The Omaha Sunday
Bee
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1921.
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Congress
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Farm Relief
McFadden - Kenyon Rural
Credits Bill One of First
Measures to Come Up
After Recess.
Plan Success in England
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
Chlrago Tribune-Omaha Bra Lamed Wire.
Washington, Aug. 27. Congress,
when it resumes the special session
in October, is to devote special at
tention to the growing necessity for
agricultural relief and one of the
measures pending which will be
r ( multiple insurance bill, which has al
ready had preliminary hearing be-
fore the house subcommittee on
banking and currency and the joint
j commission of agricultural inquiry.
K Th hill HpcianpH fcnri-i11ir in
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piuviuc capnai instead oi credit lor
agricultural production and every
witness who has thus far appeared
for the measure has emphasized the
danger of substituting credit for
capital in the financing of agricul
tural enterprise.
The time required for agricultural
reproduction is too long and where
bad banking practice is employed,
the credit stream becomes clogged,
thus percipitating financial crises
such as have occurred recently.
Much Interest Shown.
The interest manifested by con-
grcss is illustrated by an incidental
preference to it by Representative
ugaen l miiis ot JNew York, a
member of the joint agricultural
committee, in his speech on the
revenue bill.
"Let me call the attention of
gentlemen from, the rural districts
to this proposition," he said. "Inside
of three months this house will be
considering a proposition to. provide
farmers with credits running from a
.year to two and three years, because
there exists a well recognized gap
in our banking system. The ordi
nary sources of credit, the short time
vftmmercial credits, do not meet the
situation, because these mature or
dinarily in from 60 to 90 days, while
the farmer needs, from nine to 12
months and the cattle raisers up to
three years' credit. It is not proposed
by gentlemen who have studied this
proposition and who will advocate
the measure, to tap the commercial
fund of the country. They propose
to tap the investment fund and
properly so. I would point out to
them that it is going to be mighty
difficult to tap the investment fund
of the country if you drive that in
vestment fund into tax-exempt se
curities, or if you propose to take it
lo the tune of 70 per cent to pay
government expenditures."
Two Corporations.
The McFaddcn-Kenyon ' bill pro
poses to create two corporations, a
rural credit society with a central
bank, 48 branches, one for eacli state,
and any number of community as
sociations composed of farmers and
one multiple insurance league, both
by separate federal charters. The
multiple insurance charter is broad
and liberal, authorizing the corpora
tion to insure. against any conting
ency just as is provided by the char
ters of many of the British insur
ance companies, some of which have
operated more than two centjties. It
is proposed to induce one of the big
life insurance companies io p.hciji.
this federal multiple insurance char
ter and surrender its state charter.
The multiple insurance league is
to serve two purposes, first, to fur
VbLnish sound and cheap multiple m
surance to the members of the
credit society, as a security for credit,
and second, to become a guaranteer
of the credit society itself, by fur
nishing the -capital for its branches
aggregating $2,400,000,. electing its
auditors who would inspect the
credit society and hold one of the
keys to its securities vaults.
Plan Not New One.
There is nothing novel in the plan
of furnishing cheap multiple insur
ance to the members of the -credit
society so as to enable the tenant
farmer to furnish as good security
for credit as the richest farmer, as
this has been tried in Europe for
years.
The novelty of the plan consists
in the use of a life insurance com
pany to become a credit insurance
company, as well as a .multiple in-
surance company. This is analo
gous to the British commercial
credit system in the use of the "ac
ceptance house," which is nothing
more nor less than a credit insur
ance company.
Those acceptance houses are the
outgrowth of the old British im
porting merchant firms, which in
the course of . their importing busi
ness established their credit in all
the important markets of the world.
It ws contended by the experts
who appeared in the hearings on this
measure that the big life insurance
company would prove an ideal "ac
ceptance house" or credit insurance
company for the rural credit sys
tem, because its financial stability is
established to a high degree among
the wage earners of our industrial
end financial centers, as its base
resjs on the uniform law of mortal
ity and the fact such a company in
, Tr a Put Two, Coltuna Four.)
