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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-08
Culls From the Wire

Strike breakers were employed for the
first time since the walkout on June ! Of
lonRshoremen affiliated with the Pacific
coast district Of the international Long
ahoremen'H association following the rejee-
lion by most Of the steamship companies
Of demands for Increased wages and a
closed shop policy. More than q hun
dred non union men were dispatched from
fan Francisco 10 Crockett
petition asking the appointment Of
Louis w. Iliil. president Of the Great North
ern Railway company. as administrator Of
the estate Of his father, James J. Hill, the
railroad builder and flnaneier who died a
week ago. was filed In the county probate
rnnrl nl 81 Paul
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and orders left at
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more expensive bindings. We be.
lieye you will never be able to buy
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-08
AsI.s About Gerard Interrlen.

Washington, June g.--secretary Lansing
said late today that he had cablsd Ambas.
ssdor Gerard al Berlin asking whether he
had given out interviews on the subject Of
peace which recently have been credited TO
him by newspapers IN Germany and sem
10 this country IN press dispatches
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-08
nIshnn Hamilton Elected.

Washington. June bishop John W
Hamilton Of the Methodist Episcopal church
ran university 10 succeed his brother
Franklin Hamilton, who resigned recently
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-08

Kansas City Mo. June THE rural
credits bin now before congress was at
lacked az today's meeting here Of the hoard
10 governors ~ the Investment Bankers
Association ~ America and the association,
IL was declared VIII fight n through the
chamber Of commerce ~ the United States
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-08

n you have rheumatism lumbago. get a
goo bottle Of sloauts Llniment. Il kills the
balm Am Advertisement.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17

tall and winter blowing of rollins
lands and allowing them to remais
bare during the winter and spring -
wash away.
The choice Of winter v crons :.
important. Whenever it is practice
BILE legumes should be given the nro
ference, for if it is just as helpful f.
add more nitrogen as it is to retoin
that which has become soluble in thu.
soil. Winter growing legumes, GRIM
son clover and Vetch do not give as
good results in a northern climate a.
rye. The cost of a bushel of rye
which makes a fair seeding, is so low
and the certainty of a growth wher,,
other crops would fail is such an AID.
vantage. that it is one of the bes,
cover crops for use everywhere and
under all conditions. Rye makes a
heavy fall growth, besides it NAV he
plowed under early enough to enable
satisfactory preparation for any cult
waited summer crop, such as potatoes
and corn.
In the well-known three-year-rota-
ton of corn, wheat and clover. we
have a good example of the proper
use of cover crops in the rotation. Tn
der this system Of crop growing the
fields are all covered by some crop
nearly all Of the year. In general
farming the aim should be to keep the
growing occupied by a growing crop
almost the entire years as near as
possible without going to any great adj
ditional expense to fit the soil and seed
these crops. The corn wheat ant
clover rotation is nearly ideal for this
purpose. Or the land may be profit
ably left in grass two years, which
will afford a thicker and better sod to
ploW under in preparation for the corn
crop. Just a word of caution in re-
gard to blowing under cover crops. A
great many farmers read about the
beneficial effects of these crops upon
their soil and act upon the theory that
if a little of anything is good for the
soil a whole lot is better. They start
in to grow and plow under these crops
faster than the soil can make good
use Of them. The result is they sooE
have the soil choked the green
organic matter decays slowly, the
soil becomes sou and a large mass OF
inert plant food forms a thick layer
that cuts off capillary moisture attrac-
ton from below, and the crops suffer
a result. In general farm practice
j. is better to pillow under small
amounts of humus-making material
frequently and not attempt to pillow 1t
der too deeply. Double disking
should follow without delay and the
ground be thoroughly titled before a
crop is planted.-Lester J. Meredith in
Farm Life.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17

