Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 22, 1915, Page 3

|/ P | N | Nebraska SCIENCE ACADEMY WILL VISIT FOREST Members to Pay Visit Today to the Largest Tract of Virgin Timber in Nebraska. HOLD FIRST SESSION IN LINCOLN (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Neb.,, May 2L-(Special Tel- egram.)—Holding its quartercentennial, the Nebraska Academy ot Sciences spent a portion of its session this evening in a memorial to the late Dean C. B. Bessey, of the University of Nebraska. At the morning session Mayor Bryan) welcomed the delegates at the Temple theater and the response was made by Prot. C. J. Elmore of Grand Island col- lege. Prof. E. H. Barbour, Father Rigge of Creighton university and others falked to the delegates and in the evening George T. Moore of Migsouri botannical gardens dellvered the principal address. Tomorrow a visit to Fontenells Forest near Bellevue is planned. of Bellevue college in an address today gave somewhat in detall facts about the forest and plains to preserve it in Its beautiful and instructive wildness. In closing he said: All these facts wers set forth first be- fore the state conservation congress of 1810, which voted its approval. Gradual development of the plan has gone on since. An examination of the tract has been made by the United States forest gervice with favorable report. There has been consultation with the United States Blological Survey and the Bureau of Hthnology, and with officlals of the New 4 Missourl Botanical Gardens and Litchworth park in western New York. Finally as the mest practicable method of advancing the profect the Fontenelle Vorest assoclation was formed and chartered by the state legislature in 1913, including in its membership many of the most prominent cltizens of Omaha. This organization has been pressing for- ward with its plans as rapidly as cir- cumstances have permitted. It should recelve the heartiest support moral and financial, not only of those who are in- terested in the great sclentific importance of the project, but by the whole com- munity because of their love of nature and because of the desireability of main- atning beautiful places of resort for pur- poses of recreation. The_recently made recommendations of the Nebraska commission on forestation sre in full accord with plans of this kind and the commissisn urges that Nebraska make an effort to retain its rank with its sister states in the treatment of forest blems. In doing this every eitizen of E‘r:bmkl should take price and should be willing to do his share in bringing it about. Veterans Favor Consolidation of Soldiers’ Homes MINDEIN, Neb., May 3L~Special)—The Grand Army of the Republic state ep- campment, which has just closed here, favored the consolidation of the Soldiers’ Home at Grand Island with the one at Milford. A resolution passed almost unanimously favoring suoh action by the state and it is suggested by Dr. Spauld- ing of Omeha that the Crand Island Home be converted into a home for eplleptics. ‘(‘!l-md-m ass.made of the board of eontrol for it fallure to make the neces- sary repairs on the home at Grand Island, for which appropriations were made. The main bullding, it was said, is in a dangerous condition. The lack of san- jtary facilities at Milford were also oriticised. A committee was appointed to present the grievances to the board of control. The campfire of Wednesday night in the Auditorium was a rousing time. Old war stories and spesches were delivered Dr. A. A. Tyler | Nebraska I (State Will Resist | Royalty Demand ' of Byidge Builder (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 2i.—(Special.)—Attor- ney eGneral Willls Reed ls making an at tempt to discover whether the state of Nebraska can be held for a 10 per cent charge or royalty on all state bridges erected which use the so-called Luten reinforced comrete arch in the con struction. He belleves that the patent is not legally binding and that the Institution « a suit to ompel the siate to pay the amount claimed because of the construc- tion of the 8uperior state ald bridge need not be pald. The fact that he suit was brought in the district court of the United States of Northern lowa instead of In Nebraska is not pleasing to the at- torney general and the intimation in a letter ment Ly Luten to Representative Dalbey of eBatrice and forwarded to Mr. Reed, that the attorney general ia not hunting trouble, is not setting well on the legal representative of the state He replles that the case might us well be transferred to Lincoln, in which case the atate will not plead sovereignty, but will test the bridge idea on its legal merits. Hydro Electric : Gompany Reports (From a Btaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, ard county: Completed transmission line between the ©00; miscellaneous material, $5,000; labor, ete., on dam and power canal, $2,600. w. the one applied for yesterday on South Loup river. The Middle project has a clause in its contract for- any other company, could be consolidated. i b SCOTT'S BLUFF SUGAR BEET CROP UNDAMAGED SCOTT'S BLUFF, Neb, May 21.