Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER.
' W. C. TEMPLETOtf,
Editor and Buaineas Manager.
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kltrnen under the
A demonsfrdtiou pv-derlck.
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'nauonaj lood expert, ..as ’
st fueled on a motor chassis *® 4*■*£,* the
< ago III. Housewives will be taught t o
fine arts of rooking by means of the
miniature kitchen.
In phcstlv outline a Christ figure ris
ing in the niche kWe the tabernacle of
« Catholic cMirch in Wllkesbarre. Pa,
has brought thousands of visitors •The
apparition Is not discernible early in *1,n
morning hor after the sun rolu-hes a
certalR fcolnt In the afternoon.
^Recognition (>f psych-analysis hy the
*Y»dU'iil profession w,*« urged hy I-ord
Maw-on, incoming iyr»ddent of the Medl
p*l society in I,r>*don. When psycho
anal Vis Is lert In, the hands of unskilled
practitioners It Is likely to result lC
great harm to Wients, he said.
Charles II, perhaps the greatest na
tional hero V.T Sweden's history, will
again arise before his admirer^ of the
present generation, this time or- the sli
ver screen. A film, depleting outstanding
events of his military and political
oaireer In ’to be produced. The film Is
Inspired by patriotic motives.
No« that long skirts hnve been de
creed and accepted; Paris Is at odds at
to the width. A fashionable audience
at the Theater Kemina heard heated ar
immerit over the question, one speaker
belTir .Jean Hast la. i-opular poet. Journ
alist and lecturer.
Mrs. Uoyd-George has Joined ttie un
happy throng of seekers after hahlta
»tons in crowded lain don. She was look
ing for a h*u*e 111 the Westminster dis
trict. and state<l she wished to get It
quickly rb No. 10 Downing street Is to
b« vacated for the new prime minister,
A community thanksgiving prayer
meeting will be held Sunday at New
England, N. D., “to pay homage to the
Divine providence which heard their
prayers of May 28 and sent the greatest
wheat and grain crops In the history of
farming In that area.”
France has sent the brightest Jewel
In the crown of her art to captivate the
heart* of American people. She Is Mile.
Decile Sorel, star of the Ootnedle Fran
chise, who has special permission to
leave Paris, a thing almost unheard of
In the case of a member of the comedle.
Che will appenr Ip New York.
Ohlna likes American tobacco prod
ucts so well that In the last six months
the country has purchased four-fifths
of the lower priced output. There were
7,000.000,0t*o clgarets shipped to the
srlent.
More than 100.000 Damp Fire Girls In
the United States spent their vacations
in the woods the past summer, according
to the director. Nine years ago when
the organization started, only 100 went
•o camp.
King Alplionso has spent the past few
lays In Bordeaux vineyards on an ex
jluslve wine tasting expedition. He gave
royal approval to many vintages which
have been served In the royal households
*f Europe for centuries.
Eight soldiers attached to the French
limy on the Rhine were recently con
victed of being German spies. All con
fessed to having operated within the
Trench ranks since 1021.
Dominick l’ecaro almost choked on evl
lence he swallowed When arrested on a
? barge of booknmklng In Brooklyn.
"Btone Jug," the name of a race horse,
vas written on the piece of i«per.
The new Lackawanna Trail, between
(Scranton. Pa , and Binghamton, N, Y.,
Is said to he one of the finest asphalt
highways In the world and runs through
tome of the most beautiful scenery In
America
Independence, Mo., has a new type
of hobo. It Is an old white horse that
has been abandoned by Its owner. The
horse Invades yards In search of food,
And sleeps by the sides of roads.
Eton college. London, will open this
year with 1,139 pupils, the largest num
ber which has been allowed to attend at
Wie time. The college has a long wait
ing list.
Dr. Stephen Wise, New York rabbi,
)peaklng In Chicago, assailed tlie Pas
sion Play at Oherammergau as an
agency which Inflames religious and ra
Alai prejudices against the Jews.
Airplane service from Gernpin ports
to Important Interior cities Is to be es
tablished by spring. Hundreds of ma
chines with power Just within the limi
tation set by the Versailles treaty are to
Ac I'lllt.
King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, after
rescuing a Ashing party at the mouth
of the Arno In Tuscany, by throwing a
rope from his own craft, received a bas
ket of fish as his reward.
