Nebraska Newspapers

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D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER.
W. C. TEMPLETON,
Editor and Business Manager.
bWlLLi NEBRASKA
Head of Grain Grovers’ Orga
nization Enters Field
Candidates on Republi
can Ticket.
Lincoln, Neb . June 10 «Special).
Chas. H. Gus'%fson head of the Unit
ed States grain growers, the market
ing organization of western growers,
has announced his candidacy for
United States senator on the repub
lican ticket. This is a result of
Brookhart’s success in Iowa.
Gustafson has five competitors—
Congressman Jefferis, National Com
mitteeman Howell, Attorney General
Davis. Frank John, Grand Island, and
John O. Yelser, Omaha.
MOUND DID NOT*CONTAIN
BODY SF MURDERED MAN
Hay Srlngs, Neb., June JO (Special)
—Opening of a mound on the Fred
Kutsrhara ranch, south of Hay
Springs, failed to solve the mystery
of the disappearance of George Mor
ton, pioneer rancher of this vicinity.
Morton disappeared several years ago
shortly after he had drawn a large
sum of money from the bank and
friends and relatives believed he was
murdered and buried on the place,
which is now owned by Mr. Kut
• schara. A mound found on tlie place
wairbelieved to be the grave of Mor
ton and it was decided to open it in
an effort to ascertain the nature of
Unrlrifi'u iltitilh
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MUCH SOUGHT MAN WAS
MURDERER 20 YEARS AGO
Lincoln, Neb., June 10 (Special).—■
Prison records disclose that Fred
Brown, the much wanted chain man,
served a term in the stale peniten
®ary 20 years ago. He was 17 and
•s Ernest Bush was convicted of
murdering an old man In Dundy
county for $2,1. Bush was run down
It* Detective Arthur Sparhawk, who
later went to Wyoming: an<l was the
•heriff In Owen Wlater’g atory of “The
Virginian.” v
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WOULD BE WRECKER
OF TRAIN SENT UP
Toils, Neb., June 10.— William Lee,
18, who Is said to have confessed
placing obstructions on the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad track In an
attempt to wreck passenger trains,
was sentenced to the Kearney Indus
trial school to remain until h-< Is 21,
following a plea of guilty In Judge
Corcoran's court. He was taken to
Kearney.
DAKOTA WESLEYAN’S NEW
PRESIDENT INAUGURATED
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Mitcheil, H. D„ June 8:—Inaugura
tion ceremonies for Dr. K. D. Kohl
stedt. who has been chosen to sup
plant Dr. W. D. Schermerhorn as
president of Dakota university, were
held Wednesday.
At nflPr In the corn palace Dr.
Kohlstedt and Dr. Schermerhorn were
guests of honor at a community ban
quet. The three business men's clubs,
Hotary, Kiwanis and Lions, all
changed their regular weekly meet
ings to Wednesday In order to take
official part In the Inaugural lunch
eon. S. E. Morris, president of the
board of directors of Wesleyan uni
versity, presided at the luncheon.
Dean F. Stockton, of the Etate uni
versity, brought to Dr. Kohlstedt the
greetings of the state Institutions;
President O. H. McCuno, Huron col
lege, spoke for the Independent
schools of the state. Gov. W, H. Me
Master was one of the principal
speakers. Following his address, Dr.
Schermerhorn delivered his farewell
message. He was followed by Dr.
Kohlstedt, who was formally present
ed to the community by Mr. Morris.
The evening exercises were held In
the university chapel. Dr. J. B. Jen
kins, of Ht. Paul, vice president of
the hoard of directors, presided. Hen
ry McKay, member of the class of
1923, welcomed Dr. Kohlstedt In the
name of the entire student body, and
Francis Case, Chicago, spoke In be
half of the alumni. For the faculty,
Dr. L. A. Stout, veteran of Wesleyan
teachers, spoke. President S. F. Ker
foot, of Hamllne university, brought
greetings to Wesleyun und its new
head. John L, Seaton, former mem
ber of tile Wesleyan faculty, and
now member of the Methodist F.pls
copal board of education, spoke In be
half of the board. Following Mr
Beaton's address. Bishop Charles
Bayard Mitchell, St. Paul, delivered
the charge to Dr. Kohlstedt, and thi
latter's response closed the inaugura
ceremonies.
