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THE FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER, * % CL TEMPLETON, Editor and Business Manager. ffKEILL, ..._NEBRA8Kj Anti-Saloon League Officer Requests Suspension of Omaha Judges tdncoln, Neb., Sept, v (Special) Governor Brayan la given an opor tunlty to Invoke the favorite law of the governor by F. A. High, super intendent of the anti-saloon league. Mr. High has requested Governor Bryan to suspend William Wapplch and Frank Dlneen, municipal Judges of Omaha. The superintendent charges that the two Judges of Oma ha have for a long time Ignored the law prohibiting the sale of liquors, gambling and houses of ill lams Governor Bryan said Monday af ternoon that the complaint of the anti-saloon league head had not reached him and all that Ihe knew about the matter was what he had read In the newspapers. The High application is the first to be made tinder an amendment to the Sackett law which the 1923 legislature adopt ed after Bryan had made a hard fight for action. Under this law the governor has the power to suspend an officer and start prosecution for his removal for neglect to en force a law which Is his duty to en force. Pending the Investigation of the charges the governr may name a temporay officer to fill the va cancy left by tihe suspension of the duly sleeted officer. Under thteorig-. Inal Sackett law tlhe governor had no power to suspend an officer pend lng prosecution. NEAR TRAGEDY IN OMAHA HOME Husband Tries To End Fam ily Trouble By Shooting Wife and Self Omaha, Sept. .—Marital trouble* were given as the cause of the shoot ing here Monday of Mrs Eugene Dil lon, by her husband, Eugene Dillon, who afterwards inflicted a severe would In the side of his face. Mrs. Dillon was shot three thnos, the bul lets taking effect In tlin abdomen and hip. Both will recover, hospital at tendants say. According to the story told police by the woman's relatives and friends, Mrs. Dillon was "forced to marry Dillon." .# , \ . -tl***.. ' TYPHOID FEVER MUCH FEARED Flood Waters Become Stag nant And Residents of A Neligh Are Alarmed S*. < __ Neligh. Neb., Sept. (Special)— An epidemic of typhoid fever Is feared here, because of the stagnent water that extends for nearly a half mile at the foot of main street and west of Riverside park. Fish taken from the water are said to be infected. Adjacent property ^owners can notice a strong stench from the water. The county engineer has estimated the cost of changing the river’s chan* *el at 110,000. Bab* Killed When A><toa Com* Together. Omaha, Neb., Sept, f Nlneteen months-old Alice . Gwendolyn, daughter of Mr. and Mra Earl A. Lillie, Omaha, was killed and Mrs. Lillie was severely cut about the face and head, six miles north of Wa boo when their automobile was do molisbad In a collision with a car driven by J. A. Green, 60, Council Bluffs, Green was taken in custody by Saunders county officials but was not formally placed under ar rest. According to Sheriff L. D. Mengel, an emtled liquor bottle was taken from Green's car, which was also badly wrecked •A l[ ■ .." " Hsepltal Located There. Wahoo, Neb., Sept. I -Saunders county and the city ot Wahoo are making a bid for the location here of one of the two tubercular hospital* for world war veterans, to be loca ted In the 9th United States veter ans’ district. Ths bid Is being made through a folio. Issued here today by H. O. Weber, chairman ot the Cham ber ot commerce committee in charge of this promotion. The folic has been forwarded to E. T. Hines, head of the government veterans’ bureau and to other men, Influential in the loca tion of the two hospitals, Mr. Weber announced today. Lose Trace of Negro .. Who KiHorf Another. Alliance, Neb., $ept. 1 (Special)— No trace has ev*r been loan 1 of Lln sle Robins, colored youth, who shot and killed Frod Ellis hei«, some weeks ago. "W Trail •'as piokr*\ up lead ing ’w Bltitest Jwit., bf v lev there. There Is a rsrat^rd't $171 hit Me cap ture, $100 ofterod by the county ar.d $76 offerbO IP lolorcd citizens of Al Napoleon Wat "Crap” Shooter From The New York Herald. The Berlin judge who refused to hold some prisoners accused of shooting craps because he could not understand that It. was a game of chance should have consulted the German Hoyle. Under the title "Hasardsplele" he would have dis covered the principles of the game, for craps, although It seems to have been regarded In France and Ger many as an American invention when General Pershing’s young gentlemen Indulged In this rolling of two dice, is the