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The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
Eight Killed in Wreck.

Bradford, r. l., April 1S.-Driving
through thick fog. the Gilt Edge
express on the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad last night smash
ed into the rear of a local passenger
train that had come to a stop at the
station here and killed from five to
eight passengers on the local and injur-
ed more than thirty. The dead were
crushed or burned to death.
All the victims were occupants OF
the rear car Of local train. which had
the station when the express. from
Boston. crashed into II.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
e Clean Up" Day Observed

Cleanup day started in little bad,
it having rained Tuesday night. and
Wednesday morning was ushered in
with a shower and tiny snow storm.
The balance of the day was cool and
somewhat breezy, still. with the dry
ing conditions work progressed quite
favorably and the cleaning up was as
thorough as could be expected.
Much OF the work was done by our
small soldier-citizens. Delta's Boy
Scouts, of whom we are more than
ever proud, They we're assembled on
Main street early in the forenoon, at
beating of the drum. and, armed with
rakes and shovels, presented an ar
ray which caused temporary gusts Of
wind to pick up bits Of trash and huri
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
PRICE FIVE CENTS

and dairying interests of the county.
The lineup of purchasers was COM
pleted at the last meeting for not less
than two car loads (fifty head) of two
year old heifers. of advance regis
tered pedigree. and the purchasing
committee named, which, with two
government positioned members, DR..
A. E. Miller, of this city, will act, and
it will not be long until the soft-eyed
young ladies of the bovine family will
be among us.
Dairying interests are one of the
number of necessary things which
must be built up in a country like
this in order that it may have its full
measure of prosperity, and the step
to get in good blooded strains is a
right one. 1t offers in prospect much
increased wealth to our combined COM
munities
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
Messengers Body
Finally Secured

According to dispatches from Cim-
arron to the daily papers. sent out
Tuesday. the body of C. II. Mathews,
express messenger swept into the Gun
nison river a short distance above
Curicanti. had been found whirling in
n pool several miles below where the
snow-slide wreck occurred on the ID.
4 II. G.. on the afternoon Of March l..
The body. when seen. was left under
watch until the coroner could arrive
from Gunnison. and later recovered.
Mathews was married. his family liv-
ing in Denver.
At the time of the slide which
wrecked the ID. 4 II. G. passenger the
express messenger was swept into the
river with his car but could not be
found later. and II was supposed had
passed under the ice, and that theory
now seems to have proven true.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
Shakespeare Memorial.

The Shakespeare Club and the Wo-
mans Club have planned the following
program, to be given in the
Methodist church. Friday evening,
April 2Sth. at o'clock. in commem-
oration of Shakespeare's tercentennial.
Selections by the Orchestra.
Piano solo, Nell Marie Nutter.
Vocal solo, Jane Killian.
Addrcss-Shakespea as Moral
Teacher Rev Steele.
Readings from Shakespeare. Mr..
Mortimer Stone.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
The ''Boys''' Re-
turn Is Uncertain

Washington, April 19.-No decision
as TO the withdrawal of American
troops from Mexico is expected for a
week or 10 days unless there are new
outbreaks in Mexico, to compel imme-
diate action. Major General Hugh L.
Scott, chief of staff has gone to the
border to make a complete report on
military problems confronting General
Funston. Accompanied by his aide,
Lieut.. Col Robt. E. l.. Niche, he will
reach San Antonio Friday. 1t was en-
phasized that Cen Funston would re-
main in charge. Dispatches from the
border or from Mexico today gave no
word of developments.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
Now, "Better Be
Safe Than Sorry

Every person hunting, and every
male person over sixteen years of age
fishing, must have license in his Cor
herr possession when in the field.
Receipts, regardless of by whom is
sued, will not be construed as licenses.
Every warden of the Game and Fish
is instructed to rigidly
enforce the law, and parties hunting
or fishing on Receipts will be prose
cuted''
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
subseriptions Received

Subscriptions have ben received by
Delta Independent since last report
as follows:
James Armand. Miss Harriette
Sayer, Hotchkiss; Weldon Hammond,
]. A. Rovaart, Paonia; o. A. Short,
F. d. Corryell. Cedaredge; H. E. Hart,
Austin; Mrs. r. Mitchell, Detroit,
Michigan; j. H. Brown, Salem, Illi-
nois; A. Irving Cook, Ash mesa;
John w. Ballard, Denver; Fred Jacobs,
Morissa, Illinois; Fred G. Holmes,
Grand Junction; ]. B. Chapman, Sap
inero; E C. Burkhalter, c. P. Hopson,
C. H. Place, E. L. Kellogg, H. Killough.
Gibson Lumber Co., Delta; Mrs. w. H.
Dixon, Read.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
Lubey To Assist
Obtaining Plums

