Nebraska Newspapers

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D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER.
~~ w7c. TEMPLETON,
Editor and Business Manager.
CVNEILLT ~ NEBRASK^
All pigs In Rockville Center, L. I.,
are ordered executed In an ordlnanoe
passed oy the town board. The order
waa made on application of the health
officer, who received many complaints.
Tony Capo was accompanying h.ls sis
ter and her fiance to the marriage
license bureau In Brooklyn. A diamond
ring valued at *800 slipped from Tony’s
finger, and rolled Into a sewer opening.
A crowd collected and an attempt waa
made to recover the ring. The wedding
was forgotten.
Notwithstanding tlio growth of the
automobile, the carriage trade Is not
dead and there will always be a place
for the horse and buggy as long as
there are farms In America, says the
secretary of the Carriage Builders Na
tional Association, announcing the 60th
anniversary jubilee to be held In New
York In October.
Cafe Royal, In London, known for 40
years to thousands of Americans who
enjoyed sipping continental drinks. Is
to lose Its Identity. The. ground floor,
which really gave the place Its atmos
phere, Is to be made Into n modem res
taurant to the disgust of artists and
writers who frequent the place almost
nightly and who will seek other Bo
hemian atmosphere.
Princess *Nadlff Wisznlewskl, whose
name was connected with the death
some time ago of Yves Lefevre Bellefen
lllc, a young Canadian, has been ordered
expelled from Spain. The verdict of the
doctors who investigated the mysterious
death of Bellenfenllle has not been made
public.
Norwegian sardines, now unfamiliar
to many housewives of this country, will
shortly be offered the hundreds of thou
sands of customers of a large chain of
grocery stores, following the recent sign
ing of a contract between the American
concern and Norwegian canneries for
12,800 cases of sardines.
The court house In Putnam county,
New York, built 108 years ago, has Just
been equipped with a gold lettered sign.
Tradition has It that a youth sat on a
coffin In the court house In 1814 and
hears] a preacher pray for him. Then
h* was taken to the court yard and
hanged for first degree murder.
A mine Inspector at Hazleton, Pa„ Is
erecting his new home over an aban
doned mine opening. He says he does
not fear any settling of the ground In
years to come, as the underground
workings have been supported to pre
vent any cave-in.
All the state governments In Australia
have agreed to adopt the federal uni
form export trade-mark scheme which
provides that all goods for export will
bear an Australian mark of a distinctive
design. Each manufacturer may use
tils own trade-mark In addition to that
of the Btate.
Love for each other and their child
ren has survived the test of three years’
separation and suit for divorce, and has
brought about a reconciliation of Edgar
Lee Masters, poet, find Helen Jenkins
Eflasters, according to their friends. The
poet and author of ’’Spoon River Anthol
ogy” Is a practicing attorney In Chicago.
Egypt Is making a bid far new Indus
tries and will offer valuable concessions
to Europe or American Industrialists.
With the exception of the clgaret fac
tories Egypt possesses not a single man
ufactory worthy of the name, yet has
abundance of raw materials within her
borders and In adjacent countries.
A mnrlter recently placed In Decature
to Indicate the location of the- old Lin
coln cabin, revived the mystery as to its
fate* Among vague stories Is that the
cabin was bought by an English syndi
cate to show in England, and the ship
on which It was transported was lost at
aea.
To induce the Japanese to economize,
a movement lias been started in Japan
by chambers of commerce to observe
two self-denial days a month. On those
days people are to refrain from making
any purchases.
New grounds of the New South
Wales lawn Tennis Association, com
prising 90 courts at Rushcutter's Bay.
less than 10 minutes from the heart of
Sydney, will be among the largest In
the world when oompleted.
Lifeboats arranged on deck on rails
so that they can be run to that part of
the ship from which launching is pos
sible are features of the new steamship
Mecklenburg, claimed to be the last
word in safety ships.
Foies are complaining that soviet
Russia is slow In making restitution in
kind. Up to the end of 1915 the Rus
sians had takefi away 20,000 church
bells. They were ordered to return
them. Only 65 have come back.