Dr. Schermerhorn leaves the presi
dency of Dakota Wesleyan to becomt
head of the department of hlbllca
literature of Garrett Biblical institute
Evanston.
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POISON PRAIRIE DOGS
ON WHOLESALE SCAL1
White ltiver, S. D., June 8—Flf
teen prairie dog towns of approxl
niately 2,000 acres in all have beet
listed for poisoning. Poisoned oat
are prepared and distributed at cos
by the county farm bureau. One o
two leaders are selected in " eac!
neighborhood to superintend the dts
tributlon und application of th
poison. A. K. Gray, county agrlcultur
at agent, worked out the details of th
poisoning campaign.
BLOOD POISON IS
CAU8E OF WOMAN S OEATi
Huron, S. D., June 8 (Special).
Mrs. McAllister a short time ago at
tempted to open a can with the aid c
a can opener. In some manner th
Instrument slipped and she suffers
a slignt cut on one of her fingen
Although 'Av took Immediate care c
the woun » A Jkl not heal and withi
a day r ' Wo developed into bloo
poisoning A Jin which she died.
; CITY IF PIERCE
Validity of $130,000 Worth
Of Bonds Questioned—Ne
braska High Court Ask
ed to Decide.
Lincoln, Neb., June 8 (Special).—It
Is now up to the supreme court to say
whether the city of Pierce must hold
another election to vote $130,000 worth
of bonds for a school house. The dis
trict has 542 voters, and at the elec
tees where the bonds were voted re
cently )37 took part, all but 33 voting
in the affirmative.
When the bonds were presented to
’the auditor he declined to register
them, which makes them unsalable.
He said the board had not followed
the law in that It posted notices of
an election Insteud of giving three
weeks' notice In the newspaxters. The
district asks the supreme court to
-mandamus the auditor to register the
bonds.
The argument of the lawyers was
which of two sections of the school
laws apidted to the Pierce election,
and attorneys for the district Insisted
that in view of the number who voted
for It It would be idle to claim that
a newspaper notice would have
changed the result. Anyway, they
said, a mere little technicality like
that ought not to be permitted to' set
aside the will of the people so clearly
expressed. The court took the matter
under advisement.
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AN EBJIREI
Nebraska Supreme Court Has
Under Advisement Case In
volving the Guaranty
Deposit Law.
Lincoln, Neb., June 7 (Special).—
The stale of Nebraska Is resisting
the payment out of the guaranty de
posit fund of $20,000 worth of cer
tificates of deposit Issued by the
Home State bank, of Dunning, which
did not last very long after some
Minneapolis financiers bought It. The
certificates are now in the possession
of several California banks, which
claim they bought them before due
and are Innocent holders.
As illustrating how easy it Is >o
buy a bank when you have nerve and
no money, this case is illuminating.
C. C. Cooper owned the bank. He
sold It to the Minneapolis syndicate.
In payment of it he took $20,000 worth
of certificates of deposit in the bank,
and the now owners put their notes
in to represent them.
REBUILD GRANDSTAND
ON FAIRGROUNDS
Bloomfield, Neb., June 7 (Special).
—Committees from the Bloomfield
commercial club aro now at work
raising the money to rebuild the
grandstand on the grounds of the
Knox County Fair association. The
structure was recently destroyed by
a tornado. It Is estimated that 12,500
will cover the necessary expense, as
there Is a great deal of material
saved from the wrecked building
CLOSE ON TRAIL OF
MAN WHO SOLD CATTLE
Chadron, Neb., June 7 (Speclall.—
Roy Klrkendnll Is believed to be hid
ing near Pepper creek, following a
charge against hint of selling to a
local firm a carload of cattle claimed
to be stolen near Casper, Wyo. The
cattle had been billed to South Oma
ha originally. The bill of sale pre •
sented was found fraudulent. Klrk
endall bought two saddle horses, two
suits, two pairs of boots and other
goods, all of which he paid for with
worthless checks and then left town.
