Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 25, 1915, Page 3

—— | | | THE Nebraska MORRILL STOCKMEN UNDER SUSPICION Report Some of Them Have Broken Quarantine Established Against Scabbies in Cattle. STATE VETERINARIAN WARNS (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Aug. 24.—(Special)—An at- tempt to break the quarantine against wcabby cattle in Morrill county may cause somebody trouble. Word came to the state veterinarian from Sheriff Dy mon of that county that the law is being evaded. Morrill county is divided about equally north and south by the Platte river, which enters the county at the north- west corner and flows directly across the county and passes out at the south- 'east cormer. The northern part of the county has been quarantined for some 'time for scabbles, and according to the sheriff, some of the cattlemen have been driving their cattle across the river from the north part to stations on the rairload across the river in the part not quarantined and shipping them away. It is clalmed that one load from the quarantined territory was shipped to |Omaha last week. Monday afternoon last it was alleged that forty-two head were driven across and the sheriff, following the instructions of State Veterinarian Anderson, has notified all station agents to keep watch and see that no more cat- tle are shipped. This may result in quarantining the whole of Morrill county. Dr. J. A. Boyd, governor inspector, has reported to the state veterinarian that there are about fifty cases of glan- ders In horses In and around Mullen and Hecla. Drs. Anderson and McKim left this morning for Insptctions in differe ent parts of the state Enforcing Chicken Law. R. B. Hollman, federal game warden, has notified Game Warden Rutenbeck that he has secured the conviction of George Lamb and his father, who were found with a prairie chicken each near Tong Pine this week. They were fined 810 and costs each. Woman Hangs Herself, The second suicide since Sunday was disgovered in Lincoln last night when John Bwenson missed his wife and with neighbors began a search of the house and premises and of the down-town dis- trict. After a thorough search Mr. Swen- son went to a closet in the house, say- ing, “this I8 the only place I have not looked,” ard opening the door found his wife suspended from a shelf, where #he had tied a hed sheet which she had twisted into a rope, placed about her neck and climbing on a chair, kicked the same from her. Despondency over her 1ll health is supposed to be the cause ot her act. Improving State Roads. The State Board of Irrigation has ap- pointed an advisory board or state high- way commission, which will look after the work of improying state roads. They are Harry Miller of Stanton, Pat Welsh of k and Dr. Condra of the State Cdpgervation . commiasion of - Lincoin. Cnll for Bank Reports. The State Banking board has issued a call for reports by the 79 State banks under date of August 2. Blanks have been sent out by the secretary today. Complains of Stock Yards, A letter addressed to ‘Mr. Maupin, state rallway commissioner,” was re- celved at the office of the railway com- mission thls morning from R. J. Howard of Wellfleet, who complains that the rallway stock yards in that town are not sufficlent to take care of the de- mand and that they are unfit for oc- cupancy. Twao Birds State Treasurer with One Stome. Hall has gone land lying close to his home. Iie may stop In Hastings at a democratic meet- ing, to which he had been Invited with other state officers. Condemns Car of 01 The first car of kerosene condemned by the state commission for a long time was refused this morning after two tetss had been made. The car had been shipped to the A. B, /. Oil company of Lincoln from Oklahoma and tested only 108 flash test. The law requires not less than 112 flash. It is possible that the car may have become mixed up with other ship- ments and came to Lincoin instead of some other state, where the requirement is not so rigid. Some states only require a 100 flash test. This indicates what the state will confront when on September 1 Commis- sloner Harman calls in his inspectors and the market will be open to cverybody. This he expects to do unless State Treas- urer Hall reverses himself and decides to cash warrants for the pay of inspec- tors and other expenses of the oil de- partment. LOUISVILLE MAN LOSES ARM IN THRESHING MACHINE LOUISVILLE, Ncb., Aug. 24.—(Specfal) —John Hennings. a young farmer living east of here, met with a very serlous acc'dent late this afternoon. He was working around a threshing machine and attempting to ol the machine, when his right arm was caught and terribly man- gled and torn, and his hand badly mashed He was Immediately taken to an Omaha hospital, where his arm will be ampu- tated mear the shoulder. . Wenvy Danmage by CAMBRIDGE, Neb, Aug. 2 Telegram.)