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Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-30
OMAHA MEN WITNESSES IN
TRIAL FOR 0vERT0N MONEY

Sheriff Edwin F. Bradley, Deputy Sheriff
Ira Flanagan. Coroner willis G. Crosby
and othee Omaha men will be subpoenaed
- witnesses In the suit for money taken
from the body OF the murdered William
y. overton. which goes TO trial AZ Papll-
lion January q. according TO Deputy
sheriff Flanagan. Lou overton. a nephew
OF the murdered man. iA a plaintiff
against Charles Sack and Edgar Kobler,
also relatives. lie wants 10 recover from
them for farm they purchased from
Mr.. overton shortly before his death and
also for the 1900 which he had on his
person when last seen alive.
Deputy Sheriff Flanagan. has been In
formed that the defense win produce Wit
nesses who viii testify that they saw
Overton alive a week after his supposed
disappearance. Three men are said 20
have been repairing a we'll pump when
overtOn came along the road and asked
them Tor a drink. Young Kobler, Il has
been supposed, was the last man to see
overton alive. He was held In jail in
Omaha FOR a day pending verdict OF the
eoroner's jury. but was released as soon
as the jury reported. Testimony before
the coroner's jury was not sufficient 70
warrant holding Kobler.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-30
ATLANTIC COAST FREIGHT
RATES RAISED JANUARY |

The freight officea OF the Omaha rail-
roads have reached their Atlantic sea-
board tariffs, which become effective
January /. and the way the officials zig.
ure them they are going 70 bo u little
higher than the old rates.
Under the ruling OF the Interstate Com
merce commission the boundary between
Ihslana and Illinois Is made a basinE
unG From now on freight originating
mA1 OF this line consigned 70 Missourl
river points take a rate OF s. cents on
first. Al cents on second and 50 cents on
third class. Under the old order OF
Thugs the rates were 81. IS and 30 cents
respectively. on the classes named.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-30
Only Brother Of
Ell. Hartman Dead

Pacific Fruit Express, an auxiliary Of
the Hartman system. with general Of
nces in the Union Pacific headquarters,
Of his uncle. Orlando. Of New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Rensselaer, have gone
sast to attend the funeral. which will
probably be held Monday.
Orlando Hartman was the only surviv-
Ing brother OF the late y. II. Hartman,
and ~ the time OF his death was 6s years
Df age. He is survived by his widow.
Deceased for many years prior to his
ieath devoted most OF his attention look
ng after his private estate and the af-
lairs OF the Brooklyn aud Long Island
nterurban lines. in which he was heav-
~ interested.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-30
DIVISION FORCE ANNOUNCED
New Division Of Railway Mail serv-
ice Now Well Organised.
OFFICIALS ARE PUT TO TEST
UnusuaIly Large Amount of Man r.
Handled During Christmas Rush
and EverythinE Passes
OFF Smoothly.

The fourteenth railway mail service d.
vision, recently established with head
quarters In Omaha. Is now thoroughly Or
ganized under Superintendent Jack Mas
ten. In fact. the division is 80 well or
Eanized that Il withstood the severe test
OF holiday postal patronage. During the
Christmas season there was an unusual
amount Of mail, and everything was
handled in the division IN ship-shape Or
der. In the weekly bulletin published IN
tho interest OF the division officials and
employees the first announcement OF the
headquarters force is made as follows;
Division Officials.
John NJ Masten. division superintendent.
Frank ID. johnson. assistant superin-
tendent.
william S. Felt, chief clerk in charge
Of schemes and schedules.
$ ID. Han. chief clerk, Omaha.
Charles II. Cherry. railroad service,
schedules, reports and irregularities.
Herman G. Forgy, schemes.
Joseph H. skldmore, chief clerk In
charge OF records and supplies.
Robert L. FrsntE errors. pouch records.
shortage reports, trip reports.
william 7. Kirkpatrick. supplies, utility
and draughtsman.
Harrison c. Mourning, files and utility.
Joseph @. Hart chief examiner.
Charles B. Sargent. assistant examiner.
Robert Robson, stenographer.
william J. Mettlen. chief clerk. Omaha.
John NJ. Butler. chief clerk, lincoln.
NJ. II. Blackwell, chief clerk. Denver.
w. c. Mulford. chief clerk. Cheyenne.
Lawrence Kaucher. chief clerk. 81. Jo-
Eepr.
J. s. Humphreys, chief clerk, Sioux City.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-30
ICE CUTTING RESUMED
BY LOCAL RAILROADS

