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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1912)
CONVICTS ESCAPE Fresh Outbreak in Wyoming Pen-1 Herniary at Rawlins. CITIZENS ARE REPORTED SHOT Prisoners Fl"e to Hills, Where Des-perat- Battle Takes Place Appeal Made to Governor Carey for State Troops Fight Rages Inside Walls. Rawlins, Wyo., Oct. 14. A fresh on! break occured at the penitentiary here, between twenty and thirty pris oners cs. npins, marching through the gaalg streets oi the town, ami after killing one citizen, badly wounding another, and having one of their num ber killed by a deputy, fled to the hills Surrounding the town, where a desper-at- battle is now being waged between the convicts and citizens. it Ik reported that seven citizens have been killed in the battle with es caped contricts. Shots are heard at Interval from inside the penitentiary, and it is believed a battle Is in prog r s inside the walls letween guards and the remaining prisoners. A second escaped convict has just been HUed by the posse. Telegram? are being sent to Governor Carey, who is now at Sheridan, asking for state troops. The town is in a panic and citizens, heavily armed, are guarding their own houses and the homes of those who are in the hills battling with the convicts. Women and children -re being gathered In the central portion of the town. Saturday's Outbreak. Rawlins, Wyo., Oct. 14 Ten of the nineteen convicts, who, led by the no totlous Jim Dalton, member of the Whitney gang of bank robbers, es. caped through a broken fence In the penitentiary yard, are still at large and the possibility of their recapture was remote, since they are believed to nave gained the hills north of the town before nightfall. The town Is being patroled by armed citizens, and men and women ait in their homes with weapons close at hand, listening for Intruders. The fugitives are known to be the most desperate of the penitentiary's In mates, lead by the desperado Dalton. rpoited at first as recaptured, and will take a long '-hance to secure Wi apons and clothes. The reign of terror which holds the town began when from the peniten tiary burst a bedlam of shouts of con victs, end through the streets of the northern pa;t. PL. the town nineteen cb:se cropped, hard-f eatured men, in the prison uniform, ran in a liodv Hones tethered In front of saloons v.-. re grab bod by the leaders and bore then at breakneck speed through the town and away to the hills, outdis tancing the miauls that closed In on the rear of the fugitive after losing precious minutes Investigation the CS tse of the uproar In the cells. Nine sjf the CCnvlctl Were recaptured. HOCKIN IN BRIDGE WRECK Prosecutor Produces Evidence Tend ing to Confirm Confession of Clark. India na polls, Oct 14. At the "dyna mite conspiracy" trial B, L. siiipp. a hotel clerk at Cincinnati, told of the arrival in Cincinnati on May 1, I9n8, oi Herbert s. Hockin. Kdward Clark, who has pleaded guilty, said ha was Induced on t hat date by Kockjri to dynamite a bridge at Daytf i, O. The explosion occurred three lays after Hoi kin's visit. When Clark was locked up after his arrest on the federal indictments Hockin. according to the government charges, visited Clark in jail and asked, "Are you talking?" to which Clark replied. No. but 1 understand you are." letter Hockin was charged with having "be trayed" his fellow defendants by giv ing Information to the government. ROSE ON WITNESS STAND Declares Gunmen Secured for Rosen thai Murder on Becker's Order. New York. Oct 14. Long hours of cross-examination failed to make "1-ald .lack'' Rose vary his story of the part be played and the part he Fays former Police Nontenant Becker played in the murder of Herman Ko fi B thai, the gambler. "Becker told me," he said, "that he Wanted Rosenthal murdered, shot, croaked or dynamited. At his bidding I got the gunmen to kill Rosenthal. I hid alter the murder I saw Becker that warning and later talked wth him over the tel 'phone. 