked in as cashier to succeed
Charles Chapin, who has enlisted in
the army,- '. "
Mrs. H. R. Thomas, a pioneer resi
dent of Beatrice who had been living
at the Soldiers' home at Milford for
the last few years .with her husband,
died there yesterday. The body was
brought here for interment. She is
survived by her husband and seven
sons. . y. V.v. '
,C E. Beinerf, merchant ( at Wy
more, who was seriously injured Sup
day by falling down a chute in Mel
Rawlings' ' e house, was reported
slightly improved last night. .
A home guard" has been organized
at Crab 'Orchard by the ejection of
L$n Spence, captain; F. E. Brown,
first lieutenant; John Cullen, second
lieutenant"-.. --
The home of George Smith was
damaged by fire Sunday night. The
Joss was, $200... v , . - .. , .
W. H. Bowman, farmer and stock,
raiser. living north of Beatrice, re
ports biff yield of corn. ' One field L
is Droducinjr' .70 bushels ner acre, an-
j; otner ou ana a third 45 bushels.
,J John Johnson and Henry Frerichs
were up before the County Defenst
X' Council last night for alleged dis--)
loyal, remarks. At the close of the,
Vi hearing they were paroled.- (A reso
' lutton was passed by the Council of
" " Defense pledging the support of the
county , to the government in the war.
Survivor of Alabama r -
Is Dead at Fremont
' Fremont, s Neb., Dec. 4.-(Special
Telegram.) John kossengren, who
died at his home here at the age of
81 . yean,. s believed to be the Jast
i survivor of the crew that manned the
J confederate battleship Alabama at the
time it was sunk in its fight Qft" the
; coast of. France with the Kearsage. .
't Mr. Rosengren was assistant gun
tier and fired some, of the last snots
as the Alabama was sinking.
!' He stood in the water to his Ipiecs
' during the last few minutes he'was on
tiie deck and for several minutes after
lie went into the water does not re
member, what took place." He and
ether mf mbe'l of the ; rew were
picked up by an English yachf. Rosen
gren was in a London hospital for
ipveral weeks. He was a native .of
Denmark and enlisted in the confed-
M erate navy at the Cape of Good Hope.
".' He came to Fremoht in 1872 and had
r,- 4in ce made his home here. His wife
nd six children are the close surviv
i., ; in g relatives. , . -
S Frontier County Society '
IHOlds Annual Meeting
Stockvillc, Js'eb., Dec 4. (Special.)
The 31st annual meeting of the
Frontier Cpunty Agricultural society,
was held at the court house Saturday
afternoon.. The reports of the sec
retary and treasurer, showed all hills
y retary ana treasurer, snowea an hills
aid and a cash balance of $30.38. The
h tollowing offcers were elected for the
H coming year-
( President, Robert Watkins; vice
h president, lames T, Bailey; treasurer,
fi A. G. Williams.- secretary. Gcorsre 1.
( Dold; general superintendent, j. A.
Lynch; superintendent speed, Joe H.
directors, Earl O. Riley, V. E. i'al
"""""Ther,' Edward Ryan, Otto Gugelman,
Edward Grous; delegate to the State
Board of Agriculture, L. H. Cheney.
itoyer Goods Stolen ' v
i: l In Homes of Fremonters
Fremont, Neb Dec. 4. (Special
Telegram.) Sheriff Condit and Chief
f Police, Welton were at Omaha to
lay where they recovered a quantity
. f jewelry and other valuables stolen
- trom the homes of Mrs. William D.