Chief Wilson and Sheriff Canfield
trailed the man over rough country,
tracing him to a lonely shack. He
discovered his pursuers am} escaped
Into a deep canyon before they
reached the cabin.
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IDENTIFIED IN LINCOLN
Lincoln, Neb,, June 7 (Special).—
A mystery case with a two-stata
angle has just been cleared up. Word
came to Lincoln some weeks ago that
, a former policeman, Thomas R. Mc
Govern, had been killed by a robber
while walking a beat In Glenoldun,
Pa. Nobody In Lincoln had ever
heard of a policeman of that name.
Pictures just received have been
Identified by Mrs. Grover M. P>auser,
of Lincoln as those of her former
husband, and Chief Johnstone says
she is right about It.
Blauser was discharged from the
Lincoln force because he had trouble
with his wife. Her divorce suit is
still on the dockets of the local courts.
Blauser served across seas as a sol
dier In the late war, and his trouble
here arose from the fact that he mar
ried a French girl and forgot to tell
his wife or the French girl about the
other. The wife found It out, and
when she asked him about It he left
the city. He had been a police officer
In the Pennsylvania town for two
months.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Bloomfield, Neb., lune 7 (Special).
| —Bloomfield lodge. No. 300. I. O. O. F.,
will hold Its annual memorial day
exercises next Sunday. Formal ex
ercises will be held at Odd Fellows’
. hall at 2:00 o’clock p. m., and a pro
cession will then form and mareh to
the cemetery, where the graves of de
9 ceased Odd Fellows and llebekahs will
1 be decorated with flowers. On the
,, return frosn the cemetery, light re
' freshments will be served at the hall.
P. E. Neff. R. A. Gifford and Q. H.
1 Liddell are the committee who have
] charge of the arrangements. The
local Rebekah lodge will participate.
CULLS FIR RELP
Boy Who Had Feigned Drov n
ing Failed to Get Assist
ance When He Was
Really In Need.
DeWltt, Neb., June 13 (Special).—
Charles Wenzel, 23, was drowned in
the Blue river while swimming with a
number of younger boys.
Wenzel had been playful all the af
ternoon and frequently called to bis
companions that he was drowning.
They went to his rescue, as they sup
posed, two or three times, but found
that he was Joking. He went out on
the bank a short time and then dived
Into the river where the water was
about eight feet deep. Ae he came up
again called for help but the boys
supposed he was still Jesting and did
not go near him. He sank and riut
a number of times and finally failed
to come to the surface.
The other boys thought he v is
swimming under water and reallz"d
too late that he was drowned. The
body was recovered by divers.
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FIND DEATH WAS
CAUSED BY STRANGULATION
Exeter. Neb., June 13 (Special).—
A coroner's jury investigating the
death of Charles Kebrele decided that
death was caused by strangulation.
The Inquest was held following the
finding of Kebrele’s body In a car be
longing to Charles Kovanda. The car
attracted attention because It hail
been standing for some time in front
of the Ed Stech residence. Men who
wpnt tn iTHfAntlifnto fnnrtrl Hohrcito in
the back seat with his head hanging
out of tlie window of the winter top.
Charles Kavanda was in the front
■cat. also unconscious.
The inquest developed that Kebrele
and Kovanda had been drinking
whisky which was given them by a
man whose ear was bought by Ko
vanda. The three men drank a quart
bottle of liquor and drove about town
In the automobile as long as they
could sit up.
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Convicted.
From the lx>s Angeles rimes.
Placing the talking machine on the li
brary table. Mrs. Ravenyelp said to
her husband:
*‘I have an odd record here. Henry,
and I want to see if you can guess what
it is."
When a weird succession of sounds
began to come from the horn of the in
strument Ravenyelp knitted his browc
and tried to Identify the sounds. "It’s
a buzz saw plowing through a knot," he
ventured.
"Guess again,'' said Mrs. Ravenyelp.
"A slide trombone in full cry,"
"Hardly."
“Cat concert?"
"Nope."
"Hoot owl with its toes in a trap."
Smiling grimly. Mrs. Ravenyelp shook
her head in the negative.
"Give it up." Anally said Ravenyelp.
"but as a last guess I'll say it sounds
very much like a siren whistle with the
pip.
