Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 27, 1915, Page 3

Nebraska l t " 'BRYAN APTER THE CREDIT? Something of Row on in Lincoln | Over Honors for Getting Dol- lar Gas. MANY VIEWS ON THIS QUESTION (From a Staff Correspondent.) ) LINCOLN, April 28.—(Special.)—=The city { election fight In Lincoln continves to grow interesting. While it is generally | due the credit for bringing about the agreement for $1 gas with the sas com- | pany, Charles W. Bryan is elaiming that | glory and every effort is being ms fe to |‘make votes for Brother Charlie on that proposition | Opponents of Mr. Bryan charge tia: W. | M. Morning, who was the special coun- | sl for the city in the gas litigation, hnew | that $1 gas had been agreed upon, or was | likely to be agreed on, and tippel the | proposition off to Mr. Bryan, his personal &riend, and that Mr. Bryan took the mate ter in hand and issued his famous mani- | tegto demanding that $1 gas be given the | people. Now a letter is being sefit by a bunch of patriots who, for some reason, are backing Mr. Bryan, in whicn they claim all the glory for $1 gas for Mr. Bryan and a lot of other things for which { it is claimed by some he is just as much entitled to. “The letter is signed by Ches- | ter H. Aldrich, Elliott Lowe, Geo'ge A. Adams, E. D. Beach, J. 8. Ewart and B G, Maggi. It fs claimed that Mr. Bryan, it elected mayor, will force the gas company to pay ! back to gas consumers all they have paid { In past years over and above the $1 now to be charged. CRAWFORD DEDICATES ITS NEW CITY HALL CRAWFORD, Neb., April %.—(Special.) =“The new city hall was thrown open to the public here Saturday evening and many of the citizens took advantage of the opportunity to inspect the new build- ing. The bullding is thoroughly modern in every detail, being provided with nu- merous lavatories, drinking fountyins, shower baths for the firemen, ete. The bullding is Crawford's pride, pro- viding rooms for mayor, city clerk and other officlals, besides firemen, public li-| brary and Chamber of Commerce. The tuilding eost $15,000. The people's party gave a banquet Fri- day night in honor of the newly elccted city officers, namely,. Arah L. Hupger- ford, mayor; C. L. Leithoff and Warren E. Barnum, councilmen, some 1% of Crawford's citizens being in attendunce. It was called a ‘‘get-to-gether” banquet for a bigger and better Crawford and Was a pronounced success. The third annual session of tos R bekah district meeting of northwest Ne- out ( F : ) conceded that to City Attorney Foster ul THE BEE: OMAHA, TURSDAY, APR IL 27, 1915, 3 JUSTICE ANDREWS of the New York supreme court, who is hearing the libel suit started against Theodore Roosevelt. Case Where Money May Be Paid With (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 2%.—(Special)—It has been discovered that the legislature made no appropriation for the payment of the salary of the state ‘librarian. Heretofore an appropriation of $1,500 has been made, which went to Harry iLndsay, who holds that position in addition to that of clerk of the supreme court. However, Mr. Lindsay is not worrying over the attempt of the economy finance committee to lop off the $1.500, for the of- fice is one provided in the constitution and an opinfon of the supreme court in 1802, when Lee Herdman was clerk of the court, declares that no appropriation is necessary, a8 the salary is a constitu- tional one and will have to come from the general fund the same as any state office. Wray Sticks to Party braska district No. 13, comprising the lodges of Harrisom, Chadron, Gordon, | Rushville and Crawford, was held in this | city Thursday. The new officers elected | are: President, Mildred Lyon, Gordon; ! vice president, Carrie Hendersom, Rush- ville; warden, lIoria Naylor, Chadroa; sce- retary, Myrtle Longear, Chadron; treas- urer, Mary Fenske, Harrison, GRAND ISLAND MAY MAKE A MINIMUM LIGHT RATE GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April 26.— Spe- clal.)—That the eity as a munic'pality wiil go out of the electric wiring business Is & possibility. Such a step was racom- mended by Mayor Ryan in a messags and verbal remarks in connection with the same. This would leave the wiring t4 be done: by private parties or the private company, as the future might decide. Another recommendation is an increase in the rate to small consumers, by the imposing of a minimum monthly pay- went. Both propesitions are now before the council. In the matter of the wiring It is alleged that it is difficult to keep an accurate accounting. On the wholo, loweyer, Mayor Ryan has recentl; riw rorted .the monicipal ownership cf the utility ‘as very profitable, making many ¢xtensions ‘and betterments out of the recelpts of the plant and without direct taxation. Both his recommendations are before the .counicll for action, WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS TECUMSEH, Neb., April %.—(Special | Telegram.)