Itcaether turned attention from him
he has supplemented it by q recent
statement to the effect that II am to-
tally opposed to the use of my name
in connection with the nomination
and to the selection and istruction of
delegates in my interest. either direct
ly or remotely" The Republicans
& to be coming into a recognition
of the fact that they are not to depend
on Mr.. Hughes and in all sections OF
the country, with the exception of a
part of New England, are disposed to
give quiet acquiscence. Even the New
England elamor is growing manifestly
less. The Roosevelt movement is be.
ing steadily crystalized. 1t was given
impetus when an influential delega-
ton from Massachusetts, in which
Congressman Gardner was included,
made public announcement of a desire
and an intention of going to the Ma
tional Convention as supporters of the
Roosevelt ticket. So far as anything
can be regarded as certain in politics
of President Wilson now has the field.
Charlotte Observer.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
FERTILITY FROM COVER CROPS.

L -
Farmers and soil experts are just
beinning to realize that the loss of soil
fertility is almost entirely due to the
loss of humus, and that the loss Of
humus is due to improper systems OF
crop growing that allows the teaching
and washing of available plant food
from the soil.
We must grow degumes and winter
cover crops if we maintain and buil6
up the fertility of our soils. Farmers
have grown cultivated crops too ex-
tensively. and given too little attention
to crop rotation and winter cover
crops.
It is not practicable or possible To
have all the fields occupied by a cover
crop, but we should aim to keep the
ground occupied by a growing crop aG
much of the time as is consistent with
profitable farming. There are times
when the ground must be left bare,
but these periods should be as short a
possible. More or less of the soil NJ
trogen is being changed into a soluble.
form during the spring and autumn
months and for this reason a crop of
some. sort should be employed arrest
and hold this nitrogen. After a regu-
lar crop is made. nitrogen still con
tinues to be made soluble and unless
the ground is full of roots of some
growing crops to take up part of it.
this valuable element will be leachel
out as soon as there is rainfall enough
to cause underground drainage of wa
ter from the soil.
If we SOW wheat or rye in the fail
the roots will fill the surface soil and
take up for use in the growth of the
plants all the soluble nitrogen which
otherwise would be lost. The nitro
gen, after being built into plants, is
available for future use as soon az
the cover crop is turned under and de
Gays. In addition to saving soluble
nitrogen the W crop furnishes an
abundant supply of humus to improve
the physical condition of the soil and
increase it's water holding capacity.
If legumes are used for cover crops
and are cut for hay, the stubble and
roots increase the quantity of soil res
idues and when they. hay is fed and
the resulting manure returned to tn"
soil little of the humus and fertilizer
value of the crop is lost. Not only is
the soluble nitrogen retained and the
supply of humus increased, but the
growing plants prevent the washing
away of soil particles and the mineral
plant foods. This is especially so on
rolling lands; and while there may be
some excuse for allowing leved lands
to remain bare during the winter.
there is absolutely no excuse for the
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
POKE EAzLEY ON CIVILIZATION.

Poke Eazley of HogwalIow has
struck a keynote. Poke says that the
Increasing demands of civilization are
becoming unbearable. Before We had
so much civilization, says he, nobody
ever complained of fees. Now every
body objects to them. Poke is a phil
osopher. Civilization is becoming
troublesome. Before we had so mucn
civilization nobody ever thought OF
shooting progress into the Filipinos
or civilizing the Mexicans with ma
chine guns. In the good old days they
never thought about getting out of the
mud and we did not even have bridges.
Everybody was willing to WATCHER
fully for the water to go down in or
der to CROSS the streams. We didn't
have much and we were satisfied. But
now it is different. We don't get one
thing before we want another, and
some wit has said that "life is n -
thing after another" What is d
hogs time worth?" asked a skeptie
who was told that his way of f~attening
hogs was too slow. We are all rush
in gabout like the skies were falling
and nobody has time to enjoy any of
the calmness and sweetness of life.
The roue is bored because he has lost
the power of new sensations. Isn't
civilization about to become bored?--
Monroe Journal.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK
AT THE POST OF DUTY.

