Nebraska Newspapers

    !| I THE ROSE-GAR-11 H
DEN HUSBAND
By MARGARET WIDDEMER
Copyright, 1920, b y J. P. Lippincott Co.
Sut PtyCiis, when this was satls
ftaetortly concluded, went back to
Aa great business of seeing bow
asndh Allan could walk. He sat
•men .agate after a half dozen steps.
* Stttio itfewd in spite of his exclte
■"1 man do mnch at a time yet,
ft Mcpposa,” he said a little ruefully.
''-Do mean to tell me, sweetheart—
■come over here closer, where I can
■touch you—you’re awfully far away
t- do you mean to tell me that all
■ftnl ailed me was l thought I could
•W*t move?"
“Oh, no!” explained Phylliis, mov
Jtag her chair close, and then, as
■Out did not seem satisfactory, per
■ehiug on the arm of Allan's. "You'd
teeea unable to move for so long
that when you were able to at last
piNr subconscious mind clamped
-Jiwm on •your muscles and was con
vinced you couldn’t. So no matter
thaw much you consciously tried,
poa couldn’t make the muscles go
ittU you were so strongly excited It
toake the Inhibition—Just as people
*mn lift things In delirium or excite
ment that they couldn't possibly
ifmoro at other times. Do you see?"
Ute,” said Allan, kissing the
«C her neck irrelevantly. "If
Wsimibody’d tried to shoot me up
lava years ago I might be a well
SMUz bow. That’s a beautiful word of
|wan, Pfcyllkv Inhibition. What a
Jtet of big words you know.”
j “Oh. tf you won’t be serious!”
qfce said.
I “WoH have to be,” said Allan,
ifcnjdUnjL "for here’s Wallis, and. as
live, from the direction of the
I thought they carried oar
tho tramp oat through the
lie mast have gone all the
low around.” -4'auto
Phyllis was secretly certain that
had been crying a lltae/but
he old was, “We've taken the
i to Che lock-up, sir.**
I Bat ids master and hla mistress
net so dignified. They showed
erhsastlvety Chat Allan could
stand aad walk, and Allan
It, and Wallis nearly
Then they went In, for
sore Allan needed a
rest after all this. She
tram head to foot her
wtth Joyful excitement, but she
jftH not even know ft And tt was
tong past dlnns'Ctmck though every
pne hot LOyshma, to whom the
jfcappy news had somehow filtered,
■ad forgotten ft.
*T*ve always wanted to hold you
ta my arms, fids way," said Allan
tote that evening; sa they stood In
jfcke resegardms spsjwfbut I thought
ft never would. ... . Thyllte, did you
pver want ace top*
f It was too lnauftful a monHght
gflgbt to waste In the-house, or even
ea the porch. The conch had been
wheeled to Its accustomed place In
Pie rueeparden, and Allan was sup.
Jmsfl to be lying on It as he often
to Che evnlngs. But It was hard
to make him stay there.
"Oh, yen must He down,” said
Wcdlls hurriedly, trying to move
&oC the circle of his arms. “You
lift Stand till we find how much
onongb .... I'm going to send
tor the wolfhound next woek. You
tooaldnt mtad now, will you?”
"Did you ever want to be here In
gay arms, Phyllis?’’
| "Of oourse not!” said Phyllis, as
<• modest young person should. "But
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'Neglected Presidential Aspirants.
\ From the New York Post.
' Somewhere In Michigan a statesman
N grieving because after his earnest
i tor the republican nomination In
his renewed candidacy this year
few voters. He is W. Q. Simp*
Henry Ford had tho honor of de*
Seating Mr. Simpson In the Michigan
dpnnarles four years ago. This year a
‘nnk outsider named Johnson did It*
ffemowhere in Illinois William Grain
"Webster Is watching the progress of
Ms second campaign tor the presidency,
iBtoogh Illinois has actually plumped
(Her an upstart called Bowden. The place
*nt Henry D. Estabrook of New York
and of 1S16 fame will not remain empty.
4R» wo gather from a circular headed
“Vor President: Samuel Harden Church,
naming another eminent easterner. Mr.
Church has the support of the Cameron
(Vo.) Sun and the Kingston (Mo.)
Mspniry. He had a striking reception
Decently In the Breckinridge (Mo.)
•pera bane and photographs are ex
tsuit of No leg cabin in which he was
ton to the west. He is now a Fennsfi
wanlnn, and the fact that political ob
onrvers think the Knox boom will come
he nothing Is doubtless connected with
fer. Church’s appearance in the lists.