Revival In Sugday school Interest in
1921 brought enrollment to a high record
tn church history, according to a report
at the Methodist Episcopal church meet
ing In Chicago. The enrollment in Meth
odist Sunday schools is 4,760,000 an ex
cess of 68,416 over any former year.
W. C. Howell. 81. and Mrs. L. A. How
ell, 73. were married at Paris, Tex. They
wero divorced 28 years ago and had not
seen each other until reoently. Howell
opened correspondence which resulted in
the wedding. Mrs. Howell has been liv
ing with her children.
Organization of a motion picture com
pany to produce and release pictures to
Protestant churches is announced by
the Christian Herald. The organization
will make “clean pictures for clean peo
ple," the announcement said.
Modern airships of the German type
could make the trip from London to the
North Pole, a distance of 4,600 miles,
in a week, says Major Richard Carr,
aerial expert of the Shackleton Antartlc
expedition.
A huge Illuminated map, showing the
progress of all state hard roads under
construction tn Illinois Is under prep
aration by the state highway division
for exhibit at county fairs throughout
the state.
A tramp charged at Knighton, Eng
land. with making a fraudulent applica
tion for a lodging house ticket was
found to have in his pockets 232 pennies,
69 halfpennies, 2 shillings, 2 sixpences,
and 4 threepenny pieces.
A special policeman at Beardstown.
111., who refused to aid a deputy United
States marshal disperse strike sympa
thisers, hae been sentenced to four
months’ in Jail.
It cost ( cents a meat to feed each
prisoner tn Sing Sing last month. The
convicts got meat once a day and pud
ding or pastry occasionally.
A seven-foot coal vein has been found
on the campus of Rose Polytechnic In
stitute at Terre Haute, Ind. College
students will work the mine.
Thomas Pitman, 77. on his way home
to England from Melbourne, after an
absence of 40 years, died on board a
steamer. He was burtea at sea.
Australia has sent its first shipment
of naval oranges to Manitoba as an ex
periment, intending to develop a new
phase of trade if the public greets the
plan well.
Tie Belgian government has fixed No
vember 11 as the national holiday in
place of August 4. because November II
was the day of liberation from the war
wmiMRU the enemy.
FARMERS TO FEED
CJTTLUi HOGS
Shipments Into Northeast Ne
braska Indicate Surplus
Crops Are to Be
Consumed.
Randolph. Neb.. Sept. 25 (Special)
—Farmers In the vicinity of Randolph
have gone in strong for live stock
farming the past summer and in in
creasing amount this winter. Over
100 cars of cattle have been shipped
in and almost every farmer is feed
ing cattle with more arriving every
day. Already feed is getting scarce
and it is feared that there will be
shortage in this locality, due to the
fact that pastures are very short
from the extreme hot weather in
August and the first weeks of Sep
tember.
Many farmers are also feeding hogs
and are raising many fine herds.
Frank Derieg near Randolph has a
herd of Chester White hogs which
took prizes at the Sioux City Fair.
While there are only a few sheep
in this part of the coutry Randolph
boasts one of the best herds in the
state, that, of C. H. Morris of near
Carrol who carried away the lien’s
Bhare of the honors at the State fair
on Southdown sheep.
SERIES OF SERIOUS
ACCIDENTS AT RANDOLPH
Randolph, Neb., Sept. 25 (Special)
—Accidents have been many In Ran
dolph the past week although of a
minor nature. Ralph Andrew's had his
yrlst broken while playing football,
with the Randalph high school. Er
nest Witte, 7, suffered severe bruises
when a car struck him and ran over
his body the wheels passing on either
side of him. He had been chasing a
dog In the road and ran directly in
front of the approaching car. Willie
Evans aged 8 was also bruised in a
very similar accident.
F. C. Plaghuas t ged 61, a farmer
near here suffered . broken leg and
severe body bruises as a result of be
ing knocked down by a car. In com
pany with neighbors he was driving
cattle and had Just turned the herd
Into his farm when several of the
cattle turned back Into the road. In
his endeavor to head them off he
ran in front of the car which his
neighbor was driving the cattle with
and the above accident was the re
sult.