—A hail and wind storm de- stroyed most of the crops from Curtis to ‘Wilsonville Sunday night. The main part of the storm was one mile west of Cam bridge and extended to Bartley. At the Republican the storm took a we-lwlrdi R. direction. Sam Walkington and D Casford lost their barns and granaries. Very few farmers had hail insurance. ' New Postmaster Takes Hold. FAIRBURY, Neb., Aug. 24.—(Special.)— For the first time In twelve years, pat- Tons of the Fairbury postoffice are being served by a democratic postmaster. W. F, Cramb, cditor of the Fairbury Jour- nal, who was recently appo'nted by Presi- dent Wilson, took charge of the office yesterday, succeeding Lew Snelly, who has held the office since February, 1907, A Sumer Cough Wurts the Lungs. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey stops the cough and prevents your Cold getting worse. It's guaranteed. Only Zec. All druggists.—Advertisement —— A “For Sale” ad will turn second-hand furniture into cash. to | Franklin county to appralse some school | {Spectal | Nebraska ‘ ‘ Notes from Beatrice and Gage County| | BEATRICE, Nob, Aug. M.—(Special)—~ The two cases against Andrew J. Niel- | sen of this and Guy H. Besler of | Wymore, chiropractic physicians, wers | dismissed Monday in the district "\Vlll’l! request of County Attorney Mess- more, The complaints were filed against the two men two years ago. The last | |1egtslature passed a bill authorizing the | inrfiblflr\n to practice in the state, upon and | for this reason the cases were dismissed. | The second divorce from the same | man was granted Edith Stone in the dis- |trict court Monday, and her maiden | name, Edith Horner restored to her. On | | January 12 she was granted a decree on the grounds of extreme cruelty and de-| sertion. Later her husband returned, | and upon his promise to reform the de-| cree was annulled. They lived together | until about three weeks ago, When the ' husband again deserted her, and she | made application for another divores, which was granted Monday | | After a search of ten months by Sher- | itt Acton, Jerry Hajeck, wanted at Odell, | this county, for passing a worthless | check for $5 on the Hinds State bank of | | that place, has been arrested at Dwight, Neb, | The body of Robert Myers, the young man who was drowned in the Blue river| | last Friday, was found near the chautau-| | qua grounds Sunday by a boy named | j Jesse Maiwald. The coroner was notified | and the body was taken to an undertak- | ing establishment, where It was prepared | for burial. It was interred in Evergreen | Home cemetery. Messages were recelved here Monday | stating that Johnny Taylor, a laborer| of this city, had been found dead at Osa- watomie, Kan., and another saying that | Harry Wilson, a carpenter of this city, had dropped dead at Akron, O. Mr. Tay- lor was a son of Agnes Taylor of this city, and Harry Wilson the son of Frank | Wilson of West Beatrice. The bodles will be brought here for burial. The body of Frank Simon of this clty, who died at Washington, D. C., was| brought here Monday night. He enlisted | in the regular army a few years ago, and | while on a ship sustained an fnjury from which he never recovered. He was 22 years of age. The Gage County Teachers' institute opened at the high school building Mon- da with a registration of 164 BUSINESS MEN HARVEST CROP OF INJURED FARMER ALLIANCE, Neb., Aug. 24.—(Special.)— When the Alllance business men heard that Peter Kicken, a farmer living nine miles north of Alllance, had received seri- | ous injuries from which he is not ex- pected to live, a movement was started to help him cut his 400 acres of rye and oats and yesterday seventy-two business | men and citizens of Alllance went out to Mr. Kicken's farm and with the help of the farmers who had nine binders in operation, 260 acres of the grain were cut and shocked. At a meeting of the directors of the Commercial club last evening and the convention committee of Post M of the Travelers Protective association of Al- ltance, It was decided to raise $1,500 to take care of the state Travelers' Pro- tective association convention, which will be held in Alllance In April, 1916 BOY’S LEG IS BADLY TORN BY AN ANGRY HOG| BROKEN clal.)—~While fighting hogs, BOW, Neb.,, Aug. fl.