All honor to Speaker Clark. When
he left his chair in the House of Rep
|reseptatives on Monday, to begin the
Aghf for preparedness side by side
with his political opponent, the minor
ity leader, Representative Mann OF
Illinois, he silenced the paciists. The
two preliminary defense bills were
passed by overwhelming majorittes
without the formality of calling the
roll. The adherents of Bryan remain
ed passive. The nominal leader OF
the majority took a back seat" in
more senses than one. The Speaker
proved himself the actual leader OF
the majority in the House of Repre-
sentatives. He showed himself, also,
a. clear-headed, broad-minded patriot.
thoroughly alive to the present needs
of the nation and determined that they
shall be attended to in spite of all op.
position.
Taking up the subject of national
defense he was as able and alert in
debate as e He rose to the occa-
sion. Representative Butler of Penn
sylvania declared that England and
Germany were mounting 17-inch guns
on new ~battleships, while Ours have
14-inch guns. what shall we do?"
he asked. Put on our battleships IT.
inch guns" replied the Speaker. PUT
the biggest guns ~attainable, or that
ever were attainable, on every one of
these battleships we build"
About those 177inch guns there is
some room for doubt, however, as our
own 14-inch guns may yet be proved
the most effective for modern battle.
ships. The British Queen Elizabeth
c4ries 157inch guns. She managed
get home after her visit to the Dardan-
el;es. We must certainly have as
powerful guns as any other navy suc-,
cessfully employs. But these matters
are merely details. The debate on
Monday aroused Congress. 1t has in
spirited the nation. We have ample
proof now that this vital question of
defnse is not to be neglected, that ac-
ton upon it is not n~eedlessly to be de-
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
MRS. FRONA McMAHAN GIVEN
THREE YEARS IN PENITENTLARf
Hay wood County Woman Pleads Guilty
to Manslaughter i'm the Death
OF Her Sixth Husband.

Waynesville, Feb. 13.-In Haywood
Superior court yesterday Mrs. Frona
McHahan enterd a plea of guilty OF
manslaughter IN having killed her hus-
band at Sunbursts this county, last
August. Judge B. f. Long sentenced
her to three years in the State peni,
Tertiary. Mrs. McHahan was tried al
this term of court for murder in the
first degree and after spending SO
hours in deliberation the jury was un
able to reach an agreement, standing
eight to four for conviction.
Mrs. McHahan is "a years of age
and has had six husbands, three of
whom have died under suspicious cir
cumstances and three of whom de-
sertd her. Small in stature and a de-
cided brunette, she was the center of
interest to one of the largest crowds
ever attending a session of court here.
Her story on the witness stand was
most remarkable, and throughout the
trial she maintained a perfectly calm
appearance, never evincing any emo
ton even under the gruelling cross
examination to which she was SUBJ
gected by attorneys prosecuting the
ease.
A native of this county, she testified
that she was first married in Graham
county, this state, when slightly un-
der 16 years of age to a man named
Thomas Meadows. This was on April
4 Ona the twelfth day of June fol-
lowing Meadows killed himself in the
pIesnce of his girl wife and her two
small sisters. She was tried before q
magistrate for having murdered him
but probable cause was not found and
the matter was dropped.
Two years later in Tennessee she
was married to William Metcalfe, with
whom she lived for about five or six
years, when he ran away with another
woman. Without bothering about a
divorce a littel less than a year later
she married William Gregory, also in
Tennessee. Shortly thereafter he OBJ.
tanned a position at Proctor, this State,
ard m day when ne was journeying
across the mountains to his home he
was taken suddenly i'll when about d
mile away and died before aid could
reach him.
Less than six weeks the widow
mourned for the departed, for within
t1at time David Shields had won her
heart and hand. He was rather an
old man and it was a month or so be-
fore he left for California without the
formality of saying good-ble. In a
very short time the desertd wife was
eonsoled by a younger man. aagin
without the usual divorce, this time to
Luther Shields her troth being pledg-
ed. In the purse of a few months.
however, the domestic harmony was
shattered, a lady from Little Rock.
Ark, persuading the husband away.
Then came the sixth husband, Dave
McMahan. The couple had been liv-
ms as man and wife for nearly two
years and were getting along fine at
the big plant of the Champion Lumber
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17

