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KILLS BANDIT ! Willi A ROCK Engineer Prevsnts Rcbfiery c! Train in Colorado, DEAD MAN IS UNIDENTIFIED. Sheriff's Posse Captures Two Men In Brush Near Scene of Holdup Sus pects Say Tney Were Stealing a Riae. One Has Bullet Wound in . Head. Held for Further Investigation. Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept 3. la a desperate attempt to bold up westbound Colorado Midland train No. 3 four miles west of Divide an un identified bandit was Instantly killed by a rock thrown by Engineer Frank Stewart, after he had shot the engi neer in the leg. Sterling and Charles Martin, two young man who were found near the scene of the holdup are held for Investigation as to their complicity in the robbery. Sterling Martin was slightly wounded in the head by a bullet. The highwayman crawled over the tender as the train slowed up at a siding to meet the eastbound train. As he stopped the train, Stewart turned, to see his fireman, Paul Bach man, standing with his hands above hia head and hear the robber say: "Put up your hands or I'll blow your head off." The robber than forced both men to leave the engine and marched them before hira to the express car. , "When we got to the express car,' said Stewart, "my fireman dashed un der the car and crawled to the other side. The robber leaned under the car to shoot at him and when he took his eyes off me, I struck him with all my strength with a rock I had picked up as I Jumped off the tender. As I did so he whirled and shot at me, the bullet -striking me in the leg. I guess my blow finished him, for he never moved after the rock hit him." Sortly after the holdup Sheriff Von Juhl and a posse scoured the country near the scene of the attempted hold up and discovered the Martin broth ers hiding in the brush. Sterling Martin was dazed by a bul let wound In the head. He Is out on parole from the state reformatory. The Martins claim they were ridln? the blind baggage and were beating their way to Grand Junction. ABBOTYIs PLEASED rV!TH CONDITIONS Invest gaeiFatRg Operations ll.iteitar.en by Indians. Winnebago, Neb., Sept. 3. A party consisting of Superintendent A. li. Kneale, Assistant Commissioner Fred H. Abbott, Industrial Clerk Hender son and the four expert farmers em ployed on the local field has been touring the Omaha and Winnebago reservations during the last few days, making a thorough Inspection of the progress being made by the Indians along Industrial lines. After viewing thousands of acres of corn and small grain which had been planted and cared for by Indians, Mr. Abbott de clared that wonderful progress had been made in Thurston county during the last year. "I am greatly pleased with what I have seen," Mr. Abbott declared, be fore he left for Washington. "From the reports of Superintendent Kneale and bis exypert fanners I knew that good work was being done, but. I had not realized that such strides had been taken In a single year." WANT AD SPOUSE ROBS WIFE Sends Her on Vacation to Milwaukee and Disappears. Chicago, Sept. 3. An experimental ad in the matrimonial columns of a newspaper won her a thief for a hus band, according to Mrs. Henry Weber. She says that since their marriage In Kansas City in December, 1909, her spouse has wheedled her out of her fortune of $1,250 and haa now left her destitute In Chicago with her thirteen year old adopted daughter. Mrs. Weber complained to the police of the central station that her husband hud tale;i the last of her money, had sent her to Milwaukee by bout, with a promise tr Join her later by rail, which he felled to do, and ha 1 disappeared. Chorted With' Murder of Eoy. Klnystou, X. Y., S, ;t. 3. Vlnrenzo Craiibo and h'.i wife wvrt arrested In connection with tl:e n'titi'iir of four-year-old Pete: Fabian, who was found strangled to f'erth In an outbuilding of hi3 parents' home In Purtovllle. In ordering the arrests District Attorney Cunningham refused to say what evi dence he possessed. Ciatiao and his wife lived next door to the Fabian family Arguing Recount Case. Omaha, Sept. 3. Arguments In the ense of Dan J. Council aga'nst the Douglas county ranvnsslnt lionn1 were commenced before Jud?e Trvin State Auditor Barton conferral w't the members of the county (nvns p board In regard to an shahs -.1. ,nqu,ry ,nto hardy murder Marshalltown Grand Jury o Investi gate Triple Killing. -Marshalltown, la.. Sept. 2. The grand Jury which meets next week is to make an exhaustive investigation of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. James Hardy and their younger son, Earl, who were beaten to death in their