Ed Lubey arrived in Delta the last OF
the week FROM Denver ond will pitch
for the Delta team this season. Mr..
Lubey comes to the Delta team with
held down the situation for ,Jortll
Platte. Nebraska, last year. In 81
games that were played he is recorded
as having won 16 of them. Among
such as North Platte VS.. Lincoln, South
Omaha, Hastings, Alliance and several
other semi-professional engagements.
Mr.. Lubey is accompanied by Mrs.
Lubey and they will establish a per-
manent residence in Delta
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21

Earned runs, Delta, 8; Eckert, 3.
Two-base hits, Simpson, /; Weaver, 1;
Guyer, L.; Pometier, /. Three-base
hits. Weaver, /. Home runs, Simpson.
1; Elliott, l. First on balls. Simpson,
s: off Lockhart, /. Struck-out by
Simpson, IL; by Eockhart, 6. Left on
bases, Eckert 3: Delta, 6. First base
on errors. Nichols. 1; Luellan, /;
Guyer, l.
Score nv innings.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
COMMITTEE GOES
TO WASHINGTON, o. C,

d. w. Aupperle. b. G. Fox and Ben
Griffith were slated to leave early yes
terday morning for Washington. d. c..
to appear before the United States rec.
lamation commission In regard to the
proposed inclusion OF the Orchard
Mesa Irrigation district under the gov.
ernment's high line project. They may
be away for several weeks.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
Easter Cantata at
Baptist Church

THE Lord Of Life" by E. X.
Heyser, at the Baptist Church, Sunday
evening, 1880 p. m.
Tenor-Messrs. Hendershot, Rate
kin, Kyffin, Ratekin.
Alto-Mesdames Skinner, Hender-
shot, Keifer, Miss Nelson.
Soprano-Misses Adams, Hender-
shot, Singleton, Hatch, Singleton, Mes
DANES Grove, Parry.
Bass-Messrs. Cook, Jeffers. Adams,
Hines. Bull.
Accompanist-Mrs. Bridges.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21

them into heaps in sympathy-possi-
bly, in fear.
The boys were divided into working
squads and distributed to various
parts of the city, where they worked
like heros through the day. They
were allowed holiday from school
for the purpose. At night they were
banqueted by the campfire girls OF the
school at Odd Fellows Hall. and they
had their appetites with them.
The business houses generally CLOS
ed from 9 in the morning to 3 o'clock
in the afternoon.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21
ACQUITTED ON
PUEBLO BANK CHARGE

Denver. April lS.-A direct verdict
Of not guilty on all counts was return
ed today by a jury in the federal dist
riot court in the trial Of William B.
Slaughter on charges involving mis-.
application and embezzlement of funds
Of the defunct Mercantile National
Bank OF Pueblo. of which he was the
president and his son cashier.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21

John c. Adams. brother of City
Marshal c. ]. Adams, of Delta, died
in Pueblo Wednesday and will be bur
ried at Canon City today. Mr.. c. j.
Adams left on yesterdays train to at
tend the funeral and burial services,
expecting to return in few days.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-21

The Boy Scouts are planning Oh
holding a Minstrel Show soon. wrtch
for 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
A Prominent Virginia Man
Writes Very Strong Letter
And tells an interesting story about his troubles.
Is seventy years old.

no pleasure because we cannot enjoy
Mr.. Jones was suffering with a
bad case of Catarrh, just as many
other people are, and has told the
story of how S. S. S. cured him, in
plain, but eloquent words that every
one can understand. Will this not
convince you that it is worth your
while to give'it a trial?
We are approaching the season
now when the weather changes are
sudden and colds and catarrh become
epidemic. Fortify your body against
these and other dangers by taking
S. S. S. 1t will purify and strengthen
your blood, so it can throw off the
cold and catarrh germs. Do this be-
fore the germs get you in their grip.
"An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure"
Remember SIS. S. has many imita-
tors, but it takes the genuine S. S. S,
to do the work. S. S. S. is guaranteed
purely vegetable and has been the
National Blood Tonic for SO years
Look out for the man who tries to
persuade you to try something Gust
as good"
The Medical Department is at your
service. Full advice on any subject
given gladly and without any cost
whatsoever. Address Medical De-
partment, Swift Specific Co., 3 Swift
Building, Atlanta, Ga.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21

