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. zzrzi The Omaha Corning Bee - •, rhanCe in lri.ip.-1-atuw. M. M-*0 V-X ifli. M- M. A m.-*. ▼ *-*• ▼ -- Too low ll.ry hnlld. who build bo _ _ nosth th«* *tar*.—Young. riTV rnmnN '' - ■■■■■- ’ ■ 1 — e3U M103KI1 'JCHt. —= ’ ' ' ' ' ^ C|TY EDITION vql 64_m 8g< OMAHA, THan^l^^os^vsi ;er 25, 1924. » TWO CENTS1" Mag1- l— . Fliers Plan to Hop Off for Frisco World Cruisers Are in Good Meehanical Shape and Start Surely Will Be EMade Today. Los Angeles, Sept. 24.—After a day resit, following what they said " was the greatest reception in all their serial trip around the world, tonight found tlie six aviators of the army world flight ready to start tomorrow morning front Clover field, Santa Monica, near here, to Crissey field, San Francisco, they announced. The three great world cruisers are in fit shape anil, weather permitting, the globe-girdlers will take off about 10 in the morning to fly over Santa Parbara, Santa Maria, San Luis Obisgo, Paso Kobleo-, Salinas and San Jose on the third from the last leg of the official flight around the world terminating in Seattle. The airmen, under command of Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, carefully In spected the three cruisers at Clover field this afternoon after having rested in hotel rooms until noon. The night program was an Informal oil - ner in Hollywood and then a motion picture, providing a few quiet hours with their relatives and close friends. Lieutenant Smith will lead the three plane* over territory that he knows so well that he will feel like running around in his own hack yard, he said. Many times the flight commander has flown between hero nnd Seattle, making some records in these cruises. The last trip, however, was in March when the world cruisers aped to Seattle from,here in prepara tion for the world flight. There was considerable 'shop talk" today at Clover field, as the aviators conversed with some of the men who made the planes, and extended con giatulatlons for the performance of the first heavier-than-alr machines to circumnavigate the earth, g Should weather reports tomorrow r*-'*indicate heavy fog or clouds over the coast range mountains, making fly ing along the coast route hazardous, the flters will take the inland route over the Tehachapi pass and up the west side of the San Joaquin valley, it was announced. They plan to land in San Francisco about 3 tomorrow afternoon. |AP ADVISER TO CHINA SEEKS HELP By Associated I’ress. Toklo, Sept. 24.—Col. Takem Mach ida, a retired Japanese army officer now employed by Gen. Chang Tso Din In Manchuria, as a military adviser, arrived in Tokio today from Mukden admittedly on an important mission, the exact nature of which was undis closed. Colonel Machida told newspaper men that "it would be useless to deny that my visit is politically significant. The vernacular press today sur mises that Colonel Machida carries • request from Gen. Chang Tso Din asking positive aid from Japan in tlie Manchurian's conquest against the Pekin government for control of the central government of China. COURT HAS TO SET AN ISLAND RULING Washington, Sept. 24.—Whether the Volstead art and the 18th amend _M mrnt apply Jointly or separately to l^^the Philippine Islands is a question P^H.vhlch <he federal courts ultimately 'gf will have to pass upon. The Phlllp 1 * . pine department of justice has given * its opinion that neither the law nor the amendment applies to the Islands, while the Department of Justice In Washington contends that the amend ment prohibits the carriage of liquor for beverage purposes by ships sail ing to Philippine ports. We^Have With Us Today •lames namninrul I’ersli'ng, Attorney, Denver, Colo, James H. Pershing, senioi i ' r of the law firm. Pershing, Nyo, Fry ti Tallmadge, Denver, Is deeply en gaged In humanitarian and ecclesias tical work. Mr. Pershing Is chancellor of the Kpiseopnl diocese of Colorado. He at tended the Northwest provincial synod at Omaha ns a representative of the general council of the church. He has been professor of medical Jurisprudence at the University of Colorado since 1910. In past years he has been connected with the state bureau of ehlld and nnlmnl protectlo, Colorado civic service work, board of charities and correction. Denver Fed erntlon of Fharltles, National Tuber euloHus association, national cum mil tee on Indigent migratory cun •umptlves and Colorado board of public health. Mr Pershing also hns been repuhll can delegale to various political ran •e.vantlnns Me Is s cousin of the re tired Fnlted mates Gen. J. J Farthing. t l Duke of Norfolk Inherits $85,000,000 ^ - ———,—~~~ .