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GOES TO PENITENTIARY
FOR ENTICING GIRL
Pender, Neb., Sept. 25 (Special).—
Glenn Foltz held by Judge F. D.
Fales to the district court on the
charge of child stealing, was brought
before Judge Guy T. Graves here.
Foltz entered a plea of guilty and
was sentenced to one year in the
state penitentiary. He was taken to
Lincoln by Sheriff A. H. Maskell.
Foltz was charged with enticing a
young Ponca girl to Neligh, where
they both secured work.
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tee Men at Wymore and Blue
Springs, Neb., Go Into
Court to Secure
the Order.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 23 (Special).—
Claiming that the Burlington has a
cinch on Ice shipments from Wy
more and that the Union Pacific has
a cinch on such shipments out of
Blue Springs, and that because of
this cinch neither railroad cares for
the rights of shippers, Judge L. M.
Pemberton, attorney for the Wymore
and Blue Springs Industries, has ap
pealed to the Nebraska supreme court
from the order of the railway com
mission denying their request for a
connecting track between the two
systems. Judge Pemberton, at the
hearing, told the supreme court that
the shippers send out 1,000 cars of
freight a year and that they pay
enough freight In 12 months to pay
for the connecting track. He con
tends that the track was not built
because the railroads are not looking
for competition and are making
money out of the long haul on Ice
and stone. The attorneys for the
railroads allege that the freight busi
ness does not Justify the expense of
building a connecting track for the
transfer of freight from one road to
the other and that the matter might
be better adjusted by a change of
rates.
LEGISLATORS MUST PAY
FOR BOOK OF STATUTES
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 23 (Special).—
Representative C. F. B. Nlewedde,
formerly of Lindsey but now of
Columbus, has found out, as well as
Representative Hoffmeister, of Im
perial, that he must pay 510 to get
a copy of the newly printed statutes
of Nebraska.
In asking for a copy the represen
tative from Columbus said: "If I
understand it right, each one of the
members of the legislature was to
be furnished with a copy of the new
statutes," he says. "Up to date I
have not received mine. Please let
me know why."
MINE DISASTER FATAL
T° FIVE TO BE PROBED
Mullens, W. Va., Sept. 35 (U. P.)—
Authorities ordered an Investigation
today- of the elevator shaft disaster
in the new coal mine of the Raleigh
Wyoming Company, at Glen Rogers,
near here. In which five miners were
crushed to death yesterday under a
ton of falling coal.
The elevator, loaded with coal,
broke as It neared the mouth of the
shaft and dumped Its contents on
the five miners working 700 feet be
, low.
POSTPONE TRIAL -
Nebraska City Man Said to Be
Too 111 to Be Tried on
Charge of Man
slaughter.
Nebraska City, Neb., Sept. 23 (Spe
cial).—Dr. M. A. Carriker will not be
tried at this term of district court,
for alleged manslaughter In connec
tion with the death of Mrs. D. E.
Dewey. It Is charged that the woman
died of a criminal operation.
Carrlker’s health Is poor and four
physicians have given affidavits that
he is physically unable to appear In
court at this time.
D. E. Dewey, the husband, will not
bo tried at this term of court, either,
since the cases are closely allied.
Both have been Indefinitely post
poned.
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ELECTRICIAN KILLED
AT WI8NER FRIDAY
Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 23.—-Ed Mc
Clain, an assistant to City Electrician
Henry Ulmers, of Wiener, Neb., was
Instantly killed Friday morning at
Wlsner when he fell across two live
wires carrying 23.000 volts of electri
city each. Death was instantaneous.
McClain, who went to Wisner re
cently from Scribner, has a brother
and sister living in that town. His
mother and a brother live at Fre
mont.
FOR WEEK OF FUN
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Even Public Schools at Mitchell
Will Close to Give Free
Rein to Corn Pal
ace Festivities.
Mitchell, S. D., Sept. 22 (Special).—
City schools will be closed In Mitchell
all next wpek because of the annual
corn palace celebration. The custom
of closing the schools for the annual
festival was started several years
ago and has been followed ever since.