Ice cutting has been resumed By the
Union Pacific and tile Burlington, the
former harvesting tho crop at Grand
Island. Gothenberg and North Platte. and
the latter at Ashland. At these points
the Ice Is reported to be from eight "a
ten inches ia thickness. Work at all three
places was stopped some days ago on
account OF the warm spell
Ice men who harvest on the reservoirs
near Omaha and on Carter lake are pre-
pairing TO put several hundred men al
work n the cold weather continues a
couple Of days. on these sheets OF water
ten inches OF Ice is reported.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-30
SENTENCED FOR PASSING
SOME FORGED CHECKS

Fred c. Martin Was sentenced 10 sixty
days in the county jail IN police court on
a charge OF obtaining money under false
pretenses, Martin Is alleged to have found
two checks for sia each and passed them
~ tho Kimball Laundry company.
The evening world., 1911-12-14

corner; alleged towing monopoly;
beef packers. Southern Pacific merger:
bituminous coal combinations naval
stores suit; Bathtub Trust; Lumber
Trust: MIX Trust. wall paper comb
nation. Sugar Tfust; Transatlantic
steamship pool; Magazine Trust; Shoe
Machinery Trust, combination OF coal
roads; elevator suit In Oklahoma, and
kindiing Wood Trust.
Emphasizing his satisfaction with
the decree OF the New York Circuit
Court In the tobacco trust dissolution.
the Attorncy-General has this to say OF
Independent tobacco interests who have
criticised the plan OF di~sintegration:
Competitors of the existing comb.
nation we're eager to compel the Inn
position of terms or conditions OF tho
disiutegration which would have made
a solvsnt, successful business readjust-
ment impossible. would have brought
about a r~eceivership Of h property
Ind forced judicial sales. resulting In
great financial loss. not only to those
interested In tina combination but to
the business interests OF the country
at large. ana In the md would have
benefited only the very individuals who
had been dominant in the formation OF
the combination, as .hey are possessed
OF mean ample enough TO pront by tbs
ruin which would have followed In
my opinion. the plan which has been
approved by the court will accomplish
the objects OF the law"
rorty-six prosecutions for illegal die
ordinations and rebates were instituted
against railroads during the year. Tho
Attorney General urges tho amendment
Of the twenty eiebt-hour law governing
the railroad transportation OF live stock
by imposing an Imprisonment penalty
for it, vocation.
The vigorous enforcement Of the Gus
laws. tho Accomplishment a
resulted IN the recovery Of fe,I20 no In
out OF which the Government
had been dcfraudei.
The white slave trafhc act. now . year
and q half old. II having q ~saiutary Of.
feet. IN the judgment Of Mr.. Wicker
sham.
Mr.. wickersham calls attention to
the discovery Of extensive Irregularities
and In some cases actual dishonesty IN
ofices Of clerks Of the United States
No effective reform. ne de-
oiares. can be accomplished until tho
power Of removing the clerks 10 taken
from the judges and lodged IN the
President and the clerks paid a specific
instead OF by the fec system-
The evening world., 1911-12-14

