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Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
Platte Republicans to 4
Have Returns PARTY

Columbus, Neb., Nov 2.-(Spe-
cial. confident of victory, republic
cans of Platte county have arranged
to have special wire into the
Hughes-F Fairbanks headquarters in the
Wurdeman building to receive re-
turns Tuesday night The large half
will be thrown open to the public and
room adjoining has been reserved
for ladies. Reports will also be re-
ceived at the Elks' club.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
Rush Should Worry,
For Auto Was Insured

There was large smile on the face
of Sylvester R. Rush, special as
sstant to the attorney general, de-
spite the fact that someone had
broken into his garage at 1881 Web
ster street Wednesday evening and
made away with his new six-passen-
ger Buick. "lt's fully insured and I'm
not worrying over the loss he said.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03

Washington, Nov. 3.-Capital soci-
ETY. is discussing today story of how
the action of an American military
censor held up the marriage Of Cap
tain Boyd, formerly attached to the
German embassy, and Miss Virginia
Mackay-Smith, daughter of the late
bishop and rector Of St Johns Epis-
copal church of this city. NJ is said
that Captain Boy-Ed filed through the
German ambassador a request for the
kaiser's permission for him to marry,
without which no German military or
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
Too Low Demurrage
Causes Car Shortage

Lincoln, Nov. 2.-Freight car short
age in this state is due to too low de-
murrage charges, according to ]. w,
Shorthill, appearing at hearing Of
the State Railway commission, a rep
resentative of the Grain Elevator as
ISOLATION. Shorthill declared that a
material increase in demurrage
charges would remedy the car situa-
tinn L
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
New Freight Facilities.

Alliance, Neb., Nov. 2.-(Special.)
In order to accommodate the in
creasing freight business at Alliance,
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad finds it necessary to make a
considerable addition to their freight
facilities here They are building on
to their freight depot an addition
eighty feet by thirty feet.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
...l SS8Es.sSllss;SSSssi

naval man may wed. No reply was
received and the wedding did not take
place. When Boyd arrived in Ger
many his friends inquired about his
bride. Then he .learnde that the kaiser
had sent his consent by wireless via
Sayville, L, l., and also developed that
an American naval censor had sus-
pected a deep-laid plot back of the
message and held it up. At the Navy
department, knowledge of the sup
department, however, knowledge OF
the supposed message is disclaimd
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
Commissioners to Alliance.

Alliance, Neb., Nov. 2.-(SpeciaL)
The date of the state convention
of county commissioners and clerks,
which will be held in Alliance this
year, has been set for December IL,
IS and IA. The Commercial club is
making elaborate preparations for en-
tertainment.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
This Slump in Denver Real Estate and
Rental Values Was Caused
By Prohibition
No More Destructive Blight Was Ever
Thrust Upon Great City
Denver, Oct. 81, 1916.

Denver Oct. 27 1916.
The Nebraska Prosperity League
Omaha, Nebraska.
Gentlemen: There are more vacant store rooms in
the business district of Denver today under the prohb
ton law than there last year under the saloon
law" said Alec Finlay representative Of the Lyons 4
johnson Real Estate and Loan company Of the old
est and largest concerns in the city.
To ascertain if this statement was correct Mr. Will
liam KOCH Of 1928 West 9th street. sent out four re-
liable men to make an actual count in the business cen
ter of Denver embracing the streets from Fourteenth
street to Nineteenth street. inclusive and from Court
Place to Wazee street. which takes in 65 business blocks
in the very heart of the city,
In these 65 business blocks Mr.. Koch's men found,
according to their report by actual count just 538
cant store the ground floor account being
taken of the vacant the upper floors On the
streets running East and West, from Court Place to
Wazee street (Union Depot they found the following
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
Obituary Notes

GEORGE W. PUTNAM, aged IS
years. died suddenly at his home at
York yesterday. He was stricken with
heart disease and dropped to the
floor.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
GATHERED HERE AND THERE
GIST OF NEWS FROM OVER THE
COUNTRY GIVEN IN A BRIEF
FORM