* The duke of Norfolk, who is only IB, has inherited approximately $85,000,000. lie. is hereditary earl marshal and chief butler of Kngland. His father died seven years ago and it has taken all that time to complete the valua tion of his inheritance. Nebraska Girl Witness in Hunn Slaving in West Former Wife of Hastings Man Held l>y Los Angeles Po lice When Found With Alleged Slayer. Rv International »w« Service, Tasadena. Cal., Sept 24.—Mrs. Clif ton R. Hunn, RO-year-old welfare worker, society woman and wife of a wealthy Chicago Ink manufacturer, was accidentally shot in her home be cause she interfered in a love af fair of her friend, F. R. Gibson, re tired contractor, Harry Garbutt, al leged Chicago underworld character, accused of the woman's murder, told police here today. Asserting Mrs. Hunn was angered because Gibson was engaged to a beautiful Los Angeles girl, she quar reled with the contractor at her home last Friday night, following a dinner at which Gibson and Garbutt were present. Hearing Mrs. Hunn and Gibson arguing. Gargutt said he interfered after Gibson struck Mrs. Hunn over the head with a hammer. Gibson then attacked him and Garbutt. so his story was told, whipped out a gun. In a struggle for the weapon, it was accidentally discharged, killing Mrs. Hunn. Mrs. KIrkoff, 24-year-old girl, found with Oarhutt in a Los Angeles hotel, where Garbutt was arrested, was held today as a material witness In the case. She told police she was "mar ried" three weeks ago in San Diego to Garbutt, but later she discovered the marriage was a fake. The girl was divorced a year ago from IS. L. Hrown of Hastings, Neb. PERSHING TO GET FULL PAY FOR LIFE -Washington, Sept. 24,— General Pershing. as a retired army officer, will receive the same pay and al lowances that were his in active service, tinder a decision handed down today by Comptroller General Me Carl. The derision confirmed one by Major Genera! Bethel, judge advocate general of the army, which held that the act of congress appointing Tersh Ing general of the armies provided full pay for life. General Bethel submitted his opinion to Secretary Week* who, to make sure of trfe Interpretation of the law. referred the question to the comptroller general. 2 BODIES TAKEN FROM UTAH MINE Spring Canyon, l*tah. Kept. 24.— Hodies of two of the five minor* en tombed in the Haiti* coal mine by an explosion here la«t Sunday night were recovered by rescUA worker* la to today after 4K hours of console** work. I.tttI* hope for the live* of the other three men i* held. The bod lea recovered today were about 3.000 feet from the surface in the upper raise* and were reached through the air shaft. It. will be necessary to com plete the clearing out of the main passage way before the other f>odie* can be reached, those In In charge of rescue work said. (lamlidatcH < ionfident. IfartinKton, Kept. 24.—Members of the county central committee and the republican candidate* of Odar county met at the republican headquarter* here for a conference In which the county campaign for the November election was launched. it was the con*en*u* of opinion of those present that the outlook for the republican* van never brighter In Cedar county. Mini Him Over by Cur. Audubon. la., Kept. 24. Mike T, Holey, #3, whm *orlou*ly Injured heir Monday when he was run over by * • ar and suffered #racturss of a leg and coilarbont State Not to Seek Death for Woman Prosecutor Will Ask Hanging for Pastor and Life in Prison for Accomplice in Poison Plot. “Picture Girl” Identified By rnlrfrMl Service. Mt. Vernon, III.. Sept. 24.