"I will agree that it’s as bad as all
you have named," Mrs. Ravenyelp re
marked. "and hope it will save a lot of
argument in the future.
"But what is it?" Insisted Ravenyelp.
"It's a record I made In your bed
room the other night," replied Mrs.
Ravenyelp. "to prove to you that you
really do snore In your sleep and to let
you know Just how awful it sounds."
By Arthur Brisbane.
An Important decision by the su
preme court is that heads of labor or
ganizations can be held responsible
for strike damages. If Mr. Gompers
should call a strike, and the strikers
should wreck mines or buildings,
Mr. Gompers could be made to pay
damages if be had the money.
This most severe blow at union
labor makes every union official re
sponsible for unything that may be
done by workmen in the course of a
strike called by that official.
No man questions the sincerity of
supreme court Judges. No man
questions either that that court’s
sincerity is now in the direction of
conservatism.
Recent decisions have prevented
interference with child labor, pre
vented interference with gambling in
louuauiuo, V.V..WV umairu
unconstitutional the effort of a city to
regulate the price of gas.
When a supreme court becomes too
conservative, however sincere it may
be, something else happens—at the
ballot box. of course—and then you
get different decisions. History
shows that absolutely sincere con
victions can he completely changed
over night, after the right kind of
vote has been cast.
By the way, the New York Con
solidated Gas Company, which re
cently protested against "confisca
tion" to the supreme court. In re
sisting rate cuts ordered by the city.
Is wondering what to do with its sur
plus funds. It will pay off and call
in Its securities and then Issue two
shares of st#Ck for one, paying divi
dends on both shares, according to
present plans. Thus in the future
the supreme court will have a chance
to protect It again from "confisca
tion."
Fair Enough.
Krom Judge.
Two South Carolina negroes were
dickering on the sale of a male.
"How much'll you take fo' dat mule,
brother?" Inquired the first
"Ah'U -sell dat mule so cheap dat you'll
Feel lahk a boss thief!"
MASONIC TEMPLE
TO COST $30,000
Work Started on Building at
Slayton, Minn.—To Be
Fine Affair.
Slayton. Minn., June 10 (Special).—
Work has started on the proposed
new Masonic temple here. It Is to be
the finest building of the kind in
southwest Minnesota and will cost in
tho ne'ghborhood of $30,000.
RANCHMEN WON’T
PAYfljRCATTLE
Polk County, Nebraska Man
Demands $26,000 From
State, Charging Care
lessness of Employes.
Lincoln, Neb,, June 8 (Special).—
The supreme court heard arguments
today in the case brought by Benda
brothers, ranchmen of Polk county,
against the state for $26,0*0, the
value of lierefordR that died of thirst
in a pasture because, as they allege,
two employes of the state department
of roads mistakenly turned off the
water supply. The legislature allowed
the claimants to sue to establish the
responsibility o' the state, if possible,
after refusing to pay *he sum they
asked for.
The hearing was marked by the
unusual character of the appeal of
plaintiff's attorney, who said that
they appealed to the higher law, and
asked the court to decide the case
according to right and Justice and not
according to law. He cited the ser
mon on the mount, Paul's epistle to
the Corinthians and the golden rule
to prove his claim that the state is
morally liable.
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RAILROAD ATTORNEYS
USE UNIQUE ARGUMENT
Lincoln, Neb., June 8 (Special).—
When the farmers u'ere demanding
lower freight rates, their favorite ar
gument was to translate the rates In
to bushels of wheat and corn and
hundredweights of hogs. Attorneys
for the Northwestern, In a brief just
filed in supreme court, adopt the
same system of mathematics to prove
that a judgment of $36,000 obtained
in Washington county by Mrs. Jen
nie Kepler, a farmer's wife, for per
sonal injuries, is excessive.
They say that to pay this judg
ment would take 70,000 bushels of
wheat at 60 cents, or an acreage of
more than 12 sections of land, or 140,
000 bushels of corn at 26c or a train
load of hogs at 10 cents. They «ald if
the equivalent was to be changed it
would take more than a mile of their
road .and that if the Intention was to
confiscate the property by excessive
damage judgments it would be bet
ter to do it all at once instead of
piecemeal. Mrs. Kepler was crippled
for life when a train ran into the
automobile in which she was driving.