DR.. Cary T. Grayson, President
Wilson'S physician and naval aide,
and Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon Of
Washington, Mrs. Wilson'S most in
innate friend, will be married within
the next two months.
Thomas Taggart. recently appcnt-
ed United States Senator from In
diana to succeed the late Senator
Shively, has issued a statement de-
clining to be a candidate for the
Senatorial nomination to succeed
himself.
A novel feature Of ships which
are being built for the National
Steam Navigation Company, OF
Greece, is a little church which will
be fitted on board Of each vessel
Late returns from Wednesdays
primary indicate that c. Il. Brough,
democrat, has been nominated for
governor of Arkansas by not less
than 3,100 majority. Brough de-
feated Earl w. Hodges. running on
repeal ol pFohiDition laws anu L..
G. Smith. who ran on a local option
platform. Brough was nominated on
a statewide prohibition platform.
Ernest Schiller, the young Ger
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
MONDAY LAST Day ON WHICH
CANDIDATES CAN QUALIFY
ALL NAMES MUST BE IN HANDS
Of SECRETARY OF COMMIT.
TEE BY TOMORROW.

Tomorrow is the last day upon
which aspirants for office in the
pending municipal race can qualify
and in order to have their names
placed upon the official ballots can
didates must pay their assessments
to Hon. ". b. Harris, secretary of
the Municipal Democratic Executive
Committee, on that date.
The law provides that an candi-
dates must qualify two weeks prior
to the date Of the election at which
they are to 20 before the people,
and as the impending contest is to
take place a fortnight from next
Tuesday tomorrow is the last day
rron which entrance into the race
can be legally made.
1t is practically certain that a
second primary will be necessary, as
in several instances notably in the
race. there are three can
d.dates for single office, and it is
harly likely that any one candidate
viii receive majority of the votes
cast in the first election, The law
provides that the second primary
shall he held within seven days from
the first contest, and this means
that the run-off will occur not later
than Tuesday. April "a
Interest IN the approaching cleo
ton is increasing daily, and it has
been many years since a municipal
contest has ELECTED so much specu-
lation and comment Much Of this
interest naturally ceuters ia the
mayoralty race, and it is generally
conceded that this contest will be a
close one, as each OF three candi-
dates, Messrs. f. S. Donnell, W. C..
Cuarer and Louis ShuIl are eyceed-
irriy popular and each has many
ioy.i friends who are work,n val-
iantly in their behalf
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
v. I. LAWRENCE SEEKS A
PLACE ON SCHOOL BOARD
HIS CANDIDACY FOR THIS OF.
FlCE is OFFICIALLY AN.
NOUNCED TO PUBLIC.

The candidacy Of Mr.. Walter T
Lawrence for the office of public
school trustee has been officially
announced.
Mr.. Lawrence is we'll known to the
people of Columbus, and needs nc
Introduction or encomium at the
hands of the Commercial. He is as.
sociated with Robertson and Co,
Inc, and enjoys large acquaint.
ance not only among the patrons OF
that establishment but among the
public generally.
Mr.. Lawrence Is honest, capable
and energetic, and, should he be
elected, will serve his constituent.
faithfully and zealously.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
RURAL SCHOOLS
HOLD FIELD DAY
ANNUAL MEET TAKES
PLACE ON CAMPUS OF
I. I. AND &.
PROMINENT WOMEN
WITNESS CONTESTS
Air Line School Leads Oppon-
nents in Feats To Test Alh
letic Prowess.