One or two years attempts were made
to operate the schools, but the at
tendance was so poor that the teach
ers were seriously handicapped in"
their work the following week.
Preliminary preparations for the
festival are practically completed.
Sunday the shows are due to arrive
and Monday evening the palace will
be formally opened with the first
show. With weather conditions as
they have been for the month thus
far, it is expected thnt the corn pal
ace attendance records .. will be
smashed this year, Inasmuch as the
attractions booked are far superior
to anything that has ever been of
fered in the past.
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OUTLINES NATIONAL PLANS
OF Y. W. C. A. ORGANIZATION
Mitchell, S. D„ Sept. 22 (Special).—
Outlines for the organization and
program of the national Y. W. C. A.
were given to the local organization
Thursday by Miss Gertrude L. Coon,
national town secretary for the cen
tral region of the United States. Miss
Coon is spending several^ days advis
ing with the board of the Mitchell as
sociation.
SEEK BETTER RATES
ON GRAIN SHIPMENTS
Sioux Falls, S. D„ Sept. 22.—The
ease involving freight rates on grain,
termed by the state railroad com
mission one of the most lmportart
cases ever prosecuted on behalf of
tho producers and shippers of South
Dakota, will be" heard here beginning
Monday, October 2, before P. F. Gault,
special examiner of the Interstate
Commerce commission from Wash
ington, D. C.
Tho complaint, which was filed and
Is being prosecuted under the direc
tion of the board of railroad com
missioners of South Dakota, repre
sents an effort on the part of tho
board to obtain further substantial
reductions and a hotter relative ad
justment In the rate on grain of all
kinds from all points In the state to
all of the terminal markets, includ
ing Minneapolis, Duluth, Milwaukee,
Chicago, Sioux City, Omaha, St. Louis
and Kansas City.
The production of grain Is. accord
ing to the board's petition, the lead
ing Industry In the state, and the
larger portion of grain is shipped to
these larger markets. The price at
the country elevator is ordinarily
based upon the Minneapolis market,
the country elevator paying to the
farmer the Minneapolis price less
freight—the farmers being compelW
to assume the total freight-charges
Reductions already have been oh
tained in the grain rates from SoutJ
Dakota nnd other states, effective
January 1,‘ 1922. The reduction on
Wheat averages approximately 14 per
cent, of the rates previously in effect
nnd the reduction on coarse grains
approximates *0 per cent. The hoard
contends, however, that the rates
from South Dakota are still relatively
too high, compared with rates from
adjacent Minnesota points, and also
for equal hauls from points in North
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa,
Montana. Canada and other districts!
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SON OF BLACKSMITH
IS COLLEGE PRESIDENT
North Platte, Neb., Sept. 23 (Spe
cial).—The son of a North Platte
blacksmith became a college presi
dent when Dr. Edward Elliott, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elliott, of North
Platte, assumed his duties as head
of Perdue university, Layfayette,
[nd. Dr. Elliott was graduated from
the university of Nebraska In 1893
and from Columbia in 1908. He
studied abroad in Jenn university.
He has been connected with the uni
versities of Wisconsin and Montana.
Dr. Elliott Is 48 years old.
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Nebraska Supreme Court Lets
Original Order, Setting
Aside Sale, Stand
as Made.
Lincoln, Neb. .Sept. 21.—The state
supreme court has denied the appli
cation of the plaintiffs In the case of
Henry Furrer and others against the
Nebraska Building and Investment
company and the Nebraska Hotel
company for a rehearing, involving
the receivership of the Lincoln hotel
and other hotel properties in the
state, and the sale of the hotels to
C. E. Eppley, of Sioux City, for $1,
000,000.
CHARLES BRYAN WOULD
REPEAL CODE LAW
North Loup, Neb., Sept. 21.—Before
a crowd of several hundred Wednes
day, at the corn festival here Charles
W. Bryan, democratic candidate for
governor, discussed the issues of the
state campaign. Mr. Bryan said he
was in faVor of abolishing the code
law. He said the operation of the
law was bringing an Increased ex
pense to the voters and In support
of Uis statement, presentedi compar
ative figures. Discussing the in
crease in state taxes, he asserted that
the number of state house employes
had, nearly doubled in the past few
years and this, he said, brought a»t
unnecessary burden upon the people.