simple child of the ancient English game of hazard. All that Americans did In trans forming hazard into craps was to remove its complications and apply common sense to Its mathematics. The Englishman of Georgian days called his “main** or point before he let the dice fly from his hand for the first play. It could be any number from 5 to 8. Why he should choose any number other than 7 Is hard to understand. In craps 7 and 11 are arbitrarily the points for which the player yearns as he casts the first time. Seven can be thrown In six different ways; 6 or 8 In five ways; 5 or 8 In four ways; 4 or 10 in three ways. Fixing 7 as one of the points for the first cast gives the player the advantage of the odds and of not be lnir obliged to guess. "Craps” In hazard la 2 or 3; "craps” in craps is 2, 3 or 12. If the hazard player’s main after the first throw is 6 or 9 he throws out with 11 or 12. If it is 8 or 8 he throws out with 11, The game is equally complicated in the matter of the casts that will win for him. Your modern crap shooter would find pung chow as easy to learn as hazard, yet tl^ principles of both these noble dice games are iden tical. And If the German Judge Will take a whirl at craps he will be sat isfied that it is a gambling game. The.worst thing about craps is the mediocrity of its name. Hazard is a stately phrase. We read that Charles James Fox lost £ 32,000 in three nights play at hazard, neglecting his Parliamentary duties; that five of the nobility parted with £100,000 to the proprietor of Crockford’s club. It sounds romantic. We know that Napoleon, bound for St, Helena in the Northumberland,* spent his eve I nings "casting at hazard” for small stakes. It would be a shock to have the historian say that Bonaparte was a crap shooter, but it would be true. The hero of "To Have and to Hold” must have been a crap player. "If I throw ambsace,” mumbled Ralph Percy to himself, ‘1 will go to James town tomorrow and take a wife,” or words to that effect. He threw his two aces, a combination known now adays as "craps.” The chances were IB to 1 that he would not make that gast. He admitted that he was the finest swordsman in Virginia; maybe fee was the best dice tosser. you Inform me whether the deplorable Condition of this person is due to perma. nent dementia or spasmodic and inter mittent insanity?” Omaha World Herald. Why are people intolerant? Be cause they have not learned to be tol erant. It requires forbearance, kind ness, pity, good humor, broad un derstanding and a sense of kinship Vith every living thing, for one to be truly tolerant. The virtue of tol erance must be acquired. It is not a rtatural Jpstinct ._ James' Harvey Robinson tells us that “most of our so-called reason ing consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already most important one In all (human af fairs, he says, “and properly tp do.’’* The little word “my” is the reckon with It Is the beginning of wisdom. It has the same force, whether it is MY dinner, MY dog, and MY house, or MY faith, MY country, and MY God. We not only resent the Imputation that our watch is wrong or our car shabhy, but that our conception of the canals of Mars, of the pronunciation of ‘Epietitus,’ 1 of the medicinal value of saliclne or the date of Sargon I are subject to Mryls.ion,” How properly to reckon with the “I” and "my” is not abolishing them. We may never escape from consider ing the self as of some Importance. The danger lies in thinking that the self is it, everything right and holy to treat our opinions with respect, whether they agree with us or not. We do not like folks who kick our dog, break into our house,, seek to destroy our faith, attack our coun try or blaspheme our God. Tolerance is just a matter of treat ing the other fellow as we would like the other fellow to treat us. Morning 8ong Awake, my soul, ’tls day! Awake, awake, 'tls light I Purled Is the tent of night. The shadows flown away. Be strong, ray soul, be strong; True strength must He witihln. I Oh. days are the battles which all must fight, And none but the brave can win. Then be thou as the oak, My heart, be stout and brave; ’Tie but the coward slave Who fears the hostile stroke. Let tempests o'er tihee sweep And coward bosoms quake. But be thou as the oak that bown Tet cannot, will not break. Then be It as It will. And come what will or may; What If they lose a day The brave are victors still. Tls then that manhood counts, A coward may despair; The brave alone can face defeat. The strong alone can bear. Arise to meet the day; Purled la