Children Of the rural schools Of
the county had their annual field
day on the campus of the Industrial
Institute and College yesterday,
and the occasion proved TO be "A de-
lightful one, having been enjoyed
not only by the adolescents who en-
gagged in the various contests which
helped to comprise the program but
by interested spectators, among
whom were many delegates to the
Mississippi Mothers Congress and
Parent Teachers Association, which
held its annual session Friday and
Saturday. These ladies are espee-
tally Interested in child welfare
work, and the field day exercises
yesterday afforded them a splendid
opportunity for seeing what Lown-
des county has accomplished in this
direction.
During the session which is now
so rapidly drawing towards It's
close Miss Sarah Frances Rowan,
the efficient head of the college ex-
tension department, and a number
of her students have visited regular
ly many of the rural schools of the
county and have given the pupils
valuable instruction in the various
branches of home science which
serve to make rural life a pleasure
rather than a burden. The contests
yesterday were arranged with the
view of testing the efficiency of the
children in the various branches in
which they have been given instruo-
ton, and the result showed that they
had studied assiduously and had
learned their lessons well.
The following points were won by
the different schools represented,
Air Line. %; Lone Oak, SO; Wood
lawn, 1870; Rural Hill, 1853; Mt. Yer
non, 100.
Millinery--Lone Oak, first; Mt.
Vernon, second; Rural Hill, third.
Art-Mt. Vernon, first; Rural
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
FIGHTING AROUND VEROUN
CONTINUES UNABATED
GERMANS FORCE FRENcHMEN
FROM MALANCOURT
VILLAGE.

The Germans, in a fierce attack
on the French positions northeast
of Hill 295, in the lie Mort Homme
region, some three miles east of
Malancourt, gained a footing in
some of the French first line trench
es, but were Immediately driven out
in vigorous counter attack, ac-
cording to French official COM
munication last evening. The Ger
mans have made no attempt to de-
boueh from Malancourt, which they
hold.
The hospital ship Portugal has
been sunk in the Black Sea by a
German torpedo boat or submarine,
with large number of wounded
aboard, according to an announce
ment of the official press bureau.
1t is said that the Portugal had the
Red Cross sign conspicuously dis
played.
German pressure on the Malan-
court -Bethingcourt salient, north
west of verdun, has proved too
much for the French on the wester-
ly end of the position and they have
been forced out of Malancourt vii
lage.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
{. c. CHAPMAN IN THE RACE
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEE
CASHIER OF NATIONAL BANK
OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES
HIS CANDIDACY.

Mr.. E. C. Chapman is announced
this morning as an aspirant for the
office of public school trustee, and
his candidacy will undoubtedly re-
ceive careful consideration at the
hands of the voters of Columbus.
Mr.. Chapman is prominent in
both financial and religious circles,
being eeshefss* sh6 It tion9ixffaf (
of Commerce and deacon of the
First Baptist church. This is not his
first entrance into the political
arena, as he was many years ago a
member of the councilmanic board,
and in that position served his con-
stituents faithfully and well.
That Mr.. Chapman is not only
possessed of splendid business abil-
ity but of honesty and integrity as
well is a generally admitted fact,
and, if elected, he will undoubtedly
make a most efficient public school
trustee.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
RESULT OF RECENT ELECTION
YIELDS COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM
MAN HURT WHEN lJT8
ANU MOTORCYCLE CRASH
MR OSCAR COeWElL RECEIVES
PAINFUL INJURIES AND ts
TAKEN 10 HOSPITAL

IN a collision between an aulomo.
bile and a motorcycle which to1k
place az the corucr Of College and
Ninth streets late yesterday after
noon. Mr Oscar Coswel. who was
driving the motorcycle, sustained
painful though not erious niuae.
Mr. Cosweli's wife was riding or
the motorcycle with him at thc time
Of the accident and the automobile
was being driven by Mrs. John FL
hot, neither lady however, was hurt
as a result Of the impact
Dr W. c. Brewer. surpeon-in-
charge Of the Columbus Hospital.
where Mr. t8swen was taken after
the accident, stated last nieht that
his injuries were not serious and he
would probably be alright within a
few days
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE WILL
PLAY A. & NJ. HERE APRIL Il
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
TO TAKE PLACE AT LAKE
PARK SOON.