Company at Sunburst until one Au-
gust morning last year the man was
found dead in bed a bullet hole
through his heart.
THE case against the woman was en-
tirely circumstantial. She testified that
he had gotten up and made q nre In
the early morning and then came back
To bed she getting up then to prepare
breakfast. A few minutes later the
pistol shot rang out while she was in
the kitchen, according to her testi-
mony, and he vas discovered dead,
There were several people in the
house at the time, but no eye-W1t-
nesses. From the wound and the po-
sition the pistol was found the State
argued that he could not have killed
himself. and that his wife was bound
to be the guilty party. She pleaded
innocence, and the jury could not
agree,
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
FOT1R MILLION BANK NOTES
MADE HERE FOR MEXICO.

washington. Feb. 1S.-Four million
newBank notes made in the United
States have just been placed in the
Mexican treasury and several more
nsahcF will follow them as rapidly as
they can be engraved. The order was
placed several months ago by Luis
Cabreba minister of. finance in Mexi-
co and is said to have been for 25O.-
OO0.0 900 pesos.
h new notes will be exchanged
for various issues already in c1rcula-
|tion in Mexico which have been de-
clared illegal and which were easy 10
counterfeit.
Compilation at the State Depart
ment of data regarding Mexico asked
by the Senate under the Fall resolu-
ton practically is completed, and its
submission in the near future is ex-
pected to be the occasion for resum-
ing the debate on Mexico in the SEN
ate. The administration wants the
delayed debate to proceed because II
is understood that until it is finished
the nomination Of Henry Fletcher IL
ambassador to Mexico will not DC
ratified.
Official and unofficial reports from
Mexico indicate slightly improved con-
d1tions in the military situation. VII
la has eluded the troops sent by Gen.
Gavira to capture him, but Argume,
dos capture in Durango appears to
have checked the rebel movement
about Torren. Officials here to not
regard the rbel operations about the
oil fields in eastern Mexico as serious.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
1882 BOY SCOUTS.
Membership of Organization Has In
creased rs Per Cent in Past Year.

creased As Percent in Past Year.
An increase of 46 per cent in mem
bership during last year was an
ncunced today at the annual meeting
OF the National Council of the Boy
Scouts of America. There are now
1882 boys and scoutmasters in the
movement. Among the significant
items of the chief scout executives re-
port were that scout troops had been
organized in almost every church de-
nomination in the country, that 3,489
troops mel in churches, and 1886 in
school buildings, armories and COM
munity institutions, and that the 7,067
scoutmasters included clergymen,
physicians, lawyers, teachers and 9th
er professional men. all of high char
acter.
The membership shows that there
is one boy scout in every 453 of popu-
lation in New York; one in eyry 269
III New Jersey; one in 448 in Mary
land; one in 1872 in Delaware: one in
26S in Connecticut; one in 40 in Penn
sylvania; one in 392 in Massachusetts;
one in 172 in Utah, and n in 297 in
the District of Columbia.
Late today President Wilson receiv-
ed the members of the National Coun~
Gil at the White House and spoke to
them OF his high regard for the work
they are doing.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17

layed. The bills will soon be ready
in both Houses. To Speaker Clark,
however, q Representative from Mis-
souri,, where, it has been supposed,
there is a large anti-preparedness fac
tion, where invasion Is not feared IS
it is on the coasts, the nation owes a
deft of gratitude. 1t would have been
both easy and polite for him to be as
passive in the fights as Mr.. Kitchin.
He has placed the welfare of the coun-
try above all other interests.-New
York Times.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
MISS MEMMINGER DEAD.