Its tented night; Then start the day aright; For strength and courage pray; The strength that's born of prayer Is as the strength of ten. And those who pray can meet the day As Christians and as men. Fred Kramer in the Kansas City Star. Another Boston Bsby. From the Boston Herald. **i)o this Is tbs baby, eh?’’ said the bachelor. “Bless his little tootste wootsleal Watch me tickle-urn ribs." The genial one proceeded to play rag time on the unoffending infant’s ribs, foolishly imagining ths child was en °^hetup-to-date child stood it for some time, and then cried out; "Mother, will An Oversight. From Wayside Tales “My doctor put me on a rigid diet, but he said I could eat all the spinach I Wanted" "Wetir’ “The. dan ted fool evidently didn't know that I like spinach.’’ NORMAL SCHOOL HEAD ATTACKED Farmers’ Union Members Make Written Complaint To Governor Bryan Lincoln, Neb. Sept. * (Special)— The Peru normal row was again re vived when the attack of Col. T. J. Majors, president and member of the state normal board took a new turn Wednesday when five members of the Farmers’ Union legislative commit tee called upon Governor Bryan and filed charges and information with the governor. The first complaint was made by a delegation composed mainly of democratic members of the state leg islature from the Southwestern counties. Written Information was filed. The union delegation mention ed that it represented 25,000 members of that organization. The governor received the committee behind closed doors. Governor Bryan refused to state the nature of the complaint, except to add that the information included a report of an investigation made last winter by J. O. Shroyer of Humboldt, a mem ber of the union and of the committee and fames Auten of Albian. a mem ber of the last state legislature. The governqr said that the constitution gives him authority to remove his iewn appointees on the normal board for malfeasance, Incompetence or ne glect of duty. PYiends of Colonel Majors deplore the fight being made on him and Indicate that it is of * purely political nature. OMAHA DRF SLEUTH HELD “Bootleg Queen” Abo Sur renders to Face Charges of Liquor Sales Omaha, Sept. * —Earl Haning, federal prohibition agen, and Mrs. Louise Vinciquera, "bootleg queen," who several months ago made public acknowledgement tiiat she had ac cumulated a fortune of *45,000 through illicit Uquor dealings, sur rendered to U, S. Commissioner E. C. Boehler Wednesday following is suance of warrants for their arrest on specific chargo of selling one pint of whiskey und one pint of wine, which was alleged to have been purchased lest Saturday by evidence men wording under federal prohi bition officers. Louise Vinciquera created a mild sensation last April with the state ment that she had accumulated enough money to live in ease the Re mainder of her days. At that time a Jury trying her failed to agree, but convicted her husband of the sale and possession of liquor and he is now serving time in the Douglas county Jail Both Mrs. Vinciquera and Haning were released on *2,000 ball, having waived preliminary hearing, subject ing themselves to grand Jury action. When questioned as to Hanlng’s status, U. 8. "Dry” Commissioner Rohrer said he had no authority to suspend Haning and that if sus pension is made it will properly have to come from Internal Revenue Com missioner Blair at Washington. COLLEGE HEAD TELLS OF OBSERVATIONS IN EUROPE Yankton, S. D., Sept, '» (Special)— There are not many signs of des titution in Europe, but there are slgqs of the most rigid economy practiced on every hand, according to G. H. Durand, vice-president of Yankton college, who has Just re turned from conducting a party through Europe this summer.* Only enough cars to run to trains to care for passengers who have made ad vance reservations, and hotels and restaurants have only enough ready to serve people whom they konw will come to eat. All the people there are under a terrible burden of taxation. Profes sor Durand said, and they are fac ing problems of reconstruction far beyond any in this country. The battlefields are mostly healed over. Rhelms is still a ruined city. Of 14,000 homes only five were left standing, and it is slowly being re built. The cathedral is being re built, but Its fine decorations are gone forever. HEATINQ OP OATS IN BIN CAUSE OP BAD FARM FIRE Yankton, S. D., Sapt. (Special) —Fire believed to have originated In troyed the the heating of oats In the bin de stroyed the large barn on the Her man Vollmer farm, on the Jim river north of Yankton, causing