Little Stanley Peabody. not quite
four years old. was so i'll and run down
that life was despaircd Of. He was
very thin and cmaciatcd. had q bad
cough and was 10 such u serious con
dition that he wa refused admission to
the hospital" said Miss Ellen O'Leary,
matron Of the Childrcn's Home on Kirk
street, Lowell. Mass. in a recent inter-
view. II began giving him Father
Johns Medicine and he has steadily
improved Today he is fat and strong
and n splendidly healthy boy. We al
ways give Father Johns Medicine
to the children 10 prevent them from
getting cold or when theyneed build
ing up. 1t has been our family
remedy for years, and l have great
faith in it,"
Mothers' should remember that
Father Johns Medicine is q safe REM
cdy for children as well as older people
because it cures colds and throat aud
lung troubles without, the use Of alcohol
q dangerous drugs in any form. Get
a bottle today.
The evening world., 1911-12-14
W|CKERSHAM WITH
TAFT|N CALLF0R
( TRUST BUREAU
Would Have Corporations
Board Control, Says Attor-
ney-G General in Report.

WASHINGTON pec i1-purn,,ns
pr...,.n, tn a.. recommendation ,,a, an
~.ou,,vs hure.u he created 70 supcr.-
ysse corporations chs uttered under a Fed.
sral INCORPORATION act. A~ttorney-Gen-
ara, ylckersham. In his annual report
.,.hr,,,,.a "A conrrsss a sussest,
-. 80. 49,. :, ru.n...e,on. IA
80. - a. 49,
ssa'so 70 tns' us"' srs
senes o. the proposso 'so~ '"o'
oerauon stasuts.
This branch OF the Department d
Commerce and Labor, the Attorney
General urges. should be brought into
e,o.er relation With his Department and
"a. that IL might well be "avaiied OF
A. the nucleus for an administrative
beard. under whose supervision consoii.
dselons or mergers for lawful purposes
mirht be formed"
IN enforcing the sherman antitrust
iav tho Attorney General points out
h a tne Department Of Justice and the
courts are confronted by economic
rather than legal problems whom 10
cemes 10 working out methods ofdis-
alteration after a corporation has been
d~risrca an illegal combination.
suoiIlD iNvEsTiCATH
~ ..n ..oopr
N"S "-,o" -
The Department enlisteu '"c .
ace ID the Bureau OF Sorpors
tie dissolution OF the TOBACCO i,us', Wy
u would be OF sreat vA'ue 10 Inv 'es"
hreneh OF the government Mr. "ieAe'-
sham says u tne funcuo". =.
purseu snousu 70 1870 -.
could be upon o"e,a',y W
'nvestSatiohs ano 'epor' 49,,
SONS with respset 10 p,~a,s W.,
tntary or snio,oeo
fnonopoheeie
The Attorney'oeners re'ie"s -
ord Of . ear OF intense aeu.l'' ~
FEDERAL p~rosecu'io".' anu -
n the Dsperumen. OF .'. =,
cielly sustained user - ue 'e''o
B contribution OF ",.o@,.'
United states treasury IN .ho s".pso
nnes collected customs uuues ieeo
lea &C. The expense oi NV ne'~'.
mont. including the once Oh tho ~
torney-Gsneral. all OF the dlstrict-s''
tsfnsys and assistants hroushout the
ctnntry. aggregated s3,2.i,TI3. s2thA
comprehensive review OF the AMI
The evening world., 1911-12-14
SlQpQ,[S Pleased

NJ the rsmsrks bie . ale now being
held 1T FREDERICK Famous jsweiry
chop at COS Broadway. corner
OF 2oth otroot.
Two new uptown stores 10 take lie place.
Exceptional ber1sins In OH klnds
OF jswelry suitebls for Christmas
gifts.
A. 'esst 500 ssvIng on evsry
article.
There are q few hupdrsi hat pins In this stocA
cSs.sd out a. a5c. These are %imprtsd rins or e
which the customs duty alone exceeds The iaics 81
IL consiisrsA on. fs their patrns, Frederic
desires. 70 suggest that whsrv ccnseScut purchsses
be made pornlngs. 40 the nroadwpy SON a unsi
and In thds way better f~acnities are Offered.
The entire stock y t:ins closed out ct an
Sale az rrrssris'., eo5 BrSdwsy. corsss Scth
street. oply.-Advt. ~
The evening world., 1911-12-14

soldier" She was The nrst president OF
the British Writer'S Club In 1902 n
president OF the Society Of Women
Journalistic from 1901 90 1909. She gen.
orally resided In London.
The evening world., 1911-12-14
"J0HN STRANGE WINTER"
FAMOUS NOVELIST, DEAD.
Succumbed TO Injuries From Fall in
Elevator-Was Mrs. Arthur
Stannard in Private Life.