What Was Your Greatest
Moment? Tell It to Gloria
Cash Prizes Offered for
Best 200-Word- Letters
On "The Greatest Mo
ment of My Life."
When was the "greatest moment"
in your life?
Answer this question for a $25
cash prize I
Just address a letter to "Gloria,"
in care of The Bee, on the subject,
"The Greatest Moment of My Life."
It may win you one of the follow
ing prizes:
Flint Frlse 2K cash.
Second Prize 410 cash.
Third Frt Ilox party of 10 at the
Strand theater during the showing of
"The flreat Moment," Gloria Swanaon'a
tint starring vehicle, written by Elinor
(ilyn, which open a week's engage
ment at the ritrand theater Sunday, -September
4.
Fourth I'rli Box party of tlx at
the Ntrand theater during showing of
"The Great Moment." j
l.'i rtW D-d .llmllalnn. VaaH
any time.
Kixth Prize Two admissions good
any time.
Seventh Prize Two admissions good
any time.
Eighth Prize Two admissions good
nny time.
The contest will close Saturday,
September 3.
Judges will be: Myrtle Mason,
editor of the Women's Section of
The Bee; Harry Watts, manager of
the Strand theater, and the Motion
Picture editor of The Bee.
All you have to do to win one of
the prizes is to write a 2UU-word
letter on "The Greatest Moment of
My Life" and send it to "Gloria,
in care of The Bee. Remember
all letters must be in The Bee office
by Saturday night, September 3. An
nouncement of prize winners will be
made the following Monday.
All set, movie fans, let's whoopee
and go to it.
Detectives Puzzled
In Death Mystery
Suicide or murder?
Behind the curtains of his library
window the man lay dead. Detec
tives called oh the case puzzled over
possible clues and sought desperately
for plausible motives.
The dead man, brilliant, prosper
ous and newly betrothed to a beauti
ful girl, seemingly had everything to
live for. Still there might have been
hidden reasons for suicide .
If a murder, who and why? There
were clues, of course, but they were
vague and conflicting and the detec
tives felt themselves wholly at sea.
The final solution of the mystery
of Hartley Parrish's death is told in
"The Yellow Streak," the new serial
starting in The Bee next Sunday.
It is a swiftly moving tale of ad
venture and romance, by Valentine
Williams. N
Return With Bodies
Of Colorado Victims
Funeral services for Miss Mar
garet Colvin and Miss Myrtle Rob
erts, victims of the automobile acci
dent in Colorado Springs, Thursday,
will probably be held Monday after
noon from their respective homes.
Miss Colvin lived at 2218 North
Eighteenth street, and Miss Roberts
at 2304 South Thirty-second avenue.
Bodies of the two women are ex
pected to arrive at 2 today on the
Pock Island, escorted by Miss Rob
erts, father and Miss Colvin's broth
er and sister, Mrs. A. G. Grimm,
who also was riding in the death-car
but escaped injury.
Other members of the party may
return on the same train.
Five Persons Killed
When Train Hits Auto
Peoria, 111., Aug. 27. Five persons
were killed when the automobile in
which they were riding was struck
by a passenger train . at La Harpe,
111., Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Miller, Bettendorf, la., were among
the dead.
Another Man Claims to Be .
Victim of Stock Swindle
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 27. (Special
Telegram.) Another alleged vicitim
of R. L. Stone, who disappeared
from Beatrice a few weeks ago, has
turned up near Diller, Neb., in the
person of Martin Weyer, who claims
he was swindled out of 10 shares of
stock in the Omaha Rubber com
pany, representing a par value of
$1,000, by Stone.