a loss es timated at $10,000. It was one of the largest barns in the county. About 3,500 bushels of oats were de stroyed, as well as some farm ma chinery, a calf and a sheep, Rnd about 100 chickens. Arthur Erick son severely burned his hands in getting other sheep out of the build ing, and the animals suffered bad ly scorched wool. Has Big Profit His Wheat Chop Gurley, Neb., Sept, v (Special)— Two thousand two hundred bushels of Turkey Red wheat were thresh ed from a field of 42 acres, an acer afe of 51 (4 bushels an acre. Brown has already sold It to Cheyenne county farmers for seed wheat a$ $1.25 a bushel. t! Innovation In Government. Marvin B. Rosenberry in the North American Review. There has come Into existence In the United States during recent yearn, by accident or design, an extra constitutional method, by which the federal government has sought to In fluence and control state govern ments. Stated in plain terms, the fed eral government says to the states: Here Is an appropriation which is a vallable to you upon certain-condi tions. As a rule these conditions are that a like amount shall be appro priated by the state government for the purpose Indicated In the bill mak ing the federal appropriation. There Is a further stipulation that certain conditions relating to intrastate af fairs are to be complied with as a condition of receiving federal aid. This scheme, by which the federal government in effect excercises legis lative power In relation to education, publlo health, and other kindred sub jects strictly within the police powei of the states. Is an Innovation upon America’s constitutional system. Last week Producer Joseph M, Schenck signed Claire West, noted costume designer, to supervise all gowns and costumes worn by Norma and Constance Talmadge in future productions. Miss West was former ly with Cecil B. De Mille and It was then that she startled tihe fashion world with many clever and original styles. “But can you Imagine a blue-eyed flapper trying to practice her wiles through smoked^glasses?” Scientists recommend a dally half dozen to aid blondes. They are: Roll your eyes. Look up from your work frequently. Ciive your eyes plenty of fresh air. Look at green grass, flowers and the blue sky. Bit up straight. Bathe the eyes In cold water when tired. The Aztec calendar consisted of a year of eighteen months. Artificial Silk In Japan. From U. S. Commerce Reports. The manufacturers of artificial silk have made very little progress In Japan, being confined to the product ion of coarse yarns of Inferior qual ity. Imports of artificial silk in 1922 amounted to 226,840 pounds—an In crease of 62.7 per cent over 1921. Unofficial estimates place the Jan anese imports from January 1, to April 24, 1923, to 178,725 pounds, or about 79 per cent of the total artlfl- t dal silk Imports In 1922. The use of artificial silk in Japan was formerly limited to the manufacture of neck ties and shawls, but It is now lieTng used for hosiery and mixed silk tex« tiles. , His Misinformation From the Boston Globe They were dining at a fashionable restaurant, the Customers' Man and tihe Gossip. “See that man over there?" said the latter. "Yes.” “Well, he is James R. Smith from "Indeed!” Peoria, 111.’ “Yes, he’s just made $200,000 in the market.” “Well, dear boy,’ said the Cus tomers’ Man, “you’re wrong four ways.” "Indeed?” "Yes—his name la Howard R. Jones.” "Yes?” “And the amount was not $200, 000.” “No?” "It was $20,000.” "Yes?” "And he lost It.” DEFINITION OF AMERICA Rabbi Abba 8ilver. In the heat and the strife of the war I was asked once to give my definition of America, and I said to the men: “To me America ki infinitely more than an aggregate of 110,000, 000 men; to me America is all that the submerged races of the world wish to be and can not; to me America is the concrete realisation of what the ages have hoped for and labored for.” That was my definition I gave to them. It is a definition. It is a creed. It is a challenge. God built a continent of glory and filled it with treasures untold. He carpeted it witn soft rolling prairies and pillared it with thundering mountains. He studded It with soft flow ing fountains and traced it with long winding streams. He graced it with deep shad owed forests and filled them with song. , Then he called unto a thous , «2id peoples and summoned ► the bravest among them. They k came from the ends of the y earth, each bearing a gift and ► a hope. The glow of adven y ture was in their eyes and y the glory of hope within their y souls. And out of the labor y of men and the bounty of y earth, out of the prayers of y men and the hopes of the y world. God fashioned a na y tlon in love, blessed it with a h purpose sublime and called y it “America!" ► . . a a A aAAaAAA1AAAA.X From the New York 8un and Globe: First Stenographer—What was so re markable about that married guy who took you out to dinner last night?” Second Ditto—He didn’t once tell me. his wife misunderstood him. The board of directors of the Uni versity of King’s college, Windsor. No va Scotia, has voted In favor of feder ation with Dalhousle University, Hali fax. _ Woman Bookmaker Fined. London.