A 9-year-old boy, foivafl. dead under
w bed, is believed by Chicago police to
have been scared to death by visions of a
truant officer. A rap at the door sent
Ahe boy scurrying under the bed.
Returning from the Island of Java, a
<sew Yorker, seen In the lobby of the
Hotel Vanderbilt, brought with him a
monkey which he has trained to bring
Arim matches, a:.h trays and cigarets.
lame Wolf, an Indian chief, of Sand
borings. Okla., drove to the home of his
friend In a luxurious motor car, saw a
daughter. and became engaged before the
day was ove. At the end of three days,,
the chief, who is 1&, left with a bride
ef 17.
For the first time In three decades
^he center of foreign born white popula
tion in the United States moved westerly
Instead of easterly In the 10 years 1910
to 1920. This was due to the Increase In
foreign born white population In Calfor
nia, Texas and Arizona.
Portraits of Theodore Roosevelt will
be unveiled In armories throughout New
York state on thi anniversary of his
birthday Friday. The pictures, which
bear the legend, "Keep up the tb;ht for
Americanism." are the gift of the Ameri
can Defense Society.
A gang of hurgiars, headed bv a con
noisseur. stole a $1,900 Thompson cello
made In 17S0 by smashing a window of a
musical Instrument store In New York,
later they attempted lo steal a J1.00C
cello trow, made a century ago, from
another store, but failed.
II G. Wells, candidate for parliament
on the labor ticket, is conducting a pos
tage stamp campaign for office. It is not
due to a disinclination to speak, hut be
cause he is standing for a constituency
whose voters reside in all parts of Eng
land.
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Col. Freeman Thorpe. 78. whose por
traits of the pr* sklents ami other per
sonages hang in the capttol at Washing
ton, died recently at Hubert, Minn.
A kitten prevented a jail break in
Hutchinson. Kan. Us mewing attracted
the attention of the jailer to the cellar,
where the prisoners were digging out.
The first advertising signs to appear in
Russia since th«srevolution are posters
In N{g^cow displayed by the soviet gov
ernment which is manufacturing beer.
It la reported that in a villa n the
•Hutch province of Drwnthe a Oi. i lias
been sacrificed by its parents, V* o are
afflicted with religious rr.L The
father has been arrested.
HE LOSTS ACTION
DEIST BROTHER
John Tenopir Demanded $20
000 for Iniuries *
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tainted in an Auto
mobile Accident
Rt. Paul, Neb No- 6 (Bpec|aI)._
Th.- suit of J«hr Tenoplr brough,
against his JV*\1(.r Charles Tenopir,
for JT*4 4. c]amag(.s nuntainod in
an autn y^^Jdent when the latter was
I drlv\tw/* ne former to a train wa» dis
ntiartjr , in court here, when the jury
.ded in favor of the defendant.
John Tenoplr had been visiting his
brother here and was being driven by
him to the train at (irand Island
They missed the truin and John
asked Charles to take him to Hastings.
Charles did so. John then requested
him to drive him on to Crete. A few
miles out of Hastings the accident oc
curred. John Tenopir does not speak
Knglish.
RANDOLPH’S WATER IS
FOUND TO BE PURE
Randolph, Neb., Nov. H (Special).—
A recent test made of the Randolph
city water supply by the state depart
ment of public welfare, revealed that
the water in the Randolph water sys
tem waa exceptionally pure, being ab
solutely without disease bacteria at
the well and having a very low per
cent, at the dead ends. Tests will be
made every six months, thus Insur
ing Randolph citizens of a pure water
supply. «
Fire Chief Harry Sellon has further
Improved the water system by putting
fire hydrants In good shape and add
ing several new ones. The large,
number of fires which have occured in
Randolph the past few months was
given a part of the reason for this
necessary action.
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KIDNAPER IS GIVEN
Lt NG PRISON TERM.