—(Spe- clal.)—Manager Edmund Simmons of the the 30,000 acres of sugar beets planted in this vicinity have not been damaged any, but will be benefited by the snow which has covered them nearly two feet deep, Much alarm prevafled among the farmers, who are counting on a 32,000,000 crop of sugar beets this year. Mr. Simmons’ favorable report comes as good news to them. Bceott's Bluff is to have a farmers' co- operative creamery. The farmers met in this city Tuesday and after summing up the reguit of their previous work found that they had enough stock signed for &nd the cream from enough cows pledged to insura the installation of a creamery to start operation about September 1, 1915. George E. Johnson, state engineer, at- tended an informal meeting of representa- tives of irrigation interests Wednesday. and enjayed by those who pertook gf the|Mr. Johnson's visft was made for the veal fignt and those who had ne®r seen real service. DISTRICT COURT BUSY IN MADISON COUNTY MADISON, Neb, May 2—(Special)-- The grand jury continued to grind away examining witnesses, chiefly fom Norfolk and Newman Grove. The personnel of the witnesses appearing before the grand jury indicates that it is probing into the charges of alleged graft of certamn Nor- folk officiale, and shooting scrape in a Norfolk rescrt recently, also the alleged sale of mortgaged property In the west pert of the county In district court Ralph B McKinney of Norfolk was granted a divoree from Della McKinney, Mrs McKinney being restored to her maiden name of Della ‘Harrington, and the plaintiff paying the costa The case of George C. Lambert and Henry B. Russ aghinst John Klug was dismissed. Dora Clayton dismissed at her own costs hor case asking for a di- vorce from her husband, Arnold Clayton. The case of Julius ¥. Redman against the city of Norfolk, asking that the city be enjoined from assessing and collecting the paving tax, was dismissed at plain- tife costs, to all of which plaintiff ex- cepts. The action of Thomas. Bryant against Jacob and Emma Long to recover §3,600 on promissory notes, was dismissed by plaintitf at plaintiff's costs. Florence J. Johnson was granted a divorce from her husband, Thomas O. Johnson. Willam Wand was given a decrve of foreclosure against John Cean and George Tewksbury for $0,665. and sale ordered. GOVERNOR MOREHEA COMMENCEMENT ORATOR (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 21.—(Bpecilal.)—G Morehead left this afternoon for Nemaha City, where he will deltver the com- mencement address before the high school sraduating class of that city. On Sat- urday he will deliver a like address at Douglas. On Monday he will go Hebron and on Tuesday to Alexandria to be present at the unvelling of monuments | marking the old government trail On Wednesday the governor will liver an address before the bankers' con- vention at Grand Island. Notes from Seward. SEWARD, Neb., May 21.—(Speclal)— Memorial day exercises will be held here May 51. The principal address will be by Hon. C. Petrus Peterson of Lincoln A special election will be held June 1 to determine the location of the new MW,000 high school for which. bonds recently voted The committee has received e of the dates for the 1915 Seward chautau which will be held in the city W to August 3 inclusive. Jacob Zinky has sold his farm on Lin- pin creek to Henry Winkelmann 816,000, noti July vernor de- | purpose of becoming acqualrted with the men who are condueting various irriga- tion canals of western Nebraska and the problems with which they are confronted. |BODY OF JAMES JUDGE BURIED AT BROKEN BOW ANSELMO, Neb., May 21.—(Special.)