Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1915, Page 3

THE BEE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 191 Henry Kirkham. They came to Amerioa, and after lving for a while in the east, WILL TRY TO SETTLE PACKERS' Nebraska | moved to Nebraska, wnere they settled CASE IN ENGLAND. s Nebraska '} nearly fifty years ago. Mr. Kirkham ] ’ dled some twenty years since. She leaves two children, John Kirkham of this clty, } JACKSON TO RUN | Child Labor Day Who 1s an Blay of the Buriingion. and | B. L. Kirkham of Belle Fourche, 8 D, editor and proprietor of the North West Set in January R‘ | Post. Arrangements for the funeral will | » Nty g | be held in &beyance until the arrival of | [ L1 rl‘nl»m n'.\nn;l n;rv.‘:nvl\-lvr:'“ Mr. Kirkham from the northwest. — JINCOLN, Dec. 238.—(8pecial.)—January | [ . 3 Mrs. Katherine Hofer. I Nuckolls County Member and prfe o D b i g ""‘:""n""‘ YORK, Neb., Dec. .—(8pecial )—-Mrs. 1 through e CO ry 1 v tate 4 4 9 i Speaker of House Probably O e O Suen mot belleve | Katherine Hofer dicd Friday afternoon 5 \ She was 17 years old. She, with her hus- Will Oppose Hall, a whole day should be devoted to the | A y - il Op seronnce ot the ‘same. becauss Ne- |band, came to York coumty in lsmi v o Mres. Sldney Beleher. PROMOTI TE HOUSE braska has so many speclal days, he M ONS AT STA thinks a short t'me should be spent in | YORK, Ne Dec. 3.~(8pecial )—Mrs. shdent.) each school and recommends a program | Sidney Belcher died at the fwiuily home L”f,'COl""N'l‘s""flc”:;;;fl )—Friends offered by the national child day com- [on Christmas She was 41 years old. of George j-rk’:o‘n '-;elnker of the last m‘mv«| nla proper to use, as followa: Mrs. John Dew . | 3 A, 1 Patriotlc sonss. GRESHAM, Neb Special.)— tives of the Nebraska 3 8 vor." oy | house of representa T sy I e aw | Mra. John Downing died suddenly Sun: Debate— ‘Ehoul, Furhlddlt:r the Interstate Shipment of | day evening Child-Made T A tal ‘on what child labor means to Vi]]a m"]e In West Chihuahua| are out for the Nuckolls legislature, democratic | county statesman for the nomination for state treasurer. The boom for Speaker Jackson has been | started by democrats who are opposed to State Treasurer George Hall for a sec- She was 61 years old. our country. The day suggests the following in ad- dit'on ond term and feel that Mr. Jackson will | “The Value of an KEducation and the it into the scheme to defeat the present : Increased Earning Power Education H treasurer for renomination Brings.” & EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 28-—General| Mr. Jackson has been in the city visit- “The Story of Sweatehops in CIUS™ | princisco Villa 18 & fugitive in the Guer- ing with his family over the Christmas s rero district just morth of Madera in| holiday season, and when questioned M F' Gh k western Chihuahua, according to the | about the matter would not deny (hn‘:‘ho anv lne lc ens latest advices recelved by General Obre- would get Into the race. Mr. Jackson | : Sh gon today has been mentioned in connection with | At Mid-8tate-BhowW G’ mevine, diverting his cam the governorship, but he has not hlll‘f:x —— palgn northward from Chihuahua City Rl Wit i G KEARNEY, Neb, Dec, .—(Speclal to pursue Villa, has reached the vicinity :wru I"?”L’T“.mh"".".'fil' r-‘v-mn\:'e:::l‘:‘ln— Telegram.)—With more birds entered of Madera, according to dispatches to-| o t l“‘ ";l;‘ ’:" - . “mrnhw | than have ever been shown before In the day from George Hoard, general man- | gt locipe i o opid s oftic history of the Mid-State Poultry and Pet ager of the Madera Lumber company.| H. N. Sprague, chief clerk in the office Stock association the sixth annual ex-|{who, with twenty-nine employes of the of the state insurance board, was pro- moted today to assistant examiner at a salary of $1,500 per year. M. G. McCune, stenographer, was promoted to the va- cancy and will receive $1,200 per year. Miss Lina Shirley of Kearney was ap- company, was taken prisoner at Madera | and brought to Chihuabua City by Villa | and there liberated on Villa's departuro. | Hoard was instructed to come to the border with the employes of the com pany. The Guerrero dlstrict runs close to the Slerra Madre mountains. Its southern line is at Minaca and its northern