—Daisy King, a woman bookmaker, still piles her business in the streets, although she was Just fined $60 and warned she might have to “do a stretch at hard labor.” Many Chinese use their hollow Idols as saving banka. _ There are nearly 20,000 know me dicinal remedies. ASK GOVERNOR TOUSEPOWER Anti-Saloon League Officer Requests Suspension of Omaha Judges Lincoln, Neb., Sept. * (Special)— Governor Brayan is given an opor tunlty to invoke the favorite law of the governor by F. A. High, super intendent of the anti-saloon league. Mr. High has requested Governor Bryan to suspend William Wappich and Frank Dineen, municipal judges of Omaha. The superintendent charges tihat the two judges of Oma ha have for a long time ignored the law prohibiting the sale of liquors, gambling and houies of ill fame. b Governor Bryan said Monday af ternoon that the complaint of the anti-saloon league head had not reached him and all that he knew about the matter was what he had read in the newspapers. The High application is the first to be made under an amendment to the Sackett law which the 1923 legislature adopt ed after Bryan had made a hard fight for action. Under this law the governor has the power to suspend an officer and start prosecution for his removal for neglect to en force a law which is his duty to en force. Pending the investigation of the charges the governr may name a temporay officer to fill the va cancy left by tihe suspension of the duly elected officer. Under thteorig inal Sackett law the governor had no power to suspend an officer pend ing prosecution. NEAR TRAGEDY IN OMAHA HOME Husband Tries To End Fam ily Trouble By Shooting Wife and Self Omaha, Sept. -Marital troubles Were given as the cause of the shoot ing here Monday of Mrs Eugene Dil lon, by her husband, Eugene Dillon, who afterwards inflicted a severe wound in the side of his face. Mrs. Dillon was shot three times, the bul lets taking effect in the abdomen and hip. Both will recover, hospital at tendants say. According to the story told police by the woman's relatives and friends, Mrs. Dillon was “forced to marry Dillon." TYPHOID FEVER MUCH FEARED Flood Waters Become Stag nant And Residents of Neligh Are Alarmed Neligh, Neb.. Sept (Special)— An epidemic of typhoid fever ia feared here, because of the stagnent water that extends for nearly a half mile at the foot of main street and west of Riverside park. Fish taken from the water are said to be Infected. Adjacent property owners can notice a strong stench from the water. The county engineer has estimated the cost of changing the river's chan* nei at $10,000. Babe Killed When ... Autos Come Together. Omaha, Neb., Sept — Nineteen months-old Alice Gwendolyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Lillie, Omaha, was killed and Mrs. Lillie was severely cut about the face and head, six miles north of Wa hoo when their automobile was de molished in “a collision with a car driven by J. A. Green, 50, Council Bluffs. Green was taken In custody by Saunders county officials but was not formally placed under ar rest. According to Sheriff L. D. Mengel, an emtled liquor bottle was taken from Green’s car, which was also badly wrecked Hospital Located There. Wahoo, Neb., Sept. -Saunders I County and the city ot Wahoo are making a bid for the location here of one of the two tubercular hospitals for world war veterans, to be loca ted in the 9th United States veter ans’ district. The bid is being made through a folio, issued here today by E. O. Weber, chairman of the Cham ber of commerce committee in charge of this promotion. The folio has been forwarded to E. T. Hines, head of the government veterans’ bureau and to other men, influential in the loca tion Of the two hospitals, Mr. Weber announced today. Lose Trace of Negro Who Killod Another. Alliance, Neb., Sept. 