— The body of James Judge, who was killed In & runaway accident near Whitman on Monday evening, was brought here on Wednesday night. Funeral mass was celebrated at the Catholle church early Thursday morning, after which the body was taken to Broken Bow for Inter- ment, where his wife, who died a num- ber of years ago, is burled. Mr. Judge was @8 years of age. He came to Custer county In 188 and. sottlel on the South Loup, near where Callaway is now lo- cated. Later he entered the employ of the T. L. V. ranch and remained with them for & number of years. o was universally liked by all that knew him. (He is survived by three sons and four daughters, James of Lushton, Thomas of Pullmen, Who was with him when the acoldent occurred; Joe of Amold, Mrs W. V. Harvey of Culbertson, Mrs, H. E. |Woodruff of Georgetown, Mrs. Anna Fagan of Lakeview, la., and Miss Lizzle of Anselmo. DR. LUCIAN STARK GETS PLACE ON BOARD OF HEALTH (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 2L.—(Special.)—Another republican head dropped in the officlal waste basket last night when Governor Morehead appointed Dr. Luclan Stark Board of Health, which is now filled. by Dr. F. P. Dodson of Wilbur. Dr. Stark is a son of former Congressman W. L. Stark of Aurora, who held down the con- &reasional job in Washington as a populist. July 1 is the date when the | new men appointed will take their posi- | Wilson beheaded | last week con seek new locations. [ | | WILL CONFER IN JUNE (From & Staff Correspondent.) | LINCOLN, May 21—(Special.)~Lieute- | nant Governor Pearson, who stated that ‘on June 2 he expected to go to Ten- nessee to attend a meeting of the lieute- nant governors of the different states in which Vice President Marshall was ex- pected to be present. |SEVENTY-SIX COUNTIES SEND IN REMITTANCES (From o Staff “arrespondent.) LANC nix in their | money to ti the total 48 022 8 y 21—(Spectal,)—Reventy. velonted and bave sent remittances stai state treasurer this month, remittances amounting May 21.—(Special)—The re- port of the Grand Island Electric com- pany filed with the State Board of Irri-| gation shows that the company has spent the following sums on the hydro-eloctric plant on the Middle Loup river in How- a 83,00-volt power plant and Grand Island, a distance of twenty-five miles, for $70,00; machinery for plant, $25,000; sheet steel piling, $17,- H. Thompson and Judge MecHugh of Omaha met with the State Board of Irrigation this morning for the purpose of seelng what could be done regarding a consolidation of the above plant with the Loup bidding the transferring of {ts right to and the company would llke to have permission to fix the matter up some way s0 the two plants Seott's Bluff Sugar company reports that | of Hartington to the place on the State | jUons and when Dr. Dodson and Dr.| THE | : Nebraska ' 'DOOMED PRISONER IN CONSTANT FEAR South Omaha Man Who Killed Wife Mistakes Film Camera for Eleotric Chair. BEE: | ROBERTS STAR ON BALL TEAM (From a Staft Correspondent.) , LINCOLN, May #l.—Special Telagram.) | ~Emil Muzik, a South Omaha econvict, | sentenced to the electric chalr September 5 nearly had a fit.)ast night from fright| A he was taken through the dining room, | mistaking a moving plcture machine used to entertain the prisoners, for the electric, | chalr. | Muzik killed his wite by cutting her | throat with a butcher knife. | Roy Roberts, sentenced from Lincoln | county to die in the chalr June 4, is an-| other man in the prison doomed to meet | that fate. Roberts appears not to be| | worrled ana spends a part of the time | playing base ball, being one of the stars on the prison team. The electric chair has not yet bought. been Notes from Beatrice and Gage County| BEATRICE, Neb., May 31—(Spectalr— A stranger whoso name was not learned, was found lying uncenscious under the raflroad bridge east of Wymore Thursday vening by City Marshal Lytle, and it s upposed that he was struck by a train and knoclgl off tho bridge. Ae was brought to the city for medical treatment and Thursday night had not recovered sufficlently to glve any account of the aceident. He iy about 3 years of age. Following the threat of John Zimmer- man to bring action against the ofty for entablishing a pest house on his farm near the city water works northwest of Beatrice, Mayor Mayer Thursday settled the difficulty by agreeing to bulld a fence | around the -pest house. Three more smallpox cases were reported to the health officers Thursday, making the total number elght | County Attorney ¥. W. Messmore has! been ohosen to ive the Memorlal day | address at Cortland. | Graduating exercises for the Clatonia schools were held Thursday evening, the address Lelng given by J. E. Puschboos of Warrenton, Mo., his subject being “‘Value 6t Education.” There was only one graduate, Misa Rose A. Heller, Episcop;‘d(;uncfl i To Meet in Omaha | (From a Statt Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 2L.