O'Neill, Neb., Nov. 6 (Special).—
Melvin Hackes, of northern Holt court
ty, who was arrested at Bristow,
Thursday morning, with his 13-year
old aister-ln-law, Pearl Grum, with
whom he had eloped, pleaded guilty
to kldnuping before District Judge
Robert R. Dickson here Saturday
morning ami was sentenced to from
one to 20 years in the penitentiary. ’
BOYS GET EARLY START
IN CAREER OF CRIME
Schuyler, Neb., Nov. (> (Special).—
William McGuire, 14 and Blanchard
Beomer, 14, both of Fremont were
captured here by Sheriff Bartunek as
suspicious characters. It developed
later that the boys had stolen three
automobiles in two days. They were
out of the Kearney reformatory on
parole. One car had been stolen at
Fremont and driven near here where
they stripped its goaivt and abandoned
it.
Then they came to Schuyler where
they stole a sedan. They changed the
numbers of the ears and started north.
The sedan soon broke down. They
obtained a ride with a farmer and
later stole a car at Clarkson, they
confessed'.
Nebraska Supreme Court Is
Called on to Decide Tangle
Originating In Dodge
County.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4 (Special.)—
A neat question in banking law has
been put up to the supreme court
for decision. The Dodge County
Bank of Hooper loaned Charles E.
Linn $2,000 on his note and took as
collateral security a mortgage on
Madison county land for $3,000. When
the note was not paid the bank,
as provided in the agreement, sold
the morgage. It bought it in at
$2,117, the amount Linn owned it and
then cancelled the note. Afterwards
the bank collected the full $3,000 on
the mortgage.
Linn sued for the difference, claim
ing that a bank cannot thus enrich
itself at the expense of a customer.
The hank said the mortgage be
came its absolute property when It
purchased It at the sale held.
The lower court held that the bank
had to account for the difference be
tween Linn's debt to it and what it
secured when it collected the mort
gage.
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QUITS PUBLIC OFFICE,
GOES BACK TO PULPIT
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4 (Special.)—
William A. Gaston, deputy secretary
of state, has resigned to go to Cal
ifornia and accept a position as
pastor of a Baptist church. He Is
a minister by profession, and has
been occupying n pulpit at Syracuse
for the last three years. In connec
tion with his work as a state officer.
He was a candidate for the republi
can nomination for secretary of state
at the last primary, but lost out.
He came to I,Incoin from Broken
Bow. He is succeeded for the re
mainder of Secretary of State Ams
"berry’s term by Miss Frances Stur
mer, a bookkeeper In the office.
FARMER IS KILLED
IN ODD MANNER
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Stratton, Neb., Nov. 4.—Hubert
Anderson resident of this city is dead
following one of the most unusual
accidents ever recorded in mortality
records of this section. When he set
the brake lever of his car a shot gun
shell was exploded, the load striking
him in the hip and lower par* of the
body.
An operation was unsuccessful
Anderson was hunting and had a
•tuantity of loose shells in tlie foot of
the car.
Omaha %aa Convicted of Mur
der Says He Should
Have New Trial
in Courts.
Lincoln, Nrt»., Nov. 4 (Special).—An
odirl idea is used by attorneys for
Charles Narklewlcz, a Russian Po
lander, serving a life sentence for
murder committed in Douglas coun
ty. They tell the supreme court that
the mu was deprived of his constitu
tional rights because an Interpreter
furnished by the court did not keep
him fully informed as the trial pro
gressed of what w'as said and done
against him.
The man has been 14 years in the
country and never learned English.
Tiie attorney general, in reply, says
that all the law guarantees is a fan
opportunity to know what the wit
nesses testify to, and that as the in
terpreter was selected by the defense
the state eannot be blamed. It is
suggested also that in 14 years’ resi
dence In the country he had an op
portunity to protect himself against
such injustices as he complains of.
The man s victim was a Polander
who ran u barber shop and sold
bootleg whisky on the side. Narkie
wicz had proffered him a $20 bill in
payment of a 50 cent drink, and the
bootlegger, either in a spirit of rough
sport or otherwise, refused to give
him any change. The defendant went
raging mad, rushed out and got a
revolver and literally tore the man s
body to pieces with bullets.
8TU DENTS PLACE 8KELETON
IN THE MATRON’S BED.
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 4.—A skleton
in the closet may have Its place but
It does not go so well In one's bed,
thinks Miss Lydia Diehls, a matron
at Midland college here and victim of
a students' Hallowe’en prank. When
Miss Diehls prepared to go to bed
Tuesday night the lights in her room
would not turn on. She went to bed
In the dark, and came In contact with
u human skeleton. She jumped from
the bed. and, screaming, ran from her
room. Police urrlved and discovered
the skeleton.