He also touched upon national af
fairs, and expressed himself in favor
of the vetoed soldiers’ bonus bill.
GREAT CROWDS SEE
ELECTRIC PARADE
Omaha, Nob., Sept. 21.—The elec
tric parade, Omaha’s annual fete, was
held Wednesday night through the
principal business streets with an
estimated attendance of 160,000.
The parade depicted "human traits
and popular proverbs” and consisted
of 16 floats that are estimated to cost
$60,000 and to require a year's work
of 10 men. The parade Is held in
connection with the Ak-Sar-Ben fall
festival.
LEANING FROM CAB
ENGINEER IS KILLED
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 21—When he
leaned too far out of the cab window
Wednesday, George Castle, an en
gineer on the Northwestern railway,
was instantly killed. His head was
crushed against a bridge support.
The accident occurred near Monoit,
Neb. _
♦ YOUNG AT 100. ♦
’ . .... A A A A A A A A A A A
Here Is August Rhode, of Bloom
ington, 111., who has had 100 birth
days and who believes he is the old
est workingman in the world. Rhode
started working when he was a boy
of 10. his father’s death making it
necessary that he help provide for
tire family. He has been working
for 90 years, most of the time as a
gardener. He was born In West
Prussia on August 10, 1822, and since
his,emigration to America has al
ways lived In Illinois. He is now
chief gardener at the St. Joseph’s
Old People's Home and 9t. Vincent's
Orphanage and says he would die
without work. *■
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
IS OCTOBER 2 TO 9
Pierre, S. D.;' Sept. 21 (Special.)—
Thirty-five citizens of South Dakota
burned to death during the calendar
year 1921 and Are caused a property
loss of 21,750,000 during the same
period. As a result every effort will
he made to make fire prevention
week this year a real one and one
that will actually result in the les
sening of the fire hazards throughout
the state.
Governor W. H. McMaster has Is
sued a proclamation setting aside
the week of October 2 to 9 as Are
prevention week urging every per
son in the state to take an active
part in the work. It is also hoped
to induce the mayor of every town
and city In the state to put out a
proclamation and organize real work
to prevent Ares. *
WIFE SAYS HUBBY BEAT
Veblen. S. D., Sept. 21.—Mrs. Gust
Westlander, wife of a farmer, ob
jects to her husband being a "cave
man" lover, and following his at
tacking her with a wrench had him
arrested. The husband beat her se
verely about the head with the
wrench before she could escape. She
was compelled to carry her 7-day-old
baby and a 2-year-old child to a
neighbor's house for refuge.
As the result of his hearing in
court, Westlander was placed under
bonds to keep the peace. He was un
able to furnish the bond and is held
in the county jail.
U. S. TO SELL FIVE
HISTORIC VESSELS
Bids Invited for the Sherman,
Sheridan, Logan, Buford
and Crok.
Washington, Sept. 25.—Five his
toric vessels of the United States
transport service the Sherman,
Sheridan, Logan, Buford and Crook,
are to be sold by the government.
Sealed bids to be opened October 2
in the office of the quartermaster
general at Washington and by the
general superintendent of the army
transport service at New York and
San Francisco and by the command
ing officer of the quartermaster de
pot at Seattle have been invited.
For more than a quarter of a cen
tury these vessels have ploughed the
waters of the seven seas, carrying the
fighting men of Uncle Sam to the far
corners of the earth from the time of
the Spanish American war down to
the world war. They have carried
relief to stricken communities, and
through them the war department
has maintained military contact with
Alaska, Porto Rico, the Philippines,
Cuba, Hawaii, Guam and the expedi
tionary forces in China and Europe.
The entire fleet is equipped with
wireless and mechanical davits and is
able to proceed under it’s own steam,
the vessels are described by the ser
vice as being “up to date.’’