boun- dary is just north of Madera., Villa Is believed to be in the northern end of hibition will open hers tomorrow in the promises some developments tomorrow city hall | Already the hall has been filled with | high-class poultry and pet stock and | much interest is being weanifested in the| i | | CHANDLER R ANDERSON. © CLINKEDINST, Chandler P, Anderson, counsellor to the | State department under President Taft,| pointed stenographer. #alled for Fngland yesterday to endeavor Two Reauisitions. %o settle directly with the British govern- | Show. One of the features of the exhibl The governor of Wisconsin has asked!ment the long pending cases of the Chi- | ton will be & baby show, in whichover for extradition papers for the return to|cago packers, involving between $15,000,00 | that state of Arthur Morgan, charged by land $20,000000 worth of American food- 100 children in this vicinity are already | entere W. H. Watson of Riverdale, a hlgh au-| lis wife with abandonment of their chil- dren, contrary to the laws of the state. | He 15 alleged to be in Lincoln, and if captured will be returned to Wisconsin authorities, the governor of the state having so decreed this morning. The governor of Kansas is also want- ing the return to Hutchinson of Jack Krull, otherwise known as “Slim.” “Slim" s wanted for grand larceny and 1s being held by the sheriff of Adams county until the decree for his return is received. Birkner Is Injured. Headquarters of the Nebraska National Gugrd bear all the appearance of war times. Major Birkner is out of the trenches with a crushed foot caused by a box of war supplies falling on it at the armory, while Assistant Adjutant Gen- eral Haysel is in bed with a severe at- track of some other sort of allment. The | two officers, however, can be expected | to buckle on their ‘trusty swords should war be declared and enter the carnage. Operation for Stewart, An X-ray taken of O. P. Stewart, as- sistant state superintendent, who was taken to the hospital Sunday has dis- closed that an operation will have to be | had to relieve gallstones. The operation wiil probably he made this evening or| tomorrow morning. | Chickens Have Taberculosis. | And now the trusty barnyard fowl has | been struck by the ravages of tuberculo- | #is, it having developed that the chickens | which have been herded with the cattle | and hogs of Joe G. Roth, near Miiford, which lately showed decided symptoms | of that discase and were sent to the | slaughter, are also affected with the | disease. According to State Veterinarian Alderson, eggs produced vy these fowls will not be dangerous to eat, but the | flesh of the unhappy feathered cacklers | will be affected the same as any ulher“ animal struck with the disease. | Inspection of Cattle, According to a report prepared by Mr. Sleeth of the state veterinarian's office, | 4518 cattle have been inspected during | the time from April 1 to December L | and 7410 pr cent have shown slgns of | tuberculcsis, the exact mumber being 33, Hospital Employes Burned, Mrs. Mrs. Carrie Huddle, an employe at the State Hoospital ror the Insane, near Lincoln, was fatally burned late last night and her husband, who at- tempted to rescue her, had his hands seri- ously burned in trying to put out the flames. | Mrs, Huddle and her huspand are both employes of the hospital and the woman had attempted to heat a mixture of tur pentine and ofl over an alcohol flame. | when the mixture flashed up, enveloping | her in the flames. Attendant Melquist | threw her on @ bed and attempted to ! smother the flames with the bedding, and while burned somewhat was not, serfously burned like the husband, who may have to suffer amputation of ome | or boin hands, LINCOLN COUNTY LAND OWNERS ORGANIZE FIGHT | ding ceremony and will make their homo NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Dec, 28.—(Spe- clal.)