Several Midland studennts were
brought before President J. F. Krueg
er to explain their prank. President
Krueger does not regard the prunk
seriously. "It was a rude joke, but
you have to expect things of that
kind.” he said. Miss Diehls now re
gards the incident as a huge joke.
CAPITOL CORNERSTONE
READY TO BE LAID.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4 (Special.) —
The cornerstone for the new capitol
has arrived and has been unloaded.
It is of Bedford limestone, and came
direct from Indiana, where it was
carved and dressed. The main in
scription reads: "The capitol of
Nebraska. November 11, 1922. Ded
icated to the memory of those who
fell in the service qf their country.”
On another part of the stone is a
medalion, showing Justice carrying
the scales and below it the motto of
the state, “Kquajiiy Before the Law.”
The stone Is five and one-half feet
long, thiee feet high and two feet
thick, it will Vie laid on the three foot
foundation at the northeast corner.
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POWER COMPANY TO
EXTEND ITS SERVICE.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4 (Special).—
The Platte Valley Power company is
planning to extend its transmission
lines into northeastern Nebraska. It
has applied to the state railway com
mission to run a line from its plant
at Bennington, in Douglas county, to
Herman, and from that point to sup
ply the towns of Kennard and Wash
ington in Washington couidy, which
are now without current. The com
pany submits a plat of where it pro
poses to build and also agreements
with the Northwestern Bell and Blair
Independent telephone companies,
Which occupy highways it proposes
to parallel.
FINAL REPORT,
Council Bluffs, la., Nov. 3.—In a
supplemental report made to Judge
M. J. Wade by the federal grand jury
11 more Indictments were returned
against accused postal clerks who
were employed at the Union Pacific
transfer mail terminal here. This
makes a total of S3 indictments and
Includes all but one of the employes
recently suspended by the postal de
partment for alleged thefts from the
mails.
The clerks named in the final re
port of the grand jury are:
Sophus P. Hansen, Clear Lake, la.;
Hartley T. Coon, Columbus, Neb.;
Robert S. Linville, Sumner, Neb.;
Lawrence K. Brooks, Red Oak, la-'.
Harley K. Perry, Massena, la.; Glen
O. Myers, Corning, la.; Berry 1 F.
Armstrong, Council Bluffs; Albert
11. Kruger, Waterloo, la.; Forest K.
Paton, Sidn v, la.; Herman Moor
foaw. Sidney, la.; Otto F. Kucera,
Tobias, Neb.
All of these men plead guilty to
the Indictment. Judge Wade an
nounced that he would probably not
puss sentence before next w> ek
Th> appearance of the accused
men in court was somewhat dramatic
and tense. All are young men of fine
appearance. In the large majority of
cases the alleged thefts were of ar
ticles of small value, including razors,
rings, lend pencils, soap, calendars,
women's apparel, chewing gum, cig
arets, shaving cream, candy and
cigars.
EMINENT HORTICULTURIST
Ames, la., Nov 3.—S. A. Beach, 1*2,
for the past IS years head of the
horticultural department and vice
dean of the agricultural division of
lown state college died here Thurs
day following an illness of fout
months of heart infection. He was
one of the most popular members of
the teaching staff here and was
known throughout the country as
on ■ of the leading horticulturists. He
had been instruments^ in developing
a dozen new varieties of apples for
Iowa and his books on horticultural
subjects were regarded as authority
u.!i over the world.
Omaha Bank Would Realize on
$7,400 Certificate of
Deposit on Long
Pine Bank.
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Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3 (Special).—
The Stockyards National bank of
Omaha asks the supreme court to de
clare its $7,400 certificate of deposit
in the failed Brown County bt.nk of
Long Pine a claim again'st the de
posit guaranty fund of the state. The
lower court said that because no ac
tual money was deposited in the bank
it has the status of a general claim,
and the failure was so complete that
general claims are practically worth
less.
The Omaha bank had discounted a
note of E. M. Sandy, a big cattleman
for $33,000, and later discovered that
the Brown County bank had paid to
Sandy $7,400, the proceeds of a sale
of a part of the mortgaged cattle. In
settlement of the claim it took the
certificate of desposit in the Brown
County bank which took Sandy's note
for %the amount.