1 paid tne gunmen $1.0en for Becker and told them he said not to worry, but to lay lev "I give mself up and became a State's witness because Bec ker de aerted me Hka a dirty dog and was getting ready to throw me to the wolves." Suffragettes March to London. fig burgh) Scotland. Oct. 14. A small army of suffragettes set out from this lt to march to London vhtre they intend to present a pe it ion to Premier Asquith. They are under the leadership 'of Mrs. De KVinte Blanrine. who will make the Journey ssj h rs-bai U at the head of her forces. It is believd the march will take about six weeks. Italy Gives Three Days' Grace. Pari. Oct. 14 Italy granted Tur kev three days' grace to decide syheghcr it sba'J be peeo or continu en of the v.ar. FEATURE PLAY. Larry Doyle Sliding Safely to Second In First Game of Series. BSSSBShBSoIIVk wfiBHgsV Osssssfj .. iv s 9',l. tj" Ar.iertCB t'ress AKSortatlnri Till snapnhiit. takr. ith tht t'phote lens, which brings ib.l"ts rlmo t (Me shews the axctttng play at ascend nd a pan of th i rumens crowd in th setseeera RED SOX EXPECT TO WIN Boston Team Arrive in New York Pi imed for Victory. New York. Oct 14. The Boston Red Sox, lacking only one victory In the series with, the New York Giants to become the world's baseball cham pions oi 1912, were a happy lot when they arrived here. With three vic tories to the Giants' one so far, they expressed confidence as to the out come of the game to be played this afternoon on the I'olo grounds. Manager Stahl said: "The boys feel pretty sure of the result and ev erything seems to be in our favor. Of course, we expect to win today's game, but if we should happen to lose we still have two more games in which to secure the fourth victory." Inquiry among the players devel oped nothing to Indicate who would he the Boston pitcher today. Opinion was abOOt evenly divided whether ,Ioc Wood, wlK) h:is won both his games, would be s. i cted Those who thought it BfOOld not be Wood jiicked either Hay Collins, the lefthander, or Buck 0 Btien as Manager Stahl's likely choice ind SUM they .thought Wood would le saved to pitch tomorrow, if necessary. htanagei Stahl himself would rolun teer nothing on this point. Wood said In reply to a Question: "I am ready to pitch if wanted, hut 1 have not heard yet whether I am to be cahed on " More than MM Bed Sox "rooters, headed ny Mnyor John F Fitzgerald arrive.; oi a i ll train to "be in at the nii'sh." the mayor said. They were eecc ;unicd bv a band. GOLO LEAF THIEF A FINANCIER Jerorr.e T. Caf rev of New York Invests $30,000 III Gotten Gains in Land. In the opinion of the New York po lice, Jerome T. Caffrey , who is charged with tb" theft oi S0,0M worth of gold leaf from the publishing boose of i'. F. Collier g- Sons, is the most prac tical thief !hfy ver caught. A confession, which he is said to have made to Deputy Commissi! nor Dougherty, shows he Invested the pro eeds of hlf 'hefts in real estate, the value of which has increrased so he probably will be able to make restitu tion to the Colliers and have a ne:tt profit besides. Caffrey, who lias been a foreman In the book binding department, was ar rested at his $12,0(10 home at Rocka way beach. His wife and five children were present PETTICOAT MAKERS FAIL Driven to Wall by New Style of Dress Worn by Women. The Jackson Mack Manufacturing OOmpany, one of the largest makers of silk petticoats in New York, went into bankruptcy. The failure is the culmination of Widespread complaint among manu facturers that the close tilling dresses now worn by women have so reduced the demand for petticoats us to make them a glut on the market. The lia bilities are estimated at $7oii.,mi sets, 1600,000. PROTEST AGAINST I. W. W. Men. Women and Children March at Lawrence Carrying American Flags. Lgwrenee, Mass., Oct. I4 Thirty tnousatid American flags were carried through tlir-e