LONDON. Dec. 1A-Mrs. Arthur stan
nard. tho famous novelist. who was
we'll hnown throughout the world by
her ,pseudonym Of John Strange Win
ter" died to-day. She had been con-
fined TO her bed for the past 1vs months
as the result OF an accident while
stepping out Of an elevator. She slipped
and fell on her elbow injurins her arm
severely. The wound never healed and
recently complications set In which
ended fatally.
Mrs. Arthur Stannard. who was born
In York. In England. In 1859. has been for
nearly half q century one ok the most
prolific fotion writer's. Her stories we're
chiefly about army life. and the late
John Ruskin referred to her - "ths
author to whom we owed the most I'm
ished and faithful rendering ever ye'
given OF the character Of tho British
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-22

ented recluse who has lived here in
a howell that was once stable, for
many years. Disguised, he said, with
everything pertaining to modern life,
Bauman determined to rear his foster
son in the atmosphere of by-gone
age. The classic tongue of Rome was
the only language taught to the boy
by his eccentric parent, who was we'll
able to follow his part, he having been
noted Latin scholar in Europe.
When the lad was ten years old he
possessed knowledge of Latin that
the school taught youth of twice his
age could not hope ever to equal. Now,
he speaks the ancient tongue so well
and reads and writes it with such
fiuency that he may well be said to
have revived a dead language.
The elder Bauman's desire to bring
UP the boy in an atmosphere of aloof-
ness from all that is modern has been
well carried out The youth has never
ridden on train, used telephone or
in any way mingled in the life of the
village, which, narrow as 1t is, repre-
sents to him the great outside world,
full Of evils and temptations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-22

to be in existence. The Gutenberg
Bible is the first book known to have
been printed from movable types. The
catalogue of the Hoe auction says of
the copy recently sold:
printed on vellum of the finest
quality, it is in remarkably clean and
fresh condition, the bold gothic char
acters standing out with undiminished
grandeur. Whereas all copies vary
slightly, the above is one of the few
known to exist with headings at the
commencement of the Epistle Of st.
Jerome, and the First Book of Genesis
printed in red, it being presumed that
on account of the difficulty encoun-
tered in printing in second color this
undertaking was discontinued. In the
British museum copy these spaces
were left blank. The other chapter
headings throughout are written in
red in a contemporary gothic hand,
thus preserving the symmetry of the
page, while the beautiful illuminated
initials and decorations, taken in con-
junction with the antique and massive
appearance of the binding, contribute
to make this truly magnificent ex-
ample. if not one of the finest in exis-
tence. The two leaves, Fo.. 269 and
$40, which are in facsimile. constf
tute the only defects"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-22
MUSHROOMS IN MINE

plying a few select customers, such
as the large restaurants. l know a
French waiter who today is making
$4,000 year out of what might be
called a small mushroom farm.
"All the work in mushroom farming
comes in starting your bed, and that
isn't real hard work. After that all
you've got to do Is see that it Is kept
at the proper temperature by means
of the fertilizer In six weeks you get
your crop.
1.-THE mushroom market to some ex-
tent has been hurt by the plan adopt
ed by some farmers of giving away
mushrooms as a bonus to their GUS
toners with the other produce. A lot
of truck farmers are raising mush-
rooms in their cellars just for this pur-
pose.
THE Long Island farmers haven't
taken up mushroom farming as a COM
mercial venture to any extent and
most of the mushrooms brought here
from Long Island are natural ones.
They are in class by themselves and
don't bring anything like as much as
the artificial mushrooms. Most people
are afraid of the natural mushroom
the old fear of confounding 1t with a
toadstool, l suppose Anyway. you
can't sell them like the others"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-22