On January 18th, 1916. Mr.. Edgar
Jones, a prominent citizen of Fork
land, Nottoway Co., Va, wrote Swift
Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga, as follows:
~ was taken sick week or two
ago with a severe cold, with short
ness of breath and swelling in bowels,
with much gas. have a nearly inces-
SAINT cough, much mucous from my
liver and stomach, the phlegm is yell
low and white, cough is worse at
night. I am 70 years old, have always
been temperate in all things, do not
use tobacco or liquor. Have always
been very sensitive to the change of
weather. About 3 months ago, |
would have bitter taste in my mouth
at night. l bought bottle of S. S. S.
a few days ago and since taking it, !
haven't that bitter taste quite so
bad"
On June 7th, 1916, Mr.. Jones
wrote again as follows 81 beg to
say l am entirely well. l felt better
after taking S. S. S. day and con-
tinued to improve without any set
back"
Again on June 14th, Mr.. Jones
wrote 81 am proud of my health
and will be pleased for suffering hu-
manity to know of your valuable
medicine. Health is our greatest
wealth and without it, money is of
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
Holdrege Says the
State Never Was
More Prosperous

Accompanied by H. E. Byram,
vice president in charge of operation,
who continued on to Chicago. Cen
eral Manager Holdrege OF the Bur-
llngton this morning returned from
a tour OF inspection of the company
lines west Of the Missouri river. Said
Mr.. Holdrege:
Il have never seen Nebraska look
more prosperous and | have never
seen a time when farmers were
farther along with their work at this
season OF the year. Flowing for fall
wheat is about finished and seeding
is almost as far along. There will
be large acreage, fully up to nor
NAL.
Practically everywhere in the
state the corn is a good average
crop. 1t matured before the frost
and now is rapidly drying and cur
ing.
Work has progressed nicely on
the Chalco-Yutan cutoff, the laying
of some track and completing the
bridge over the Platte river being
about all that remains to do before
putting the line in operation. Track
has been laid east from Yutan to the
Platte river and from Chalco on the
east end to the big cut up in Doug
las county. Work on the Platte river
bridge is progressing in good shape,
but it is impossible to say just when
the line will be put in operation, as
we find it difficult to get some classes
of material as promptly as we de-
sire"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
LAW PROTECTS THE
MONEY OF OFFICERS
Judge Day Decides Deposits
Made by Bank Officials
Same as Any Others.
STATE WILL APPEAL CASE

Bank directors who deposit funds
in the banks OF which they are Off
GERS must be regarded as depositors
under the state bank guaranty act,
their deposits must be protected by
the state and in case of failure OF
the bank they must be reimbursed
from the fund the same as a deposit
tor who has no official interest in the
institution, according to the decision
just handed down in district court by
Judge Day
The decision was announced infor-
mally before attorneys interested in
the tribulations of the defunct Farm
ers' State bank OF Decatur. Four
directors who deposited $500 each
to save the bank from ruin have asked
that they be repaid from the state
fund. Their claims were contested by
Attorney General Reed among a
batch of others. The decision OF
Judge Day will be appealed to the
supreme court, according to a pre-
vious announcement of the attorney
general. The Judge will continue his
investigations of the banks condition
at Tekamah before acting on other
claims OF the proposed Central State
bank, Albert S. White, John H. lams
and others Monday morning.
There has been no indication of
fraud or deceit in the actions of the
directors in securing this loan from
the Security State bank of the South
Side and depositing the $4,000 in the
Decatur bank said Judge Day.
When the bank closed its door and
state officials were placed in charge
$4,000 OF this identical loan was in
the vaults. The money of these men
should be protected just the same as
if they had no official interest in the
institution. There are more than 800
state banks in Nebraska, and accord
ing to the law an assessment must
be made in case of failure to relieve
the financial tangle OF the individual
bank. This assessment means con-
tribution OF less than $50 from each
state bank to meet the liabilities Of
the Farmers State bank of Decatur"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21

