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Clemency Asked
' By Four Victims
Of Jealous Acts
Three Murdcrcri and Man
Sentenced for Attempted
, Slaying Will Appear De
fore Pardon Board.
Lincoln, Oct. 7. (Special.) Four
men into whoe hraru the "green,
eyed moniter jralomy tolc, torcintf
thm to ee red and eek relief ty
attempting the lie of another, will
appear before the state board of par
don and parole here Tueaday and
heir for clemency. Thrv are:
Herbert S. ifarri. 4(1. Nclrakn
tchnol auperintrndrnt.
Harry Stout.' 45, NrbrIa editor.
John O. Hamhlin, JO. farm laborer.
Sylvester Higbec, AS, farm laborer.
Many Sign Petition.
Hirri, ton ot reputable ai.d
wealthy paremi at Hatting, is the
only rne of the quartrt who t'.Tt'cd to
kill liii victim. Harris maintains
t ow. at he did at trial, that ho
it innocent. Over 100 well-known
Xcbraaln citizens have written to tlic
board asking that he be paroled. II;
i ivrvintf from one to 20 year for
shooting with intent to kill.
HarriD, in a statement presented to
the board, declared that while riding
in the rear neat of an automobile
rfrivin by Kunsell Aker of Harvard,
Neb., he fired a revolver a prac
tical iokc to frighten Aker. The
bullet graced Aker' neck. The state
charged that jealiiiy over Aker'
attentions to Miss Edna Korean of
Harvard prompted the wounding of
Aker. The shooting occurred on
Mav 8, 192.1. Harris is a graduate
of Wesleyan university and in been
euprrintendent of schools at Upland,
Juniata. Bancroft, Gibbon an 1 Har
vard. . Has Charge cf Chickens.
"Sylvester Higbee. who began serv
ing a 15-ycar sentence in i'J!5 for
the murder of Thomas Czarnick in
Matte county, is one of the most
popular men at tho stale penitentiary
i.nd is in charge of the chicken pen
U the institution.
Higbec, who has. only one leg,
wprked on a Platte county farm for
Ifrs. G. M. ihinicr, a widow. He
admitted he learned to love her only
to learn that she was in love with
Crarnick and was encaged to marry
him. Jealousy, aided and abetted by
whisky, he claims, caused the crime.
Harry Stout of DeWitt. former
eqitor, declares that he was drunk
and insanely jealous of his wife, Ida,
vho he shot and killed as she was
dism'ountiny from a train at Lincoln,
May 28, 1914. He is serving life
and wants his sentence commutted.
The utate, it Is declared, withdrew
the death penalty with the under
standing that-Stout was 'to serve his
full life sentence.' ' ' - '
' Father Fights Release.
John G. Hamblin, SO, is serving
lift for shootingand killing-Rachel
Engle. IS, at Grand Island in 1908.
The girl was a step-daughter of Mark
Kent of Grand Island. Hamblin
"worked on a farm owned by 'Kent.
Hamblin declares that the girl, who
was in a hospital for several months
after the shooting, didn't die directly
from the wounds. He was first sen
tenced to death and later the supreme
court cut the sentence to life.
Hamblin appeared before the
board Several months ago and Kent,
who was present, declared that if
Hamblin was released his wife would
die of fright. Kent told the board
that his wife had been a nervour
wreck ever since the tragedy and
demanded Hamblin be given th?
penalty in full.- The hearing was
continued at that time until the Oc
tober meeting. ,
Virginia Is Now? Known
As "Mother of States"
Virginia was termed the mother
of states from, the great number of
states which were carved out of the
territory originally included under
the name Virginia, and also as being
the first settled and oldest of the
,original 13 states of the union.
The states created out of what
was onre Virginia territory are Ken
tucky,, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
During the civil war the northwest
ern part of the seceded state, which
part remained loyal to the union,
was separated from Virginia and ad
mitted into the union as a separate
state under the name of West Vir
ginia. -
Odessa Man Quits Water
Wagon at Request of Mules
Kearney. Neb., Oct. 7. (Special.)
-Henry Ripp, living near Odessa,
fe.l off the water wagon. ' In fair
ness to Henry, it should be said he
wan thrown off. A couple of pert
mules, frightened when the neck
yoke Of the wagon broke, were his
undoing. Kipp's helper jumped and
escaped, while the wagon passed
over the owner's body, breaking
three ribs and resulting in numerous
bo$y bruises. The men were engag
ed sin hauling water to a threshing
crew and were coming down a steep
hilt when the accident occurred. Ripp
wilt recover.