—Julius Hansen, a well-to-do farmer living five miles sougheast of Cook, this county, was instantly killed, and George Badburg, had three ribe broken and George Schoenc his collar bone and one rib broken this evening, when an automobile turned over. Bad. | burg was driving the car a mile north of | Caok when the accident happened. Han- Sen was 45 years of age and is survived by a widow and eight children Three Wedding in Chadren. CHADRON, Neb.,, April 2. —(3pecial, )~ Mr. Ward A, Diehl and Miss Amella K. Bare, also Mr: Leo J. Gray and Miss Harriet Elizabeth Hoffman, were mar- ried at the First Methodist church. The fathers of the brides gave them away, and the usual bridesmaids and best men were ail two fold. Mr. Paul C. Hoffman and Miss Ruth G. Bufns were married at the residence of the bride's parents, oy the Rev. F. M Sturdevant of the fire{ Baptist church All three couples will reside in Chadron. Darken Gray Hair, -Eisy, Safe Something New—Not a Dye— Acts on Roots—Makes Gray Hair Glossy, Soft, Dark. hair is gray, streaked with Bray, prematurely gray, faded or fall- A If your ing, simply apply Q-Ban Hair Color Re- storer to hair gnd scalp, a few times, rubbing it in. gently with the finger tips: nothing else required. This sim- ple treatment makes your gray hair dark, soft, fluffy, thick, giving the abundance which makes the halr so at- tractive. Q-Ban is not sticky or Niessy harmless Also stops dandruff, falling | hair or itching scalp. Guaranteed to darken gray hair or no charge. Try it | Don't stay gray when Q-Ban will se easily darken Your gray hair. Big 7-oz bottle only 86c at Sherman & McCon- Bbell Drug Co, Owl Drug Clo., Hurvard or Loyal Pharmacy, Omaha, Neb. Out- | af-town folks supplied by mail T. R. Made Famous (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 26.—(Speclal.)~Judge Arthur G. Wray, single taxer, socialist and bullmoose leader of Nebraska, pro- poses to mulate the boy who “‘stood on | the burning deck whence all but him had fled,” and will stick to the pfo- Eressive party notwithstanding many of its: principal leaders and most-of its fol- lowers are “Falling into’ line for the G. 0. P." 1 Judge Wray has written a letter to William Allen White of Ewnporia, Kan., commending him on his determination not to go back to the republican party if it meant going back to “Barnes and Penrose.” 'The judge says, “It appears to me that the republican party is lapsing back pretty hopelessly into a reactionary status.” Knapp Wil Case To Supreme Court (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, = April theria Ludden of Willlamsburg, Mass., and Helen Anderson of Shelburn, in the same state have appealed to the supreme court of Nebraska from a judgment of the Douglas county district court in a case involving the legality of a will made by Jane C. Knapp of Douglas county. The jury in the case found that the will made by Mrs. Knapp leaving the prop- erty to Mrs. Cowles, a foster daughter, was valid and the two women from Massachusetts, cousing of the deceased No Appropriationt \ Nebraska 'Harlan County Case | Involving Judgment . Up to Higher Court l (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Apri (Special )=The | Burlington railroad has eppeale dto the | supreme court trom o In the distriot court »f Harlan county {by Frank Morris for injuriea received by | being struck by a locomotive while cross- {ing the track of the Burlington about {three miles west of Oxford | It s allegea by Morris that fding in an automoblle driven by Thomas Askay and was etruck by the train, hurled about fifty feet, his arm |broken, shoulder crushed and ofber in- |Juries received. He susd for $10,00 and |was awarded 35,000, It was shown that the track carved at {about 300 feet west of the crossing and that & row of trees aid the approaching train from view uatil witlin about thirty feot of the track. It s alleged that no | whistle: was blown bell rung as a warning by the engincer | The road set up the detense that both |men had been drinking and that they | were exceeding the speed limit, going at twenty-five miles an hour. he was or | passage of an automobile bill in the last leglslature covering crossing acidents |The roads asserte dthut it automobiles, |and those especially driven by careless drivers, were requiréd to stop 1% feet irom a railroad crossing, the sccupants would hear a trian approaching and would be safe from accldent. After pass- ing the bill to a third readinz it was brought back for specific amendment and killed. f Nebraska Convicts May Make Chairs LINCOLN, April 2%.—(Special Telegram.) —The State Board of Control may buy the equipment of the Handicraft Furni- ture company at the penitentiary and go into the buriness of manufacturing chairs. The contract with that company will soon expire and they have made the | Board of Control an offer of the plant. The company manufactures chairs and tables of reed and fiber, and as the leg- islature passed an appropriation of $100,- 000 for the purpose of establishing some sort of busineas that would keep the con- victs at work the board Is seriously con- sidering the offer of the company. To- day Commissioners eKnnedy and Gerdes went over the plant to make a thorough investigation. YOUTH INSTANTLY KILLED WHEN FALLS BEFORE DISC DESHLER, Neb., April %.