—Death hy hanging for the Ttev. Lawrence M. ltlght: life in the penitentiary for Mrs. Elsie Sweetin. That will be the demand of State’s Attorney Frank O. Thompson when the man and woman are brought be fore the court. Hlght has confessed he killed his wife because of love for Mrs. Sweetin, and Mrs. Sweetin has confessed she killed her husband because of love for her pastor. The state's attorney received the coroner's verdict today. It will he laid before the grand Jury when it meets in Octoher together with the confessions and a mass of other evi dence of guilt of the pair. Indict ments for murder in the first degree may be expected without delay, Thompson said. While these planp for the law to exact its penalty went forward the prisoners were being closely guarded in separate Jails. The woman is held in the Salem jail, Hlght Is held in the Nashville jail. Woman's Cell Dreary. Th» Salem jail is an old structure. Thp cell the woman occupies Is bleak and dreary. Salem is the old home of William .T. Bryan. The people arc law-abiding. Every assurance has been given the authorities that no at tempt will be made to remove the prisoner. The Nashville jail where Hight ponders over his crime and keeps re peating that he has made his peace with Clod, that there is no sin on his soul, Is a newer and stronger struc ture. He was taken there secretly late yesterday because threats had been made here to lynch him. But this sentiment has passed away and most of the people In Mt. Vernon and in the village of Ina nearby where the minister had his church and W’here he met and loved Mrs. Sweetin. express a desire for the law to tak» Its course. Sympathy for Woman. The people of Ina and Mt. Vernon believe that when the final chapter Is written Hight will have paid the penally of his crime on the gallows and that the woman will he rrpent Inc her sins behind the bars of th penitentlary. There is much sympathy for the woman, none for the man. It is gen erally accepted among the people here that ahe was his pawn, his play thing; that she was dragged from her throne as wife and mother by one who posed as perfect. She says she did not believe Hight could do wrong. This woman tells a convincing story, pathetic, trulhfu'. In her cell today she recounted the story of her trust in the minister and of her be trayal. "He w-on my confidence from the first, then my heart.” she said. The minister helpe'd convince her she was not suited to Wilford Sweet in, who had married her 16 years before, the man who was the father of her three -hlldren, the man who worked hard In the mines and rame home tired and appeared In neglect h»r. "Divorce a Disgrace.” Step by step the minister led her on—not tip the path of righteousness but down Into the depths. "lie told me that his wife didn't love him and that he didn't ear* any thing shout her. And so 'when he told me that I didn't love my husband and that my husband didn't love me, I believed him." A divorce would be a disgrace, the minister told her. That would not (Turn In f'na* Two. Column Three.) G. 0. P. PLOT IS CHARGED IN SUIT Austin, Trx., Prpt. 21.—A charge that thr plaintiff In thr Ferguson In junrtlon rase wax attempting to de prive the democratic parly of eloet Ing a governor and had purposely dr laved his suit for tills reason, was made hy Attorney Bremnn Strong, arguing thl» afternoon for the etnte demoeratio committee and the demo era tic party. Strong said If (he temporary Injunction la gvontrd It will mean the democrats will have no ca ndldate. The hearing recessed until tomor row' morning at the request nf Judge I. W. Stephens. representing the plaintiff, who said tie had been worn nut hy the long argumetns of the defense attorneys and wanted s rest before starting Ills closing argument. The defense closed at 3:3ft p. m. nfler two days of argument. The Plaintiff has consumed Hlmut two hours thus far. 1.11 lollelte I .one*. Nan Frnn< l»c«, 8ept. 4 The etate HUppem** rourt 4oiIh V ilrntad n pall linn for h writ of mandat* to compel Hobart K. Urnhnin. rnynty Hark of Marin county, to plan* th* mmt* of the I** Fnllette Wheeler presidential elertnra on the November ballot In California, i , Mrs. Sweetin Killed Husband Who Forgot to Love Her for God of Clay “He'd Come Home From Mines and Go to Bed; l Wasn’t Happy,” She Sobs—“Then Hight Came; I Gave Him Pure Heart and Got Bark Sinful One. ’ B.v SOMA LEE. International News Service Staff Correspondent. Salem, 111., Sept. 24.