'Special)— No trace has ever been fount of Un ite Robins, colored youth, who shot and killed Fred Ellis heie, some weeks ago. The trail was picked up lead »ing to Billings, Mont., but lost there. There is a reward of $175 for his cap ture, $100 offered by the county aral $75 offered by colored citiiens of Al liance. ^ TWO ARE HELD " ON MANN ACT Must Answer To Federal Court In Nebraska For Transporting Girls Aliance, Neb., Sept. *—Raymond Blair, 21 years old, coal miner of Bar tinvllle, 11L and Edward Jenkins, 23, years old, laborer of St. Joseph, Mo.* who were held for trial in federal court here last Thursday following their being charged with violation of the Mann act will be taken to Omaha for trial before the next sitting of that court, it is announced here. The two men were arrested here las1 week, undier suspicion of having stol en a motorcar, in which they were riding with two girls, said to be from St. Joseph, Mo. Sheriff Chas. W. Fletcher, of Hol ton, Kas-, who had been sent here to obtain the two men on the stolen car charges, staged a legal battle for possession of the prisoners with James C. Emery, Omaha, represent ing United States District Attorney KinBler. Federal Court Commission er Krank M. Broome of Antioch, Neb., who was called to this city to sit in the case ruled that the repres entative of the federal government had precedence over the Kansas sheriff and Blair and Jenkins were held under bond of $1,000 each for the federal court. The two girlsr were held under bonds of $2,600., Attendance At Fair Highest In 20 Years Exhibits, Fireworks ancj Races Draw Big Crowds to Hartington, Neb. Hartington, Neb., Sept. —The* Cedar County fair In session here drew a record attendance of 6,000 people Wednesday, breaking th<* best gate records of the past 20 years. , The cattle exhibits have attracted farmers from all sections of the county, and are said to be the best, exhibits that have been shown at the Cedar County fair in many years. There are more than 176 head of fancy cattle on exhibition here. Attractions at the fair have beer* Increased both in number and in quality this year. Five racing events are held daily on the track and a hugo bombardment of fireworks i® set off at each night performance,, CONVICT GARBED IN FEMININE GARMENTS TRIES A “WALKOUT’' Lincoln, Neb., Sept. —Otto Cole convict at the state penitentiary here attempted to escape Wednes day afternoon dressed in women's By the aid of his disguise, Col® clothes. succeeded lin getting to the outer gate. Here he was recognized by a guard and escorted to the war den's office. When questioned concerning hl» act, Cole calmly admitted that h® had tried to escape and said h® did not regret his act. He yas convicted at Omaha some* time ago for the murder there of the proprietor of a second hand! store. The disguise used in attempting the escape was mads from up holstering obtained from the shop® In the prisbn. Lincoln Preacher Goes To Wisconsin Chargo Iincoln, Neb., Sept. ~ -Rev. W. W. Bolt, for nearly seven years pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church of Lincoln, today announced his resig nation to accept a call extended by the First Congregational church of Eau Claire, Wis. Nonpartisan-League To Renew State'"Activity, Lincoln, Neb, Sept. * (Special)— Efforts will be made to put the non partisan league organization on the* state map at a called mass meeting In a short time. O. » Evans, first state manager of the league, and the man credited having increased its; membership from nothing to 40,000,. has been solicited to take the helmi again. He is considering the matter. He is willing to accept under certair* conditions. One is that the member ship fee be cut from $6.50 to $4 for the two years, or reduce to $2 a head! for one year. The 1-ague Is now de bating whether to support the present: unofficial paper or make a new deal If Evans becomes the state manager he will cut out the wages of solicitors by organizing farmer units in each township or precinct or county. Her will ask the new units to do the so i licitlng. Evans insists that the league is not practically dead, as has been-. I claimed, but is simply in a dormant: state, ready to be set on fire when* called to action. Saves Brothers And 8isters From Flootf Bridgeport, Neb. Sept. (Special > •-Friends are commending the hero ism of the oldest daughter of Johi» Belden, who saved their lives during a heavy rain storm. Left alone with the smaller brothers and sisters, she found the flood waters of Pumpkin Creek entering the house, to a depth of two feet. The glil waded out tc. the barn, hitched up a team, put the children in and drove to a neigh bors in a heavy ball storm.