Officials of the Columbus Rail-
way, Light and Power Company
have consented to run cars to Lake
Park on special occasions and on
yesterday Mr.. G. NJ. Flynn received
word from Coach Chadwick, of the
A. and NJ. College, stating that Mis-
sissippi College would meet his team
in this city on Tuesday, April IL.
Other college games will also be
played here in the near future. The
University of Mississippi and the A.
and M. will probably meet here on
April 26, and on May 5 and 6 the A.
and NJ. will play a couple of games
here with the University of Ala
bama.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
MAIN BAND OF VILLAS ARMY is CUT TO PIECES
BY TROOPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL DODD

Ell Paso, Texas, April -Four
hundred American cavalrymen, un-
der the direction of Col. George A..
Dodd, galloping down from the
slopes of the great continental di-
vide, have fallen on the main body of
Francisco Villas bandits at the San
Geronimo ranch, scattering them in
many directions and driving the
bandit chief, wounded and crippled,
to seek hiding place in the noun
tains. Villa was hurried from danger
in a carriage. The fight opened at
6 o'clock in the morning of March
29 and continued for several hours.
The news Of the exploit was
flashed into Jaurez yesterday and
sent a thrill along the border. For
II hours the veteran colonel with
picked troopers from the Seventh
and Tenth cavalry drove down the
valley of the Santa Maria river. At
TIE end of 55-mile ride they fell
upon the unsuspecting Villa camp,
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
Issuance Of Bonds Means Com
pletion of Jackson Highway
Through County.
TOTAL OF $4,000
VOTED FOR ROADS
Lowndes VIII Soon Have
Highway System Equal to
Amy County in the State.

By voting TO expend the sum of
sac ,000 in the improvement OF
highways citizens of the FIRST SUI
Ipcryisor's district have demonstrate
ed their progressiyeness and willing
ness TO join the march Of progress
which citizens in other districts
throughout the county long ago took
up, an election which was held there
Thursday having resulted in VIC
tory for the proposed bond issue by
e vote of l66 to t21.
The result Of the election is Of
far more than local Importance, as
the issuance of the bonds means not
only the practical completion of the
good roads system Of Lowndes coun-
ty but the completion of the Missis-
slppi route Of the proposed Jackson
Memorial Highway insofar as this
county Is concerned The only por-
ton Of the route lying in the bor-
ders Of the county that is not in
good shdno is a short stretch u
roadway in the First district, and
he decision Of the people to issue
the bonds means that this roadway
will at once be improved
Realizing the Importance of the
election, promoters of the Jackson
Memorial Highway in this immed-
late section evinced q keen interest
i1 It's outcome A public meeting was
held. sat Caledonia, the metropolis Of
the First district, on March "a, and
IA eloquent language good roads
boosters urged citizens present to
vote for the bonds, having submitted
figures To show that the issuance of
these would result in only a vefy
mall increase in the rate Of taxa
tioa.
Among those who manifested deep
and unabiding interest in the OUT
come Of the election were Hon. 3.
\ Weaver, Hon T J Locke, Jr..
and Capt D. d. Stephenson, who
comprise the good roads commission
of district No. 2, and IT'S result is
largely due to the efforts on their
part Mr. Weaver and Mr. Locke at
tended the boosters meeting whicn
was held at Caledonia, and person
atly urged citizen3 to vote for tie
bru3s, while the commission offic-
iaty agreed 20 furnish 100000 to-
ward. road Improvement in the First
dis riet provided It's citizens would
vote to expend double the amount
for a similar purpose
The $4,000 bond issue recently
provided makes a total Of $4,000
that the people Of Lowndes county
have voted for public highway i'm
provement during the past eighteen
months. Every district in the coun-
ty has voted bonds for this purpose
except the third. and as the people
of this district are live and progress
sive it is believed that they viii soon
Join the movement
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
CHlhCERY COURT BEGINS
SPRING SESSION TOMORROW
CONTROVERSY OVER WILL or
MRS. M. D. PoRTwooD MOST
IMPORTANT CASE.