' ) Fried and A. R. Congdon Thanksgiv
ing evening. Frank Marks, who con
fessed the burglaries, had been taken
r.utjn custody at Omaha following his
V-t breakintr into a residence on West
iV.tFarnant fitreet. He pleaded guilty to
' i . r 1. i n i
, uie snargc 9 vniana anu wm ,oe
sentenced there. Marks told the Fre-
monters that he pulled two jobs at
' Colunjbus and one at Kearney on his
.-'way to Fremont. He says his home
ts m i-os ngcies. ? ,
W. J. Higgins of Schuyler .
l Shot by Renter on Farm
- Broken Bow. Neb.. Dec 4. (Spt
al Telegram.) William J. Higgins
s,- of Schuyler was thot and seriously
wounided yesterday afternobtt by S.
r ; E.Majors on the Higgins farm about
y,.ItJ miles, west o; Merna, m this coun1
wv ty. Majors was a renter on the Hie
i","'-; gins place.. There is said to have been
."Vbad blood .between the two for some
i - lime.'; Botn parties are well advanced
,1,V,7,y Veats. The shooting was dopa
ifr .; ftith a shotgun. Higgins was taken
t: aicrna iwr ireaimeni. rrosecuior
- Kelltf issued a warrant : for fair'
arrest . and . had him brought to
, Broken Bow late in the afternoon.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
RAILWAY BOARD
MEMBERS GO EAST
Important Hearings Involving
Rates Will Be Held Soon in
Washington; Freight Ad
vance Up.
'From a Staff Corrcupondent.)
j Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special.)
j Rate Clerk U. G. Powell and Spe
, cial Counsel LaMaster of the state
railway commission, left today for
Washington to represent Nebraska
in the express cases which come up
before the Interstate Commerce com
mission on December 10. There will
be a conference of representatives of
tne western states on December 7.
Railway Commissioner Hall will
leave tomorrow for Washington to be
present at the Isewlnnds heanncr on
Saturday, t. Thja is a hearing covering
national control of state and inter
state railroads, the committee having
been in sessioiv tor about two vears
The hearing on the application of a IS
per cent advance m freight rates,
which will come before the Interstate
Commerce commission ofi December
17, will also be attended by the rcpre
sentatives ot the state commission.
Son of York Man Suffers
broken Leg in Auto Crash
York, Neb'., Dec. 4. (Special.)
Lindsay I. C. Barr and Gladvs H.
Tucker, both of York county, were
married at the Fresbyterfan par
sonage by Rev. Elmer E. Emhoff.
Yesterday morning a car driven by
A.'H, Wood ran over a little son of
R. R. Newman, breaking a leg and
badly cutting and bruising him about
the head and face.
'The Knights of Columbus have a
service flag flying from their lodge
room. There are eiht stars on the
flag representing eight 'members of
the lodge who have enlisted m the
war. This lodge was asled to raise
$1,000 for the Knights of Cottmbus
war fund. It has raised $1,250. i
Quite a number of farmers are los
ing hogs in different parts of the
County. Careful examination has
been made and all that caft be found
is lungs being inflamed, which de
noted pneumonia.' v
, J. A. Langford of Ewing, Mo., fa
ther of Mrs. Louis Chobar, wife of
Louis Chobar, who shot and killed
Ai.ert Blender on the night before
Thanksgiving, at his home in the
northwest part of this county, arrived
in the city Monday, and will probably
take his daughter to his home in Mis
souri. Mr. Langford says there , is
no doubt but jealously was the cause
of Chobar'g rash act.
Orleans' Red Cross Workers
Make Secpnd Shipment
Telegram.) The Red. Cross knitting
aivision nas maue us second ship
ment of finished articles, making a
total of 44 sweaters, 22 scarfs, 11 pairs
of wristlets, nine pairs of , cocks and
one helmet. The meetings are held
every Friday at the Cordelia B. Pres
ton library, and the yarn is checked
out there .every day during library
hours.- i . : ...i -;.: ;. v,
Aurora Banker Dies at
Home of Acute Indigestion
Aurora, Nib., Dec. 4. (Special
telegram.) J. t. tiausman, cashier
of the Bradshaw State bank, died sad
denly last night of acute indigestion.
He fins lived here 20 years. He for
merly was cashier of the First Na
tional bank here.
American Casualties'
! With Canadian Forces
Ottawa, Onr.,- Dec. 4, The names
of the following Americans appear in
a Canadian overseas casualty list is
sued' here today: ' "
Wounded W. M. Bennett, - Butte,'
Mont. . r
Gassed ATL. Day, Arlington, S. D.