—(flpe-i trying to separate two Carl Grabert, 17-year-old | son of H, F. Grabert living eight miles | cast of here, was attacked by one of | the animals and severely injured. The | boy had succeeded in getting the animals | {apart when one of the hogs made a | viclous charge at him. The tusk caught | the boy just above the right knee, tear- ing the muscles and cutting clear to the bone. The wound was of such a serious | nature that Dr. Hurst, who was sum- {moned, hastily adminlstered “first aid"” (and returned to the city for Dr. Talbot to |assist him. The young man remained |under an asesthetic for over two hours | jand a half, it taking the doctors thal | time to plece together the severed mus- | cles and stitch up the wound. |HAIL AND LIGHTNING DO | DAMAGE NEAR STOCKVILLE | STOCKVILLE, Neb., Aug. #.—Special.) | —A severe wind and rainstorm passed | |east of this vilage Sunday evening. Many windmills and small buildings were | blown down and destroyed, and a large | | amount of corn rufned by the hail. The hallstorm was about five miles wide {and elght to ten miles long. Lightning struck and burned four stacks of bar- ley belonging to Homer Harry, who lves four miles south of Stockville. Teachers in Scasion at Ponea PONCA, Neb, Avg. 26.—(Special)—The annual Dixon County Teachers' institute opened here today with an enroliment of 105. The instructors are: Conductor, Sup- | erintendent Roy Chase; dean, E. L. Rouse of the Peru State Normal school; Prof. H. C. Filley of the State university, Miss Alce Cary Wilson, primary supetvisor, Des Moines, and Miss Clara Roach, as- sistant supervistor of music in the Sloux | City schools. Ex-ldeutenant Governor 8. R. McKelvie of Lincoln spoke at the Old Settlers’ picnic at Martinsburg today. Notes from Cedar County. HARTINGTON, Neb., Aug. 24.—(Spe- { clal)—A new state bank will open In this | €Ity next month under the management |of C. N. and V. C. Hertert and A. J.| | Lammers. It will be capitalized at $3,000, | Teachers' institute opened i this city on Monday morning and will continue all the week. Business men of Hartingtén are raising { money to buy uniforms for the band. | Cedar vounty has just harvested ons of | the best small grain crops in its history. | Beveral threshing machines are now at work in the county and the grain yleld s said to be unusually high. The corn crop in Cedar county hes im- proved 100 per cent in the last few weeks, and with a continuation of favorable weather, it ls expectad that the county | is also to harvest a big erop of corn. Comhridee Winne: Theee Times. | CAMBRIDGE, Neb., Aug. 24.—(Special.) | =By winning the game yesterday from McCook, § to 3, Cambridge won all games ' of the chautauqua tournament. MeCook was scoreless until the eight inning, when |errors gave them three scores. | Batteries: Cambridge, Justus and Kran- inger; MecCook, Wedell and Maxey. Hits: Cambridge, 9; McCook, 6. | fice, have cooled down considerably |in the state of Nebraska. ‘l Nebraska Democrats Can Do No Wrong in Office? (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Aug. 24.—(Special.)~Demo crats who appeared to be jovous that the opinion glven by Attorney General Reed would put three republican members of the State Rallway commission out of of when same ruling officers out they discovered that might put democratic of the state house. Secretary of State Pool explaina the matter by saying that state oficers who the state receive fees cannot be required to give a | bond because of fees recelved because, according to the supreme court decision In the Eugene Moore case the officers have no right to receive the fees and are only doing so In a friendly way and cannot be required to account for them Tn other words, state officers who are recelving hundreds of thousands of dol- lars of fees annually can place the money in thelr own pockets and while the state might prosecute them it could not convict them What appeared to be a steal for a re- publican officlal s nothing but an act of friendship when committed by a demo- cratic officlal, so it is apparent that the king can do no harm, FIFTH REGIMENT FINISHES ITS WORK AT ENCAMPMENT CRETE, Neb, Aug. 24.—(Speclal Tele- &ram.)—Today practically finished the Nebraska Natlonal Guard encampment of the Fifth regiment. The troops have re- celved thelr transportation home, and will break camp tomorrow. Pay day will bo in the morning. The last week of steady drilling was brought to a climax today in an eight- mile hike of the soldiers, which started at 8:3 o'clock and ended in reconnolter- ing of two battalions in the field, while one protected the regular base. One aerial corps was in the field and ohe in the camp grounds and extreme efforta were made in testing the.accuracy of the two signal corps. General Hall and Colonel Paul with the officers feel that this encampment has been one of the most benefical ever held No_efforts have been spared to make it so. The sol- dlers have conducted themselves in an excellent manner during their stay and Crete has been the mecca of huundreds of visitors of prominence, GOVERNOR