" THE FRONTIER D, H. CRON IN, PUBLI8 HER, 0 *V, 0, TEMPLETON, Mltor and Business Manager. C'NEILU ~.. NEBRASK^ • r ' ' Impressive Ceremony Marks Laying of Cornerstone to Massive Monument Alexandria, Va., Nov. '«*—1With sol emn ritual In the presence of the na tion’s highest officials and one of the largest gathering of Blue L>odge Masons In history, the cornerstone was laid Thursday of the lofty na tional memorial which will be erect ed by the Free Masons of America to their revered craftsman, George Washington. When completed, the structure will be one of the largest monuments ever erected In honor of an Individ ual. Standing on the crest of Shooter’s Hill, the massive granite pile will rise In columned dignity, 200 fee* above the stone set in place Thursday to command a perpetual view of the vast estate once owned by Washington, the capital of the republic he helped igpke possible and the quaint old town of Alexandria, where he presided over Masonic meetings. Not far away lies Mount Vernon, where hr spent much of his Ve, and died. Coolldge Takes Part. President Coolldge, though not a member of the fraternity, silently spread the first mortar with the trowel his illustrious predecessor used in laying the cornerstone of the first national aapltol and the first Masonic temple erected here. Chief Justice Taft followed him, using the same relic, which then wae put away to be guarded until, about five years hence, its final resting place is ready in the shrine that was consecrated today. After the president and the chief justice had performed their act of homage, Charles H. Callahan, deputy grandmaster of Virginia, and the grandmasters of every Jurisdiction in the United States or their emis saries, with a number of past grand masters, convened as members of the grand lodge of Virginia, each In turn spread mortar with a silver trowel, destined to & place among the treasures of their grand Jurisdic tion. Mr. Callahan presided over the ceremony at the request of James H. Price, the grand master of Virginia, In recognition of his service for the advancement of Masonry In the United States and because the erec tion of the memorial was his sug gestion. What Stone Contains. The great atone, bearing the em blematic square and compass of Free Masonry, and containing a blble, an American flag, & copy of the United States constitution, and the declara tion of Independence, literature des cribing the history of the order, other documents and tokens from each of the grand Jurisdictions was capped with the working tools of their of. flees by the grand master, the grand senior warden and the grand Junior warden, who pronounced it "True, trusty and well laid." It was lowered into place by "operative’’ Masons With three distinct movements, be tween each of which grand honors were bestowed, and was consecrated by the pouring on it of the "corn of plenty, the wine of Joy and the oil of blessedness." The building will rise 200 feet above Shooters hill, on the outskirts of this city, which Thomas Jefferson and James Madison proposed for the site of the capltol of the United States. It will resemble and was inspired by the great towera of an cient Greece and Rome, from whose summits permanent burning flares guided mariners at sea, and In the words of H. W. Corbett, one of its architects, "will represent to the world the guiding spirit of Washing ton In statesmanship and his rsvered precepts which for all time will set ♦a example by which the ship of stats may direct its course." Setting of 32 Aeree. From its commanding position overlooking the Potomac valley from Washington to Mt. VernOn, the memorial will be a landmark. It will have a setting of 32 acres and be surrounded by artistic landscapes. Broad walks and stone steps ascend ing through seven terraces will lead to its entrance. The building itself Will be 230 feet deep, MO feet wide and tower upward 200 feet. The main masses of the building will comprise a base in which will be located the great Washington Memorial hall and various Masonic rooms where may be perpetuated in imperishable form the memory and achievements of the men whose distinguished services Co Free Masonry merit particular and lasting reward. The Memorial hall will be an Imposing atrium 70 feet wide and 100 feet deep. In it a statue of Washington will be placed. This hail will be 64 feet high, rising by a dear story above the surrounding portion of the building. It will be flanked by great Ionic