miles of muddy Strati by 30.00U mast, women and children in a demonstration against the Industrial Workers of the World. Representatives of the city govern Bient. veterans of ihe civil und Span fsh wars, and members at church, civic and fraternal organizations were In line Nephew of Diaz Joins Revolt. Man lea City. Oet 14 -General Felix Diaz has- joined the rebellion against Mad 10. wluj forced from the presi dency his uncle. Porflrio Diaz. This is the news sent from the tate of Vera Cruz President Madero is ir I11rta.1t to oeiieve the report, but there appears HUJe doubt of its accuracy. TURKEY INVADED Montenegrins Gain Firm Foot hold in Novipazar. FIGHTING IS STILL SEVERE, Forces of Kincj Nicholas Battle for Four Days Along the Whole Frontier. Cross the "Rubicon" and Make War in Enemy's Country. Pttdgarltia, Montenegro, Oct 14. Tiie northern Montenegrin army, on der General Y'ikotitch. which recently crossed the border into the snnjak of tfovtpacari gained a Aim foothold bp ftanturtbg Ryeioootye, one of the chief towns of til)' province. Myeiopolye fell alter prolonged fighting, but no infor mat ion has been received regarding the losses on both sides. The Monte iiegrii s have ei up there a provisional covevnnenl. After an engagement lasting until midday th" Montenegrins broke thro. mil the Turkish ranks near Tushi and invested the town, which is com pletOiy CUt off from Scutari. The Montenegrin army has been fighting lor tour days along the whole frontier, penetrating the Turkish tor litOry slowly, owing to the tnany forti fications. The Turks have burned sev eral Maltaaoii villages. Many wounded Turks have been brought to Polgorltza. Athens. Oct. 14. The mobilization of the Greek army has been success ful beyond expectation. Troops to he number of 125.000 will he concen trated on the frontier today and an other 30,000 are being equipped. The mobilizrtion centers of the govern ment are overwhelmed with volun teers anil It has been decided to en roll no more recruits for the present. T. R. REPLIES TO WILSON Colonel Answers Criticism by Gov ernor Regarding Trusts. Chicago. Oct. 14. Governor Wood row Wilson has done "precisely and exactly nothing" against the trusts. Colonel Roper-Tell said, although as governor of New Jersey he gave tied Governor Wilson had ample power to proceed against them. OolOttel Roosevelt s address was in rep!) to a recent speech of Governor Wilson, whom he quoted as saying that the Roosevelt administration had done nothing against the trusts. -The answer is to say that I did everything," Colonel Roosevelt declared The ev-pi e-'dent's address was de livered in the Coliseum to one of the largest ami most demonstrative crowds of his campaign. Governor Denoeg was attacked in a statement by Colonel Roosevelt imnie dlatelv after the letter's arrival in Chicago. The presidential candidate charged the governor with "deliberate and willful perversion of the truth." WILSON AND SULZER MEET Both Attended Banquet of Knights of Columbus in New York City. New York, Oct. 1 I. Governor Wood iow winson Democratic presidential I nominee, and William Bulger, Demo cratic candidate for governor of Mew York, appeared in public together here I lor the first t'me since tin latter was! nominated at s vm use. They both at tended banquet of the Knights of Columbus ind were given an enthiisl-l anic OVgtlon The governor made i t rlef Speech extolling 'he character ( Celumbut "My Interest in politics in this year of grace for it promises to be a year of grac" added the governor, amid sreat applause, "is the prospect that we shall end these misunderstanding in Amerlea. that we shall bring classes together, bring about common coun sel and cenne fruitless counter-interests f interests." til Hit i RAILROAD MEN ASK AID Tell Senate Committee of Threats of Mexican Rebels. El Paso, Tex.. Oct. 14. -Reports that rebels are smuggling ammunition into J Bares, the Mexican town opposite