, No Hints for Her.
!; From the Boston Transcript.
I "Well. I see that sugar has gone up
tonne snore.**
“Is ttr* she replied.
—And they're still raising rents."
“fcaook here!" she exclaimed, flaring
toft "if you wish to have our engage
ment tooken off, say so. I always hate
to ton people beat around the bush la
to ease of this kind."
It now coots 4 cents to send a letter
rnrfOdn the boundaries of Great
iBritain, according to the new postal
(few.
"Well, my wifeT”
"I've often wondered Just where
I’d reach to,” said Phyllis in a rush.
"Allan, please don’t stand any long
er!”
“I'll lie down if you’ll sit on the
couch by me.”
“Very well,” said Phyllis; and
sat obediently in the curve of hl3
arm when he had settled himself
In the old position, the one that
looked so much more natural for
him.
"Mine, every bit of you!" he said
exultantly. "Heaven bless that
tramp!.And to think we
were talking about annulments!. .
Do you rememher that first night
dear, after mother died? I was half
mad with grief aud physical pain.
And Wallis went ofter you. I didn’t
want him to. But he trusted you
from the first—good old Wallis!
And you came in with that swift
sweeping step of yours, as I’ve seen
you come fifty times since—half
flying, It seemed to me then—with
all your pretty hair loose, and an
angelic sort of a white thing on. I
expect I was a^rute to you—I don’t
remember ho wl acted—but I knew
you sat on the bed by me and took
both my wrists In thoso strong little
hands of yours, and talked to me
and quieted me till I fell fast asleep.
You gave me the first consecutive
sleep I’d had In four months. It felt
as If life and calmness and strength
were pouring from you to me. You
stayed till I fell asleep.”
"I remember,” said Phyllis softly.
She laid hor chfcr.k hv his. an II. had
been on that strange carriage
evening that seemed Ho far away
now. “I was afraid of you at first
But I felt that too, as if I were giv
ing you my strength. I was so glad
I could! And then I fell asleep, too,
over on your shoulder."
“You never told me that” said
Allan reproachfully. Phyllis laughed
a little.
“There never seemed to be any
point In our conversations where it
fitted in neatly," she said demurely.
Allan laughed, too.
“You should have made one. But
what I was going to tell you was—
I think I began to be in love with
you then. I didn’t know It but I
did. And It got worse and worse
but I didn’t know what ailed me till
Johnny drifted In, bless his heart!
Then I did. Oh, Phyllis, It was awful!
To have you 'with me all the time,
acting like an angel, waiting on me
hand and foot and not knowing
whether you had any use for me or
not!.And you never kissed
me good-night last night."
Phyllis did not answer. She only
bent a little, and kissed her husband
on the lips, very sweetly and simply,
of her own accord. But she said noth
ing then of the long, restless, halt
happy, half-wretched time when she
had loved him and never even hoped
he would care for her. There was
time for all that There was going to
be long, joyous years together, years
of being a “real woman," as she had
so passionately wished to be that
day In the library. She would never
again need to envy any woman
happiness or love er laughter. It
was all before her now, youth and
Joy and love, and Allan, her Allan,
soon to be weH, and loving her—
loving nobody else but her!
“Oh, I love you, Allan!” was all
she said.
(THE END.7 “
City of Noice.
Harr A. Franck In Century Magazine.
Havana may not hold the noise
championship of the world, but at
least New York City is silent by com
parison. Unmuffled motors beyond
computation, tram cars that seem far
moro Interested In producing clamor
than speed, bellowing venders of every
thing vendible, are but the background
of an unbroken uproar that permeates
to every nook and cranny of the city.
Honest hotel keepers tell you frankly
that they can offer every comfort ex
cept quiet._ —-vmxu,|'
Macaulay’s Hobby.
From the Kansas City Star.
The pleasant coffee room of the old
"Star and Garter” at Richmond, which
was burned In 1869. was patronized by
statesman, politicians and writers. Sat
urday evenings it was regularly visited
by a middle aged gentleman of rather
large shirt collar which formed a con
spicuous feature of his attire. He would
dine always alone at a particular corn
er table, and after dinner It was his
humor to build up before him a pyra
mid of tumblers and wine glasses, which
he topped with a decanter. Occasion
ally the whole structure would topple
over and litter the table with ruins.
Then the middle aged gentleman would
rise, pay his bill, including the charge
for broken glass and depart. The wait
ers knew him well. He was Thomas
Bablngton. Lord Macaulay..