All people in America and especially those
who are past middle age are prone to eat too
much meat and in consequence deposit lime
salts in their arteries. veins and joints. They
often suffer from twinges of rheumatism or
umbago. sometimes from govt, swollen
hands or feet. Such people are not always
able to exercise sufficiently in the outdoor
air or drink enough pure water in order to
sweat freely and excrete impurities thru
the skin. DR.. Pierce has conducted expert
ments and thoroughly tested a uric acid
solvent at his lnvalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, which he is convinced is many
times more potent than lithia-ths he nam
ed "Anuric" 1t can be had at almost all drug
stores by simply asking for DR.. Perces
Anuric for kidneys or backache. 1t will
overcome such conditions as rheumatism,
dropscal swellings. scold extremities, scald-
ing and burning urine and sleeplessness due
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
X-RAY TELLS WHO
DEAD YOUTH WAS
Contest of Parents for Body
Decided by Test Of
Science.
THAT OF SPENCER MORGAN

A lost boy, a funeral that didn't oc
cur and an Omaha grave that won't
be filled is the story of Floyd Adair,
IS, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. c. Adair,
2625 C street, South Side A corpse
which parents, grandparents, other
relatives and friends swore was the
body of Floyd Adair will be buried in
Kansas City, Mo-, as Spencer. the Is
year-old son of B. F. Morgan.
Tuesday noon the funeral cortege
had gathered in the G. H. Brewer
undertaking parlors to witness the
last rites for Floyd Adair Flowers,
the gifts of Floyd's young friends and
the family's intimates, were, strewn
over the white coffin. The grave
digger in Graceland Park cemetery
had finished his task and was stand
ing beside the hole and the high pile
of earth, awaiting the coming OF the
Adair boys body.
Dual Tragedy.
Why the corpse never reached
Graceland Park involves dual trag
edy. While Mr.. and Mrs. Adair were
weeping over the young form in the
coffin, B. F. Morgan from Kansas
City entered the room and said the
corpse was the body of his son, Spen-
Ger, who had left his home only last
Friday. This shocking interruption
OF the obsequies quite unnerved the
mourners. The Adair family disput-
ed the claim of the intruder and they
and their friends expressed willing
ness to take a most solemn oath that
the body of what was once Floyd
Adair was lying in that coffin.
But Spencer Morgan's father was
equally confident and insistent that
the body was that of his only son.
The jaws of the dead boy were pred
open and in the teeth was some gun
shot, proof that the boy was Spen-
Ger Morgan. But the likeness OF the
corpse in facial and bodily contour
to Floyd Adair made the Omaha
mourners sure it was their boy who
was laid out before them. Final re-
course was had to a doctor, who used
the X-ray light on the corpse. The
resultant photo showed that the dead
boy had once sustained fracture of
the right arm. Floyd Adalr once
had his left arm broken.
Thus established in his claim to the
corpse, the father of Spencer Morgan
sorrowfully ordered the body sent to
his home in Kansas City. The flow
ers which were to adorn the grave of
Floyd Adair were tied to the coffin
and Mr.. Morgan started on his lone
some journey home. :,
Floyd Adair may still be alive and
his parents now have hopes OF find
ing him.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
Lawyers Flock to
Arrange for Trials

Conscience-stricken attorneys who
have clogged the wheels of justice in
district court by failing to complete
their cases for trial at the stipulated
time appeared in flocks to arrange
trial dates and make their peace with
the court. Forty cases were set tor
trial within the coming week and the
seven courts are again grinding.
This persistent delay business has
gone far enough. Attorneys inter-
ested in these stipulated cases,
whether they be civil or criminal &C
tons, must arrange to present their
pleas at the time specified. The
money of Douglas county taxpayers
must not be wasted while these
jurors are waiting here to be called,
said the Judge in chastising dilatory
barristers. The docket for the fall
term carried more than $500 cases.
Leroy Bush, charged with attack
ing Police Officer Martin Ryan with
a knife, slashing his face and ripping
his coat in an attempt to plunge the
blade into his neck, was called for
trial in criminal court Wednesday
morning. Deputy County Attorney
Abbott is prosecuting.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
EOT WATER AND "ANURIC"
BEFORE MEALS---AND HEALTH

to constant need of getting out OF he'd at
night.
Our grandmothers have told our mothers
and our mothers have in turn instructed us
that in case of sickness, resort to DR..
Pierce's dependable household prescriptions.
These medicines put up for sale by drug
gists have never been recommended as cure
ais" but only as superior remedies for GER
tain common and easily recognized diseases
Had these medicines been adopted to all
classes and forms of chronic diseases there
would have been no necessity for organizing
a competent staff of expert physicians and
surgeons. to act in the treatment of diff
cult obscure and complicated cases of
chronic diseases, as DR.. Pierce maintains in
his lnvalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, OF
his home remedies the most widely known
are his "Favortc Prescription" for womanly
troubles and rundown conditions peculiar
to the womanly sex: his Golden Medical
Discovery" the greatest of all herbal system
tonics and vitalizers, for stomach. liver and
blood disorders. as well as his Pleasant
Pellets" the tiny. tonic laxatives, overcom-
ing constipation and cleansing the system of
poisons and accumulations in the bowels
Advertisement
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
Annual Meeting Of Terminal
Elevator Company is Held