—(Special.)—The next meeting of the Episcopal council of the Nebraska dlocese, which closed its ses- sion here last night, will be held in Omaha, according to a vote of the dele- gates, The standing committes of the church, which conaists of three clergy- men and three laymen, were sslected as follows: Very Rev. James A. Tapcock, Omaha; Rev. A. E. Marsh, Blair; Rev. T. J. Collar, Omaha; C. H. Rudge, Lin- coln; C. B. Montgomery, Omaha, and 8. C. Smith, Beatrice, The *“Mankata” plan fixing the sal- arfes of priests in the mission field was dopted, which makes the minimum for United Travelers Convene at Lincoln (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 2L—(Speclal Telegram.) { —The Nebraska United Travelers' assoct- ation is holding its annual session in Lin- coln, concluding tomorrow at Fraternity hall. Headquarters are being sustained at the Lincoln hotél and there is & good attendance. Governor Morehead and Mayor Bryan | welcomed travelers this morning in ad- dresses after Ray. F. L. Wharton had de- | livered the invocation. President Burket | af the Commercial club also delivered an | address of welcome and A. Randlev, | grand counsellor, responded. A short business sessiorn was held and | thi evening the annual banquet was held | at the Lincoln hotel with @ dance at the | Commercial elub rooms following. . Ada Swanson Found Dead in Basement Ads Bwanson, & young Swedish servant at the home of Joseph Bykes, 2023 Spencer street, was found dead early last even- ing in the basement of the house with the back of her head crushed tn and & | bloody hatchet lying bewide the body. | Police are working on the case, which | is thought to be murder, but as it prob- ably happened hours before discovery by | Mrs. Sykes, and no clues have been found, tmmediate capture of the siayer is doubtful. The girl had been left alone since early In the morning. | | 1 : Losé Of Appetite | | | OMAHA, SATURDAY, [_ Nebraska I Deputy Attorney General Objects To { ury Finding (From a Staff Correspondent ) LINCOLN, May 21.—(Special)—Deputy Attorney General Dexter Barrett, who has been representing the state in the litigation in connectien with the settle- ment of the eatate of John O'Cennor, re- turned from Hastings toduy, where he has been assisting the county attorney in the conduct of the case before the grand jury, which refused te bring in any indictment. Speaking of the matter Mr. Barrett sald; “1 belleve the evidence presentsd was amply sufficient to have warranted the return of indictmenta. The consensus of opinion of the people of Adams county that there should hi been several in- dictments returned and the general public does not at all appear satisfied with the action of the jury.” Mr. Barrett 8 investigations will be continued even mere vigorously than in the past In order to determine the truth |as to the death of Jehn O'Connor and the claims of the varie: NEBRASKA SCHOOL NOTES SEWARD, Neb., May 31.—8pectal.)-~The alumni banquet wifl be held in the as- rembly room of the court house May 28 Prof. Wolcott of the University of Ne- braska lectured at the high school and also at the Young Men's Christian asso- clation on “Nebraska Birds" yesterday. olalmants. Shearing Season on in Black Hilla. BELLF FOURCHE, 8. D, May 3l.— (Bpecial )~The spring lambing season Is well under way through this section and the shearing season is on. Local growers report A good big percentage of lambs this season and the weather has been very satisfactory for the work. It is be- lieved that the biggest and best crop of | wool ever turmed out of this section will be marketed next month. Continuous mow throughout the winter has left tho wool In a clean condition and abundance of feed brought the sheep through with- out a break in the clip. It is estimated that 2,000,000 to 2600000 pounds will bo marketed from this point. whatever loases are sustained by prop- erty or individuals through accidents. BEST WANTS TO PREPARE WCinHUUSE BONDS FOR VOTF County Commissioner: Best has gone on record as favoring the submission of workhouse bonds at the primary election to be held In June, 196, at which state and national candidates will be chosen. “‘Although the present law puts control of the prisoners in the hands of the sheriff,” he sald, “the next legislature will readity amend the act, I think, and it would be well to make a start toward & workhouse. It will take yvears to estab- Uish an institotion of the kind we want.' Use of labor of county prisoners In bulMding & workhouse is one plan under consideration by the members of the board. ‘ Nebraska ll {NO PORTRAITS OF SENATORS | Becretary Walrath Decides Not to Place Them in Official Journal of Proceedings. DELAY IN THE PUBLICATION (Mrom & Staff Correapondent.) LINCOLN, May $1.