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i Dies From Nosebleed
William Borteniss. 43, who was
taken to- County hospital several
days ago suffering from nasal hem
orrhage, died yesterday. He was
living at the Davenport hotel. Po
lice are trying to locate relatives.
Coles Land in New York.
:;"pfcUf. 'fed Mrs. David Cole, have J
fi(Bt ..in jfew? York after iaH
.,;. ropeafl trtpi ana are expect
WJM week . '- -fi
f Postmaster! Appointed
Wuhlnrton. Oct. T. (Special Tel-
a-ram. Postof flc at Gary. Banner coun
ty. Nebraska, ha been discontinued. Kail
la cent to Pino Bluffs. Wyo.
master at Hoar. Oago county. Nebraska. -
. vie Abraham Rainier, Jr.. deceased; and '
' Karon O. Peters at Glen bent, Harding -county.
South Dakota, vie Charlotte A. i
Haddock, real rued. 1
Death and Funerals
Mr. Will V. Oillia. IS. dt4 t lk
fhmllr twin, lJ4 North Fourteenth -at
t p. m.. yesterday afternoon, lol
' lewtnt- abort lltaeea. Her hasband. .
. H. Otllta. eurriea. Funeral anaonnccemant
Will b made later.
mil W. Gtuther. TJ. retired eapltal-
tat with lare farm land holdtnea, died
Thmrmdar BUM at hta hom tn tae Mer
car apartment, JSJS Cuming- atreet. He
waa xakea etch nereral weeka a so when
n motor trip with hla wife nd eon.
Clarence, aid air. and Mra. A. It. .
ef Omaha. Funeral aerricea will ha held.
Men Who Saw "Red" Ask to
SeeGreen Fields and BlueSky
ysrrtiiottt Jjhtt7(tittilku
Elevator Burns
At Shelton, Ne!
Reflection Seen From 10 to
20 Miles Grain in
Storage Destroyed.
Grant! Island, Neb., Oct. 7. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The large elevator
owned by the Denman Grain com
pany at Shelton was totally destroy
ed by fire last night, ihe fire was
discovered in the elevator shortly
alter 8. It is believed that it started
from sparks from a freight engine.
No estimates were available on the
loss.
The elevator was built about 20
years ao but has been kept in good
repair. About 1.5G0 bushels of com
and 1,000 bushels of wheat were de
stroyed. The Wood River and Gibbon fire
departments were called and assisted
in saving surrounding property. The
Hcyman Lumber company has yards
close to the elevator. The entire
southern half of the city was en
dangered by sparks carried by a
hih wind.
In several places there were small
blazes but they were soon extin
guished. Reflection of the fire was seen
for 10 to IS miles in every direc
tion. Fire department officials in
Grand Island stated they saw the
reflection plainly. Shelton is 25
miles from Grand Island.
Fire Causes $20,000
Loss at North Loup
North Loup, Neb., Oct. 7. (Spe
cial Telegram.) A livery barn, a
carpenter shop and an oil filling station-:
and warehouse were destroyed
by fire at North Loup. Loss is esti
mated at $20,000, partly covered by
insurance. '
The fire originated in the livery
barn, in which one horse 'and a car
were destroyed. It spread to the
other two buildings and was pre
vented from taking- the hotel only
by the most energetic efforts of fire
men and citizens. In the oil ware
house there were two 'automobiles
which also were lost. Art automobile
salesroom and an undertaking es
tablishment were saved.
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An 'All-Wool.
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There are over a thousand PURE VIR
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from and we will make it in the style
you choose and the style that is most
becoming to you. Men ! To get that snap
and that "dressed up" appearance have
your clothes tailored at the Dundee.
Northwest Corner 15th and Harney Streets
iylvwtefhyiy Herbert XJfxetts
Former Copper
Sued for $3,000
Elmer Heller, Recently Dis
missed From Force, Accuse J
Of Beating Plaintiff.
Elmer Heller, policeman, recently
jdiMiussed from the force, was sued
for $J,000 in district court yesterday
a Hi moon by John C. Hayncs.
According to the petition, Heller
became angry and thought Hayes
was trying to kid him when in the
darkness Hayes mistook the police
man for a taxi driver and asked nun
if he was such. Hayes said the offi
cer struck him and then administered
a severe beating. He asks $1,000 for
this. T
Hayes alleges Heller took him to
the police station, where lit was
jailed for the night after the police
man had lodged a complaint of
vagrancy against him. This complaint
was false. Hayes alleges and asks
?2,000. He says when he was ar
raigned before the police judge the
next morning he was found not guilty
of the charge.