—(Special)— Barnard, the 1l-year-old son of W. F. Drohman, living near this place, was thrown in front of a dise and instantly killed while returning from work with his father Saturday evening. The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church in Deshler today. ' Notes from Gage County. BEATRICE, Neb, April 2.-(Special.) —Mrs. Geoige Shock, an old resident of Blue Springs, died Saturday evening at her home there, aged ¥ years. Prof. T. E. Conley and Herman Weins, both of this city, have purchased the /Fairbury Business collegs of Prof. M. H. ‘Barringer, and will assume charge June 1. B. J. Cater, formerly manager of the Searle & Chapin Lumber company here {and later holding the same position at Filley, died yesterday at a local hos- !pital, aged 5 years. He left an estate {valued at $3,000, which, according to the will, is bequeathed to the Masonic home at Plattsmouth. Supert SUPERIOR, Neb., April this morning to hear the remonstrances Me- against the saloon men Attorney 2.—(Special.)—Lu- { Neny of Red Cloud, who is acting as at- torney for the saloon men, asked for u continuance. Attorneys Anderson of Lin- coln and Agee of Superior are copducting the case for the “drys.” The council set Tuesday, May 4, as the date for the hear- ing. It is rumored that the council will attempt to pass & new license ordinance. Vote for Edward Simon for city com- missioner. The man who procured the passage of the mothers’ pension law should be elected city commissioner— in an effort to break the will have u—i"‘“" Edward Slmon.—Advertisement. pealed to the supreme court. 'BODY OF NEIHART EXHUMED; RUMOR OF MURDER FALSE New Fire Inspector. LINCOLN, April 26.-—(Special.)—Otto Merchell of Ord, formerly county clerk of Valley county, has been appointed a fire inspector under Fire Commissioner Ridgell. This makes four inspectors now While with a party of four, dynamiting | IR the service of the state in that depart- DUNBAR, Neb, April 28.—(Special.)— fish in a creek, August 23, 1914, near Holton, Kan., Earl Nethart, a former resident of Dunbar, was killed, phy sicians stating that the cause of his death was the concussion from an explosion while he was still in the water. Lately a rumor has been current around Holton, Kan., that he had been murdered, by having his skull fractured with some instroment, and the body placed in the water. On Sunday, his father, Alex Nelhart, of Omaha, and his brother, M. W. Neihart of Nebraska City, came to Dunbar, and haé the body exhumed, and a post- mortem examination made by Dr. W, D. Gibbon of Dunbar and Lr. B. A. Smith of Lorton. They found no fracture of the skull and reported that the death had undoubtedly been caused by accident MISS ANNA KRANZ OF CAIRO COMMITS SUICIDE GRAND ISLAXND, Neb., April %.—(Spe- %, disappeared from the home of her parents, three miles west of Cairo night, and was found lieved she ing while temporarily deranged had acted peculiarly at times, not in & manner indicating the contem- plation of such a step or to require close watching last in & nearby creek. It is Mak . 81 Peer Like 16, years,” writes Mrs. M. A. Bridges, Robin- son, Miss., “and commenced taking Foley | Kidney Pills about ten months ago. 1| am now abie to do all my werk without fatigue. 1 mn now 61 years of age and feel lhe a 16-year-old girl” Foley Kid- ney Pills strengthen and invigorate weak, tired and deranged kidneys: relieve back- ache, weak back, sheumatism and blad- der trouble. They are tonic in action. Sold every where.—Advertisement. cial Telegram.)—Miss Anna Kranz, u(’d] this morning her dead body | be- | committed suicide by drown- | She | though | ment, the same numbers as were ap-| pointed two years ago. ' SKIN TROUBLE AL OVER BODY i { { Mched Terribly, Could Not Sleep at Night, Clothing Aggravated Trouble, Cuticura Soap and Cuti- cura Ointment Healed, 1363 Fulton St., OChicago, ML—*1 noticed peculiar spote breaking out all over my body which itched terribly. They wers red and later white and scaly. ‘The gruption burned and itched o that I could not sleep at all at night. My clothing aggra- vated the trouble and made me ftch more. “1 took a treatment but got 0o relief. I read the Cutiours advertsement in the paper and Wrote for a free sample of Cuti- curs Soap and Ofotment. ) used them as per directions and had my first night's rest | in two months. Then I bought one box of | Cutleurs Ofntment and had only used balf “I sutfered wits ‘«dney allment for l'fl‘ of it with the Cuticurs Soap when I was bealed. 1 have no disfiguring scars left.” (Slgned) Frederick Saal, August 8, 1914. Keep your skin clear, scalp clean and free from dandruff, and bair live and glossy. uticurs Soap, with an occasional use of Cuticurs Olntment will do it. Sample Each Free by Mail With 33-p. Skin Book eu request. Ad- @ress post-card “Cuticurs. Dept. T, Bes ton.” Sold throughous the werid. jvdgment secured | The rafiroads attempted to secure the | Telegram.)