Another transport arrived in New
York, June 2, carrying the bodies of
210 Americans who had died while In
military service abroad.
San Francisco school teachers must
not wear dresses whloh come above
the shoo top, according to the city
school board, low shoes or high one*
, net mentioned.
THE UNKNOWN
MR. KENT
GIOORGK H. DORAN CO., 191* COPYRIGT.
Chapter One
There are Just three aorta of men
In this world who have an ambition
that is worth a cuss! Hermits,-bil
lionaires, and burglars; and all they
ask is to be left alone,” declared
John Rhodes on the day when, with
painstaking attention to details, he
took the last precauteions to oblit
erate his footsteps and disappeared.
He might have added, “I’m one of
’em,” and if the inquisitive had
asked which one, would probably
have answered, “Burglar.”
Furthermore, there were numer
ous financiers over different sec
tions of the globe who would have
agreed with him heartily, perhaps
vociferously. Not that the methods
by which, with amazing and cumu
lative steadiness, he had acquired
his vast fortune were more repre
hensive than those of other finan
ciers; but because he was endowed
with such appalling foresight, stead
iness of nerve, and ingenuity of re
source that it seemed impossible to
drive him into a corner and keep
much of a disappointment to rival*
him there. And this was naturally
magnates. His most peculiar char
acteristic, however, was such a mor
bid hatred for publicity that even
those who could have identified
him on the street were few and It
became a tradition that, whenever
possible, his business was trans
acted through agents. Also that of
these agents Richard Kent was the
one who effected nearly all the
largest _deals; also "that If qkgre~waa
anv trSm lrTthe aXage^ “Like^mas
ter like "man, ^Rhodes most have
been a “terror,” inasmuch as. In the
parlance of the* street, Kent was a
“Hum-dlnger!”
It was admitted that Kent could
be neither bullied, bribed, influenced
nor employed, because'at different
times all these tactics had been
tried unsuccessfully. There were
diverse opinions of him. Some
agreed with that expressed by a
certain renowned financial light,
pillar of a fashionable church, ad
vertised as a philanthropist, moral
ist, and patriot, who declared wrath
fully, "Kent is nothing more or less
than a blithering ase! A fool! Why,
do you know, he’s so stupid that he
can tell Rhodes' money from his
own? He refused fifty thousand
dollars I offered him as a gift, when
all he had to do to get it was to tell
me whether Rhodes was a bull or
a bear on Steel Common? Plain
dishonest, I call him!”
Others, disagreeing, liked him be
cause he kept his word; but moat of
those were unimportant people, who
therefore, didn’t count
That Kent was astonishingly
qualified to act as Rhode’s agent in
foreign countries, some were a
ware; for amongst his conspicuous
talents was that of languages, of
which he made a hobby. This was
proven by the assertion of a dis
tinguished polyglot, who could have
given "card£ and spades" to the
average university professor of
languages, being a waiter in a
Broadway restaurant.
“He’s a heller!” said he. “Talks
at least five languages, each one
better than the other. And he can
cuss in all five of ’em. Found it out
one night when he got sore at the
head waiter, who was a bit uppish,
because there was a short change
on his meal bill, a hold-up In the
cloak room, pair of gloves swiped
from his overcoat pocket by a page
boy and the waiter handed him cof
fee with a harmless little roach In
it! And that ain’t all, either. He’d
had a row at the front door with a
chauffeur because the guy flipped
his flag and tried to double the
fare before this Kent could look at
the dial. Fine chances an honest
workingman’s got with him, eh? He
ain’t no New Yorker, because if he
was, he'd stand for it, and what’s
jnore, he’d like it. Besides, a per
fect gent don't make no fuss ovef
little things like them. He can
talk some, all right, believe me,
but he’s either a Boston feller or a
piker. Give me one live one from
Pittsburgh or Goldfields, every
time. You can tell what they are
when they blow in; but these big
square-jawed guys like that Kent is
awfully hard to place, and every
once in awhile I make a mistake
with his kind!”
Yet on one point every one agreed
that being Kent's loyalty to Rhodes,
i And this fidelity found further
proof when the master financier dis
appeared, inasmuch as at some
where near the same time, or at
least within a few weeks after It
had been announced that Rhodes
had gone on an extended vacation,
Kent likewise departed from New
York. Presumably to attend his
employer's interests abroad. He said
that was why he was going; but he
lied, this being his blunt idea of dip
lomacy as employed in many na
tional and social circles.