Daughter of Mayor Dahlman
- Arrives From San Domingo
Mrs, Austin J. Collett arid younger
son, Jim-arrived Tuesday from San
Domingo to visit her parents, Mayor
and Mrs. ; James -Gi Dahlman. The
I older Collett boy has been with his
grandparents for some time. ,
Mrs; Charlotte Smith Well
, Known Reform Worker, Dead
BostonMass., Dec' 4. Mrs. Giar
lotte Smith, well known as a reform
worker, died here last night of pneu
monia. Mrs. Smith was president of
the Woman's Homestead association,
the Woman's Board of Trade and the
Woman's Rescue league.
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THE BEE: OMAHAr WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1917
Demands Ham on 'Meatless' Day;
Arrested for Disturbing, Peace
Lincoln,' Neb., Dec. 4 Because it was said he had made vigorous
protest at a hotel and several restaurants in Fremont, Neb., today when
he could not obtain, meat on "meatless" day, H. C Naubrand, , salesman,
who says hrs home is in Connecticut, is held here on request of the Fre
mont police, who asked his arrest on a charge of disturbing the peace.
Officers from Fremont are on their way here t3 take Neubrand back to that
city to answer the charge.
Neubrand. demanded "ham and eggs" for breakfast, saying that as an
American he had that privilege. On his arrival in Lincoln he was met
by the police, taken before the state council of defense and then lodged
in jail, awaiting the arrival of the Fremont officers.
Mrs. Minnie Boyer Davis Creates j
, Scene in Suffrage Convention
One delegate did a great deal to
ward mussing" up the general serenity
of the annual Nebraska suffrage con
vention in Omaha Monday. Her name
is Mrs. Minnie Porter Boyer Davis,
of Holt county,; Nebraska, but repre
senting herself to be a delcgate-at-large.
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Mrs." Davis said ' she came to the
convention with the express purpose
of urging the convention to take a
iiana repumatinf? mc national wo
Loyal Legion of Loggers :
Protects Spruce Lumbering
Portland, Ore., Dec. , 4. Colonel
Bryce P. Disque, U. S. A., director
of spruce production in the northwest,
announced today that the first con?
tingent of troops for service in get
tin or out airplane stock had arrived
at Vancouver barracks- coming from
Fort Custer, Utah. Actual operations
of the spruce production bureau will
be begun before the end ot this week,
Colnnpl Disnuc said, and it is ex
pected the maximum production of
10.000,000 feet a month will be at
tained within a few weeks. '
Organization of the Loyal .Legion
of Lowers and Lumbermen is pro
ceedirig rapidly in the lumbering and
logging districts from the southern
Oregon line to Canada; according to
reports received by Colonel Disque.
Officers from his bureau are directing
the organization work, which has the
approval , of the , .secretary ot war
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German Raider Reported
Off South Mexican Coast
San Francisco. Cal.. Dec. 4. What
a ship's captain believed to be a Ger
man raider operating in the Pacific
and trying throught flares in imita
tion ot a Durning vessel io attract us
intended victims, has been reported
by him in a letter to friends today.
1 he letter, made public here toaay,
said: ; i '
"We were warned by wireless. to
ook out for a raider that might em
ploy strange methods. About, 100
miles south of Acapulco at night we
saw, a flare in the sky and soon, saw
what lacked like a tig ship on ! fire.
'"But beine warned.' J kept oni our
course ana watched the tire caretuiiy.
soon i noticed tne tire i was s too
steady and that there were other
lights blinking around it. I made a
full report when I arrived . af our next
port;" ' . j
Fire on Water Front in ' ' ;.
New York Causes Big Loss
New York, Dec. , 4. Four large
buildings at" the Morse Dry Dock and
Repair company, an. the SiSuth Brook
lyn water i front, were destroyed by
fire tonight with an estimated loss of
$1,000,000. The origin of the fire is
unknown. - United States soldiers on
duty at the plant, declared that the
fire started suddenly in the .carpenter
shop, where' hundreds of men were
working, and then quickly spread to
other buildings.