Fred Achtemeier of Harbine. Neb.,
says he was induced by Stone to
turn his stock over to the Rubber
company for , a worthless railroad
bond. A warrant has been issued
for Stone's arrest.- ;
Lone Bandit Gets $6,500
From Rickenbacker Firm
Detroit, Aug. 27. A lone bandit
held up a paymaster of the Ricken
bacher Motor company in the com
pany's office here today and escaped
with $6,500. Eddie Rickenbacher,
the American ace, who is president
of the company, was in an adjoining
office at the, time of the holdup and
saw the bandit escape.
Springfield Man Injured
In Accident at Valley
Valley, Neb., Aug. 27. (Special.)
While loading a tractor on a truck
E. L. Pflug of Springfield had a nar
row escape from serious injury when
the staging gave way letting the
heavy machine fall and overturn,
pinning the driver underneath. He
suffered only minor bruises. ,
Sanson 1 fj
Business Men
Order New Autos
From Car Thieves
Department of Justice Chief
Here Says "Pillars of So
ciety" Connive With Auto
Robber Ring.
That big business men through
out this locality connive with auto
mobile thieves to "get a new car"
as well as to collect insurance, is
part of the evidence E. W. Byrn,
Department of Justice chief, claims
to hold as a result of recent arrests.
"There's going to be a new
bank president in a South Dakota
bank; we have the evidence to send
this man to jail," he said. "This
man ordered a car from the "gang"
just as he would from a regular
agency.
Involved in Ring.
Other "pillars of society" are in
volved in the auto rine's arrange
ment to conveniently "lose" cars for
their unwilling owners, sometimes by
scuttling them in the Missouri river.
.a e
or by parking tnem tor maeiinue
periods in' the willow rushes at vari
ous points along the river, until in
surance has been collected, it is
charged.
While two gangs are broken up
by arrests made at Cheyenne and
those in Lincoln and Omaha, Byrn
believes there are many still at large.
Their activities range from Groton,
N. D., to Shreveport, La., according
to Byrn.
Operative Auto Expert.
Most of the arrests have been
made through the efforts of H. W.
Hess, federal operative, an automo
bile man formerly with the Packard
company at Baltimore. He was also
a gasoline engine expert in the army
and knows all the tricksof car con
version. The Cheyenne gang included Dick
Henderson and one Frederickson,
Byrn said.
"Foot and a Half" Butler, Harold
McLaughlin, "Tennessee" Shepard,
Ivor Burg, wealthy farmer near St.
Joseph; James Clark, Mike Dooley
and his wife, are in the gang operat
ing in this vicinity, according to
Byrn. j
Forty Reported Dead
In Wreck Near Rome
London. Ausr. 27. More than 40
persons are reported to have been
killed and scores injured in a col
lision between a passenger and
freight train near Magliano, about
35 miles north of Rome, according to
a Rome dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company.
Leader of Toledo Postal
' Robbery Held in New York
New York, Aug. 27. A confession
that he was the leader of the gang
that committed the $1,000,000 holdup
at the Central postoffice in Toledo
last February, was attributed by the
police to William Treffry, also known
as "Canada Bill," who is in jail here
awaiting trial on a charge of robbing
a jewelry store.
On information furnished by Trif
fry, detectives said a number of
bonds stolen in Wall street prior to
the Toledo holdup had been recov
ered.' Former Head of Hungarian
Cabinet Dies at Budapest
Budapest, Aug. 27. Dr. Andrew
Wekerle, five times premier of Hun
gary, died here today.
Born in 1848, Dr. Wekerle was
educated in the LTniversity of Buda
pest. In 1888 he entered the Hun
garian cabinet as minister of finance.
He first became premier in 1906, re
maining. in power three years. H
was again called upon to head the
Hungarian cabinet in 1917 and three
times more held the office between
that time and the signing of the
armistice.
Body of DeWitt Overseas
Vet Arrives at Hoboken
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 27. (Spe
cial.) The body of William Hawes,
DeWitt young man, who was killed
in action in France, arrived at Ho
boken, N. J., according to a tele
gram received by relatives at De
Witt. Hawes was about 26 and had
two brothers living at home. His
parents are dead. A military funeral
is being planned.