And so.' having lied when he stat
ed that he was going abroad in be
half of the formidable Mi*. Rhodes
the square-jawed Mr. Kent was now
turned loose on war-stricken Europe
for a holiday to wander as his some
what erratic fancy dictated, and
cheerfully agreeing with himself
that he "didn’t care a continental
cuss” where the renowned John
Rhodes was, what he was doing,
what he wanted to do, or what he
did. All that Mr. Kent, the agent, de
sired, was that Mr. Rhodes, the fin
ancier, should leave him, Mr. Kent,
undisturbed. He was rebellious.
"John Rhodes,” said he to him
self,” has bossed me around and
run me here and there, like a small
boy hopping a cat over hurdles In
the cellar, until I’m sick and tired of
it. He’s pair me well, and I'm fairly
well off; but I’ve sure earned every
cent I ever got out of him. He’s
gone on a long vacation. So shall I.
And if John Rhodes doesn’t like it
he can go to—”; but at that point
of his meditations caution, or per
haps some of his loyalty to Rhodes
overcame his disregard of that ami
able employer under whom he had
prospered, and caused him to taka
the precaution of leaving word with
sundry bankers of New York, Lon
don, Paris, Berlin and Vienna where
Rhodes could find him if desiring
Els services.
Ana, so strong is the habit of dis
cipline and obedience, on second
ffiougEt he arranged that "mails
might be forwarded enclosed in pro
tective envelopes, keeping him in
formed concerning certain financial
transactions entrusted to him by
Mr. Rhodes. Prom all of which it
might be conjectured that, despite
his mutinous disposition, he cauti
ously realized that, without the fat
commissions afforded by John
Rhodes, Richard Kent might shrivel
as thin as a living skeleton in a
freak museum, and be compelled to
seek another patron endowed with
purse, power, and authority.
Mr. Rhodes disappearance was
noted; Mr. Kent’s wasn’t. Watch
ful financiers rumored it that Mr.
Rhodes was travelling in the far
East intent on new plunder; but
about Mr. Kent there were no rum
ors at all, and for the simplest of
reasons, that Kent had hopped com
pletely beyond the reach of rumor;
had hopped almost out of the pn
known world, beyond finance, rail
ways, automobiles, and state high
ways, into the unknown, unchang
ing. Sixteenth century village of
Stelnweg. Accompanied only by his
factotum, Ivan, who for years had
gone with him, everywhere, he had
found In Steinweg his two great ob
jects, fish and freedom. Probably he
would not have admitted and senti
mental or artistic Interest in the
quaint village Itself, with Its single
crooked street, lined by houses
whose gables seemed forever to
reach across and whisper of con
spiracies, the next robber baron
raid, or the public flaying of some
poor wretch accused of stealing a
purse or a ham. He might have ad
mitted the comfort within the old
houses. once one hail oar-apiI
through the low doors to the cool
Interiors where low ceilings, heavy
beams, ancient fire-places, black
ened walnscotings and all, were
lighted by the cross shadows cast
through the narrow windows with
tiny leaded panes. This would have
been his excuse for renting one of
those quaint houses in the quaint
street—renting it and all it contain
ed, including the aged but compet
ent widow who owned it. Proof of
his daring! It requires nerve to rent
a widow, although anybody can rent
a house.
(To be Continued Next Week)
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Making a Lion Love a Lamb.
From Stories to Boys.
Mr. Bostock has told how he succeed
ed In making a lion and lamb firm
friends
"I placed In the lion’s cage all sorts
of toys of the animal variety—cotton
sheep, horses, rabbits—in fact, a regu
lar Noah’s ark,” said Mr. Bostock.
"Tnen I specialized on manufactured
sheep, but it took a long time for the
lion to find out that they were not
good to eat. Finally a live lamb was
Introduced. At first the Hon looked
surprised, and then lay down and gently
pawed the stranger. The lamb did not
like this, and drawing back a pace or
two butted the Hon in the mane. This
appeared to amuse the Hon greatly: he
playfully rolled over on his back, while
the iamb butted again. Now they are
fast friends, and an Insurance campany
would be Justified In taking the lamb
as a first class risk.”
A special traffic court will handle
all cases of Injuries by vehicle driv
ers In Detroit and all offenders are to
be Jailed, according to the new ruling.
Eight hundred fatal traffic accidents
In the past three years, resulted in
only three convictions for manstaugh
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♦ CENSUS RETURNS. ;
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ * :
San Francisco, 508,410 (increase
91.468, or 21.# per cent); Los Angeles.