Department Urged
To Expedite Work
On Irrigation Ditch
Washington, Oct. 7. (Special
Telegram.) Frank Sands of Gering,
Neb., one of the pioneers in the de
velopment of irrigation in the North
I'latte valley, accompanied by "Uncle
Mosc" Kinkaid, appealed to the
reclamation officials today to expe
dite the work now going on in ex
tending the irrigation ditch from the
Wyo miner boundary line to Gering
and beyond, a distance of 30 miles.
Mr. Sands stated to the officials that
this extension was very important,
not only to the landowners but to
the government as welt; for the
sooner the extension was completed
the sooner the government would
get monetary results. The irriga
tion ditch in question is a part of
the Laramie project, and lies on the
south side of the North. Fiatte river.
it ' i
.. Clubs with electric flashlights in
one side have been supolied to Paris
policemen for signalling at night.
No Tailor Can
Give You Finer
GARMENTS
Tlian These
We want to establish this fact in your mind before
we even mention the cost: When you get clothes,
such as we describe below, you are getting the best
there's to be' had when you pay higher prices for.
them you are paying moreiihan you NEED pay.
America and the leading textile mills of the world
contribute toward this display of superfine all-wool ;
suitings and overcoatings.
Be Measured for Your Overcoat Now
Then You'll Have It When You Need It
McLaughlin Aids
Mennonites In
Entering U. S.
Nebraska Congressman Pro
ducing Evidence That Youths
Had Served in Army,
Breaks Down Barriers.
Washington, Oct 7. (Special Tel
egram.) Congressman McLaughlin
won a notable victory today in se
curing the release of 62 young Men-
nonitei from Russia, who have been
detained at Cilia Island for upwards
of six weeks by the immigration
board. Ihrough constituents in the
I'ourth district, including lvter
Jensen of Beatrice, one of the lead
tng citizens in that section of the
state, the York congressman be
came interested in the case of these
young men who had been stopped
from landing in the United States on
the grounds that the Mcnnouitc He
lief association has loaned them mon
cy for passage and subsistence.
At one time it was urged that
these men belonged to that branch
of the Mcnnouitc church opposed to
war in every form, and that if ad
mitted they would sow the seeds of
pacifism that must turn out to haunt
the nation in the years to come, when
loyalty to the flag might be demand
ed of its citizens as it was during
the late war.
Served With Wrangel.
Mr. McLaughlin shows evidence
that many of the young men in the
party had served in the army of the
czar and later in General Wrangel's
army. When the bolshcvists secur
ed supremacy in Russia, these young
Mennonites fled to Constantinople,
from which port thcyv sailed for
America after satisfactory arrange
ments had been made with the State,
department. I
When their ship reached quaran-l
tine the dreams of these Russian re-.
freees were rudely shattered with El
lis island as the barrier gateway to;
the country they had hoped to claim
as their own.
Physically Fit
Fighting against almost insur
mountable obstacles, Congressman
McLaughlin finally got the solicitor
for the labor department, Mr. Kislcy,
interested in the case, who made a
special visit to Ellis island and ex
amined each man separately. Mr.
Rislcy came back with the report that
these Mennonites were the best spec-1
jmens of physical humanity who havej
applied for admission to the United i
States in many months, and ho j
recommended their admission.
The labor department finally!
rrrrqed to admit the band, taking;
their bonds, to report in six months:
to the proper authorities and today i
it is understood they are en route to ;
Scottdale, Westmoreland county, Pa., !
the headquarters of the Mennonite i
Relief association.
After a short time spent there, the !
men will be sent to farmers in Ne-j
braska ana Kansas, where corn
huskers are needed.
Named on Pension Board
Washington, Oct. 7. (Special
Telegram.) Dr. E. E. Clark has
been appointed member of the pen
sion board at Burwell, Neb.
Open
Saturdays
Until
8P.M.
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Relief Administration
Assisting Sufferers in
Germany and Austria
Washington, Oct. s 7. (Special
Telegram.) Persistent report that
the American relief administration of
which Herbert Hoover is chairman,
l.ai failed to nssUta the sufferers in
central Europe, including Cumany
and Austria, are denied by the ad
ministration in a letter to Co;igres
man Jefferit.
The letter in reply to an inquiry
made by him states that every til jrt
is bcintf made to aid the sutierer in
all of Europe and that in August,
the administration was feeding
215,000 children in Austria and slight
ly less than 200,000 children in Ger
many. In the latter country, the
relief it in charge of the American
friends service committee composed
of Quakers. These figures, the of
ficials assert, represent a reduction
in the feeding program made pos
sible by the improved food conditions
in central Europe.