After a lifetime spent in learning
The business of keeping COWS do not
hesitate to say to the young man
reared on a farm: Farm; and If
you farm, keep stock; and if you keep
stock, keep cows; and if you keep
cows, keep Jersey cows" writes H. s.
Chapman in the Breeders Gazette.
OF course, / add to this, eff you keep
Jersey cows, keep registered Jer5ey
cows. My reasons for maintaining
that the Jersey cow is superior to all
others as a butter COW are as fol-
lows
Her ability to produce butter and
cheese economically stands undisput-
ed. Her record in many public tests,
including the Chicago, st. Louis and
Portland expositions, has given her
the reputation, enviable and indisput-
able, of being the worlds greatest but
ter COW.
The extra size of the fat globules in
Jersey milk renders the butter of
superior grain and firmness and more
easily separated from the cream.
The Jersey COW has the function of
assimilation developed to a greater
degree than any other breed. She is
high-grade specialist as feeder.
She will give profitable returns from
ration SO rich (concentrated) that
other COWS can not assimilate it. 1t is
this ability to stand force-feeding that
has brought the Jersey out ahead in
so many public tests. This is a merit
of the Jersey that can profitably be
taken advantage of in working dairy
herd. In the herd in which the rails
ing of stock is the primary considera-
ton l would keep little closer to ma
ture, even at the risk of surrendering
to some extent the meritorious quail
ties that artificial conditions have pro-
duced.
Superiority in numbers makes the
Jersey more practical animal than
her rivals. The animal that naturally
is matched against the Jersey is the
Guernsey. The Guernsey has her
good points and doubtless merits the
friends she has won. If you like
Guernseys better than Jerseys, that
may be reason why you may succeed
better with them. | am frank to ad.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-22
FLIPPED COIN FOR MILLIONS
Men Buy Land Where Little Silver
Piece Falls and Are Rewarded
by Fortune In Oil.

San Francisco.-Four thousand bar
rels of oil day are gushing from an
old oil field in the Bakersfield coun-
try that was discovered through the
Tipping of silver coin. The owners
of the gusher are Clarence Berry,
John D. Sprecklee, Jr.; William Ma
guire and Charles Holbrook, said to
be worth millions. Recently offered
an option on oil lands they were
dubious about the prospect
(Which bit of land to buy we don't
know" said Spreckles. $50 let us toss
coin and see where it falls. Well
buy there"
The other agreed. + coin was spun
high in the air. The place where it
fell was marked out. The property
was acquired. Engineers were put to
work. The first boring made was at
the spot whore tho coin fe--., In less
than a week oil began to squirt Now
the chief concern Of the investors in
the land is to surply enough barrels
to take care of the gushing oil.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-22

nit that my personal preference for
Jerseys doubtless has been factor in
my success with Jerseys. But setting
aside personal likes and dislikes, it is
far easier for the beginner to start
with Jerseys, because so many more
bulls of that breed are kept than of
Guernseys. Consequently, there is far
less excuse for inbreeding, and the
breeder easily can find the bloodlines
that he needs in his herd without the
expense of frequently buying bull
Another point In favor of the Jersey
COW is her medium-small size. Elk
periments have proved that it re-
quires about pounds of balanced
ration per day to sustain each 100
pounds of an animals live weight;
the dairy products and gain in live
weight are made from what feed can
be assimilated in excess of the sus-
tanning ration. Then if the 900-pound
COW will produce as much dairy prod
uct in 10 years as will the 1,400-pound
cow, can we afford to carry this extra
500 pounds of live weight for a term
of 10 years at a cost of $4,000 pounds
of feed, just for the extra 500 pounds
of poor beef we would have at the end
of that time? Just the item Of extra
cost of barn room for the larger ami
NAL for the 10 years would overbal-
ance the value of the extra amount of
beef However, If there is such a
thing as a practical dual-purpose cow
it is to be found il some of the fam
lilies of large Jerseys.
The popular demand for large cows
made it necessary for me to carry a
family of large Jerseys during the
last 20 years This family of COWS
weighed from 1900 to 1900 pounds
each, but in our families of. smaller
COWS we had far greater proportion
that would make pounds of butter
per day, and they would do it on less
feed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-22
1900 FOREIGN Girls Lost.