575.480 (increase 256,232. oc-80.5 per
cent); Pasadena, Cal., 45,334; Fresno,
Cal., 44.616; Stockton. Cal.. «0.29C:
Plttston, Pa., X8.494; Everett. Mass.,
40,109; Pensacola. Fla., 31,035.
Passaic. N. J.. 68,824: Lutler. Mo.,
2,702; Popular Bluff, Mo., 8.0(2;
Rolla. Mo.. 2.077; Salem. Mo, 1,771;
Pike county, Arkansas, 12,397; Arm
strong comity. Texas, 2,816: De S..to
Mo. icorreeted figures). 5.303.
nciisiiy
C.O.PJf SPLIT
Declare Third Party Movement
or Lack of United Effort
Would Mean Disaster
for Republicans.
Washington, June 11.—Administra
tion supporters are pleased at what
they regard as the possibility of div
ision among the republicans assem
bled in Chicago.” A third party
movement or even lack of united ef
fort they declare, would enable them
to win with ease in the November
elections.
Democrats and the Treaty.
It is also a matter of some enjoy
ment to them that the question about
which most of the republican differ-,
ences have resolved—tho treaty—Is
an issue created by President Wil
son, the leader of the democratic
party.
The democrats, of course, plan to
endorse the League of Nations at
their convention In San Francisco,
with a plank which would allow res
ervations that would not “impair the
essential integrity” of the league
structure.
They believe a straight forward,
lucid declaration will make an ap
peal to the voters who feet that the
sacrifices of war should result in
some benefits.
If the republicans In an effort to
keep peactj in their own house dodge
the" issue to satisfy Hie irreconcil
ables the democrats believe that the
equivocation or confusion will react
decidedly in their favor.
How About Pershing.
Officers of General Pershing's staff
here today said they had no know
ledge of a move, said to be fostered
by Edward E. Goltra, democratic na
tional committeeman from. Missouri,
to put the general forward for tha
democratic presidential nomination.
The general himself was out of the
city attending the funeral of a West
Point classmate, but his aides said
Goltra had not been to see him, and
that he had received no messages
from the Missourian on the subject.
CARUSO’S SERVANTS
TO BE QUESTIONED
Detectives Believe They May
Have Been “In” on
Jewel Robbery.
Easthampton, I* I., June 11.—Judge
Hiram Shell and the Easthampton
court will move out to Enrico Ca
ruso’s summer castle to question 11
servants in the hope of learning who
stole Mrs. Caruso’s automatic jewel
chest and its contents, valued at
$500,000 on Tuesday night.
Maids, co<^;, gardeners, butlers
and chauffeurs—all aro as prisoners
Tonight in this fascinating white
jewel of a house, set in a lawn of
emerald, for they are not permitted
to leave the Caruso premises until
District Attorney Leroy Young has
had a chance to question them re-.
garding Iho incidents of Tuesday i
night.
The frequent reiteration by the
score or more of detectives scouring
the grounds, of their suspicion that
the robbery was an “inside" job, has
caused some uneasiness in the ranks
of the servants. And it was thought
ti at Y'oung, in forbidding them to
get off the spacious grounds, hoped
the guilty one would betray himself
by attempting to defy the order.
Twenty more stolid and husky
plain elothesmen dume out from New
York today. Twelve of the newcom
ers were set to raking a large clump
of woods known as the llriar Patch.
Tluy are to work abreast and cover
every men oi me woods in me nope
of finding some of the diamonds,
pearls or emeralds hidden among the
leaves or underbrush.
Caruso, now on tour in Cuba, who
cabled his wife not to fret about the
robbery and that he would replace
the jewels immediately, also stated in
his message that he did not suspect
any of the servants.
SIOUX FALLS HIT
BY SEVERE STORM
Wind Blows Baseball Grand
stand Over Fence—Down
town Section Suffers.
Sioux Falls, S. Id., June 11.—A ter
rific wind accompanied by hail and
rain swept up the Sioux valley from
the south shortly before G o'clock to
night, leaving considerable property
destruction in its wake.
Iambs were torn from trees, out
buildings were flattened and windows
were broken.
The grandstand of the South Da
kota league club here was blown o\er
• lie fence into an adjoining street.
Several plate gia3s windows in the
downtown section were broken.
The main effect of lh ewind, which
at times approa. bed the velocity of
a cyclone, passed over the eastern
end of the city and lasted hut a few
il l nut -8.
THEIU r
Disguised as Boy She Made
Attempt at Springfield, 111.
—Physical Examina
tion too Mach.