John F, Coykendall. secretary and
treasurer of the Chicago & Great
Western, came to Omaha from Chi
cago yesterday to hold the annual
meeting of the Omaha Grain Termi
nal elevator. S. X FELTON,, president
of the railroad, was reelected presl-
dent of the elevate company. Frank
hudson and w. H. McCord Omaha
men, were reelected directors, The
elevator company is an auxiliary OF
the railroad
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
Diner Complains
Of Tough Steak,
Is Hit by Platter

Because he was struck over the
head with a platter after he had COM
planned that his steak was so tough
that he was unable to carve it. Alvin
Oge has brought suit for $1,000 in
district court against Lee Toy and
Leo Dan, proprietors of the Grand
restaurant at 40+ South Thirteenth
street Attorneys John n. Baldwin
and Carl +, Benjamin represent him.
Ogle complains that he ordered the
steak on May IS for his evening meal
and that while trying to make an i'm
preston on it with carving knife
he was assaulted from the rear by
a Chinese waiter TO whom he had
complained. Five stitches were taken
in the cash in his scalp.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
Girl Students 0utnumber
Boys at Uni Three to One

The enrolment at the University
of Omaha offers another argument
for woman suffrage. One OF the boys
who is curious set out to obtain
some statistics and to his surprise he
found that there are three young
women to every young man. 1t does
not look as though the boys will have
to bach" it to the socials Of the
university.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
Registrations May Be
Made for Night Schools

Advance registrations for the eve
ming public high schools may be made
at Central High and South High
schools between 7 and 9 p. III. on
September p, %, Is and %. The
school officials wish these registra-
tons to be made in advance of the
opening on October 10,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
Jardine Reports Paving
Work is Nearing Finish

Superintendent JarGine of the pub
lie improvement department reports
that paving work on West Center
street and Twenty-fourth street, Cum
ing street to Patrick avenue, is being
pushed to completion. Both streets
will be nearly completed by the end
Of this week.
Repaving the north side of Farnam
street, Twenty fourth to Twentieth
street, will not be done until after the
Ak-Sar-Ben festivities.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-21
Dairyman Fined Three
Times on Five Charges

A. NJ Larsen, dairyman, was ar
raigned in police court on five counts
for selling milk below standard and
was fined SIS and costs on each of
three of them. The others were sus-
pended.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-12-22

picture OF the poor, tired husband.
compelled TO trim his Christmas
tree, and later impersonate Santa
Claus for the alleged benefit of al
ready sophisticated children. Then,
to complete the tragedy of Christ
mas,we have the aftermath OF debris
and bills. 1t is series of indict-
ments which ought to have the effect
of discouraging any Christmas IRON
coming at all.
Fortunately, however, the defects
which We. have enumerated from the
category of the pessimists are not
peculiar to Christmas alone, but are
in reality part and parcel of the
whole year. There are always tired
husbands and overworked shop girls
and tipsters and hypocrisy. Christ
mas does not make these. The real
Christmas is an invisible presence.
a joyful glance of the eye, a won
drous expansion of the heart, sense
of eomradeship with all mankind
1t is an abandonment of ourselves
to all good impulses and an almost
reckless waste of good feeling and
generosity and love, and no army
of pessimists can Danish that kind of
Christmas from our hearts
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-12-22
AT A SACRIFICE.


A recent news item gives prom
inenee to the fact that so many
women county superintendents and
other officials were elected in Idaho
this fall. This may be a good thing,
but it seems to an observer that she
takes public offlce-usually--a a
sacrifice. They say a corporation
has no soul,and this is surely SO with
the public. A woman may give. years
of the best and most efficient service
to the public, but she is by chance
defeated and retires with but few
words of appreciation from anyone.
She may be untitled for other work
and may have overlooked, through
close application to business, the op-
portunity that even the most obscure
person has of getting a home of
her own. Besides, man takes de-
feat at an election less seriously, and
regards it as part of the game.
Yes, "Everywoman" can win out
in politics in Idaho-at least until
another comes along. But going into
this work means that the person
doing so must pay the price.