The food draft service, by which
residents of the United States could
purchase food for European Milfercrs
through the relief administration has
Men s
Suits
J3g50
The average layman may not be
an expert judge of clothes, but
the minute he steps before a mir
ror .in one of our Specialized
Suits at the price quoted above,
he can tell instantly that there's
quality inside and out.
Superior woolens, smarter style's
and finer workmanship all
three combine to give the wearer
that general impression.' , x :
Overcoats at $335"
The Best Buy in Omaha
Duofold
The "secret" is the two-layer knitted f abnc a thin
layer of warm wool on the outside that keeps cold
and dampness out and body warmth in and a thin
layer of fine cotton on the inside that feel3 soft and
comfortable against the skin. .
Du$fold fits well-loch well
wears well and feels' good ., k
hern din'untntutd, cificuU iuldi'd,
berauVtf of improving condition
abroad, and applicant, have hem
H.M that money liui.t be itit ihrough
bank and fiwd through the Ameri
can I" Kprrtt Co, or parcels oH,
Nure Akk $.'0,000 for
Injury in Auto Accident
Claiming she was knocked down
and scrioutly injured by an automo
bile driven by Mr, Lewis L, Clark,
while she was rrosiiiti the street at
I-amain and Twenty-fourth strecis
aoine time ago, Nina Johnson, nurse,
2021 Webster street, brought suit
yesterday in wliatrict court asking
fXUOO damage. The plaintiff al-li-gts
that Mrs. Clark was driving
un the wrong side of the street in a
negligent manner.
Peace Parleys May Prevent ,
Threatened Rail Strike
Chicago, Oct. 7. Doth railroad
operating officials and union leaders
today professed to see a possible
peace parley on the threatened rail
road strike a the result of a de
cision announced yesterday to have a
meeting hrrjc n'xt Monday of o00
chairmen of railroad unions to con
fer on the strike question.
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The Store of Specialty Shops.
IV e Are Exclusive Representatives for Slein-Bloch Clothing .
Chapel of the Pyx Most
Carefully Guarded Room
The most jralouly guard.,! apart
ment in England is that known at
the Chapel of the Py. The vault
is only accrstihle through double
doors, opened by no fewer thin I'
keys, anj permission to enter re
quires the signature of the chancellor
ut the exchequer, the financial secre
tary of the treasury and tins con
troller of the exchequer.
Once th treasury of the king of
England, this immensely strong un
derground chamber was u.d until
the year I'M for the safe-keeping
of the gold and silver standard
tisrd every five trt by the mint au
thorities. Toward the close of that
year, however, these standards were
transferred, together with other val
uables, to the royal mint on Tower
hill and the vault now holds li'tle or
nothing to tempt an enterprising
burglar.
Dies From NonrMecd
William "Borteniss. 4.1. w ho w as
taken to- County hospital severa1
days ago suffering from nasal hem
orrhage, died yesterday. He was liv
ing at the Davenport lintel. Police
arc trying to locate relatives.
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Check Up Your Needs
Superior and Duofold
Union Suits '
35 to 50 Under 1920 Prices
Superior in medium or heavy ribbed for
early fall and winter, Cotton or Woolen. -Fit
a man always regular or '-. stout.
Men's New
Saturday
Men, here is an imported glove you will like.
Washable, in grey and brown, with silk embroid
ered backs. Looks like a $5.00 glove and sells
for $2.00. . : ;. " '
State Reformatory .
Will Use Wire Fence
Instead of Stone Wall
Lincoln. Oct. 7.-(Special.)
There will he no "bleak, barf, gray
walls" at the new Hawthorne re
formatory at Lincoln. "
Instead, heavy wire, 10 feet high
the strongest the market affords
measuring 600 by 475 fet, will tak
the place of stone walls ordinarilj
enclosing reformatories and state
prisons. On ton of the fence heavy
barbed, wire will be placed to make
escape more difficult. The total cost,
according to contract signed by
the stutc board of control, will be
J5.70O.
A riiiitrmt uUo hail been award
ed to pi;:ce steel bars in all win
dow of the reformatory. Uver HXJ
men in the reformatory at this time
rre busily engaged in making it a
fit place to live in for other prison
ers now confined in the state peni
tentiary. As a substitute for tin ftr nunier
ou purposes an alloy made of fine,
calcium and lead is being used in
Germany.
Fall Gloves
$2.00.