Springfield. 111., June 12. — Agne®
Schenk, 16-year-old Omaha girl, al
most became a gob here. Disguised
as a boy she succeeded In passing in
spection at the local navy recruiting
station until ordered to prepare for
physical examination.
A jaunty looking lad sauntered into
the recruiting station and stated he
wanted to enlist in the navy. At first
glance Chief Quartermaster R. J.
Stirling took him for an unusually
good looking chap; then a closer look
at his face and a glance at the slender
hands put a doubt in his mind.
“Go into the next room and pre
pare for physical examination,” the
officer commanded.
The boy went, but when the recruit
ing officer went to give the examina
tion Agnes was sitting in a corner
crying and no nearer ready for the
examination than she had been when
she entered the room.
She confessed she was a girl, 16
years old, and that she had come from
Omaha, “bumming’’ her way on a
freight train. Upon being questioned
she stated she had money. She Iqft
the office with shattered hopes of
becoming a Jackie.
girl preferred man
TO GOING TO SCHOOL
Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—Fourteen
year-old Ella Meyers, a country girl
who attended the town school of
Hendley whenever it suited her con
venience, apparently preferred the
society of a man many years her se
nior to the school room, is now pay
ing for her folly. She was sent to the
state industrial school for girls at
Geneva.
Clyde Longsine, the man in the
case has appealed to the supreme
court from his conviction in Furnas
county. He was sentenced to three
months in prison and fined $300. The
complaint contained two counts, kid
naping and contributing to the delin
quency of the child.
In her testimony the girl said: “I
didn’t go to school very much. Only
just when I got ready.”
FATHER DRIVES MOWER
INTO OWN CHILD
Beatrice, Neb., June 12. — Clarence
Myers, a farmer residing near this
city, while cutting alfalfa accident
ally ran the mower into his 3-year
old son who had wandered into tlio
field and went to sleep while waiting
for his father to make a round of the
field. One foot was severed and an
arm badly mangled before the child’s
father could stop the machine. Al
though in a critical condition phy
sicians have hopes of saving the
child’s life.
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YOUNG WOMAN DIES
DAY SET FOR WEDDING
Deshler, Neb., June 12.—Freda, 19 —
years old, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Bostleman, died suddenly
but a few hours before the time set
for her marriage. She had been em
ployed at the local farmers' store and
came home in the evening in appar
ently good health, expiring a few
minutes later.
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NEBRASKAN PAYS $1,000
FOR BULL AT PAVILION
Norfolk, Neb., June 12.—Lou Hay,
Norfolk livestock raiser, bought the
second $1,000 Hereford bull at the
sales pavilion here. The dedication
program closed Thursday morning
when 103 Herefords were sold at an
average of $218 each.
ESCAPED CONVICT CAUGHT,
BUT IS NOT HELD
Lincoln, Neb., June 10.—Dick Bar
rett, one of the two convicts who
escaped two weeks ago from the read
making camp in Johnson county,
spent three hours in the jail at Belle
ville, Kan., the other day, but was
able to bluff the sheriff into releasing
him. Barrett’s capture was told by
telephone to the state law enforce
ment bureau, and the sheriff told to
hold tile man. The sheriff promised
to do so, but when the officers ar
rived there he said that he had noth
ing on the man and jpt him go.
IS STILL. A QUESTION OF
WHO FIRED FATAL SHOT
Council Bluffs, la., June 11.—Tlio
question of who killed Cleorgo Mike
sell, is no nearer solution th:s after
noon. after many hours of hearing
witnesses by the coroner's jury than
it wu3 at the beginning. Numerous
direct contradictions have been made
by witnesses. Mrs. Mikesell is mak
ing a hard fight, especially against
Jim Harbor, her former husband, .al
though she is also very bitter nga nat
George Sterck and his wife.
ITALIAN STRIKE ENDED.
London, June 11.—The general
strike called in sympathy with the
strike of agricultural workers in tho
province of Bari, Italy, lia3 been de
clared off. according to a Home dis
patch to the Central News. Hun
dreds of anarchists have been ar
rested.
MAXINE DENIES PLOT TO
GET $40,000 IN FIGHT
San Francisco, June 11.—Maxine
Dempsey was subjected to a gruelling
examinat.cn by Attorney Gavin Ale- ,
Cabe in the "slacker’ trial of Jack
Dempsey in federal court today.
She clung firmly to her story and
efforts to break her testimony failed. i
She denied she bad plotted to get
$40,000 from Dempsey in caso he won
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