indianapolis, Ind.-"Eighteen hun
dred immigrant girls were lost track
of after having been received at Ellis
island. and put aboard trains Tor chi
cago and other points in the west, IN
the last year and half, Miss Grace
Abbott Of Hull House. Chicago, said
in discussing in the biennial conven-
ton of the Young Women's christian
association of America, the problem
of caring for immigrant girls. MISS
Abbott advocated federal immlgra-
ton bureau in Chicago, AS cheek
on the work of the white slavers."
Immigrant girls deserted the quaint
shawls and aprons of their native
lands for the hobble skirt all 100
quickly, Miss Abbott said.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-22
Crops Grown Cheaply and Sue
cessfuI!y in Coal Regions.
Some Bright Person Who Knew Some.
thing About Plant Discovered That
Dark Underground Chambers
Were as Good as Cellars.

New York.-'Do you see these?"
remarked a man who raises mush-
rooms, as he pointed to pile of
mushrooms. well, happen to know
that those mushrooms came out of a
coal mine in Pennsylvania.
Seems funny, doesn't it, that mush-
rooms and coal should come from the
same place, but the fact is that quite
few mushrooms are taken out of the
mines now. Occasionally they help
to glut the market, too.
"Of course, as everybody knows,
mushrooms are raised in cellars, and
two essentials are proper fertilizer
carefully applied and an even tenn
perature. Some bright person who
knew something about mushrooms
discovered that when 1t came to grow
ing them artifcially the dark cham
bers of mine were as good as the
ordinary cellar, and that you could
raise mushrooms at less cost in them.
in the first place, the mules fur
nished just the right kind of manure
for nothing, and then the temperature
of a mine is always even, SO that it
cost nothing to supply heat. There
are lots of places in the Pennsylvania
coal mines which can be used for
growing mushrooms, and before long
mine mushrooms are certain to be
quite a factor in the market, ! be-
lieve.
'The largest part of New York's
supply of mushrooms comes from
Pennsylvania anyway and some of the
large growers are located in the coal
regions, hence it is not strange that
the idea Of growing them in mines
should be taken up there.
Nowadays the profit in raising
mushrooms for the market Is not
mushroom grower could easily get 81
a pound for them and was always
sure of getting his crop taken as fast
as it matured. Four thousands pounds
of mushrooms might be called a fair
crop for the man who makes a busi-
get crop every six weeks with care
full planning, you can see how profit
able it was then.
1.-THE number Of mushroom raisers
has increased tremendously in the last
few years, with the result that last
week, for example, you could buy the
best mushrooms for 25 cents pound.
The mushroom market is uncertain,
because it isn't regulated at all. There
are no seasons for mushrooms and no
combination of growers. Hence at
times the market is glutted with
them, while at other times the amount
brought in is small and the price goes
up.
"a lot Of people have gone into
mushroom farming with view of sup
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-22

An Iowa subscriber, Mr.. Horace
Carter, sends the following suggestion
to the Homestead, which involves the
use of vestibule in hos house in
eEs& leather. MANY hog houses are
made very cold in winter through hav-
ing door left open for the hogs to
go in and out and even in case swing
door is used the wind will blow
through. All draft is shut off by
means of a vestibule constructed as
follows: Place small shed 3x5 feet
in front of the door to the hog house.
This can easily be removed in warm