home, in the -extreme southern part of the county, on June 5. It Is said that many minor details of evidence have cropped out from time to time In the weeks since the active search for the murderer was practically abandoned. People who live In the lonely neighborhood which was the scene of the triple killing are clamor ing that the grand Jury Invest lgati be very searching. The son, Raymond, who was arrested and who later was released, is still living in the neighbor hood. Poisoned by "Ropy" Bread. Fort Dodge, la., Sept. 2. "Ropy bread," not poisoned or spoiled flour, Is asserted by the flour manufacturing company to have been the cause of poisoning in the D rooks family of Fort Dodge recently. The remainder of the sack of flour used by Mrs. Brooks was sent back to the company and they now have returned a loaf of bread made from the same flour, this loaf being perfectly good. "Ropy bread" Is a common occurrence in warm weather when care Is not taken In making bread, and especially when potato yeast is used. If warm water is used, or utensils are not sanitary. fermentation at excessive temperature begins, which is not obliterated by the degree of heat which is required to bake bread. Fermentation continues after baking and such trouble as "ropy bread" results. Old Soldier Fatally Hurt. Marshalltown, la., Sept. 2. John Kane of Dubuque, an inmate of Iowa's soldiers' home here, was fatally in jured at Gladbrook when he got off a passenger train that had carried hira by Marshalltown on his way home from the state fair. He was struck by a freight train coming from the oppo site direction. He wa3 brought to the hospital here, where one arm was am putated. Interurban Gets Franchise. Mason City, la., Sept. 2. By a vots of 593 for to 267 against, Mason City voted a twenty-five-year franchise to the Mason City and Clear Lake Elec tric Railway company. DES MOINEifMAtl INJDiVORGE CASE Alleged to Have Written Love Letters to Mrs. McCormick. Des Moines, Sept. 2. A divorce trial of three weeks' duration entered ints by Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCormick of Denver, the former of whom Is now an agent of a brewing company, given local color here by the name of Everett Pratt, a Des Moines boy, who is alleged to have written love letters to Mrs. McCormick, used later by the Denver husband as a basis for his sep aration. Young Pratt is the son of W. J. Pratt, millionaire partner of the Pratt-Mendsen Paper company of Dei Moines. Putrid Beef Seized. Des Moines, Sept. 2. Iowa pure food inspectors seized 700 pounds of putrid beef at the state fair. It is alleged that the beef had been refused in sev eral cities and was sent to the fair aa a final means of disposing of It. Sev eral arrests were made for the sale ot adulterated cider. Alfalfa Successful in Iowa. Oskaloosa, la., Sept. 2. Edward Ed rls of this county has proven that alfalfa can be grown to advantage in Iowa. He planted five acres five yeare ago and the crop has Increased every year. This season he has cut three crops from the five acre3, and each crop averaged seven tons. LAUNCH BOOM FOR SMITH Georgia Democratic Convention In dorses Him for President. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2. The Demo cratic state convention met with about 2.U00 delegates in attendance. Tht adoption of a platform was the prlncl pal business scheduled. The conven tion nl.so nominated formally the staU candidates, who were chosen in lal week's primaries, .including . Hoki Smith foe governor. A resolution indorsing Hoke Smith for president of the United States li 1012 was adopted by the convention It rieilnrc-d him eminently fitted tc perforin the arduous duties of the high office of president and was submitted by T. E. Patterson of Spalding. Baby Drowns In Ice Cream Tub. St. Louis, Sept. 2. Drowned In an Ice cream freezer tub while neighbors were searching for him and while lib mother was four miles away, the bodj of Harry Krumrle, two years old, was found In the rear of a drug store neat his homo. He had climbed upon a bo beside the tub, apparently to get Borne of the melting Ice that was left, nn had lost ills balance. Bride Is Eleven Years Old. Pino, La., Sept. 2. Ruth Harding of Bogalusa, I-a., is one of the young est brides on record. She Is eleveD years old and was married to William Breland, aged nineteen. I What the . : j Sportsmen Are j Discussing I T was thirty five years ago that Captains Webb and Boy ton swam t be Eng lish channel, aud since then all who have attempted it have failed. Now, however, it looks as if the feat was to be duplicated, as many of the world's greatest swimmers