Governor
Savs State
Is Solvent
Open Letter to State Treas
urer Shows Nearly $2,000,
000 Available for Use
At Once.
Road Work Not to Blame
Lincoln, Aug. 27. (Special.)
Governor McKelvie in an open letter
to D. B. Cropsey, state treasurer, de
nies the reported insolvency of the
state of Nebraska and takes the fol
lowing shot at certain Nebraska
newspapers, who have advertised to
the world that the state is "broke":
"I deprecate the erroneous and
misleading construction that has
been placed upon your statement by
some designing newspapers and poli
ticians, but time, alone will prove the
inaccuracy of their statements just
the same as it has done in the past."
. Governor McKelvie also informed
Cropsey that if he really wished to
help out in relieving the situation,
pending the receipt of the winter tax
money, that he has at his disposal
$400,000 worth of securities as cash,
to be reimbursed out of the per
manent school fund when the money
comes in.
Had Additional $400,000.
"You have at your disposal in ad
dition to the $1,391,721.35, now on
hand for immediate relief, $400,000
whenever you relieve the cash fund
of this burden," the governor wrote.
Continuing, the governor told
Cropsey that this situation was anti
cipated by him many months ago
and in his budget message to the leg
islature he recommended that a law
be passed making it possible to col
lect tax money at the same time that
the legislative appropriations become
due. Without such a law, which the
fegislature failed to pass, the gover
nor outlines the situation as follows:
"The entire situation, created as
it is by the disparity between the
date when appropriations become
available for expenditure and the
date when taxes are collected to
cover them, ,is rather beyond the
control of anyone. ' "' '""" ' '
"'- - Sought Relief.
"However, I have sought to re
lieve it by requesting the more im
portant expending agencies to set up
a 10 per cent surplus in certain
funds. I have also requested that no
contracts be let for capital expendi
tures that will require payment be
fore the tax money begins to come
in to meet such claims."
The governor also presented facts
and figures to deny the charge that
the road construction work under
way is responsible for the gaunt con
dition of the state treasury. He
said:
"The roadwork that is being done
now, except that which is being
done by the state with prison labor,
is not being paid for and will not be
paid for ujitil taxes have come in to
cover these claims.
No Money Paid.
"Of course, the money that comes
from the federal government is paid
over to the contractor without delay.
Thus, you will understand that of
the $2,728,726.46 that was appropriat
ed for road construction, only
enough is being paid out now to
cover the expenses of administration
and engineering.
Treasurer Cropsey repeated today
a statement that the reported use
of interest bearing warrants to
carry on the state's expenses prob
ably would not be necessary.
"The Bee explained the true situa
tion this morning." Cropsey said.
"The state is just like a man work
ing by the week, it isn't as flush
with money just before pay as it is
on pay day. The state's pay day
will come when the taxes begin roll
ing in during the winter."
Picnic at Maxwell
Maxwell, Neb., Aug. 27. (Spe
cial.) A crowd estimated at 2,000
people attended the first annual com
munity picnic at the Griffith grove
south of Maxwell. A barecue, mu
sical program, races and ball game
were features of the day.
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of
THE SUNDAY BEE
"The House That Stood Back,"
Blue Ribbon Short Story by A. C.
Andrews Part 4, Page 3.
"Boy, You're in the Army Now!"
by Edward Black. Activities of Ne
braska Guardsmen at Camp Dodge
Part 4, Page 1.
"The Bogie of Fear," Last Install
ment of Arthur Somers Roche Serial
Part 4, Page 2.
Camp Brewster Scenes Roto
gravure Section, Page 1.
Sports News and Features Part
3, Pages 1 and 2.
"The Fisherman's Son," Another
of the Series "The World's Greatest
Detective Cases" Part 4, Page 8.