PHOTOGRAPHED SITTING IN AEROPLANE (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Aug. 24—(8pecial)-When William Jennings Bryan was a candidate for the presidency some years ago he attempted to get a stand ‘n with the agricultural classes by having his picture taken and printed in the papers showing him to be out in the hay fleld with a pitchfork pitching hay. Now Governor Morehead has gona Willlamn Jennings Bryan considerably better by having a picture taken and published showing him to be sitting in an aeroplane as if guiding the machige through endless space. The photographer forget to suspend the machine in the alr and the picture shows it safely on terra forma which takes away somewhat the glory which the governor might re- celve as an aeronauut. Goes ta Masonle Home, HARVARD, Neb., Auve. 24.—THpecial)— Ezra Brown, for the last forty-four years a resident of this city and for many years a prominent factor in its political and clvic ilfe, was taken to the Masonic home at Plattsmouth Saturday, he having been become disubled by ege antl infirmitie He was desperately wounded at Getty: burg in July, 1884, and has suffefed from it many years, though he had the appear- ance of being a strong, healthy man. He represented this senate district in the Ne- braska legislature in the early 's¥s and was a strong character in that body. News Notes of Geneva. GENEVA, Neb, Aug. 2.—(Speclal)— The Fillmore County Teachers' institute is in session this week, opening yesterday {with a good attendance under the aus- | pices of County Superintendent Green. Mrs. J. L. Houchin of Blllings, Mont., is In Geneva visiting her daughter, Mrs, Lester Donlisthorpe, and other relatives and friends, Mrs. Willlam Birch was buried at 10 a. m. today. She died Sunday after a long fliness. She leaves n husband and a son and one daughter. Lilitan | ,| Nebraska |" RAILROAD MAN ADMITS | WAS AGGRESSOR IN FIGHT GRAND I1SLAND, Neb, A 2. —(Spe | elal Telegram.)—Persistent rumors cur- | rent for some days that the case of the state against Willlam Bowman, for as-| i 11t with intent to wound, growing out ! | of a cutting affray in the Palmer houss lobby between Bowman and a railroad {man named C ( Williams, would be dismissed were verified today, when | Willlams appeared in the court and asked that no further action be taken against his assallant, he (Willlams) hav-| ing struck the first blow | “Have you been pald anything for this | action?" asked Police Judge Kroeger Willlama replied he had not The county attorney declared that the only condition on which he would dismiss [ would be Willlams' statement of record that he was the aggressor and the rec- ord was so made, | Thirty-Three Years ‘ Service for Mole| | | | | L. 8 Mole, information clerk at the | postoffice, entered the service as sub- | stitute letter carried thirty-the | ago today. Shortly thereafter he was | made regular carrler, and In 1884 was transferred to the office. Since that time 1 he has been constantly in the Omaha of- | years #ce, having been at several positions in that time. For the last three years he | has been at the information window. | When Mr. Mole was made regular ear- rier he had for a route Twentleth street from Dodge to Pavl. west on Paul to Twenty-fourtl, south to Burt, west to Twenty-seventn, south to Dodge, and east on Dodge to Twentieth. Tle made the trip twice a dav. Mr. Mole entered the service when C. K. Coutant was postmaster, in 1883, DEATH RECORD. J. W. Barwick, PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Aug. 24.—(Spe- cial.)—Yesterday at his home in this city James W. Barwick, aged 76 years, and an employe of the Burlington in this city as a time-keeper since 18%, dled after a lingering illness, leaving his aged wife, to whom he was married in England over A half century ago. Mr. Barwick born May 12, 1840, at Leeds, Kngland, and I there until 186, when he arrived here. Mr. Barwick was a member of the Anclent Order of United Workmen for thirty years, and was thelr recorder in this city for twenty years, and a mem- ber of the Episcopal church of this city. There are four children, J. E. Barwick of this city; Mrs. Perry Coffman also of this city; a daughter living at Glenwood, was Ia.; and one at Clovis, N. M. Rev. W. F. Leete of the St. Luke's Episcopal church, will conduct the funeral cere monies Wednesday Nelnon M. Ferguson. YORK, Neb., Aug. 24.—(Special.)