—In a little cell In the county jail here today, Elsie Sweetin, the woman who killed for love, began her self questioning, began to weigh her love. Rev. Lawrence M. Hlght, Jockey pastor, for whom she administered arsenic to Wilford, the husband, whc had plodded and worked to give her a home, has been held In the balance —and found wanting. She sits listlessly in the dark cell a dark-skinned, dark-haired woman eves of hazy blue shifting restlessly the flat chest heaving. The lips drawn within "the mouth, are re leased and there Is the trace of a burned out fire in her face. Not the killing is her cross, but the love sc suddenly dead. It died so quickly In the fleeting moment, when she knew her pastor lover was dross counterfeit. And now this woman this apex of tho triangle, sits anc probes within, as colorless, as mean inglcss ns a Wank sheet of paper. Tale Begin* In Eden. "I wanted love," she begins het tale, another Eve seeking a new Eden. "And Wilford Sweetln didn’t give me the kind I wanted. He was a glacier, cold: no words of affection. "I married him when I was lfi. My family was terribly poor. Father had left mother, when 1 was only a few months old. He went to Colorado and forgot my brother, Earl, and me. We went to Ewing, a little town near the farm where I was born and mother took In washings. "I was 2 when aha married again. And there were lots of chil dren—six—but I was always alone Mother didn’t have much time fo; me. I went up to the eighth grade but when I was 12, I had to go tc work. I was a nurse maid, washed the dirty pots and pans of people who couldn't afford to havs thcli hands dirtied. "Well—nobody cared very much for me. And then I met Wilford and 1 married him. I.ovs Came. "I loved him and he loved me. The children came, snd they were dear, but there was something miss lng otit of my life. I had been religious and again I sought to re gain that deep communion with Clod. "About a year ago, Hlght came to tow n.” Her story breaks. She gasps. Her eyes widen, as if w-lth fear. She says softly: "Sweetln Is In this cell. He hears me." And then her odyssey of boredom, the story of a life grown stale, Is resumed: "Ood, what a life. Sweetln made good money—HO to $F.O a week. He worked In the mines and he d come home and go to bed. I wasn't happy. "And so Hlght came. He was our preacher and he told me later that he loved me the moment he saw me. lie woo my confidence from the start —and later my heart. “I gave him a pure heart and 1 got back a sinful one. I was a good woman and now I am bad. "It was several months before T really got to know him. Then one night there was a revival meeting and many of my neighbors were go Inc. 1 told Wilford I wns going too. The preacher came to take me. My cousin. Eva Milliner, who lives n»xt door to me, ran over to her house to get a shawl while the preacher and I walked down to his car. Euler the Devil. '■'You know.' he told. 'I’d rather you'd go with me In the car than anv body else. I like you.’ And then he rushed on and said: 'I love you ' 1 didn't know what to say. He had hold of my handa and was pressing them hard. I was scared and happy. Somebody eared enough for me to tell me about It. "I went home after the meeting and I didn’t know what I was do ing. Everything looked so queer to me. And then he began winning nty confidence. I went places with hltn. And then I, too, began to love hltn. (Tnrn to True Two. Column One.I BRYAN TO SPEAK AT EXPOSITION Lincoln, Sept. 24 —Governor Bryan left Lincoln today on the Inst lap of hi* home itate campaign a* demo era tic vice presidential candidate. He will apeak this afternoon nt Colum bus at the mid Nebraska exposition and from there