Bl i Caso. led to a rigid inspection ol :.i- sengers and pedestrians at the Inter national bridges by Mexican soldiers. While officials of the road make light of the rebel threat to kill all Americans operating trains after Oct 15, eighteen railroad men. testlfvinn Before the asnatn committee, took the warning mriowsly. it is learned that in .. tody the railway men appeared stfon Hi) committee ami apptaled for prate Una, galea they said was not giv n iy tag federal troops. MARYLAND TO NICARAGUA Big Warship tc Relieve Other Ships Now on Duty There. Seattle. Qet . Orders to sail im medlaie'.v fur N'ii aragua were rec ived by the armored cruiser Maryland, which arrived liom the Orient. Tne arrlv.i! of the Maryland in Nica ragua waters will mark the beginning of a enral exodus of American forces now UlifCO, lllf ladtgg the regiment of sguftnea sent from east coast stations at the onrl.re.'k of the trouble Four Escnre From Ohio Prison. Columbus, o , Oct. 14. Four eon rteta in the Ohki penitentiary saeapes from tgg prison bs sawing through the bars ot u pewar manhole hind the prison hospit il, dropping into the ftngjai -ind working th- ir way tu the legrer's outlet on the banks gf the fi loto river. CONDENSED NEWS 4. The king oi S:ton ba been sued for school thxc and judgment has Ireen given spa loot him. After robbing a hank slngh handed 't Pine, Okhti a bandit, who refuses to gie hS i utile, was i audit by one Ignn in nr the town. Robbers who attacked Miss Rvg Ol fon near her home In Chicago broke tin Bl-I s right lee; In the efforts to !orcc hoi to rinse fighting them. Thf State bank of Council Hill, fikla . was robbed of absut 3,000 and n party of mounted bandits escaped altir a running fight with citizens. Sidney Hodi n. a chimney sweep, dls- covered the Dody of a man, partially boiled nd Chopped up. In I coal sack og the skylight of an apart magi house at Vancouver, Mexican rebels have given warning 'rial a'.' American railroad men cap tared while operating trains on the Mexican Northwestern lines alter Oct. 15 WlU be shot Thomas a. Kane, a prominent Roch ester politician, is dead as the result Of eating poisonous food in a SyraCUSS hotel during the recent Democratic stale oonventtoa. Kdward M. Shepard. lawyer and pol itician who died at lake George a year ago, left an estate appraised gt IPJS.00U, The hulk of It is Invested In stocks and bonds. Mian Clara K. Smith, a stenographer employed by the McN'amaras, Identi fied a letter to the Iron workers' unions in the dynamite conspiracy trial at Indianapolis. W. H. K. Redmond, member of the British parliament and a brother of John Redmond, the Irish leader, left for home on the steamship Celtic, which sailed from New York. Professor S'Mtibower of Indiana uni versity was elected president of the Rig Mne University Athletic confer ence, to succeed the late Professor Johnson also of Indiana university. Freight tariffs making advances on solt coai from Colorado and New Mex ico mines to destinations In the mid dle west were suspended by the Inter state commerce commission until April 28. I)uis S. Kirchner was drowned, Miss Meta Markhart fatally Injured. Miss Clarice Meek slightly when an automobile in which they were riding ran off a Street into the East river at Green Bay, Wis. The Progressive party national and state tickets ate entitled to be printed on the official ballot in Missouri, ac cording to a decision rendered by fudge Word em an of the st iuis county circuit court. Bandits, who used an automobile. Waylaid Thomas J. O'Meara. a St. luls saloonkeeper, and took from him a f;rip containing $3,ooo in cash. They held oT a crowd of pursuers with re volvers and escaped, Guilty as charged was the verdict of the jury in the cases of C. F. Houston and John H Rfillock, tried in the fed tal court at Taoonsa, on a charge of OOUSptracy to defraud the government on Coal contracts In Alaska. The T iff Republican executive com