—Nel- FPerguson died at the family home, Cast Sixth street, at 2 o'clock yester. day morning, aged 7 years. Mr. Fergu- son served through the civil war. He first | Joined the Eighteenth Illinos infantry in 1851 and In 1865 he re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Illinols regi | ment. He came to Nebraska in 1871 and located on & homestead near Bradshaw | Ho was elected county treasurer in 1885 | and re-elected to a second term. For the laet twenty yoars he had been financler of York lodge No. 32, Anclent Order of United Workmen. A widow, one son, Herbert 1., and one daughter, Mrs, J. E | Smith, survive him. The funeral will be at the residence Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock Mre, Elfsa M. Fleming. | HARVARD, Neb., Aug. Special.)-- | Mrs. Eliza M. Fleming, widow of Dr. John T. Fleming, who died in July, 1911, dled jat her home in thie city at 4:30 Sunday afternoon, aged 77 years. | THYMENEAL. Wicks-Meberg, | FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 2.—(Special)- | L. C. Wicks, teacher of mathematics and | manual training at the Fremont High school, surprised his Fremont friends by | returning from a vacation trip at Ver- ;'mnu.,n‘ 8. D., accompanied by Mrs Wicks, who was formerly Miss Edith Me- jbers. They were married August 11 at | Vermillion. O'Mar | YORK, Neb., Aug. 24.—Leonard O'Marra and Maud Carlyle, both of Grand Island, were married in this city Sunday :mr.m!n[ by County Judge 11. G. Hopkins. | riyle, | house, ' | open to all the clergy, Catholic or Prot- | |Frank €hance had him as a successor | FLOODS MAROON 5 THOUSAND PERSONS | People of Newport, Ark,, in Desper~| ate Straits, With Town Inun- | dated 12 Feet in Places. EIGHT PERSONS ARE KILLED | LITTLE ROCK, Ark.,, Aug. 24 Five thousand people in the town of Newport, Ark,, tonight are marooned | by the flood waters of White river. | According to a telephone message re- | celved here the populace Is in desperate straits | Eight persons are reported to have lost their lives. The town is inun-| dated to a depth ranging from five to twelve feet and most of the popula- tion has sought refuge in the upper| floors of the hotels and the murl‘ Becauso of recent heavy rains nu-l river rose to such an extent that all the levees protecting the town gave| way early today, letting loose one of the most dieastrous floods in the his- tory of the community. | Two steamboats contlnued making trips up and down the river in the vieinity of Newport and succeeded In resculng a number of familles from the roofs of houses, whither they had gone to escape the flood. Finally the tlood became too great and the boats had to withdraw. | All means of communication with the | town save the telephone wire, have been destroyed and It was fesred tonight that even before morning the telephone wiro would be gone. Several passenger traina are stalled at Newport With food and water supplies all but exhausted, and with many refugees in the town from other polnts along the river the situation wes one which authorities lere considered swave, The river, althoukh rising slowly to- night was expected to begin falling to-| morrow morning. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24—The receding of the flood of the Meramec river today | falled to substantiate reports to the coroner of St. Louls county that twelve persons were drowned Sunday when the river rose to the highest mark ever rec- orded, and it is now thought that none perished in the overflow, Tt is impoesible to estimate accurately the property damage from the floods of the Meramec, Gasconade and other Ogark mountain streams, but a large area of bottom farma land in eastern and south- ern Missour! is under water; hundreda of | pummer resorters have been driven from | their clubhouses, tents and cottages along | the streams; and the greater part of the town of Valley Park, nineteen milos from St. Louls, is under water. Thirty-five hundred persons in Val- ley Park were made homeless Sunday. A shortage of drinking water was felt in Valley Park today, because the fown water works plant was flooded. Wednesday Is Day Set for Religious Census of the City Wednesday is the day set for the big religlous census of Omaha to be taken In connection with the “Billy" Sunday campalgn. Rev. A. C. Douglass, president of the Omaha Ministerial union, makes | an appeal for co-operation of all citizens with the census takers. His letter is as follows: It has been some years since a_religlous census of the city’ of Omaha has been | taken. The census formerly taken w most favorably recelved by the citizen was entirely non-sectarian in its nature, and the returns were sent without dis- crimination to every denomination and congregation In the city. It {s proposed at this time to take another such cens large corps of visitors will be e ted; calls will be made at e and all will be oor, courteously requested to state thelr de nominational affillation or preference, it they have any, and the returns will be estant, Jew or Gentile. 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