are to attempt the peril ous trip. Among them la Jabes Wolfe, who np to date has come closer to swim ming the distance than any other man alive. lie will start the latter part of September and this time Is confident of suc CAPTAIN IIOEY. cess. Among tne otners wno are ex pected to swim the chunnel In Septem ber are Montague Holbein, who In llXtt was almost across when he had to give up. and Captain Hoey of New Zealand. The latter has been training for months for the trip, and great things are expected of him. At least one woman will also try for the chan nel honors In September. She Is Miss Lily Smith of London, who has won scores of medals for ber feats in the water. Those who bare never seen the Eng llsb channel can have no Idea of what It meats to swim It Its peculiar and dangerous tides quickly exhaust-the swimmer and make the feat almost an Impossible one, Webb In making the trip was In the water over twenty one hours, while It took Boyton In his pneumatic suit something like twenty- five hours. The chief attraction In the Ameri can league, outside of the battle for the pennant. Is the Lajole-Cobb bat ting feud, and fans the country over are Intensely Interested in the out come. Here Is bow Eddie Plank, who ranks as one of tbe shrewdest stu dents of batsmen In the league, com pares the two men: "Lalole bits anything, inside, out side, high or low. over the plate, and It Is almost Impossible to pitch and fool blin. Stick one close to his belt and be will crush It over the Infield, maybap to the fence. Drop one low and be will bit It a mile. Around bis shoulders li will do the same thing Groove one Hnd It Is suicide. I never try to outguess Lnjole. for 1 udiult that I have uothlng with which 1 can fool blm. I simply take uiy chance and confess that he is my superior. The easiest time to pitch to the big fellow is when there are men on the bases. He does not hit then as be does when the pillows ore empty. "Two years Hgo In Cleveland I was trying to wnsie a hull. He hit It a lick with bis but and knocked It over tbe roof of a building out of tbe grounds. I pushed him one tn the lust series wltb the Naps inside and down around bis knees. He bounced It to left field. That's tbe reason I pitch to Larry and hope for luck. You can't outguens blm. "With Ty Cobb it Is different, al though Ty can hit anything that In Photo by AmiTlcan Press Association. TV COHB IN ACTION thrown to tiltn. However, be Is not so bard for me to pitch to. perhaps be cause be Is a left hand batter and La Jole a right. You can fool the Geor gian where you cannot the French man. When I n in pitching against De troit I take a elm nee with Cobb, and ftoincttrucM I can outguess blm, al though I udtnlt bis alilllty as a bats man. He didn't get a bit off me in a recent game." f - n 1 WIFE MUZZLES OIL KING Mrs. John D. Thinks Husband Talks Too Much. Cleveland. Sept. 1. Mr. Rockefeller, who appeared iu the Euclid Avenue Baptist church, declined to address his Bible class. He has not spoken to the class for several Sundays. When he arrived her for the summer he was MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, talkative, but lately has refused inter views and says little to any one out side the household. It Is said that Mrs. Rockefeller ob jected to certain published Interviews with him In which Mr. Rockefeller was quoted as renouncing wealth and suggesting a new religion. Mr. Rockefeller, It Is said, while ad boring to b'i Ideas of publicity, has de elded to fo.Iow the advice of Mrs Rockefeller and henceforth be more fragu' of public utterances. SiLLOfi SOCIETY YIELDS TO POPE Work For Popular Education is Turned Over to Episcopate. Paris, Sept. 1. Marc Sangler, the head of the French Catholic Slllon so clety, the dissolution and reorganlza tion of which was ordered by the. pope, has written a letter of complete sub mission to his holiness, saying that the work of popular education of the 500 branches will be turned over to tbe episcopate. Sangler .adds, however, that he re grets the decision of the Vatican, as it gives the impression that the church Is opposed to democracy and an nounces that he will personally con tinue a democratic propaganda. Rome, Sept. 1. The pope, iu receiv ing Signor Gentlloni, president of the Catholic Electoral union, Insisted on the peril of modernism In all countries and under all forms. The pontiff said that he had displayed the greatest tol eration in the matter of the SUlonlats In condemning the society. Repeated complaints had been made by the French episcopate, which had declared that their doctrines contained errors common to all works for Christian de mocracy by false Interpretation of the precepts of Pope Leo XIII. Cashier Pleads Guilty. New York, Sept. 1. Erwln J. Wider, the cashier of the Russo-Chlnese bank, who got away with about $525,000, withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty. Sentence was de ferred till Sept. 9. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS . American League. At Philadelphia: R.H.E. Detroit 0 0020200 04 8 0 Philadelphia 00000010 01 4 ? Donovan-Stanage; Bender-Thomas. At Washington: R.H.E Washington ... .0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 8 12 0 St. Louis 00000000 00 5 3 Johnson-Street; Balley-Kllllfer. At New York: R.H.E Cleveland 1 00 0000001 8 0 New York 10 000 00 0 12 6 4 Fanwell-Laud; FlsherCrlger. At Boston: R.H.E Chicago 3 1 00 1 0 1 2 08 8 2 Boston 0 00 00 0 0 000 5 2 Walsh-Sullivan; Smith Carrlgan. Western League. At Wichita First game: R.H.E, Omaha 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 18 C Wichita 006000 0 0 0 0 9 0 Rhodes-Gondlng; Altchlson-Shnw. Second game: R.H.E. Omaha 3 00 03 1 00 18 11 2 Wichita 00 0 1 0000 34 11 StowersGonillng; Hay-Clemmons. At Des Moines- First game: R.H.E. St. Joseph ..0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1093 Des Moines 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 02 6 4 I.'aniran Boles; Mitchell Clemmons. Second game: R.H.E Bt. Joseph 00 0 000 2 002 5 3 Des Moines 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 8 0 Crutchcrs-Friimlies; Herche-Ilactinnt At Denver First game: R.H.E Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 4 Denver 3 310 10 11 10 It ( McOmth-C'ark; Frnian-McMurray. Second gamp; R.H.E Lincoln 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 26 10 1 Denver 0 0 0 1 0 li 1 0 02 5 1 deist Kruger; Adams McMurray. At Sinus City: R.H.E Sioux City 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 13 3 Top:kn 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 24 9 t Chabck-Town"; .Tar!: son Shea. Short Locals From Saturday's Dally. Miss Tillie Dougan of Cedar Creek was a Plattsmouth visitor today. Mrs. A. L. Gass and daughter. Miss Lucile, called on their Omaha friends between trains today. George Dovey was an Omaha pas senger this morning where he went to spend the day with friends. Adolph Wesch and wife and son, Adolph, went to Omaha on the morn ing train today to spend Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Ed. Mason who has been vis iting relatives at Memphis, Xeb., for a few days, returned this morning to this city. Pete Carlson departed today on Xo. 4 for Boone, la., where he will visit his brother and sister for a few days. Mrs. Miles Allen and children went to Clarlnda, la., on the morulng train today where they will visit rel atives for two weeks. Mrs. E. C. Hill who has been the guest of her son and family for a week, returned, to her home at Lin coln this morning. Mrs. Will White and daughter, Adella, went to Omaha on the morn ing train today where they spent the day with friends. Mrs. Anton Kanka and son, Ed ward, spent the day In the metropolis where they will look after some shop ping and visit friends. Mrs. Robert Patton and children departed for Chicago last evening on No. 2 where they will visit with friends for a short time. Mrs. John Hostetter and children of Orleans, Neb., arrived last evening to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs A. N. Johnson for a few days. Miss Nettle Hawksworth, one of our teachers, returned from her va cation this morning which she spent at her old home In Burlington, la. Miss Mary Stratka and Matilda Donat went to Omaha this morning to spend Sunday with friends. Mrs. F. R. Whtttaker and daugh ter, Kitty, were passengers on the morning train today for Omaha. M. M. Schlaes was called to Om aha on the morning train today on business for the Majestic theater. Miss Lorene Emory went to Omaha on the morning train where she will spend Sunday with friends and rela tives. C. M. Cllne was a passenger to the metropolis this morning where he will visit his son, Herman Cllne, over Sunday. Mrs. Wescott and Mrs. Mae Morgan will sing a duett at the evening serv Ice tomorrow evening at the Metho dist church. Sam Dean and wife went to La Platte and Omaha this afternooa where they will visit Mrs. Dean's parents over Sunday. Miss Esther Larson was a passen ger to Union this morning where she will teach school the coming Bchool term in District No. 12, two miles east of Union. George Delong and wife and two sons, Tom and Gilbert, went to Have- lock this morning to take In the open ing of the shops and to spend Sunday with friends. Miss Gertrude