he will go to Wayne, In the northern part of the state, where he is scheduled for a apeech tomorrow. Cnles* some of the Invitations which are constantly being received by Governor Brvan are n« < epted in ♦ he meantime, the vice presidential nominee will not make anv mote speeches until October 4. when he speaks it Oberlln, Ivan. SOLON TESTS DRY LAW; INDICTED Baltimore. Hept. 2 4 lohn Hhllll|i Kill representative from the Third dlatrbt of Maryland, who tested the prohibition laws with >» cider party •at hi* home, 3 West Franklin street, Inst Haturday night, wnt Indicted bv the federal grand Jin .v today on a '’hsrge nf the Illegal nmnufactui e and poaaeaaion of Uquov Mathers Pleads for Sugar Duty I rpcs Coolidge to Make Pres ent Tariff Permanent by Proclamation. Hr Cnlvernnl Service. Washington, Sept. 24.—A. N. Math ers, representing the Farmers' Co operative Beet Growers Association of Nebraska, asked President Coolidge today not only not to reduce the tariff on sugar, hut to Issue a proc lamation making permanent the present duty. Mathers asserted he came to Washington with written commit ments from 434 national and state producing organizations, 7.800 banks, 400 newspapers and 207 chambers of commerce west of the Mississippi river, the sugar beet territory, favor able to retaining the present sugar tariff. Ho contended the high duty was stimulating the cultivation of sugar beets in place of surplus wheat acreage and. therefore serving as a double Messing In bringing the farm ers a good return on their beets and solving the problem of over-produc tion in the wheat belt. Through the republican national committee, Mathers gave out a state ment attacking Senator Ia Follette on the charge of having misrepre sented the attitude of the farmers of the west as to the protective tariff law. He asserted that in al leging the beet farmers do not share in the benefits of t,he tariff the inde pendent-progressive candidate for president '’either does not know what he is talking shout, or he is not tell ing the truth." JAPS TO WELCOME ARGENTINE FLYER Bt Associat'd r"»s. Tnkio, Sept. 24.—Japan was pre pared today to extend a warm wel come to Major Pedro Zannl, Argentine aviator on an air cruise around the world, when he lands at Kagoshima, his firstjtop on Japanese soil. Major Zannl is now at Hongkong, China. Referring to the frequent public suggestions that the welcome to Major Zannl be made warmer than those ex tended to the American. French or British aviators, General Xagaoka said: “In welcoming Major Zannl to Japan we must not consider politics, hut the opportunity of honoring and aiding the nviator and improving our friendship with the Argentine Repub lie is undoubtedly nppreqlated here. The Japanese will do their utmost to entertain Major Zannl and to aid his success. However, the reception is in tended only to equal in heartiness those given to the American, British ind French aviators who visited Japan.” DRY AGENT, WOMAN SHOT DURING RAID Baltimore. Sept. 24.—George Wood ward. prohibition agent, attached to the Washington squad operating In Baltimore, was shot and wounded early today In the hallway of a dwell ing In West I.exlngton atreet he had entered to raid. Mrs. Alexander Booth, who lives two doors west of the guided dwelling, was shot and wounded after she was awakened by the shots fired st Wood ward nnd looked out of a third story window. The bullets, witnesses said, were flre.l by men who gntherod on the Sidewalk and tired at the raided dwelling. DRUGGISTS MEET CALVIN COOLIDGE Washington, Sspt. 24.