—Special)—Pictures of members of the state senate will not adorn the pages of the senate journal for the seasion of IMS There was so much objections to the cost of printing plo- tures of members of the last semate that | r¢ ju generally agreed that the prope- | Secretary Walrath has cencluded to take | siten will rest for several months at | the chance of letting the people of the f1aae | state live In ignorance of what thelr law- H makere looked like. Secrstary Wairath | BURLINGTON MAN LETS ' stay of a couple of days and says that the copy for the journal has been ready for the printer for some time. On account of the action of the printing board in reletting the contract fer print- ing, the work has been delayed censid- erably and the beok will not be ready for distribution as early as he had hoped. MANUFACTURERS SEND IDEAS ON JITNEYS Something tangible in the way of jitney bus regulation has been worked out by the directors of the Omaha Manufactar- ers’ association. A letter is to be sent to the city council by Monday bearing the suggoestion of the dlrectors for jitney reg- ulation by ordinance. A 3 per cent tax on gross earnings Is to be suggested. Monthly inspection of the wheels, hrakes and other vital parts of the buses is to Lo suggested, together with weekly fumi- gation of the jitneys. The letter will also ask that the ordl- nance include a provision for lighting the buses at night when the top s up, largely for the protection of women passengers. It 1a to ask that the drivers bo Hoensed | Oamra 1o the west and vite verss. oy and pay & license feo. It is to ask that| . .on of the resumption of Burlingten the routes be definitely outlined and @68~ yroiny Nos. 1 and 10 between Omaha and ignated, and that certain hours of serv- | nanver. These traine were discontinued ice be maintained, and that all the pres-|jast fall owing %o lack ef business, but ent traffio rules be observed: and, finally, | will be placed In service again beginning that the companies be bonded to cover |Sunday, May 2. L. W. Wakeley, head ot the passenger department of the Burlimgton, lkes to conjure with facts in making jokes Riding home to lunch on & Farnam stroet oar he was discovered carrying a! sheet of window glass under one arm. “What have you got thers, Lucius? asked a friend. “I have a pane of glass in that paper and a pain in my chest.” (Bounds of ha, s, ha) Mr. Wakeley then explained his joke by saying that the recent winda broke a pane of glass at his heme and the re- sultant draft ceused a pain in his chest. By replacing the pane of glass he ex- pects to remove the pain in his chest. NEW BURLINGTON TRAINS CHANGE TIME FOR MAILS J. M. Butler, chief clerk of the rallway mall service at Lincoin, is in Omahe, con- sulting with C. M. Reed, superintendent of the raftway mail service In this divi- War Cuts Down Travel in Germany (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) HAMBURG, May 18.—The effect of the war on transportation and passage out of Germany through Hamburg s indicated in figures fust compfled, showing that during the entire year of 194 but 73,968 went abroad from this city, as agninst 193733 I 13 Practically all of the 73,000 0dd left the city before August 1, 19W. The war similarly has seriously af- feoted the number of visitors In Ham- burg. Thus there were accomodated dur- ing 1914 but 2,29 transients as against 61,94 In 1812 The total number of persons ocoming to Hamburg stopping temporarily and then leaving, either for abroad or for other parts of Germany, fell from 244,007 In 1913 to 95,857 im 1914, SIR EDWARD CARSON WOULD SHUT UP GAMBLING HOUSES (Correspondence 8f The Associated Press.) LONDON, May 18, ~Sir BEdwar Carson, who a year ago as leader of the Ulsterites’ campaign agninst home rule was one of the most talked of men In England, has started a crusade agatnst gambling houses, which, he asserts, are finding many victims among army and navy officers and government officlals, and are theredy hindering the progress of the British campaign against Germany, SOUTH OMAHA MEN JOIN AK-SAR-BEN'S GAY CREW More South Omaha men have already joined Ak-Sar-Ben for 105 than jolned Auring the entire season last year. 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