Federal and city, authorities today
began an investigation to. determine,
if possible, whether-enemy plotters
were responsible for the fire Which
last night destroyed several acres of
buildings of the plant of the E. W.
Morse Dry Dock and Repair. com
pany on the Brooklyn water Jfront.
The company was engaged in execut
ing government cou'.racts. T!ie loss
was estimated at more than $j00,000.
Boy Found Dead on Track.
, Glenwood, Ia" Dec. 4. (Special.)
Archie Moore, pupil of the Glen
wood High school, was .found, dead
near the Burlington track one-half
mile east of Glenwood early this
morning. He had been sent home '.
from school.at 10. yesterday. At about
11 o'clock he -was- seen walking east
by section men on the Burlington
road. Whether , or not an inauest
will be held is not known at this
time. He was 17 years of age. His
father died several years ago. .
man's parry and' its picketing and
militant policy.
Convention members deemed it un
necessary on the ground that the Na
tional Suffrage association had alreadv
taken this stand, whereupon a parlia-t
mentary wrangle ensued, during which !
the state president, Mrs. W. h: Bark
Icy, asked, Mrs. Davis to relinquish
the floor-
This Mrs. Davis declined to do.
"Vqu are out bf order, madame presi
dent," she declared. "The convention
ii out of order. I hve the floor, Ii
have the floor," she maintained. j
Mrs. Barkley proceeded with the
regular order of convention business,
but : Mrs. Davis continued to hold
forth, pacing the floor of the assembly
room in the Young Woman's Chris
tian association, where the convention
was held, repeating, "I have the floor,
madame president."
Some of the members got up and
left. '
Mrs. Davis denounced the suffra
gists for retaining Mrs. W. E. Hardy
of Lincoln, treasurer of the state so
ciety, on account of her affliation with
the woman's party. "It is double
dealing," she said. . '
You Get Better Cough f '
it at Home
VTTmt't mora, yon MTejihont It bf
. It. Easily made and oosto UtUo,
You'll never really know what a fine
couch syrup you can make until you
iirrimre un minous Home-made remedy.
You not only save $2 as compared with
tlio ready-mado kind, but you will also
hayd a more effective and dependable
remedy In every way. It overcomes the
usual couchs. throat add chesfc mlila in
24 hours relieves even whooping coujra
quickly. : !.: ; . .,r .;.
Get 2 W Ounces of Pinnx lm ml
worth) from any good drug store, pour
it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle
with plain granulated auirar ivrtin.
Here VOU have ' a full mint a. fnmiW
eupply of the most effective cough
BvniD that moner can bnv at a. mat Af
cnly 65 ents or less. It never spoils.
The prompt nd positive results given
Th'avo caused it to be usedf in more homes
huh il u'MKn nr. TAannr .Miinn cttwi.rt
than any other remedy.. It squickly
loosens a drv. Jioarsa nr iiVlit mnah
heals the inflamed membranes that line
the throat and bronchial tubes, and re
lief comes almost immediately. Splen
did for throat tickle, hoarseness, bron
chitis, croup and bronchial asthma,
Pin ex is a highlv concentrated com
pound of genuine Norway pine extract,
and has been. used for srenerations for
turinti, ana cuesc aiunew
tr Alan, a mmrttrtf aa nff honlnf.i anf.
iaf action or money promptly refunded,
roes with this Drenaration. The Pinex
Co.. IV Wayne, Id. , . ,
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Salesman Said to Have Created
Row Because Refused Meat
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special
Telegram.) Sheriff Condit went to
Lincoln this forenoon to take in cus
tody and bring to Fremont H. C.
Neubrand, traveling salesman, want
ed here on a charge of disturbing the
peace. Neubrand is alleged to hate
visited four ; hotels and restaurants
earjv Tuesday, mornin awl dc:"a"''
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Aurora Man Likes Army Life
Aurora. Neb.. Dec. 4. (Special.)-
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