—President i‘nnliftgo arranged hi* calendar of business toifnv In receive delegate* to he « 'n\*nth»n of the National A*so ' lotion of Itetnll hnicglutx and #id licensed them from the smith portico «*f t he \\ Kite I louse. Tomorrow t'oolhlge Roe* to Phila delphia t«» speak In connection with the excrHst* celebrating the 150th anniversary of the meeting of the (•rat continental congress. He will leave here late in the afternoon, arriv ing in Philadelphia, shortly before the hour of his address, and return lmm*'* dintelv afterward. Hum s'lii|i Seizure Upheld. Mobile. Ala . Sept. 21 Judge c .oidshy of tin* county circuit c'otiti In a lengthv decision today upheld the selruto by the stste of Alabama of the Italian steamer Vallem-ura at this port on the ground that tha ship was a liquor carrier. The ruling for the state ts hHleved In he the first of Its kind. Ths vs see I Is valued ill *2M> ood. Silent Cal and Dawes Worry Aids Political Advisers Cry, “Ho Something” and 1 S'nsh,” but Both Candidates Stick to Their Jobs. Say No Tomtoms Needed Washington. Sept. 24—"Silent Cal" and Charles G. Dawes, who insists upon ''telling the truth." are the most stubborn pair whom thp politi cal "medicine makers" have ever been called upon to deal with in a presidential campaign. "Cal” is as "sot in his ways” as a rock on a Vermont hillside. Dawes, who has given all of his life to build ing and constructing: who has not only organized business institutions, but the budget of the nation—the services of supply behind the victori ous armies in France and the finan cial structure tor the rehabilitation of Europe, refuses to listen to the wisdom of those who "know how it ought to be done in politics." Every day reports come to Cool idge of the efforts being made by John W. Davis. Stories reach the White House of the prairie fires be ing started by the La Foilettc sup porters. "We must do something." say the all hut frightened political advisers. But Coolidge plods on. From New York come reports of the ! sweep of the socialists through that state. Then the news that Governor Al. Smith will take the democratic nomination for a third term for the purpose of aiding Davis. There is not the least ruffle in the president. Coolidge plods on. Whenever Such a Candidate? Whenever has there been such an election contest? Whenever has there been such a candidate? The campaigns of red fire and long torch light parades have passed into his tory, it Is true. Even the time-hon ored custom of the "sfsng around the circle” has fallen largely into disuse, but surely "something must be done.” Surely the front porch campaign can be indulged, or even the hack porch campaign. Any kind of a sampaign. Some kind of a cam paign. They are a worried lot, these poll | tical advisers who cannot see any thing unless there is motion. Motion, i that is what they want. And it is ja little disconcerting to the news-( paper men. It is strange even to, them. The strtngth of Coolidge is beginning to filter through to these] newspaper men, however. Believes in Thought. Here is the answer as a group of them, talking it over, have figured it out: Thought, well expressed thought. Coolidge believes in the power of thought. He expressed hint self fully, carefully, plainly in his speech of acceptance. Why say any , more? Why not let what was then j said, slowly sift through the minds j of the people? The people can under- | stand plain simple language. Why | mess them all up with a beating of | the tom tome? Why act as though wp thought the people fools’ Why | stand over (hem with a magaphone I and keep shouting it into their ears? It isn't their ears we want to reach, | it is their minds. I^ct the other can (tidates whip up the old horse of politics. It Is a jadded mare they are | trying to ride, tlied of icing whipped. Let the people sit down by themselves for a while and think it over.” TRIPS TO OMAHA BLAMED IN SUIT Special niipnlih to The Omnhi lire. Atlantic. Ia . Sept. 14.—Alleging I that .Tames O. Johnson of Griswold, lias alienated the affections of his wife. Karl L. Jenkins, nlso of Gris wold, has filed suit for $*5,000 dam ages In the Casa county district court. The plaintiff alleges that his wife. Hazel Jenkins, was a true and loving wife until Johnson commenced pay i ing her undue attention In February of the present year. Frequent trips in Omaha and other towns and th"' i lavishing of gifts gradually won her away, Jenklnss* petition allegts TROOPER IS SHOT WHILE ON MARCH Hpri-lsl VHopetrh in I h. Omaha IP. , Atlantic, la.. Sept. J4.