The railroad claims that her relative,
who was driving the car, tried to
beat the passenger train to a cross
ing. and lost.
COLUMBUS JUDGE TO
HEAR OUSTER CASE
Lincoln, Neb., June 8—On the ap
plication of Sheriff Rutledge of
Thurston county, who is to be tried
in court Wednesday morning on
ouster proceedings instituted by the
attorney general, the supreme court
appointed Judge A. M. Post of Colum
bus to hear the cash. Rutledge asked
for some judge outside his home dis
trict and the state made no objection.
WINSIDE POLITICIAN
CHANGES AFFILIATION
Lincoln, Neb., June 8 (Special).—
Otto Ulrich of Wlnslde has turned his
allegiance from the republican to the
progressive party. He has filed as
a candidate for the senate on the pro
gressive ticket. Two years ago he
was elected state senator on the re
publican ticket. Progressives then
had no party organisation. The last
legislature redlstrlcted the state and
one of the changes made was the
substitution of Madison county for
Cummings county In the S3rd senator
ial district. The other counties in the
district are Pierce and Wayne.
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NEBRASKA IS GIVEN
NEW BUNCH OF LAWYERS
Lincoln, Neb., June 6—The Nebras
ka supreme court has added 56 new
names of the roll of attorneys admit
ted to the bar in the state. The in
crease is due to the graduation of
students from the University of Ne
braska college of law and the college
of law of Creighton university at
Omaha. The court admitted 38 grad
,,u«ua chc nniversitv of Nebraska
and 17 of Creighton.
FORMER SECRETARY OF
INTERIOR IS DEAD
Seattle, Wash., June 7.—Judge
Richard A, Ballinger, who was secre
tary of the interior during President
Taft's administration, died at his
home here last night. He had been
ill two days.
MORE CASH ADVANCES
FOR MIDDLE WEST
Washington, June 8.—Approval of
19 advances for agricultural and live
stock purposes aggregating $751,000,
is annupneed by the War Finance
Corporation. Distribution of the leans
included: Iowa, $50,000; Nebraska,
$22,000.
Mrs. Seymour Know, of Buffalo, was
traveling through Austria to Oberam
mergau when officials at Kuffstein, a
small neck of Austrian territory between
Italy and Germany, demanded a deposit
of JO.000.000 crowns before they would
allow her car to pass. She hired an
other car. visited all the banks at Inns
bruck, and returned with a load of pa
per money which she deposited to get
back her car.
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OMAHA POLICEMAN
SHOT BY Pr.OWLER
Omaha, Neh., June 7—Patrolman
Charles Geisleman was shot through
the chin and neck and bruised on the
shoulder with a blunt weapon, when
he accosted a prowler in an alley in
Benson, a suburb, early Tues
day. The prowler was declared by
witnesses to answer the description of
Fred Brown, fugitive two-gun bandit
who chained two girls in a shack
over a week ago. Officers rushed to
the scene after the shooting but failed
to find the fugitive.
PRESIDENT
PUSHES SHIP
SUBSIDY BILL
If Congress Adjourns Without
Action on Measure, He Will
Call Extra Session at Once,
He Tells Mondell.
BY WINDER R. HARRIS,
Universal Service Correspondent.
Washington, June 13,—President
Harding once more Monday repeated
to House Republican Leader Mondell
that the ship subsidy bill must be
passed at the present session of con
gress.
Representative Mondell. who lia6
been vigorously opposed to action un
til after the November elections,
urged this course upon Mr. Halting,
but he would not hear to it.
The president made it plain that if
the present session should be ad
journed without action on the subsidy
bill, he will call an extra session im
mediately.
No Mistaking Position.
There is no mistaking the presi
dent's position at the capital as the
result of Monday's conference. He is
more in earnest and more insistent
about the passage of this measure
than probably any matter that has
come up during his administration.
It was understood that he also told
Mr. Mondell that he expected a spe
cial rule to he granted for consider
atlon of the subsidy bill as soon as it
is reported out by the merchant ma
rine committee.
Header ^londell is understood to
have told Tne president that even
though the measure is passed by the
House, it cannot get by the Senate
at the present session.