ARMY IS PROBING
Cause of Plunge of Giant
Bomber in Which Six Lost
Lives May Never Be
Known.
Mineola, L. I., Sept. 24.—Army of
ficers who Sunday were investigating
the crash of the giant Martin bomber,
which came hurtling from the air
through a purple land mist as the
climax of the war games Saturday
night, carrying six men to death, de
clared that the exact cause of the
tragedy probably never will be
■ learned.
"The plane was engaged in maneu
vers with searchlights from Fort Tot
ten,” said Major Weaver, in command
at Mitchell field. “While in the air
the plane approached the ground at
a rather steep angle and crashed. At
the time the plane was beyond the
searchlights, and no searchlights were
playing on it.
"It inal^s it rather difficult to tell
what the cause of the accident was,
and it probably will remain one of
those accidents the cause of which
never will be known.”
Other observers - believe that the
pilot, not realizing that the mist had
come up between him and the ground,
failing to appreciate that he had lost
considerable height in his evolutions,
did not take the necessary precau
tions when the big plane nosed down
ward after comjng out of a figure
eight. The pilot was instantly killed,
and "probably never realized his
danger. A list of those who lost their
lives in the crash as given out at
Mitchell Field follows:
First Lieut. Raymond E. Davis,
United States regular army, pilot.
First Sgt. Thoms Eenfield, veteran
of Beuueau Wood, No. 1280 West Sev
enty-second street, Chicago.
Corp. David H. Stivins, No. 210
West Thirty-fourth street. New York.
Pvts. Edward H. Kane, Henry J.
Nichols, Carhill, Texas; Irving M.
Whitney, Ashburn Hall, Mass.
All of the killed, with the exception
of Lieutenant Davis, were members
of the Sixth Air corps, stationed at
Mitchell field.
lieutenant Davis was 28 years old,
and was born in Illinois. He was con
sidered one of the ablest pilots of
Martin bombers in the service, and
was sent by the chief of air service
to Mitchell Field from Langley Field,
Va., two days ago for the purpose of
piloting a Martin back to Langley
Field after the war games. The five
men who were killed with the pilot
were passengers.
Twenty-five thousand persons saw
the big plane dive earthward at a
speed of 120 miles an hour. The gi
gantic machine crashed about a mile
and a half from the flying headquar
ters and less than 200 yards south of
the Hempstead turnpike. As the
plane buried itself in the earth there
was a burst of flame that assured of
ficers at headquarters of a disaster.
When the motor ambulances,
which were on the field with motors
running, reached the scene of the dis
aster three of the victims were still
breathing.
Flying men who were only a" short
distance away when the plane hit de
clare that the accident was not
caused by any fault of engine or con
struction. They say that the engine
was wide open when the plane struck.
GA8 PRODUCTION SOARS.
Washington, Sept. 23 (A. P.)—All
previous records for monthly produc
tion of gasoline in the United States,
were broken in July, when 569,711,416
gallons were produced, according to
figures compiled by the bureau of
mines. Domestic consumption of
gasoline for July was also the larg
est ever recorded In a single month,
amounting to 666,000,000 gallons.
. ‘•NAVY DAY” OCTOBER 27.
Universal Service.
Washington, Sept. 24.—Governors
of nearly every state in the union
have endorsed "navy day,” which will
be formally observed October 27, un
der the auspices of the Navy League
of the United States. The day will
be a holiday In the navy, and Ameri
can ships in all ports of the world
will be decorated, and also the patri
otic societies are co-operating to make
the program a success. Radio broad
casting stations will carry navy day
programs dealing with the history and
development of the U. S. navy.
RAILROADS
RECLASSIFY
SHOP LABOR
“McAdoo Mechanics” Being
Reduced and “Real Ones”
Elevated by Numerous Big
, Roads.
, Universal Service.
Chicago, Sept. 25.—Startling re
classifications of shop labor are be
ing made by railroads that have not
recognized the Willard-Jewell strike
settlement agreement, it became,
known Sunday. Under reclassification
thousands of men are being relegated
to the ranks of common labor while
the higher trained workmen are be
ing given more substantial recogni
tion.