Society and News for Women
Part 2.
"Absinthe Is Back," by Sterling
Heilig Part 1, Page 6.
Editorial Comment Part 4,
Page 4.
"How to Be a Movie Baby," by
James J. Montague Part 1, Page 4.
For the Children Part 4, Page 5.
Photos From Atlantic, la. Roto
gravure Section, Page 3.
"The Married Life of Helen and
Warren" Part 1, Page 8,
Judge Condones
'Joy Riding' Life
Of Pretty Girl
Says 999 Out of 1,000 in City
Alone Under Same Circum
stances Would Have Been
Wayward.
Convinced that she has led
what he termed a "joy riding" life
for the last year, while she has been
working in Omaha hotels, District
Judge Sears, in juvenile court yes
terday morning, nevertheless con
doned the offense of Mabel Stultz,
19, and pretty.
Mabel was in court on a charge
of being wayward.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. timer
Stultz, live in a house at Fifty-sec
ond and U streets, on the outskirts
of South Omaha.
About a year and a half ago Mabel
left home, she told the judge, and
came to live in Omaha, working as
chambermaid in a hotel.
A Beaten Path.
"Ten miles away 'from Home is
just as good as 10,000," Judge Sears
told her.
"Nine hundred and ninety-nine
out of a thousand girls under simi
lar circumstances and with similar
environment, would have done as
you have done. They would have
gone the same path.
"Just what chance do you , think
a girl like Mabel would have alone
in a city?" he asked, turning to her
father.
"How many joy rides have you
had in the last year?" he asked
Mabel. "Five hundred, perhaps?"
Mabel hung her head. She didn't
know.
Pleads With Court.
The girl's father pleaded with the
court to take her home, but the
judge refused.
"If any men come foolin' around,
I'll make it hot for 'em," her father
said. ' .
"No," Judge Sears decided, "I'm
going to send Mabel to a hospital,
where she will have a chance to be
come clean in mind and body, before
I send her home."
He did.
Lad Burns Feet in Ashes;
Father Sue s for $10,000
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 27. (Special
Telegram.) Alleging that Leslie
Hawkins' feet were severely burned
when the boy walked into some
ashes left exposed by F. L. Robert
son of the Beatrice planing mills
nearly a year ago, Pearl Hawkins,
his father, filed suit for $10,000 dam
ages against Robertson..
Shipping Board Refuses
Bids of Ex-German Vessels
Washington, Aug. 27. The ship
ping board has refused all bids on 14
former German ships and has re
fused the officer in charge of sales to
open negotiations with the bidders
on all-cash basis. The ships will be
held "as is" and "where is," it was
said today.
Mystic Workers Elect.
Alpha lodge No. 893, Mystic
Workers of the World, will stage its
annual election of officers Thursday
night, September 1. at the hall. 1517
Capitol avenue,
The Magnet
Last "Den" Show
Of Season Monday
Visiting Merchants at Market
Week Reunion to Be -Ak-Sar-Ben
Guests.
Ak-Sar-Ben will hold its last
show at the Den for this season to
morrow night. Visiting merchants
from Iowa and Nebraska attending
the Merchants' Fall Week reunion
in Omaha will make merry at "A
Midsummer Night's Scream" in large
numbers at the Den on the occasion.
The show has had a remarkably
successful season, with Gus Renze,
Charles Gardner and Charles
Docherty at the helm. Fully 10,000
out-of-town persons were initiated
into 'the mysteries of King Ak-Sar-Ben
on show nights this season.
After tomorrow night's show, the
doors of the Den will be closed to
the public while a crew of workers
will put the interior in ship-shape
condition for the Ak-Sar-Ben ball
next month.
Father Rigge Serves
Creighton 25 Years
Father William F. Rigge, S. J., to
day completes 25. years' service at
Creighton university, in charge of
the astronomical department. The
priest holds a high place in the scien
tific world.