—Belleving that the cost of drainage would be greated than the benefits there- from, 118 land owners of Lincoln county. representing 21000 acres of Platte valley land, have signed a petition opposing the formation of an irrigation district in this part of the valley from North Platte to Sutherland They also believe that drainage would eliminate subirrigation, which is, they claim, a saving feature for crops on a dry year. They are inclined to be skeptl- cal of the assertion that drainage would remove alkall from the soil. The land owners at the meeting passed & motion, requesting the North Platte Chamber of Commerce to take no action In the matter. They cost of completing such a district would, tney assert, be a million dollars before it was finally com- pleted. The Chamber of Commerce re- cently passed a resolution favoring the district, Five Helow at Fairbury. FAIRBURY. Neb., Dec. 28.—(Sveclal Telegram.)—Falrbury experienced the coldest snap of the year today when the thermometer registered five below. With three inches of snow on the ground and intense cold prevailing® farmens still have unhusked corn. Hundreds of acres re mains to be husked all over Jetferson county. The Little Blue river {g frozen over with nearly ten inches of jce and skating s bing enjoyed by the younger generation. sufferer from Indigestion Relfeoved stuffs. Three Charged With Highway Robbery | NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Spe- clal)—Charged with highway robbery, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Edwards and Cy Nunn| were yesterday bound over to the dis- trict court. James Ross, an aged farmer of the Hershey vicinity, testified that he came to North Platte on the night o Decem-| ber 21, and after becoming intoxicated | proceeded to have a good time. He was | at the Edwards home for a time, he sald, and later in the evening events became | dimmed because of the liquor he had| taken. He could remember, however, that he was in an alley and two men| held his arms, while a woman took hi pocketbook containing about $14. The defendants denied the charge, alleging that they were not on the streets at the hour Ross says he was robbed. | Police officers testified to having seen them on the streets during the night,| however. Plaintiff Wins Bank Stock Case BEATRICE, Neb.,, Deec. 28.—(8peclal)— H. C. Johannes of West Beatrice has re-| turned home from Hebron, wherc he won an important suit in tne district court at that place last week in his action against J. M. Marsh, et al, and 8. J. | Fitzsimmons, et al., In which $20,00 was involved. The suit was based on al- leged misrepresentation, the defendants having represented 100 shares of bank stock in the First National bank of He- bron as being worth $125 per share and bearing interest at 6 per cent per annum, which they had induced plaintiff to ac- cept as part payment on his farm near Carleton, Neb. It was proven at the time the trade wes made that the stock was dead and of no value itself. Judge Leslie Hyurd, before whom the case was tried, handed down his decision in favor of the plaintiff ten minutes after the pleas had been made Former fi;i;érsity Students Wedded KEARNEY, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Special Tel- egram,)—Two former University of Ne- braska students were married here ye: terday at the home of Prof. and Mrs, R. E. Cochran, when Miss Bernice Birch became the wife of Ralph BE. Brodley. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr, Walker of the Baptist church. Both bride and groom are graduates of the University of Nebraska. Miss Birch made her home at Lincoln. Mr. Brodley at the present time holds a responsible position as supervisor of the Galletin forest at Bozeman, Mont. The couple left shortly after the wed- at Bozeman, Both were prominent in university circles several years ago. MORE OIL FIRMS REFUSE TO PAY FEES TO STATE a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Specfal Tel- egram.)=Two more firms have refused to pay inspection fees to the state ofl in- spector, the Marshall Ol company of Lincoln and the B..& L. company of Fairbury. As a result the department will be badly crippled if other firms fol- low the lead of those already taking action. Food Commissioner Harman which will be Interesting. Four (iage County Deaths. BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Special.)