SEWARD SCHOOL MAN
BUCKS ON ALIMONY
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3 (Special).—
Owen P. Stewart, one of the big men
in school work in the state, has ap
pealed to the supreme court from a
Judgment of $2,786 for alimony that
he has refused to pay for seven years.
He was formerly principal of schools
at Farragut, la., later was superin
tendent of schools at Sterling, and is
now at Seward. He once ran a news
paper at Schuyer.
Mrs. Stewart moved to Idaho in
1910, and later secured an order for
$30 a mont'a alimony. Stewart re
fused to pay because he said the
courts in Nebraska had taken prior
jurisdiction of their difficulties. He
defended in the Idaho courts on this
ground and lost, and the Seward
county district court said he should
pay up. He says his wife’s parents
ore principally responsible for their
differences. She says he pursued
a course of cruel conduct for years.
STATES JOIN TO
EMPLOYEXPEBT
Will Go Before Interstate Com
merce Commission Relative
to Value of Rail
Properties.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2 (Sp.ccial).^
The states of Iowa, Nebraska, South
Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, Kansas
and Oklahoma have joined in employ
ing E. W. Reed, valuation expert for
the Nebraska commission, as counsel
for them at the hearing before the
Interstate Commerce commission be
ginning on December 7.
The government valuators have
placed figures on the property of the
Rock Island that Involve the applica
tion of a principle that will cost ship
pers dearly, if approved by the Inter
state Commerce commission. They
have organized, therefore, to fight it
out.
Members of the Nebraska commis
sion say that this is one of the most
important factors in future rate mak
ing. and that a strong defense is be
ing prepared by the group of central
western states which ship grain out
and goods in, and are vitally interest
ed iri proper valuations!
ON TRAIL OF PERSONS
WHO STARTED FIRE
Sprlngview, Neb., Nov. 2 (Special).
—Keya Paya county officers are still
working on the mystery of the incen
diary fire at Brooksburg last Satur
day evening when an attempt by some
unknown persons was made to burn
out M. T. Williams. Ten stacks of
hay with a loss of approximately
$5,000 were burned before the fire was
discovered. Sheriff Stapleton. Dep
uty Cottrill and County Attorney
Ampsker are quietly working on sev
eral clews and are expecting to have
enough evidence collected within a
short time to insure an arrest. At
lease three persons are under sus
picion.
MURDERS AND SUICIDES
INCREASE IN GERMANY
Berlin, (IT. P.)—Germany Is set
ting new high records far suicides
and murders.
Although the death rate as A whole
now practically equals that of the
prewar days, deaths by accidents,
murder and suicides have greatly in
creased during the first six months
of the present year. And this despite
the fact that there have been no
street fighting, military outbreaks or
other instances of mass killing.
Figures gathered from 46 cities
with a total poulation of more than
16.500,000 for the first half of the
year, show 122,220 deaths, or about
14 per thousand poulation. The num
ber of violent deaths totalled 5.G65, of
which 1,468 wore in Berlin alone. In
Berlin alone, during the first five
months of the year, 48 persons were
murdered and 609 committed suicide
W. C. T. U. MEMBERS
DECIDED ON BALLOT.
Dixon. Neb., Nov. 3 (Special).-—Tti©
Dixon, Neb., Nov. 3(Special).—The
Dixon \V. C. T. U. has followed the
plans of other unions throught the
didgite for the coming election, who
has ever voted, or talked for, the wet
issue. Since October first, the Dixon
union has increased from 15 members
to three times that number; was rep
resented at the state W. C. T. U. con
vention, by the president, Mrs. Kath
aryn Long, and has laid plans for a
year's work.
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QUESTION 3
HENRYS IN
HALL PROBE
Brother of Mrs. Hall One of
Them—Grand Jury to Be
Asked to Indict Woman, Pos
sibly Man.
BY EARL L. SHAUB,
Universal Service Correspondent.
New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 3.—
“Dress rehearsal" for presenting the
Halls-Mills murder mystery to the
grand jury began today when a dozen
or more persons were summoned be
fore Wilbur A. Mott, who is probing
the case for the state.
Practically every person suspected
of knowing anything about the
deaths of the Kev. Edward Wheeler
Hall and his choir singer, Mrs. El
eanor Mills, were included in the call,
with the exception of Mrs. Frances
Stevens Hall, widow of the rector.