Harding Not Pleased.
The chief executive, it is said, was
not very much pleased with this fore
cast. His assurance from Senate
leaders, he Is understood to have re
plied to the House leader, are that the
bill can and will be passed at this
session.
The steering committee took no ac
tion on Mr. Mondell’s report further
than to discuss, the situation, it was
stated. I also was learned, however,
that another conference will be
sought with the president at which
both Senate and House leaders will
be present before definite arrange
ments are completed for considera
tion of the legislation in the House.
This conference is expected to take
place Tuesday or Wednesday. Be
sides Mr. Mondell, Speaker Glllett,
Chairman Greene of the merchant
marine committee, and Representa
tive Scott of Michigan, a member of
the merchant marine committee, will
represent the House.
Work on Re-Draft.
Members of the merchant marine
subcommittee, headed by Rep. George
W. Edmonds, of Pennsylvania,
worked until late Monday night to
finish the re-draft of thb bill so that
it may be submitted to the majority
members of the full committee Tues
day. With the majority approval, the
new draft will be re-introduced in
the House in the afternoon.
On Wednesday or Thursday the
whole merchant marine committee
will consider the measure. The dem
ocrats plan to offer amendments, but
only those which appear to have ac
tual merit will he given considera
tion. No time will he wasted.
The bill, according to the present
schedule, will he reported to the
House by the end of the week. Chair
man Greene then will ask for a spe
cial rule, if necessary, making it I»i
order early next week.
Middle West Ba^ks Chief.
Administration supporters who
have been making a check on tile
members of the House stated Monday
that they s'till were confident of a
majority for the bill, although the
0-ampnign against it by certain of the
republican loaders has stirred up con
siderable talk.
All of the members of the Ohio
delegation, with the possible excep
tion of one, will vote for the hill, it
was stated Monday by one of the
Ohioans. This development, along
with the poll of the Illinois delega
tion. which showed that at least 18 I
of the 23 republicans will support the I
iii-vusu. rtvupiHi ns buuw in*,
that tt ? middle west is lining up
strong behind the president.
madalynneTtrial
GETS IN FULL SWING
Los Angeles. June 13 The second
trial of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain
for the alleged slaying of J. Belton
Kennedy, a wealthy young broker
who, according to the prosecution's
claims, was lined to his death in Bev
erly Glen August 5, 1021, got in full
swing Monday. j
Late in the* afternoon the state had
placed six witnesses on the stand.
Their testimony on the whole was
practically the same as in the first
trial.
The defendant in her first trial
testified Kennedy was shot by two
rough men standing back of him. The
state 1ms contended that Arthur C.
Burch, co-defendant in the murder
charge, fired the fatal shots while di
rectly opposite Kennedy.
Despite a gruelling cross-examin -
ation. Dr. Wagner held to his original
story that the main course of the
wound had been horizontal.
great" fireTweeps
PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY
Passaic, N. .1.. June 13 (It. P.)—
Fire in the east side district here late
Monday had caused an estimated loss
of more than $500,000 and at 5:15 was
not yet under control.
The Holy Rosary Polish church ami
school, built at a cost of $400,000, was
destroyed. Five stores and 10 dwell
ings were burned as the flames spread
to other buildings.
Fire apparatus from neighboring
towns were asked for and were being
rushed here for assistance in fight
j Ing the flames.
BIG FERRIS
WHEEL FALLS
KILLING FIVE
Nearly All Other 75 Passen
gers Hurt as Storm Hits
Park and Same Gale Up-f
sets Boats and Many Drown.
BY CHARLES MILLER,
Universal Service Correspondent.
New York, June 12.—Fifty or more,'
dead and 100 hurt, many of them pos
sibly mortally, was the day's toll
in Greater New York in which two
disasterous occurrences almost with-1
ing walking distance of each other,
one killing 35 and the other five, hap-'
pened simultaneously. i
In the terrific storm which struck”
New York just before 6 o'clock the big1
ferrls wheel at Clason Point Amuse
ment Park, known as the "Coney Isl-'
and of the Bronx,” tipped over, killing
five women and injuring more or less,
nearly all of the other 75 passenger*
of the huge baskets.