Morgan returned from South Omaha last evening where she had been the guest ot her aunt, Mrs. Charles Eads and family for a few days. Mrs. E. M. Godwin and daughter, Miss Molly, accompanied by Master Frank Godwin, returned from Omaha last evening where they had visited friends for two days. Miss Mattle Larson was a passen ger for Nehawka this morning where she will teach school In the district a mile northwest of that point the coming term. Adam Frledrlch who has been vis Itlng his brother at McClaln, Neb., for two weeks, arrived today to visit his brother, M. L. Frledrlch and sis ter, Mrs. Jacob Trltsch, for a few days before returning to his home at Pekln, IU. Senator S.. L. Thomas and wife and son, L. S. Thomas, all of Long eBach, Cal., arrived last evening and will visit Cass county relatives for a cou pie of weeks. The senator Is one w ho "can come back" to the old home whenever he feels like It. The annual Sunday school conven Hon of Cass county will occur at Greenwood In this county on the 2Sth and 29th of this month. Tho princi pal speaker of the occasion will be Mr. H. M. Humll, a speaker with na tional reputation. No Sunday school worker can afford to miss hearing blm. Mr. Kennet Hobbs who was mar ried Thursday of this week to Miss Susan Skinner of Lincoln, arrived with his bride last evening and are guests of Charles Martin, Chris Mock- enhaupt and otheq friends. Mrs. Hobba Is the daughter ot Lin Skinner, formerly In the abstract business In this city. Vlss Kittle Hess went to Omah. to spend the afternoon with friends. John Jlrousek and wife departed for Sidney to visit his sister for thre das. Julius Hall went to Springfield: this afternoon to visit relatives over Sunday. Mrs. L. E. Vronian was a passeo ger to the metropolis on the after noon traiu today. A. P. Finkle of Louisville waa a Plattsmouth visitor today where ht had business to look after Miss Julia Kerr who has visited friends at Wabash for the past week returned home last evening. Miss Ada Searl departed for Alvp this afternoon where she will begin. her school next Monday morulng. Mrs. Kate Oliver was a passenger for Omaha on the morning train to- day. N. K. Peoples was an Omaha pas senger this morning where he went on business. P. H. Melslnger and wife went to Omaha this morning to look after some shopping. Mrs. J. E. McDanlel and sod, Floyd, spent the day In Omaha call ing on friends. Mrs. T. E. Tarmele and Mrs. T. H. Pollock were passengers to Omaha on the morning train today. Mrs. Julius Nellson and daughter, Charlotte, were passengers to Omaha, on the morning train today. S. M. Gochenour went to Missouri Valley on the afternoon train today where he will visit friends over Sun day. Joe Harvey was a passenger to the metropolis on the afternoon train today where he was called on busi ness. Joe Absolem and son, Frank, de parted this morning for Ord, Net. where they will visit Mr. Absoleta't sister for a few days. A notice was posted In the shop yesterday that until further notice, George Lushlnsky would be acting foreman of the paint shop. Mrs. Will Seybort returned to her home at Culloni on the morning train today after a few days visit with her brother, George Sayles and family. George Melslnger and his grand daughter, Miss Vetter, of Pekln, 111., arrived this morning, and will visit relatives In and near Plattsmouth for a time. Miss Agathat Jones went to Mur dock this afternoon where she will begin her fall term of school next Monday. Frank Dvorak and J. F. Svoboda departed for Sidney, Neb., this after noon where they will visit friends for three days. A. Fornoff, Sr., and. A. Fornoff, Jr., of near Cullom were Plattsmouth visitors today doing tlielr week end J shopping. George Mattlson, a Republican war horse from 3outh Bend was In the city today telling stories to his many friends. Mr, John Kries who has been the guest of his daughter, Mrs. AsemU sen, for a short time, departed for his home this afternoon. William Puis and John Kraeger, two substantial farmers from Eight Mile Grove precinct were looking af ter business matters In the city today- Rev. J. H. Steger and family went to Council Bluffs this afternoon where he was called to preach a spec ial sermon for the German church. Leonard Born and his daughter, Mrs. Stoehr, went to St. Joseph's hospital this morning to visit for a time with Mr. Stoehr who Is still un able to leave his bed. Joe Peters left this morning for Omaha and Havelock to spend tho, day, after which he will Join hlu wife at Nebraska City and spen Sunday with friends there. The ICcNistant Power. 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