—Tragedy | marked the visit of the ninth field, artlllrrv battalion at Adair Monday! night. A member of the unit was, shot In the mouth. Whether the shooting was arrldental or the result of a suicidal attempt could not l>e learned from those in command of the organization, which Is traveling from Fort lies Moines to Omaha to the Ak Bar Hen. The wounded man was placed aboard an army ambulance and rushed to Fort IVs Moines. Norfolk Prepare* to \\ t'lcontv Mt Mullcn Norfolk, Nell , Sept 24 \dam Mi j Mullen, republican candidate for gov j rrnnr, and K. V Houston of Tckanvah. ! republican candidate for congress in the Third district, will Is- given a I great reception here Friday night by | the republican dub. The two rand! | dates sre scheduled to sddress s \ meeting ivf railroad men Iteie on that ! night I Girl Attacks Doctor After Mother’s Death .gogAVig o ^ Aftf'r her mother had died under treatment of l)r. Alexander Weinraf er of Chicago, Rosalie O’Reilly, pretty daughter of the dead woman, went to the physician’s office, and, accord ing to charges, attempted to kill him with drugs and a. gun. She insist? she is sane and declares the doctor poisoned her mother. Yankton Men Invite Omahans Orlolirr 16 Sot Aside as Oma ha Day at Bridge Opening. Mayor A. I„ Wyttnn of ^Yankton P. D., railed at the ritv hall -Wednea dav morning and bid Mayor Dahlmar attend the dedication of the new bridge across the Missouri river at Yankton on October 16. Mayor Dahlman assured the Dakota executive that he will honor the invi tation and will be accompanied by a group of go-getters, including Everett Buckingham, Clarke Powell. Randall K. Brown, Charles Gardner and others. The Yankton mayor was assisted hj Dr. G. K. Adams. C. E. Dowling. A IV. Donaldson, W. C. Lusk and E. R Heaton In the impressive little cere mony which occurred In front of the city hall. Among the other attendants were John L- Kennedy, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Clarke Powell comm;ss.oner of the chamber: Ford E Hovev, Roy T. Byrne, Everett Buck tngham and the city commissioners The bridge opening ceremonies at Yankton will he held from Octobei 12 to IS, with "Omaha day" on the 16th. A special train and a caravar of automobiles will he sent from thli city. The new bridge cost >1 250 000. of which the people of Yonkton sub scribed $600.000. DAWES WILL MAKE 16 TALKS IN 3 DAYS Chicago, Sept. 24 —Charles G Dawes, republican candidate for vie* president, will leave Chicago tonight on the most strenuous campaign speaking tour he has yet undertaken Sixteen speeches, eight in Minnesota and eight in Wisconsin, have been arranged by republican national head quarters. Dr. Dawes x\ ill begin his speaking tomorrow with a rear platform ad dress at Rochester. Minn, and with the exception of Friday, when he will make only two speeches, he will be kept busy until he returns to Chicago Saturday evening. BORIS DEATH REPORT HOAX tU International News >«•*, It*. Ixmdon. Sept. 24.—Report* that King Boris of Bulgaria was assnssi nated are untrue, arising from a hoax put over on the Servian press, ac cording to it Central News dispatch circulated hire this afternoon. BorU Is safe at hts summer home In Varna. It said. Even the Bulgarian newspapers were taken in. said the dispatch. They printed full accounts *'f the alleged crime, claiming that a servant stabbed the king to the heart and shot three ministers »ho were conferring with him. TAGGART TAKEN ILL AT HIS HOME Boston. Sept. 24 Thomas Taggart democratic leader of Indiana, was re moved to a hospital here from hit Cape Cod summer home today, threat •ned with appendicitis. Examination at the hoapltal. how ever. Indicated the patient probably could be treated successfully without an operation. r "" Vs -- ..-■ __._✓ Kt»r M ht'iim rtitlini * |v n bf J4 l’t#« In- htuiil’Hith* Tumi fl Tot«| Rino« .laiiimr) 1, *.» 14, dfflf irRi’V, ^4 IVoiiilt 1rm|iiiHliiM4 1 • * [J T? t* . a. I £ z 11 • w . ...” I T f t<t 11 !