mittee 01 California Will take no lur !ier act ii 11 to secure a place for Taft lectors! nominees on the November ballot Slid, 'smen for the loninilt tee made this unqualified statement Mrs. I.ucy Savior of Crescent City. HI., who was sentenced to three vear.s In pnon as in accessory to the mur der of her husband, John Byrog ggyler, completed her sentence and was re leasvd i;nm f'e penitentiary at Joliet Engineer R. malum of Oarrett, Ind., nai trilled and Wrenian Leeiand of the same place fatallv injured in the collision at Chicago Junction of a Bal timore and Ohio passenger train and I st'ing of freight cars left on the main track. John V. McDonald, a plumber of Ak ron, O. shot and killed his threee year-Old son and then fiied bullets into the heads of his wife and sister. Mrs. McDonald is fatally Injured and the "Ister is In a serious condition Mc Donald was arn gted. A net loss of 113,000,000 s year In the revenues of the snprsss companies and th" railroads would result fiom nutting into effect tin- express rates proposed h) the interstate commerce commission, accoiding to figures sub gritted i the roiiipaniea Filty deputy sheriffs and several hundred Greek striker had the first serious encounter in the Bingham (Utah) BtlBers' strike One Greek iniiier was nhot through the leg, an ither was glMft ke( down witt a rifle hutt. number were arrested. Repuh'lcans and Progress) ves of Pennsv I . aniri got together and cleared up the presidential elector situation The twenty -seven men on the Repub ilcan ti -.iet who favor Roosevelt with drew and their places were filled with the nanu s .n men who are for Taft Four bandits bungled the holdup of 4 Kansas City Southern paSSSBger train between Hatfield and Mcna. Ark One w i wounded and captured and the others escaped after a battle with attprigw Moeat agar Merrill Bnrgetl or gTggaas City, in whieh Burgett ex 'austed his ammunition and was badly ijegten Noiu the worse for their experience In drifting in the Delaware hay in a wreck) d hydro aeroplane for nearly sixti en hours. Marshall K Reid, a young aviator of Philadelphia, and UentsaarJj Oomasander Henry c. Mus tin )if tin- liKt.d S'ati s navy, were landc. -ar port Morrii .1. hr ovste.- , po'icereen win discovered the r pjigi t whlla fruiairj n the hay NEBRASKA NEWS, P0PUL,STS UIT THE FlEL0 Board ot Pardons Toms Down Request ol Lincoln Man. HANSEN ENFORCING THE LAW. Food Commissioner Impresses 8t. Jo seph Jobbers They Must Obey Law Regarding Pure Food in Nebraska Sales Lincoln Woman Killed. Lincoln Oct. 14. George Younger, the colored in in w ho was sent to the eentteutlary from Lancaster county for isHanltlag Ifteea yegp4iM tele phgn girl and had mad)- application for a pardon to the board of pardons, was refused a pardon and the recom mendation of th- Kovernor Is that his apple ut ion be tgrned down. Younger was otivl) ted in the Lancaster county court and sent to the penitentiary Feb 0, 1191, FOt a period of twenty years. He admitted that he hnd been doing lomething of the kind all his 'he and the board, considering that he was a moral degenerate, decided tha' he was not p fit person to be runuinM at large. Hansen to St. Joe. Pood Commissioner Hon n re turned from a trip to Bl Joseph, w '-er he Investigated methods among I wholeaale houses of that cin and tool up with the whoteaal im iiie matter or a iiroper branding u( certain Kinds ol foodstuff sold in Mebraska, "I Wl n' those people down there who Rhlp lets of goods, o-pecially to southeast Ne braska, to aadcmtattd that they will he required to follow the Neiuaska iaw fejt tne same as the wholesale houses of our own state." Nebraska Scores. At the stock Judging contest held at the stock show In Kansas City, in a contest between Nebraska. Missouri. Iowa. Arkansas and Kansas, Nebraska won, capturing the $50(1 trophy cup put up by the Kansas City stock yards. Besides winning the trophy, three of the Nebraska men won Individual prizes, H. B. Pier, '14, was first; R. J. Posson, II, third; J. W. Whlsenand, '15, fourth The other two men on the team, H, W Rlchey. 