—When the city council mm[ Now is the Accepted Time, Russia and France Warn Italy ‘ ROME, ergotio April M campalgn «Via Paris)—~An en- is being conducted in | the Itallan press on behalf of the allies. {Every day there appear telexrame from ! Potrograd warning Italy that if it does {mot soon intervene it will lose everything 1t I8 sald the allles have decided to Eive | nothing in case they are victorious to & neutral power, which In the words of Jules Cambon, the French diplomat, “rushes to succor the victor.' The newspapers also publish long re- productions from the French press, stat- {Ing that Ttaly's participation in the war is imminent. Dispatches from London | say the Italian ambassador thers, Marquis | Imperfali, js about to sign with Sir Ed- | wara Grey, the Rritish foreign minister, an agrcement containing clauses which provide that Italy shall side with the allles Although dispatches from Berlin and 1 Vienna on this subject are more guarded on account of the censorship of the press of thoso cities, efforts are being made to offset this campaign here of the Berlin and Vienna newspapers are most active, and meek to convey the |impression that every necessary measure will be taken to prevent Italy from | abandoning its neutrality. It is affirmed that in the end Austria will be convinced | of the necessity of making suitable ter- ritorial concessions, even if Germany fa | compelled to compensate it by ceding tor- ritory in Bavaria or Silesia On this theory there are being prepared many imaginative lists of districhs to be exchanged between Austria and Italy and between Germany and Austria. The |truth of the matter is, however, that there i little basis for these various re- ports. It can only be said that the nego- tiations as still proceeding and they are surrounded with the deepest secrecy, Hastings Family I1l from Poisoning HASTINGS, Neb., April 2.—(Special Telegram.)—8, J. McCracken, former sec- retary of the oYung Men's Christlan as- sociation. his wife and two children sud- denly became unconscious from polsoning yesterday, presumably either from bread or butter. The é-year-old daughter first lost consciousness. While carrying her to & bed Mr. McCracken collapsed, re- ceiving a serfous wound on the head in falling. Mrs. McCracken and the other child were later stricken. After several hours’ work a doctor restored the family and today they are nearly recovered. Fairbury News Notes. FAIRBURY, Neb., April %.—(Spcial.)— Owing to th havy rain that prevalled Sunday, the exhibition game of base ball between the Fairbury State league team and Wilber nine was postponed. Time table No. 33 went into effect on the Nebraska division Sunday, and & number of changes were made in the arrival and departure of trains. The Jersey passenger train leaves Lincoln for the west forty minutes earlier and the eastbound train is forty-five minutes later. The St. Joseph passenger train 306 follows No. 6, the Denver Express, out of Falrbury at noon instead of preceding it, as formrly. Traine Nos. 37 and 28 run through from Belleville, Kan., to Denver instead of consolidating with Nos. 5 and 6. These changes are pleasing to rallroad ‘men. The union evangelical services which have been in session at Fairbury's new tabernacle since March X, closed Sunday night. Rev. Oscar Lowry, evangelist, secured nearly 600 conversions. Rev. Mr. Lowry and party leave this week for North Platte, Neb., where another revival will be held, commencing May & Woman Fatally Burned. REATRICEH, Neb, April M-—(Speaial Telegram.)—Mrs. John Obering living tem miles northwest of Beatrice was probably fatally burned this afterncon in an ex- plosion at her home while cleaning aloth- ing with gasoline. She was rescued by her husband who also severely burned about the hands. The Oberling home caugth fire, but the flames were extine guished before doing much damage. ———— Nr. Be! Pine Tar Honey. Get a 3o bottle today. Keep it for your cough and cold. Good for ohlidren, adult and aged. All druggists.—Advertisement. Ship With American Delegates to, Peace Meet is field Up LONDON, Aprfl 38.~The steamer Noor- dam, with forty American women dele- gates to The Hague Peaoe congress among its passengers, is anchored in the Downs, unable to obtain permission to proceed up the channel to Rotterdam. Jane Addama has sent an appeal to United States Ambassador Page, urging him to enlist the ald of the American government to secure the relase of the marooned delegates and enable them to arrive at The Hague In time for the conference, which opens Wednesday Answering the appeal of Miss Addama, Mr. Page sald it would be Impossiblée for the ibassy to ald the delegates to 1each The Hague. All shipping to Dutch ports has been stopped, he explained, and it was not even possible for the members of the embassy to make the trip. JAMES MAHER, HEAD OF COLUMBUS KNIGHTS. DEAD CHICAGO, April % .—James Maher, na- tional supreme director of the Knights of Columbus, died at his home here yester- day. 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