^ THE FRONTIER P, H. CRON IN, PUBLISHER, * C. TEMPLETON, Editor and Businas* Manager. ffNEILL, ^'~~^]NEBBA8Kj 11th District Convention At Storm Lake Has Promi * nent Men on Program —" ■»■■■' ■■■.* *. Montie \Yi«dom, 24 years old, who uaa served two years of his 10 year sentence in the penitentiary for robbing a Beat rice ics company, couldn't say "no" when Pearl Hansen, of St. Paul, ask ed him to marry her, although hs had a wife and two children at his home in Sabetha, Kan., he told Judge W. M. Morning. Judge Morn ing annulled Wisdom's marriage to wif# No. 2, after the imprisoned man had asked this so that the state parole board would take action on his parole. NINETY-NINE YEARS OLD, SITS UP IN BED Geneva, Neb., Dec. -^ (Special.) — Ninety-nine years olo Thanksgiving Dsy, Mrs. Elizabeth Page Donovan, was able to sit up In her chair and recognize members of her family. She with her husband was one of the early settlers in Fillmore county. They came here from Iowa. Mrs. Donovan was born in Ireland. PER8UADED STEPFATHER TO GO ON ROBBER TRIP. Omaha, Neb., Dec. —Charles Kil lian, 18, arrested in Lincoln, in quoted by police as having said he persuad ed his stepfather, Alfred (Bert) Knis pel, former Lincoln, Neb., policeman, to accompany him on a highway robbery expedition last Sunduy night when both he and Knispel were wounded by Omaha police officers. BEGINS BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT Lincoln, Neb., Dec. .—Acting under authority of a law enacted by the last legislature Deputy Secretary Shum Way, of the State department of ag riculture will tomorrow begin a cam paign for eradication of bovine tub erculosis snd payment of Indemnity to owners of cattle. The state and federal governments will co-op erate in the work of eradication, the latter supplying four inspectors. Work will start In Polk county to be followed In a number of others 1 which have petitioned for lusnertors. , A. 0. U. W. MUST PAY INSURANCE Delay In Submitting Proof of Death Was Caused By World War Lincoln, Neb., Dec. t. (Special)— The supreme court has held the A. O. U. W. liable on a policy held by Airs. Catherine Wlrtele of Nebraska City. She and her husband were caught in Germany by the declara tion of war, and when he died there in 1915 the proofs she sent were lest in the mails. Later the war spread to the United States, and no mails were exchanged between the two countries. It was not until 1921 that she was able to send her proofs across. The court says that the statute limiting to five years the time in which actions may be brought, was suspended by the war, and that the trading with the enemy act made her for the time being, although a citizen of the United States, au alien enemy. OLDEST TWINS TO CEEBRATE Bom In Scotland, Omaha Women are 93 Years Old Today Omaha, Neb., Dec., \ (U. P.)—Mrs. Agnes Clark, Omaha, and Miss Ella McKinnln of Madison, Wls., oldest living women twins In the United State, will celebrate their 93d birth day at Mrs. Clark’s home today. Botn Mrs. Clark and Miss BcKinnln are In the best of health and have the physical vigor of women 20 year* younger. They are natives of Scot land. MATRIMONIAL PROMOTER SENTENCED TO JAIL Omaha, Neb., Dec. —Charles Machecek, farmer, of Yankton, S. D,, who told police he paid T. T. Pfoten hauer of Omaha $200 to find him a wife, only to have the prospective bride refuse to wed when he came to Omaha to meet her, uncovered a "curb market” In brides, police say, when he had Pfotenhauer arrested yesterday . The "Matrimonial service" draws Its brides from a downtown street corner, police say, where Pfotenhauer is alleged to have stood, asking pass ing women to "consider marriage tb a South Dakota farmer.” The head of the matrimonial bu reau was sentenced to 90 days In*” Jail sentence was suspended when j Khen he promised to cease operations. [ | AUTO '■-GISTRATION LAW IS UPHELD Lincoln, Neb., Dec. •,—State auto mobile law that requires registra tion and transfers of ownership was sustained in a decision of the supreme court Friday. It held that owners of a Lincoln automobile exchange had no relief from replevin of a val uable car In their possession for which they had exchanged a cheaper car, paying $400 as the difference. The car they secured, it later de veloped, has not been paid for and the original owner secure ' It by re plevin proceedings. The court says the Lincoln men were negligent in mt consulting the registration lists and assuring themselves of the legi timacy of the ownership. Take charter of A LEGION POST Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ,—A petition h. s been filed at American Legion state headquarters asking that the charter of the post at Gerlng, Neb., be revoked. The filing of the petition follows the alleged