18. and Hugh Raymond, '14, were close to the lead ers. Woman Killed While Demented. The lifeless body of Miss Ella Har per was found on the Rock Island railroad track near College View, a suburb of this city. Miss Harper, who had in-en a patient tor mental trouble at a sanitarium near College View, escaped the vigilance q the atbpnd- ants gpd wggdered eUtont the country all night. INSURANCE LEGISLATION Bill to Be Preserted to Coming Legls laturt for Separate Department. Lincoln, Oct. 1 I The separation of rhe andttoi nglce ami tha leumnance department of the state may be under tukeu throiign a bill to be Introduii d at the coming session of the state leg. islature The matter has been talked over at cor. -idem hie length here of late ;iud insurance men who have friendly caadidatea running for the state Begtplgtnn say they exped to see to It that a ni asure is Introduced When tha session pais under way. The iiov)- is said to have the salic t on oi many of the leading insurance men of the tute. Including both old lire and fraternal Insurance agents. The change la as id to ha aontea plated not an much tor any advantage that may accrue, hut to thaUt a snore ePhsteni v.'ay of handling the business may n-suit Lutherans Meet at North Platte. North Platte, Neb., Oct 14 The e braska synod of the Lutheran church held i?s anneal convention at North Platte. Mutators and de!egate from all sections of tha state were in at ti ndan. e to the numb) r of eighty-five. The following officers were elected; President, Rev. C J, Ringer of Ren son; secretary, Rev. C. H. R. I-eis of Ponea: statistical secretary. Rev. f gf Livers o Ponca; historian. Rev Luther P, LuJden of Lincoln; treasur er. Dr. Josep!: H. Miller of grprtae. SkuK Crushed by a Brick. Auburn. N .. QtL 14 -S I Miiels. jauitoi at the high school, was fatally hurt while assisting in the erection if tne nw high school building. One Of the mason- let a orick slip and it led about Intent foot and struck Drtnie! Qg the h)'ad. just back or the Aarehend ani crushed the skull. Tie gt lending physician does not think there Is much hope of his recovery. Run on Postal Bank. fjsgahl Oct 14 V -run'' ou the pota! aavtggg bank at South Omaha by gg Creeks made It ne. essary for that tastitBttaa to call on the treas ury at Washington for funds. The Q reeks, who hgve aagg heavy depos ilors. withdrew their money in order to start to the aid of tbelr c-ountry in the event ot var with Turkey. PickreM Man's Injuries Prove Fatal. Reatriee. Neb.. Oct 14.- John Mggatl Of Plikrell. who was Igjgigd by falling on the steps at the Western hotel nt Lincoln, is dead He was fifty-five ycp.'S of age anil was until re cently deputy county cleik Chadron MjsJns Dedicate New Temple Chadron. Ni b.. Oct. 14.- Mason dedliat il their n. w Masonic hail Sg the pragf a ai prethreg from Wogd U t- and west o' th Wyoming I'.r- Independent Party Electors Resign and Democrat Are Indorsed. Lincoln. t)(t L: A certificate wae Had wi'b the aecretarr of state which disclosed that the Populist electora. hi-e nithdrnwn rmm thai ltd el and Ihnl th state committee tha Popu list party has Indorsed the Demorratlo alec tors The ell Instrument also showed that A. T. OatewocMl. Populist candidate for secretary of state, has also headed In his resignation, and the same state committee have indorse.! .1 W. Keller, Democratic candidate, dale. The s! electors who have declined the nomination are: Frank Roth. Te hnmoh; Bills Wood, Aurora: Dew'tt Piig' i. Mnroln; Ovando ObWleS, Val ley; r. W IXtmar, Wahoo. and F. B. ttmhrce, Custer county, six electors only were nominated by the populist party, while Edward A. Roth or Hold ege, a Democratic elector, had al ready been indorsed WAIT REjTcTSDEMAND Nebraska Official Turns Down Request of Taft Men. Lincoln, Oct. 