Miss Allen Memmingery a member OF
a prominent Charleston family and a
resident Of Flat Rock died in Patton
Memorial hospital Saturday from
pneumonia. She was buried in the
family grounds near St. John in the
Wilderness church.
Miss MemmingeI was a sister of DR..
Memminger and E. /. Memminger anG
a daughter of the late Mr.. Memminger.
who was secretary of State under
President Jefferson Davis of the Con-
federate States.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
WILSON AND ROOSEVELT.

Political affairs seem to be shaping
rapidly to the end that it is going to
be- Theodore Roosevelt againts Wood
row Wilson. Early in the game Judge
Hughes fortified himself behind a
notary's seal against a nomination
even by force, and this not having al
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
MEMS AND BOYS CLOTHING.

I have several hundred all wool
suits, Grays, Blues and Browns, Hart
Schafner and Strouse & Brothers
make, at Tess than half price. Wise
buyers give a look before you buy.
Glazener cuts the price and sells the
goods.
tic
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17

G1azener's half price shoe sale now
on. Sample hats 25c. SOC and $1.0O.
goods. tic
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
TUNGSTEN FOUND
NEAR HAWTHORNE
G. L. Burge Bonds Three Claims to Atkins,Kroll
Company for $4,000

Confirmation of the report that a
tungsten discovery had been made
on the claims of c. L. Burge at Sui
phide, fifteen miles southeast of
Hawthorne, was received this week.
Mr.. Burge has owned these claims
for "a number of years, and has made
several shipments of gold ore which
have given him good returns He
recently sent samples of the ore to
the University for analysis, and the
receipt of the returns was the first
intimation that there was tungsten
on the ground. He later succeeded
in interesting the Atkins Kroll
people in the property, and H. A,
Morrison was sent to examine the
the ground, with the result that it
was at once bonded to that company
for $40, 900, the first payment of
which sum is to be made in June.
The ore occurs in contact of lime
and granite, the ledge appearing to
be large one, but furthur work is
necessary before definite idea of its
extent can be had. Tests made by
Mr. Morrison give returns ranging
from two per cent to twelve per cent
scheelite. Considerable work has
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
Will Build Hotel at Mono Lake.

w. f. Rector, of Merced, who is
terested in properties in the Mono
Lake basin, registered at the Istalia
today. He is one of group of men
who have completed plans for the
erection of hotel and resort on the
Mattly ranch on the shore of the
lake. He states the hotel will be one
that will appeal to automobile tour
lists. In connection with the hotel u
sanitarium will be established
Owens Valley Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
From Aurora.

Last Sunday DR.. Edwards received
a hurry call to Bode A. l.. Taylor
took him as far as the Bodie Ranch
where he was met by Frank Canonica
with sleigh. On the Miners Mill
grade the sleigh upset, throwing
both men down the embankment.
Fortunately neither was hurt but
the horses ran, breaking loose from
the sleigh and were not found until
next day. Another team was sent
down from Bodie and the Doctor
finished his trip without further ad-
venture.
The Bodie stage now changes from
wagon to sleigh at Rodie Ranch and
again to wagon near Falons Ranch
about half way between Bridgeport
and Bodie.
Born-In Bode April, 3, 1916, to
the wife of Frank Canonica,a a daugh-
ter.
Born-To the wife of E. L. Scott
of Aurora, on March 23d, a daughter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
Pacific Power Wins Water Rioh.

The State Water Commission We'd
nesday granted an application of the
Pacific Power Corporation for Il wa
ter appropriation from Leevining
creek in the Mono Lake basin. The
water is sought for power purposes,
and involves an investment esti-
mated at $7i7, IA.
In grantil & the application the
Water Commission rejected the pro-
test of w. d. Mcpherson of Los
Angeles, who contended in general
that the granting of such an appliea-
ton would be detrimental to the
agricultural interests of the valley.
bridgeport Chronicle Union.