— Mrs, M. 1. Floyd, for the last thirty-one years a resident of Beatrice, died at her home here last night. She was 8 years of age and leaves her husband and nine children. Diabetes and the grip caused death. Mrs. Emma Jane Bailey, a ploneer of this city, died here Sunday, aged 76 years. | She was a native of England and had lived in Gage county with her family | since 1#70... She is survived by her hus- | band, George H. Bailey, one sister and | three brothers. Word was received here Monday of the death of Mrs. M. L. Arnold, formerly of | this eity, which occurred at her home |at Mesa, Ariz. The remains will be taken to Connecticut for interment. Mrs. Marius Jensen died Sunday at ler thority on poultry, is in charge of thel show, while Mrs. Bugene Morrix 18 sec- | retary. The exhibition will last ever/ New Year's day when the hall will be| open for the display of the birds and the | entertainment of the poultry fanciers. | Dollar Mark Draws Wheat fr_om Farmers' KBARNBY, Neb, Dec. 2.—(Special Telegram.)—Record-breaking recelpts of wheat were made by Kearney grain deal- ers today when in spite of the snowy weather and the bad condition of the roads a large amount of grain Was brought tomarket. It is thought that the big influx was occasioned by the arrival of the price at $1 for high-grade wheat Local dealers say not In a long time has here been such a noticeable strength in the receipts here, while practically all of that received was of high quality. FIVE CORN PRODUGTS ‘ FACTORIES IN STATE (From a Staff Correspondent.) | LINCOLN, Dec. 28.—(Special.)—Figures complled by Commissioner of Labor Cof- fey in the state department of labor from reports filed by five Nebraska manufac- turers of corn products, show that dur- ing the year 1914 these five Nebraska manufacturing institutiosh had a total capital of $283,810.16 invested and that em- ployment was given to a total of forty- two employes. The average weekly | wage pald was $12.31, or a total of $22,- 476.10 paid In wages for the year. The total value of the stock used was 3751, .30, and the total value of the produc- tlon was $7196,68.90. It is estimated that 64 per cent of the production was sold in Nebraska. No figures are available for previous years in Nebraska, | | | i Boy is Acidentally Killed, ST. PAUL, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Special.)— Edward Nesiba, from near Farwell, met death at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon when a shotgun, which he was carrying, was accidently discharged. The shot en- tered his Jaw and passed entirely through | bis head, killing him instantly, It seems | that he and a neighbor boy had come to | visit some friends near this city. There | was no one at home when they arrived | there and they put their team in the! barn and went hunting. After traveling & short distance they parted, the Nesiba | boy staying on top of a hill while his! chum went into the ravine. The chum | had not gone very far till he heard the | shot and he immeliately went to the! Nesiba boy, expecting him to have | bagged some game. He found him lying | on the ground, the shotgun at his side and with no signs of lite. The body was brought here and cared for until his| father arrived. Kearney Grads Banquet. KEARNEY, Neb, Dec. 28.—(Special| Telegram.)—Over 300 former students and graduates of the Kearney High school | sat down tonight in the city hall to the second annual banquet of the alumni as- sociation of the local high school. The hall was beautifully decorated in Christ- mas greens and a mammoth Christmas treo occupled the rostrum. An enter- taining toast list occupled the guests after ‘the banquet, H DEATH RECORD W. H. Baliman. ST. PAUL, Neb., Dec. 25.—(Special )= WA H. Baliman, civil war veteran, who passed away here Sautrday morning, was burled at Elmwood cemetery yes- {terday afternoon. Mr. Baliman was | taken sick with pneumonia on the even- | Ing of December 18, He leaves a wite and several children. For a number of years prior to his death he had always taken an active part in local Grand Army affairs, He was 76 years old. Mrs, Jane Kirkham. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Dec. 28.—(8pe- clal)—Mrs. Jane Kirkham died at her late home in this city of grip yesterday afternoon, after a sickness extending over but a few days. Mrs, Kirkham was born in England elghty-three years ago, and there was united in marrlage with Old-TimeflHemedy Makes Pure Blood Purify your blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. 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