-- Creighton university celebrated
his anniversary with special serv
ices in St. John's chgrch. Fiiday.
Father Rigge was formerly con
nected with Catholic institutions at
Chicago, St. Louis and Georgetown,
D. C.
'He won note for remarkable serv
ice in saving an accused man from
jail sentence by an accurate calcula
tion of time from the shadow of a
photograph introduced in evidence.
Former Grand Island Polioe
Head Under Special Guard
Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 27,
(Special Telegram.) Ex-Chief of
Police Maloney, under arrest at the
St. Francis hospital, where he is re
covering from wounds received after
he is alleged to have shot Police Of
ficer Buswcll, became unruly during
the night, either in a feigned or
real state of delirium. Police of
ficers were called. Pretending that
there was someone behind a screen in
the room he hurled a chair at the
screen, wrecking it. A guard has
been placed over the room night and
day to guard against either a possible
recurrence of delirium or an attempt
to escape.
Knox County Fair Boosters
. Plan Two Trips Next Week
Bloomfield, Neb., Aug. 27. (Spe
cial.) Two booster trips, advertis
ing the Knox county fair will be
staged next week. Tuesday the
towns of Osmond, Plainview, Win
nctoon, Creighton, Verdigre, Nio
brara and Center will be visited and
on Wednesday the bunch will take
in Grofton, Wausa. Magnet and Ran
dolph. The fair dates are Septem
ber 12, 13 14 and 15.
Logan County Fair
Callaway, Neb., Aug. 27. (Spe
cial.) The Logan countv lair will
f ffit' . n .n
De Jieio. sepicmber , e ana v.
Pickf ord
Sends Regrets
For Aero Meet
Writes Earl Porter That She
And Doug Will Be in Europe
At Time of International .
Congress in Omaha.
Earl W. Porter, president of the
Omaha Aero club, has just received
a letter from Mary Tickford, written
at Hollywood, Cal., in which she de
clares she wishes she might be able
to attend the air congress here in
November, but that she and Doug
are planning to go to Europe upon
completion of his production of the
"Virginian." '
Her letter follows:
"It would give me so much pleas
ure to be present at the first In
ternational Aero Congress, and I
truly wish it might be arranged. In
all likelihood, however, I shall be in
Europe at that time as we are plan
ning to go immediately upon the
completion of Mr. Fairbank's pro
duction of the "Virginian.
"I do so appreciate the invitation
and my memories of Rockwell Field
tell me just what 1 shall miss, tor 1
know how royally the airmen can
entertain and what true hospitality is
theirs. '
I think the idea of having an In
ternational Aero Congress a splendid
one and I know that it will prove a
great success. If I can not be there,
please give my best wishes to each
and every one of the 10.000 air fight
ers and tell them that if I am denied
the privilege of attending this con
gress that I sincerely hope I may
have that pleasure at some future
time."
Porter has also received a letter
from Thomas F. Dunn, dean of the
University of Detroit, assuring him
that he will attend the congress.
Reed G. Landis has written that
he expects to attend a conference
with the executives of the air board
to make plans to "secure proper
representation for Chicago and Illi
nois at the conference."
"We are hoping to be able to se
cure a special carioja ot aviation
bugs to attend the Omaha air meet,"
said Landis in his letter.
Highlanders Vote to Pay
Attorney for Rate Suit
Aurora. Neb.. Ausr. 27. (Special.)
Nearly 100 of the members of the
Roval Highlander castles ot Aurora
and Thillips decided to pay $100 out
of the general fund of the Douglas
Castle at Aurora towards the attor
neys fees of J. C. McReynolds of
Lincoln, who brought suit in the
name of William Widaman to en
join the officers of the Royal High
landers from collecting increased in
surance rates.
The Weather
Forecast
Nebraska Fair Sunday; not much
change in temperature.
Hourly Temperature.
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Police Busy
Scouring
City atTime
Sam Lombardo Confesses He
Killed Alfio Rossitto in
Liquor Quarrel, Police
Allege.