The spring term Of chancery court
for Lowndes county will convene at
the court house at 8 O'Clock to-
morrow morning. being presided
over by Hon. Albert Y. Woodward
of Louisville. presiding Judge of
the Sixth chancery district.
The most important case on the
docket is controversy over the
ownership of the estate of the late
Mrs. Portwood, who died last Feb
ruary, leaving property valued at
about $4,000. Two wills, each nam
ing different relatives as legatees,
have been filed for probate, and the
impending legal contest is TO de-
eide which one of these instruments
is valid.
In addition to the Portwood will
controversy a number of other cases
are docketed for adjudication, most
of them being suits for divorce in
which negroes are litigants.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02

where 500 bandits were celebrating
the massacre of 172 Carranza SOL
diers two days previously at Guer-
rero.
Villa, shot through the leg and
with one hip shattered, was hurried
from the scene, barely in time 10
escape the onslaught Of the Amer
leans The bandits made a brief but
hopeless stand before charge Of
Col. Dodd and his troopers Then
they broke and fled, leaving 81
dead on the field, including their
commander, Eliseo Hernandez. Two
machine guns, number of horses,
rifles, ammunition and equipment
fell into the hands of the Americans.
Among the known wounded is
Pablo Lopez, Villas lieutenant in
the Columbus raid.
The American casualties we're
four priyates wounded.
From meagre details which have
reached here, Colonel Dod4's men
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02

made their way unnoticed through
the arroyos or deep gulches, which
split the foothills in all directions,
and were almost in the camp before
the alarm was given.
Villa is reported to have been in
small tent nursing his injuries
when the crash Of the American vol
ley fire awoke the bandit to panic
stricken action
The extraordinary hold the ban
dit chief has on his followers is
shown by the fact that their first
thought was to save him. Unable to
walk or ride he was placed in light
wagon and driven over the rough
mountain trails.
While 81 of the bandits are
known to have been killed, it is said
The number may have been consider
ably larger. Nothing is yet known as
to the climber of wounded. al
though is presumably in proper
tion to THE dead.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-02
LEGISLATURE To
ADJOURN APRIL 8
RESOLUTION FIXING LAT.
re DATE RECONSIDER.
Ed ny LAWMAKERS.
HOUSE REDUCES
COLLEGE FUND
Senate, However, Refuses to
Agree and Conference Com.
mittec is Appointed.

Jackson. Miss, April 1.-The adj
ministraion bond issue measure,
carrying $4,000 for permanent
improvements to state institutions
and the centennial exposition build
ing passed the Senate Friday by a
vote of "a to H. The issue Is 10 take
care of old bonds, $500, 200 having
already been provided for in a sep
arate bill.
The House adopted conference
committee reports on the A. and M.
College bill and for the SUPPORT Of
,he /. /. and c. The Starkaile in
stiiution gets the same support as
IN 1914 under the compromise,
while the Senate came to the House
figures reducing the appropriation
for the Columbus college for girls.
The bill to dispose of the Rankin
state farm was indefinitely post
poned. Many Senate amendments to
numerous House bills were adopted.
Showing the determination Of the
two houses to get together on mat
ters that long have been in dispute
between them.
The House concurred in Senate
amendments to the game end fish
bill, which now goes to the governor
for his approval. Evidences accum-
ulates to show that the session is al
most over.
The House and Senate have
agreed that the date of fiaal ad-
journment shall be April 9Th, the
concurrent resolution to ls,.ss effect
having been adopted in both houses
at Fridays session. Now that the
date has been advanced revenue and
appropriation bills can be consider
ed until Monday night
The Senate is apparently coming
TO the House point of view on many
matters upon which the two branch
es of the Legislature have disa-
greed since early in the session. The
Senate passed the House bin fixing
the state tax levy for 1916 and 1917
at six mills, thereby recinding it's
action of few days ago, when il
passed the Blount bill, making the
tax levy seven mills. The higher tax
levy bill was indefinitely postponed
by the lower house after having
been adversed by ways and means
committee and was opposed by the
governor; who stated that he would
have vetoed it had il passed both
houses
The Senate also refused to concur
IN the numerous House amendments
reducing the appropriation for the
support Of the |. |. and c. at Colum-
bus. A conference was asked Just
before adjournment this afternoon
and Lieut.. Gov. Russell named Sen
ators Eskridge, Adams and Boggan
as the state conferees on the meas
pre.
Both branches of the Legislature
on Friday adopted resolutions NOV
ing up the date for final adjourn
ment one week, from April to
April IL, after it had been made as
plain as the nose on ones face that
1T would be impossible to quit ear