Under government control during
the war large numbers of workmen
were taken from the common labor
class and ranked as mechanics. Wil
liam G. McAdoo was in charge of the
roads for the government and the mere
who had been formerly regarded a®
laborers became known as "McAdoo,
mechanics.”
“What we are doing,” said the gen
eral superintendent of one big west
ern road Sunday,” is to get rid of
these ‘McAdoo mechanics.* We are
putting them where they belong and!
paying them what they are worth. We
are paying the real mechanics a wa^e
that is commensurate to their earning
power.”
The highest paid mechanics re
ceived 77 cents an hour under the la
board decision. Many of these now
are receiving 90 cents an hour.
At_ offices of the United States;
railroad labor board, it was said the
roads have a right to pay mechanic®
more than the amount designated by
the board if they so desire.
The labor board will begin hearing
application of the brotherhood of
Railroad Signalmen of America for
an Increase of wages Monday. The
Igbor board in a recent decision re
duced wages of the signalmen five
cents an hour. They voted to strike
but withheld a walkout after the
board advised them they could apply .
for a fresh hearing. It was indicated
Sunday that an increase in wages
would be awarded if it is shown that
the first decision was not equitable qr
if the cost of living has increased
since the decision was rendered.
BELIEVE SLAYER
S. D. COPJJAUGHT
Two Held in Connection Witlj
Murder of Sioux Falls
Police Captain and
Big Robberies.
Sioux Falls, S. D„ Sept. 25 (Spe
cial)—With the arrest Sunday night
of Frank Gotch, of Fargo, N. D., and
Jack Jones, of Bottle Lake, Minn., po
lice here believe they have in custody
the men who Saturday night killed
Police Capt. Ed Pike and robbed tha
Milwaukee station of $50,000 of
jewels, a hardware store at Ellis, S.
D„ of guns and ammunition and tha
Willow Lake, S. D„ bank of several
thousand dollars.
Although neither of the men hav®
confessed, police declare they have
evidence which will undoubtedly cop
vict the pair. Currency which was
taken from the bank vault at Willow
Lake was found in the pockets of
both Gotch and Jones when arrested.
Five other men, all from various
parts of Iowa and South Dakota, ar»
being held in the county jail in con
nection with the robbery and ther
killing of the police captain.
Get Underworld Tip.
Immediately following the report
received here that the bank at Willow
Lake had been robbed, a posse of
deputy sheriffs scoured the surround
ing country in search of the high
waymen. Finding no trace of the
men, but receiving a tip from an un
derworld character, a Warrant was
issued for Randall Knott, who is al
leged to- have taken a portion of the
currency and hid it near a farm house
a short distance east of here.
Knott was arrested and incarcer
ated. Soon after he had been placed in
Jail, police received numerous tele
phone calls regarding the charge
placed against Knott. Susplcioning
who the inquirer was, deputy sheriffs
conferred with police and Pike, witl»
a company of officers went to the
rooming house where Gotch stayed.
Police Captain Killed.
Driving a large touring car, Gotcl*
came home shortly after 9 o’clock
Saturday night. As the machine
carrying the alleged slayer approach
ed the shed the spotlight of the car
fell full on the police captain. With
out warning Gotch is alleged to have
opened fire and the policeman fell to
the ground.
Gotch, according to police, was
quickly overpowered and Jailed. A
roundup of Gotch’s pals started,
which resulted in the arrest of Jones
and five other men.
C-2 NEARS YUMA.
Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 2S (A. P.)—
Dirigible C-2. which left Nogales thl®
morning at 6:IB, passed over Tucson
shortly after 7 o'clock headed west
ward along the Southern Pacific
railroad tracks for Yuma, where it 1®
expected to arrive by 1 or 2 o'clock,
A stop of several hours was planned
in Yuma.
Dividing It.
From the Boston Transcript.
Newpop—We are naming the twins af
ter our rich aunt. Henrietta.
Friend—But I thought one was a boyT
Newpop—Yea; t.ie are calling him Henrf
and tile girl Etta.