endorsement by the , jst of A. L. Mathers, as a re publican candidate for the nomina tion of governor. The petition signed by five members of Lincoln Post No. S, cites the reported action of the Gerlng post as being a direct vio lation of the legion constitution pro hibiting any post taking part In part isan politics or endorsing any can didate for office, even Its own mem bera OMAHAN NOT GUILTY MURDERING NEPHEW Omaha, Neb., Dec. wv. P. Chlodo, apartment house owner, Friday was acquitted of a charge of manslaughter for the slaying of his nephew, Frank Eonacci, last April 14. Chlodo was unmoved by the verdict, merely thanking the Jurors Individually. PLEADS GUILTY TO ROBBING TREASURE OFFICE Hartlngton, Neb., Deo. _ Scott Millard, who, last summer robbed the county treasurer’s office of the sum of $2,000, pleaded guilty in the district court heep. Sentence has not yet been imposed. It is b«Ucved that he will be paroled. GRAND ARMY POST AT WAYNE ELECTS. Wayne, Neb., Dec. (Special)— At the annual meeting of the lo cal post of the G. A. It., the fol lowing officers were elected for the coming year: John Grimsley, commander; Chas Baggart and A. H. Carter, vice commanders; R. P. Williams, Ad jutant; C. Chapin, chaplain; S. C. Fox, officer of the day; Dan Mc Nanigul, officer of the guard. GET CASH FROM FEDERAL BANK Holt County Farmer Asso ciations Meet Require ments and Cut Expense O'Neil, N&h., Dec. ..(Special) Farm ers and stock raisers of southeastern Holt county ate taking advantages of the facilities offered them through the federal Intermediate credit bank of Omaha to readji-et their finances on a sound basis and are escaping the payment of higfh rates of interest by the organiza tion of agricultural credit corporations, as prodded in the inter mediate credit act. Two of such associations or cor porations already have been organized at Ewing and, because of the pratlcal application of the provisions of the act by Fred W. Clark, manager of the Omaha Intermediate Credit bank, and the promptness with which the Omaiha officials are acting, upon the applications for loans, the associa tion are functioning in a manner most satisfactory to those concerned. Both of the Ewing corporations are formed exclusively of agriculturalists and stock men and have authorized capital stocks of $25,000 and paid up capitals of $16,000 each. Under the Ewing plan each association is get ting away from the payment of any profits to any one not directly inter ested as a borrower by providing that each borrower shall take as stock in. the corporation 20 per cent of the amount of his loan. The money is loaned to the borrower at five per cent plus -the cost of administration, which deducting the amount that, he receives back as dividends on his stock gives him his loan at less than 7 per cent. The intermediate credit bank loans entirely on agricultural products, which includes livestock, loans being made tor -from six to nine months, with privilege of renew al as long as the borrower has the security, regardless of business condi tions at the time the renewal Is asked for. BETTER PRICES FOR PRODUCTS Establishment of Creamery At Ewing, Neb., Benefits Producers and Merchants Ewing, Neb., Dec. —(Special)— Business men of Ewing, have solved the problem of getting practically Omaha and Sioux City prices for the cream and butterfat produced by the farmers of the dairying territory from which its merchants derive their hpslnesK. A small creamery was established by the business men the first of the present year and on November 24 completed a nine months' run In which more than 150,000 pounds of butter has been produced and cream and butterfat producers now are re ceiving within two cents of the Oma ha, Lincoln and Sioux City markets. The total outlay for the plant was but $8,500 Rml the price of butter fat raised five cents a pound the day it started operation, on February 24. Since that time the price has kept at least four cents above that paid by the big cream stations at other non competitive points and has stayed within two cents of the eastern prices paid. The plant has a capacity of 1,200 pounds of butter dally and dur ing the summer months churned be tween 23,000 and 25,000 pounds a month and now is averaging slightly above 10,000 pounds. Two big Chi cago Institutions take the entire pro duction. in cartons, at prevailing market prices. The plant mails out no cream quotations and operates no lines of collection trucks. All of its butterfat is brought to the creamery door by the farmers It was erected to benefit. STAR BOARDER TAKES THEIR MOTHER AND CASH Fremont, Neb., Deo. —Charging that their “tetar boarder,” Abo Chadea, 66, had disappeared with their all their aavings, about $2,000, Sab (Special)— State Sheriff Carroll