The same terrible gale which over-'
turned the big wheel covered the
waters of Pelham Bay, a couple of
miles away, with a topsy-turvy mass
of empty small boats, while their oc
cupants of a few moments before
were drowned or dragged unconscious
from the water by hundreds of vol
unteer rescuers within a few minute*
after the storm had passed.
Eight Bodies Are Recovered.
At midnight police figures showed
nuu vigor oouies nan Deen recovered
from Pelham bay and that thirty were*
known to have been drowned.
City Island and Clason Point, two
of the principal amusement cent era
of the Bronx, were scenes of pande
monium where but an hour beforo
15,000 people were disporting them
aelvea in and along the cool shores
of Long Island Sound.
Tfceoo iwj astounding accidents
within the limits of Greater New
York, were matched by another freak
disaster within a few miles of the
north city limits, when, near Mama
roneck, a giant tree uprooted by the
great wind, crashed through the
roof of the Red Lion Inn, crushing*
the life out of two persons in the din-'
ing room and hurting several other*.
Five Other Deaths.
Five other deaths, three of them
from drowning, and a long list of
prostrations, when the mercury struck
90, featured a metropolitan Sunday of
freak weather, which included scorch
ing sunshine, gales of wind, crashes of
thunder and lightning, and the most
terrific rain and hail storm of many
years.
Shortly before 6 o'clock when the
cool breezes from Long Island Sound
blew cool over the thousands In the
"Coney Island of the Bronx,” the big
Clason Point ferrls wheel was revol
ving smoothly with every basket ful!
to capacity
Five minutes later it was a mass of
twisted steel entagling its victims as -d
it crashed from its dizzy height in
the hundred mile gale that came up in
less time than it took for one revolu
tion of the great wheel.
Horified Spectators Rescue.
The great Sunday crowd of specta
tors, horrified, began the immediate
work of rescue while dozens of ambu
lances, police wagons and fire appar
atus were being rushed to the park
from various Bronx hospitals and sta
tions.
Thousand of people had been pour
ing in from all directions all day and
were still being amused at the Clason
Point resorts when the ominous dark
ening of the sky was first noticed.
No one expectedi the fury of the
storm to be anything like what fol
lowed the first boom of thunder and
the earliest swish of rain.
The clouds, sheltering the throngs
from the hot sun, at first were wel
comed for the relief they brought to
the sweltering crowds. Then, with
out a moment's notice, the wind and
hail broke, driving everybody who
got away to cover.
Four or Five in Each Basket.
AU11USL Willi r
of the wind the great wheel was
seen to totter and then fall. Four
or five persons were in each of the
big baskets as the big wheel crash
ed over on Its side.
Early estimates of the dead put the
figure at anywhere from four to 1?
with the Injured at from to three
times that number.
Two hours after the accident po
lice reports put the number at two
dead and 16 injured.
Police figures for the day estimat
ed the exodus from the heatstricken
city at more than a million.
Ferry boast to Staten Island, car
ried more than 200,000 while Coney
Island transportation routes carried
more than twice that number. All
day long every available conveyance
was packed by those who sought re- ,
lief along the water or in the country'
or parks. I
The weather man mopped his brow
after the storm Sunday night and \
promised at least two more days of,
red hot weather for Father Knleker- ,
bocker.
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KANSAS BANK ROBBED. t
Kansas City, Kan., June 12 (U. P.) ,
— Four bandits Saturday held up the
cashier at the Welborne State bank,1
three miles west of here, and es- i
coped with 64,185. (
Without Fosr of Contradiction. /
From the Great Bend Tribune. ,
From the Great Ben Tribune.
The editor's wife drove up in front of
the office late Saturday afternoon and
honked the horn. As the editor put on
his hat and coat, he remarked: "Well, If
I won’t say I won't plant grass this eve
ning. but I wilt say that up to now I
didn't intend to.”
NEWSPAPER PLANT BURN8.
Woonsocket, R. I., June 12 <U. p )_
Fire destroyed three blocks of busi
ness buildings here Saturday. The
plant of the Woonsocket Call was
wiped out. Damage was estimated
at 6200,001'.
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