Those who were not quizzed by Mr.
Mott today will be heard tomorrow. •
Three Henry's Examined.
Among those called were three
men, all named Henry, and resem
bling each other In that they have
bushy hair, heavy eyebrows and thick
mustaches.
The first to be summoned was
Mrs. Jane Gibson, who contends she
saw a man of that description fire
the fatal shots, and who further in
sists that Mrs. Hall was present
when he did so.
Others questioned today were Bar
bara Tough and Louise Geist, maids
In the Hall household.
James Mills, the slain woman’s
meek Utle husband, and Charlotte,
her plump litle daughter, were
among those called. So were Henry
Stevens, the crack shot, and “Willie’’
Stevens, said to be a simple wit,
brothers of Mrs. Hall.
Edward Schwartz, a finger-print
expert, was ordered by Mott today to
speed up his examination of blood
stained papers found near the bod
ies. He is also examing a calling card
fcund propped against the dead rec
tor’s feet. This card is said to bear
significant thumb prints.
Trail "Mystery Man.'*
A new mystery man entered the
case today. Mott, state troopers and
other authorities are on his trail.
They expect to find him soon. Ho is
the ilian who drove the car on the
night of the murders. It was his
headlight that illuminated the scene
when Mrs. Gibson asserts she wit
nessed the killings.
This man’s habits, diversions and
his schemes for finding spots for
“love trysts” are known to the au
thorities. The number and make of
his car is also known.
Jury Meets Wednesday.
Most of the questions surrounding
the murder have been answered
either by the Investigators or the
newspapers. When the remainder
are answered a tight ring will be
drawn about the murderers.
The grand jury will meet Wednes
day, the day after election. The
Jurors will be asked to indict a
woman and perhaps a man. It has
been predicted from the first that no
action would be taken until after
election.
Mr. Mott refused today to con
firm or deny reports that one or more
warrants have been drawn up and
signed in the case.
Frankly dissenting from the alibi
given by Mrs. Hall In her Interview
with newspaper men Wednesday,
the authorities are reported to be •
concerned also with in formation
that when she notified the police of
her husband’s appearance, Mrs. Hall '
did not telephone from her home, but
from the railroad station and that
when she telephoned her sister-inl- I
aw about the disappearance she used )
a pay booth at the depot.
Alibi Under Inquiry.
James A. Mason, chief investiga
tor for Mr. Mott, let it be known to
day that the authorities are inter
ested in alleged discrepancies in Mrs.
Hall's various statemetns establish
ing an alibi.
She at first asserted that she left
her home at 2 o’clock In the morning
to look for her husband, and returned
at 2:30. In an Interview with report
ers she said she left the house with
her brother, Willie, at 2:30 and re
turned at 3:30. Official investiga
tors stress two points in the evidence
of two men, one a watchman, who
says he saw Mrs. Hall return home,
and the other a neighbor who was
awakened by the barking of his dog
and was informed by the watchman
of Mrs. Hall's return.
The first point is that both men
name tlie hour of her return at 2:10.
The other is that the watchman in
sists that Mrs. Hall was alone.
SMITH NOW FAVORITE
IN N. Y. GOVERNOR RACE
Universal Service.
New York, Nov. 3.—With more than
$1,000,000 estimated wagered on the
New York gubernatorial election,
Wall street Friday reported odds of
7 to 5 and 3 to 2 with Alfred E.
Smith, democratic candidate, the fa
vorite over Nathan L. Miller, repub
lican Incumbent. Several days ago
Miller was the favorite at odds of
8 to B.
GEN. MITCHELL DIVORCED.
Milwaukee, Wig.,, Nov. 3 (A. P.)—
Brig. Gen. William E. Mitchell, assis
tant chief of the United States army
air service, and chief of the American
flying forces in the A. E. F., was di
vorced in the Milwaukee circuit court
September 27, by Mrs. Carolina
Mitchell, it was revealed today.
GERMANS QUIT COnFe~RENCE.
Geueva, Nov. 3 (A. P.)—The Ger
man representatives in the interna
tional labor conference here left the
nuet'ng this afternoon owing to dif
ferences concerning the use of the
° icrrsan language
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MRS. ROSIER
ACQUITTED
BY JURORS
Young Mother Tried for Shoot
ing Husband and StenograH
pher Laughs Hysterically as
Verdict Is Announced.