Says Victim Bad Man"
While six detectives were scouring
the city in search of Sam Lom
bardo, 1104 South Seventh street,
wanted for the murder of Alfio Ros
sitto, 1106 South Seventh street, the
alleged slayer walked into Central
police station and surrendered, him
self to Chief of Detectives Van
Deusen.
"I killed him and want to give my
self up, but I'm glad he's 'dead," said
Lombardo. Following this confes
sion, he told the detective chief that
Rossitto was a desperate character
and that he himself had killed a man
in Italy before coming to this coun
try. Lombardo said he killed Rossitto
to protect himself, following a quar
rel over a liquor deal. He says he
believes Rossitto would have killed
him if he had not shot first.
Nearly a dozen policemen and de
tectives were standing in the halls
and corridors at the police headquar
ters when Lombardo walked in. He
passed them all at close range, but
no one recognized him until he re
vealed his identity.
Harding Endorses Boy
Scout Member Drive
New York, Aug. 27. In express
ing regret at being unable, because
of public business, to inspect the boy
tcout encampment in Interstate park,
President Harding sent to Chief
Scout Executive West, a letter en
dorsing the membership drive now
being conducted.
"The boy scout movement has
now been in progress so long," the
president said, "that nobody at all
familiar with its results could pos
sibly doubt . its excellent influence
upon both the boys'who constitute
the membership and the men who
generously give of their time, efforts
and means to its maintenance. It
has been especially gratifying to me
that this movement has proved it
self strong enough to maintain en
thusiasm and effective work since
the close of the war and that its
present outlook is so promising."
Girl Refuses to Tell
Why She Drank Poison
Lillian Marshall. 19, 1108 South
Twelfth street, attempted suicide at
6 last night by swallowing two
ounces of poison. She refused to
tell the police surgeon why she
wanted to die. The incident ' oc
curred at the home of a friend, 1116
South Thirteenth street.
Alberti Steward, 1110 South Thir
teenth street, visaing at the same
house, found the Marshall girl lying"
in a bedroom in a semi-conscious
condition and"called police. She will
recover.
Johnson County Farmers'
Union Holds Big Picnic
Tccumsch, Neb., Aug. 27. (Spe
cial.) The annual picnic of the
Johnson County Farmers' union held
here was attended by over 5,000 peo
ple. A long program of sports was
carried out, including horse and au
tomobile races, foot races, etc. There
were two base ball games. Elk Creek '
won from Spring Creek by a score ft
of 8 to 10, and Tecumseh won frorrfu)
Sterling by a score of 4 to 2. Thi
music was by the Tecumseh Military
band, and there was an abundance
of vocal and instrumental music, and
two playlets by the Walohoi camp
fire girls of Tecumseh. In the eve
ning there were free moving pic
tures and a free platform dance.
Narrow Escape From Death
When Auto Stalls on Track
. Freeman. S. D.. Auar. 27. rw.
cial.) Frank Schragg of this city
naa a narrow escape from death
when the car which he wan drivinsr
stopped with the front wheels on a
railway crossing just as a pas
senger train approached. The
locomotive knocked the car to one
side, breakine one wheel rH th ra
diator and fracturing Schragg's
knee cap. John J. Schorzman of
this city, who was in the car at the
time, jumped clear of danger.
Receivership Asked for
New York Subway Company
New York. Aticr. 27 A rrivr.
shin for the Interhoroncrh Ram'it
Transit company, which operates
most of Manhattan's suhuav and
elevated lines and subwavs in
Brooklvn. was soutrht in a nit fi1d
in the federal court by the American
Brake Shoe and ' Foundrv rnmnanv
which has a claim of $57,074.
Poole. Girl Scalded While
Taking Water From Stove
ciai.j the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Humphrey resid-
ing south of Poole, was badly
scalded while attempting to lift 9
kettle of hot water from the stove.