columns 40 feet high and surrounded by a num ber of rooms devoted to Masonic in terests above the roof of which will be clerestory lights. BIO ENGINE TO GIVE , , POWER TO LIGHT PLANT Hot Springs, 8. D.. Nov. — (Spe-‘ dal)—The Water. Light & Power Company of this city have Just un loaded a 300 H. P. engine of the crude oil type, V'Mch wilt % used In the new piTjU. which ti under construction. Hot Springs will soon be able to have all bar street lamps la operate" onoa more. I MUST CONTINUE RUNNING TRAINS State Railway Commission Denies Request of Rock Island Lincoln, Neb., Nov. (Special)— The state railway commission has denied the request of the Rock Is land to abandon a Sunday train on its Nelson branch, because It Is not a losing proposition In deciding it the commission says that the branch line train system In Nebras ka is getting to be a grave problem. Most of the persons who would ordi narily use the trains now have, and Use motor cars, and the commission thinks this Is a permanent condition. The railroads cannot be asked to run a lot of branch line trains for the use of those who do not have cars or for the convenience of those who have them on days when their au tos cannot be used. There must either be a curtailment of service or a cheaper transportation substituted, says the decision. NEW MEXICO PRESSES CASK AGAINST WAUSA BANKS Lincoln, Neb., Nov. (Special)— The supreme court heard arguments Wednesday on the appeal of the state of New Mexico from' a deci sion of the Knox county district court that it was not entitled to the cash on a certified check it holds on the First National bank of W'ausa. The bank Issued the check on re quest of the German Bond & De velopment company, which planned to develop an irrigation system in New Mexico under the Carey act, but which, before the check was pre sented to be cashed, changed its mind about going ahead. The at torneys for (he foreign state said that a certified check operates im mediately to transfer funds, and the other side said it was mere idle ceyemony and did not constitute a contract until cashed. The state asked for $1100 at least for the work done on the project that was aban doned. HE SEEKS LENIENCY FOR HIS CLIENT. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. (Special)— F. A. Bartos, presenting the appeal in supreme court of Frank Vlvars convicted in Gage county of burglary, pleaded that the same leniency be given his client as has been given convicted men in the federal court. Vicars drew three years. He has five children. In federal court a few weeks ago men convicted of us ing the mails to defraud were let off with fines and one mail carrier drew $500 for rifling letters. He said these men ought to have been In Leavenworth prison, having pleaded guilty to offenses carrying prison sentences. They were let oft with flnea because of theiir families. SOUDER TRIAL STARTS. North Platte, Neb., Nov. (Spec ial)—Samuel M. Souder, who is under indictment for 148 charges in connec ted!! with alleged forgeries and em bezzelment of of county funds while he was county treasurer, appeared In court ns a defendant in the "court house scandal" trial for the first time todny. Mrs. Souder. wife of the ac cused man, with one of her small children, was in court all morning and when her husband appeared, she sat \Vlth him at the attorneys’ table. C. -.OTHER ODD FELLOWS PICKED HIS CORN Neligh, Nov —(3pecial.)— Several auto loads of Odd Fell-iws went to the P. W. Reutzel farm two miles north of here Tuesday to pick his corn. He has been sick for sev eral months. FORMER OFFICIAL DIES Lincoln, Neb., Nov. '—(Special)— D. M. Amsberry, 72 years old, who served four years as Nebraska secre tary of state, concluding his two terms, with the first of this year, died at his home in Lincoln, Wed nesday. He was editor and publish er of the Custer County Republican at Broken Bow, Nebj, for many years prior to his election as secretary of state. NULIGH TO ENFORCE CURFEW ORDINANCE Neligh, Neb., Nov. —(Special.)