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Universal Service.
Philadelphia, Nov. 3.—Mrs. Cather
ine Rosier was found not guilty to- [
night of the murder of Mildred Reck
itt, a typist, who was shot with Mrs.
Rosier’s husband, Oscar, when they
were surprise^! together by the en
raged wife. The jury took but on®
ballot.
As the foreman spoke the verdict
an impassioned cry of joy swept like
a flame from the crowd in the court
room.
The shadows of dusk had begun to
darken the courtroom when the jury
filed In. The small and wasted de
fendant, held in the arms of two at
tendants, faced the 12 men who held,
her ebbing life in their hands—for
doctors say she will die, regardless of"
the verdict freeing her.
Becomes Hysterica!.
When the foreman pronounced the
Word for It was the single word
NOT”—that set the emotional'mob'
to frenzied, uncontrollable cheering,,
Mrs. Rosier flung back her face, white*
and disorted by a terrible laugh. In
wild, screaming hysteria she was
borne from the room.
Vainly beat the gavels of court of
ficials. Women and men, weepings
aloud and screaming their bravos to
the jury, struggled to get to the front.
Dismiss Second Charge.
They calmed only after John R. J.
Scott, counsel for Mrs. Rosier, held up.
an appealing hand. He addressed tho
court:
“Your honor, since this jury has
found the defendant guiltless of mur
der as charged in this indictment and,
found her to have been insane at the
time, being .unable to understand the
consequences of her act, I move that
the indictment charging the death of
Oscar Rosier, her husband, be dis
missed.”
An impatient outburst greeted him.
With the approval of tho prosecu
tion the court went through the for
malities of dismissing tho second
charge against the 22-year-old wife.
Baby Taken to Her. •
Then someone in the fervent crowd
remembered that baby Richard had
not beep taken to his mother. An.
emormo'us man shouldered the laugh
ing infant and bore him through the*
partitioned passage back of the jury
box where his mother had emerged.
A juryman reached over the box and
grasped the child’s chubby fjst
After Mrs. Rosier had taken the
baby in her arms she said:
“God has not forsaken me. It i»
God alone who has sustained me and
given me life to go through this. My
life now is all for my baby. There
are good men in the world, but my
heart is buried.”
ITILT NAMES NEW
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Rome Announces Romano
Avezzano Appointed to
Washington Post Suc
ceed Rolando Ricci.
Rome, Nov. 3.—Romano Avezzano*
was today appointed Italian ambas
sador to the United States to suc
ceed Rolando Ricci, whose resigna
tion was announced earlier in the
day-* _ di
Baron Avezzano was formerly ap
pointed ambassador to the United
States in October, 1919, to succeed
V. Mac Hi Di Cellere. vho died while
in Washington. Before his appoint
ment Baron Avezzano was Italian,
minister to Greece. He was in Wash
ington for about a year and was suc
ceeded by Signor Rolandi Ricci.
Baron Avezzano since his depart
ure from the United States has un
dertaken several important missions
for his government.
A Rome dispatch earlier today said
Premier Mussolini had offered tho
Washington post to Senator Luigi
AUlertini, but that it was believed,
that the latter had declined.
ACTRESS SUING PRINCE
LOSES IN BREACH CASE
Universal Service.
Paris, Nov. 3.—Carolyn Settlor, of
Pittsburgh, known on the stage as
Caroline Little, lost her breach of con
tract suit today against Prince Alex
andre Murat.
The court’s judgement contributed
an Interesting precedent w*hen tho
judge said: _
"When a man and woman mutually
agree to be qompnnions without
marrying, the woman’s partner is*
committing an illegal act and she can
not claim damages if the man breaks'
the contract.”
WHEAT ACREAGE REDUCED.
Grand Forks, N. D„ Nov. 3 (A. P.>
—Reduction of acreage of winter
grains to some extent in the Dakotas
and Montana due to unusually dry
soils as well as an uneven start -of
winter grains already sown, is in
dicated in thd semi-monthly report*
from the northwest for the last half
of October, issued today by J. G. Dia
mond, statistician here for the United
States bureau of agricultural econo
m ies.