14. There has been filed in the office of the set retiiiy of State a communication from the Taft state Republican committee protest ing agcinst C;e names or the Rooso velt elector" remaining upon the Re publican ticket and demanding that the secretary of state remove thera and ptaee In thofr stead those of tha Republican electors recently died by petition Secretary Walt has answered the communication by letter, stating that he has no power under the statutes to remove nn candidate elected at the primary and therefore must turn down the request of the committee. ' KINKAID TO STAY IN RACE 2 Congressman Says He Will Return ta Battle In Sixth. Crawford, Neb., Oct. 14. Cong res u man M. P. Klnkald. who recently with drew as the candidate for congress on account of ill health, reconsidered his withdrawal and will make the race as ihe Republican nominee. His action followed a meeting of the congres slonal committee of the Sixth district, whii h ununlmoiisly requested him to continue us the candidate. Complaints of Agents. So many complaints have come to the office of the state superintendent of public instruction of hook agents who are working schemes in the coun try to sell books to children that Su perintendent Delsell has found It neo aweary to Issue the following letter to county superintendents : "Several .ounty supedintendenta have recently called our attention to certrMn unscrupulous book agents now abroad in the state, who enter tha school houarg and take the time which properly beiooga to the children, aollo itlng'tl.e purchase of books. This of fice Is oppos. d to giving agents any time dterini school hours and recom mends thai the county superintend ents us.- their influence in checking' s.ny such system of solicitation." Automobile Law Test. The case of Tory ell vs. Ihe state, Which ''am up from Nemaha countv, was heard in the supreme court Thlj is tbo ci'se Where Coryell hgd been ar resit d lo: allowing h!s young son to a mi an automobll contrary to the law. Coryell made the defense that arhfig the bnv was operating the steeling wheel, ,,e i inse:r t ;u hi huad on the wheel and bin foot on Ihe brakes. Ha lag s t forth that the Inw wis uncon stitutional in that the title to the I rl gave greater power than did the u ! Itself 0aha Griin n File a Como'ainti Wusbii-.L-ton Oct 1 The Omaha drain exchange filed ? complaint ug .in-t th" :inta Pe. the Greit West ern, S- Paul and practically all the roada "it ring Kansas City. If charue4 the nads witli erecting grain elevators in Kan-;is 'if. r.nd vicinity and rent ing them to subsidiaries at unreason ably low rei '-.'s. thus giving Kansas City en aiha.ii.it ever Omaha as a rrnln enter Teachers' Mret to Be Largest Ever. Omaha, Oct. 12. -Greater Interest la being takes in the coming Nebraska Tf ambers' association convention in Omaha. Oct. g, 7 and 8. than in any prevlciis convention. I. inner attend ance is expected also. Manager Par rleb of the Commercial dub publicity bureau ia receiving letters in every ruall announcing repi esentations from rurtoas towns throughout the state. Madison Committee Nominates Nichols Norfolk, Neb.. 12. County Attorney .liinu s Nichols of Madison was nomi nated here j. the Republican county "cntral committee aa a candidate for stat)' ropronggtltlTO to fill the va - anc caused by the death of H Warner. Admits tha Charges. Inmates of Custer county poor farm brought charges ot cruelty against J. T. Kadrliff, superintendent, claiming that he had beaten them. He does not deny Striking some of the inmatea, but say.- it was necessary. Kearney Eleven Beats Broken Bow. Kearney, Neb.. Oct. 12. Broken Bow was defeated here on the Kear ney military academy field, when the soldier boys forced Nigro over the rttee for a touchdown. Weeping Water Pioneer Dead. Weeping Water. Neb., Oct. 14.- William II Pool, an old time r. sident or tbi.-, plac . dropped dead while talking ',a tront of the postofllce.