• i r m .t»Mi..ii Suspected at One Time of Murd er Kills Self as Another Coe* on Trial for Crime; Star ^ itness Rumored to Be Losing Mind. Difficulty Over Jury Ogallala, Neb., Sept. 24 —Waning interest in the trial here for first de Sieo murder of Alex Swantowski. due to difficulty in impaneling a jury, was stirred to new life today by the sui cide of Barney Shafer, at one time suspected of the crime for which Swantowski is held, and by a persist ent rumor that John Mostek. state 3 star witness, is losing his mind and has attempted to hang himself in jail. Mostek has been in jail since he signed a statement declaring he had been in the home of John Jeffres. whose mutilated body was found by firemen yvhen they were called to extinguish a fire in his home, but denying that he had been present during a fight which authorities be lieve cost Jeffres his life. No Inquest. Mostek is expected to be one of the mainstay of the state fn its prosecution of Swantowski. The county coroner declared to j night that there would be no inquest j into the death of Shafer, such action being unnecessary. Shafer's death is ! attributed directly to the slaying of Jeffres. his subsequent arrest having it is presumed, unhinged his mind He was released and cleared of any connection with the crime when Mo* tek told county authorities that n> one. other than Swanstowski. had been in the Jeffres home when he left. Shafer was 55 years old. He leaves a widow and three daughters. Sisters With Swantowski. Duncan Ellis, who was arrested with Shafer and also released after Mostek’s statement, is here for the trial. He asserts that he is going to make certain that his name is clear ed. With Swantowski In the courtroom today yvere his listers, one of whom came here from Chicago. Swantow ski, neatly dressed. has displayed no emotion since the opening of his trial Tuesday morning and has taken con siderable interest in the questioning of talesmen. Exhaust Venire. A large crowd which attended the first day's proceedings, dwindled no ticeably today, the constant reitera tion of question* put to prospective jurors offer •'g little of Interest. To day the venire was exhausted by at j torneys for the defense and prosecu I tion yvho have been unusually exaet i ing in their demands! A new venire j has been ordered to report tomorrow ! morning and it is expected 12 men can be obtained satisfactory to both | s.des before adjournment tonight. AUDUBON GIRL IN NEW “STUNT’ I Hep*teh t«* The fooeha IW. Atlantic, la.. Sept. 14.—Margaret Nelson, I1*, of Audubon, who occasion ally startles the community, again j jumped into the spotlight a few eve : nings ago by suddenly disappearing Miss Nrisen plRjs the piano at * i movie house in Brayton, la. The 1 other Right she slipped away ur | noticed. A note on the piano horo I the statement that she would soon return. About niidight a search was started i for the girl. She was not found until ! morning and was leisurely sauntering along a highway several miles south if town. Three years ago M;ss Ne'. sen s parents found her bound and gagged In a clothes closet In thefr home. She related an exciting tale | of how two strange men had en ! tered the home and made her a ; prisoner. FULTON TO FIGHT LUIS FIRPO SOON St Paul. Minn. Sept £4—Fred (Fulton. Minnesota he.-ivy weight. «n>! j Linn Firpo. of the Argentine, were J matched toda> l > Tex Rickard for j* l.Vround ficht Rt M dieon Square | n arden tX'tober IS The announce Intent wa» made here by Jack Heddx . Fulton* manager, who ha? juat re |turned from New York. Reddy m's that the xx inner \x ill l>e pitted again?* ieither Jack Renault or Harry Wills later on. PHILIPPINES ARE DRY, STATE RULES Manila, Sept. 14.— Instructions is sued by ths Stats dspartmssit at Washington ordering all foreign cor suls to refuse to Issue bills of health | to \ easels carrying liquor to tho I Philippine Islands for hover*jre pur wore recotvsd here today, it was stated officially j ^ Hoatl t.» H«* \\ hI. ik'.I, often Sept t4 — At a cool.<renc *f * often * mimstvlal vlwb. fatnmrA no • -I.si In tu.pro. oiini! ,.f tho laghso l.iswti ij.'tiLMi and Par I'..* m I i umtv Cotumiaainnsr* AM l.'rsoa and Thctcns, It w*s .twMwl jlhat lbs road should bs widmsd to hr standard width of 44 f**t Work will begin Immediately, | m -A. 4