— At the regular meeting of the city council of this city, held Monday night, drastic measures were taken to enforce the curfew law. Two weeks ago the library had to be closed even ings because the police officers could 4 cope with the boys. Mayor Thorn ♦ ordered the chief of police to en gage as men men as he chose to en forc tae curfew law. ONE CHICKEN THIEF LOST BIG ROLL Fremont, Neb., Nov. .'Special) — Chicken thieves visited a hennery near here Tuesday night and es caped with a number of fowls, but the owner was well compensated. One of the thieves dropped a bill fold containing f700 which was found by the owner of the chickens. TRAPPERS PREPARE TO GO AFTER BEAVER. Lynch, Neb., Nov. (Special)— Many trappers in this part of the state are making ready for the open ing of the open season for the trap ping of beaver. It is said tho streams in this section are literally alive with those valuable fur bear ing animals, so a profitable season's work is predicted. FORMER CLERK PLEADS GUILTY Admits Embezzlement and Forgery—Others Arc To Be Tried ' North Platte, Neb., Ntv. i (Spe cial)—A. S. Allen, former csunty clerk of Lincoln county, appeared In district court Monday afternoon and entered a plea of guilt' to charges of embezzlement and forgery. Allen was charged with havin- appropriat ed for his own uses, about $4,000 of $he county’i .noney. He is the first arf a number of county officials to be brou-ht v for trial. WOULD GIVE THE PRESIDENT FULL POWER Lincoln, Neb., Nov. (U. P.)— •Place the responsibility for prohi bition law enforcement in the hands of President Coolidge and the coun try will be speedily dried up,” Gov. Charles W. Bryan, Nebraska told the United Press Monday. “We’ve tried out the system in Nebraska and I know it will work," said Gov. Bryan. “Seven years ago I went before the legislature and got them to place the responsibility for enforcemet t of law directly upon the governor. That was at the time when Nebraska adopted prohibition." It Is the same with the federal gov ernment, Bryan said. At present government employes are running the prohibition enforcement and it is easy to get bonded whiskey out of warehouses. The “buck is being passed” down the line and ends no where. “If the president is responsible it will also mean that the party is re sponsible and that means action or defeat in the next election,” Bryan slated. The governor said that he would probabbly sign the memorial, made at th8 governors’ conference at West Baden, Ind. Bryan did not attend the conference but has been asked by Gov. Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylva nia, to join in signing the memorial. AINSWORTH COUPLE WEDDED 50 YEARS Ainsworth, Neb-, Nov. (Special) •—Mr. and Mrs. Will Stone celebrated their fiftieth Wedding anniversary on October 28, having for their guests their children and grand children to the number of 32. WOLVES INCREASE IN IOWA IN RECENT YEARS Des Moines, Oct. -Wolves have been increasing with rapidly in Iowa in the last five years, and are again becoming a serious menance to sheep, according to L. R Burt, stock and grain farmer who lives 10 miles west of Ilea Moines. AH a recent meeting of a farm or ganization in I)es Moines Mr. Burt declared that wolves are increasing so rapidly in his vicinity that he lost 30 sheep and lambs to them la3t y**r. He has offered a $10 bonus for every wolf caught on his farm, in ad dition to the bonus paid by Polk county as prescribed by law. YANKTON DAIRYMEN TO FORM AN ASSOCIATION. Yankton, S. D„ Oct. (Special) —Organization of a Yankton county dairymen’s association was the pur pose of a meeting held this week at Prairie Local Hall, No. 237, Farm ers Union, five miles north of Yank ton, with a fair attendance of in terested milk producers and sellers. It is proposed to develop the in dustry throughout the county, and to have an annual dairy show, in conjunction with the annual poultry show. The first one will be held in December of this year if the necessary financial support can be secured. INDIAN RELICS FOUND ON LAKE TRAVERSE Vermillion, S. D, Oct. . (Special) —Indian implements, tomahawks, celts and mawls, made of stone, and copper arrow points, awls, and neck laces were recently unearthed at the south end of lake Traverse in Roberts county, by W. H. Over, curator of the museum at the University of South Dakota, according to a report re ceived. Several fine skeletons of the Early Indian mound builders were collected, besides many curious shell ornaments. Five mounds we-e ex cavated, and several articles made of native copper vi 1 from two of the mounds. beads were found around the neok of one skele ton. HEAVY CORN YIELD IN BUFFALO COUNTY Kimball, S. D„ Nov. (Special.) —Among the unprecedented corn yields is that on the John KnlppiJng farm northwest of Gann Valley, in Buffalo county, where 80 acres measured 86 bushels to the acre. TWO RAILROAD8 TO PAY TAX ASSESSMENTS Lincoln, Neb, Nov. *—(Special.)