says that the decision of Judge Woodrough that federal prohibition agents are not civil officers and, therefore, they cannot use search warrants to search homes and seize liquors will add greatly to the difficulty of enforcing the law. He says that it means that the United States marshal must hire an increase^ number of asslsants, which he cannot do under the present appropriation, or the agents of the department must wait until they can get hold of a deputy to servo the warrants. Deputy Marshal McClung says that it will mean that when the deputy marshals are not available to handle search warrants the federal prohibi tion squad must work with the state agents, wiho can get and serve search warrants and make seizures. STATE TREASURER SHOWS CONDITION OF FUND8. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. (Special)— the monthly report of State Treas urer Robinson shows an overdraft on the general fund of $742,993, which is the same figure, within a few dol lars, that the overdraft stood at a year ago. The balance on hand In all funds of $2,800,000, or $300,000 less than a year ago. This cash is uarge ly made up of capital and university cash funds, and a portion of the money credited on the books to the capital has been used to take up ar rants on the general fund, so that the state is not paying any interest on warrants. FIVE BADLY BURNED WHEN LAMP EXPLODES. Fremont, Neb., Dec. -Nina, 14, and Betty, 4, daughters pf Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schlapfer of Arling ton, were badly burned and the par ents and eldest son, Herman, severe ly blistered by flames when a lamp exploded In the kitchen of their home- Nina was filling the lamp with oil and Betty was in the room 1th her. The exploding oil covered their clothes. COUNTY ATTORNEY DISQUALIFIED EARLY. Plattsmouth, Neb-, Dec (Special) —District Judge Negley, Wednesday, revealed that County Attorney Cole, of Css county was disqualified be fore the jury which Indicted him was called. He had objected to the call ing of the jury the Judge said. The Indictment charges Cole with mal feasanse In office. D. O. Dwyer has been appointed special prosecutor. RECKLESS DRIVERS ARE TO MARCH IN PARADE. Omaha, Neb., Dec. —Municipal Judge Dlneen defended nis proposed parade Friday, of reckless motorists, up Omaha’s principal business street to the county Jail, against critics who said it would be "cruel treatment.” "I believe it will dieter other autolsts from reckless driving" he sad. lie has abandoned the original idea that a band accompany the parde. SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IN THE SOUDER CASE. North Platte, Neb., Dec. . »Special) Judge Tewell, on request of the coun ty attorney, has appointed W. A, Prince, of Grand Island, as a special prosecutor In the case of former County Treasurer Souder, who goes on trial Friday, charged with forgery and various other offenses against the public while he was county treas urer. HUSBAND AND WIFE SENTENCED TO JAIL. Omaha, Neb., Dec. —Harry E. Brown and his wife of c»rand island Neb., In federal court Wednesday were each sentenced by Federal Judge J. W. W’oodrough to serve a year and a day on a charge of robbing the mail. They pleaded guilty and were placed In separate celle in the county jail. MATRIMONIAL BUREAU MAN 18 ARRE8TED Omaha, Neb., Dec. '«—Officers who claimed to have received a complaint from a South Dakota farmer, arrest ed T. T. Pfotenhauer, of Omaha for investigation In connection with an alleged matrimonial bureau he Is said to own. MURDERED BOY’S MOTHER WITNE88 FOR 8LAYER. Omaha, Neb., Dec. ' .(Special--Mrs. Caronile Bennaccl, Wednesday, tertl fiedi In district court on behalf of her brother, V. P. Chiodo, apartment house owner, who Is on trial charged with the murder of her son last April. GOVERNOR ASKS FOR OPINION ON OUSTER. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. .1 Special) — Governor Bryan has asked an opinion from the attorney general relative to ousting Sheriff Quinton, of Cass county, who has been Indicted. VAJGAT CONFESSIONS GO IN AS EVIDENCE. Seward, Neb., Dec. (Special)— Judge Corcoran, Wednesday who Is presiding at the trial of the three Vajgrts who are charged with the murder of Anton liana, farm hand who is alleged to have wronged the girl. Wednesday, permitted their alleged confessions to go before the jury which is hearing the trial, with the provision, however, that the Jury, if it found the confessions were se cured by threats, to disregard them. • Recommended by a* Ohio Farmer W. J. Temple, 292 W. Cenfral Ave., Delaware, Ohio, for five long year9 could not eat a meal without distress. His trouble was catarrh of the stomach and bowels brought on by exposure. 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