— The Union Pacific ana the Grand slant! railroads will not fight the ta assessment which the state board of taxation and equalization fixed for 1923. "The Union Pacific and the Grand Island roads will pay their taxes as assessed," said Attorney C. A. Ma gaw of Omaha, repjresenting the transportation lines, in a statement made Saturday evening." We hava decided not to carry thj contest into court, but will accept the declsiog of the state board as final. QUARREL OVER LAUNDRY BILL Nebraska’s Governor and Deputy State Auditor Have War of Words Lincoln, Neb., Nov, V (Special)— Deputy Auditor Frank B. Honza jaws back at Governor Bryan, who lectured him because he refused to approve a laundry bill of *7.50 for tho gover nor’s mansion. He haa sent it back for itemJeation to discover if it is a proper c laimagainst the state. The governor says he is responsible on his bond and to the voters politically for all business coming under his juri dlction, and that to permit a deputy in some other office to control will be determine the policy of the gover nor. Mr. Honza, \i(ho acts as watchdog, retorts tttiat it is useless to consult the governor, becauso he doesn’t know anything about many of the hundreds of claims that bear his rub ber stamp approval and that when he has taken matters up with him be fore he always tries to justify* the claim. He says Bryan recently ap proved a claim of an inspector for a (hotel bill on a basis of $9 a day. and that one claim the governor ap proved and the dieputy refused to audit was adjusted on a basis that saved the state his salary for a year. IS RESTRAINED FROM FLIRTING Unusual Order is Issued By Judge Morning At Lin coln, Neb. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. (Special)—A temporary injunction was granted by Judge Morning, at the request of Mrs. Katherine Sarver, ordering her hus band, Forest Sarver, to desist from flirting with Hazel Moore. Mrs. Sarver has begun action for a divorce against her husband, naming Hazel Moore as co-respondent. She filed a supplemental petition -saying that Sarver was not providing for his family and was spending all his money on the other woman. The or der of the court, something unheard of in Nebraska court circles, is as follows: ‘‘A temporary injunction is allowed restricting the defendants, Forrest Sarver and Hazel Moore, from hav ing any flirtation, or improper asso ciation, conversation, or comunication of any kind with each other; restrain ing the defendant, Forest Sarver, from giving to the defendant, Hazel Moore, any money, and from expend ing any money for her use and bene fit, directly or indirectly, and re straining the defendant, Hazel Moore, from accepting any money, gifts or benefits of any kind from the defen dant, Forest Sarver.” Violations of the order, add,s the court, will be construed as contempt, and the guilty party jailed. PLEAD THEY WERE JUST MAKING VINEGAR Lincoln, Neb., Nov. '-—George and Ruby Sommers, who live on a farm In Fillmore county, have filed an ap peal in supreme court on a charge of violating the prohibitory law, which gained for them a fine of $£00 and 30 days each in the county jail. They claim they were making vinegar, which goes through a part ofvthe same process employed in making hooch, and that the officers dropped in at that stage of the process. They say that the lower court refused to submit this defense and tell the jury that hey did not have to prove they were making vinegar, the burden of proof being on the state to pro\ e they were manufacturing hootch. The woman was convicted of the making and husband of the possessions of the stuff. They were released on $1,000 ball, pending the judgment of the ap TRIED TO DRIVE NAIL INTO HI8 HEAD Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. — (U. P.)—While in a delirium, Henry Gilfred, who live* near here, attempt ed to end his life by driving a nail into his head. Members of his fami ly entered his room Just in time to prevent his suicide. Gilfred has been an invalid for several years. BUILD ELECTRIC LINE INTO TOWN OF ALLEN Allen, Neb., Nov. '— (Special.)— The work on the ne\r electric high line connecting this town with Sioux City and South Dakota points has been progressing this week, the poles being now set. The original con tract called for current October 1, but through unexpected delays the building of the line will, not be com pleted until about December 1. NO ARGUMENT IN THE O’CONNOR CASE. Hastings, Nob., Nov. -