Nebraska Newspapers

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D. H. CRON IN, PUBLI8HER,
* *ft O. TEMPLETON,
Editor and Business Manager.
ffciEILL, NEBRA8K(
Claims Ownership of 240
Acres of Land Awarded
to His Sisters
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ““—-(Special)
— Kverard L. Merritt, Dixon county
! farmer, has appealed to the supreme
! court from a decision of the district
oourt that awarded 240 of the 280
acres of land that he farms to his
two sisters. His father had willed
him the 40 upon which he had built
‘ his house, and the remainder to his
sisters, who live at Hudson, Wls. He
claimed that an oral agreement with
his father was to the effect that If
he went upon the land, broke It and
cultivated It he should have It when
his father died. Meanwhile he was
to pay the father a small annual
rental. He did so, and the lower
court held that the existence of the
lease was not consistent with his
claim of ownership. In addition to
losing the land the court ordered
him to pay |l,000 rental to the sisters.
NORMAL BOARD
UACKS MAJORS
Makes Record of Discharge
of Professor Eason—
Ends Controversy
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. *. (Special)—
In session here tihe state normal
board made the record! read that Prof.
J, Lawrence Eason had been dlsmlss
ed from the teaching staff at Peru.
Mr. Eaaon an id that President Tom
Majors had dismissed him on his own
authority, and got an order from the
supreme court that allows fhim to
test the right of the ooard) to dismiss
him arbitrarily.
President Conn, of Wayne, reported
that carelessness on the part of the
Architect made necessary the relay
ing of the floor of the gymnasium at
an expense of $600.
TWO SET8 Ob CHILDREN
CAUSE OF DIVORCE
Columbus. Neb., Dec. (Special)
•—Children of two families attempt
ing to live under one roof resulted in
Mrs. Mary Bennlng todpy obtaining
a decree of divorce in tihe district
court here. Mrs. Bennlng who was
married to Gustave Bennlng in 1920
alleged her husband compelled her
children from a previous marriage
to go to work while they were still
tinder 16 years when they should have
been In school and called) them scrubs
nnd cripples while the husband’s
children were given fell the privileges.
She charged that the final outcome
her demands for her children's
rights resulted in her husband attack
ing her and tearing off all of her
clothing.
8AYS WATER POWER
IS TOO UNCERTAIN
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ‘'—(Special) —
Talking to the Nebrasxa Manufac
turers’ association, at its annual state
convention, O. J. Shaw, general man
ager of the Lincoln Traction Com
pany, said that the water powers of
Nebraska were too unreliable as a
source of power, and that while elec
trical energy was certain to be called
upon more and mdre to drive the
factory wheels, tho principal supply
would come from plants that were
$t out of the 274 developments that
operated by steam. He said that only
have been made along the streams or
the state In the past 26 years are now
In operation. The others had to be
abandoned )>ecauae the supply of
water was too variable, and the com
panies could not retain their markets
because of this fact.
ALLEGED JAIL BREAKER
GIVEN HIS FREEDOM
Lincoln, Neb,, Dec. t* —(Special)
—Charles Sapp, Boyd county man,
was summarily released from the
penitentiary today by order of the
board of pardons. Sapp had been
•ent up on conviction for breaking
Jail. He had been held on a charge
of having broken into a store and
stolen a safe. Ths board members
doubted whether an old man of his
weight 110 pounds, could get away
with a very heavy safe. This charge
had never been pushed. His wife
and three little children appeared
before the board, and were assured
he could return home with them.
Sapp said that the jail was unlock
ed, and he just got tired staying
around waiting for court to meet,
CAUSE OF PARALYSIS
IS NOT DISCOVERED
Fremont, Neb., Dec. —(D P )—A
form of paralysis that baffled doctors
took the life of Frank Sedlacek, 22,
Prague, Neb., in a hospital here.
Early in October Sedlacek awoke P om
a noon-day nap to find his body
paralyzed from the hips down. Ail
efforts of physicians to diagnose the
disease failed. Sedlacek was brought
to a hospital here a few days ago.
STOLEN CHECK8 FOUND
UNDER A CULVERT
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. -—(Special)
—While building a culvert on the
Cornhusker highway two miles from
here Tuesday. John Jurgensen found
a box containing $385 in checks and
money order* taken from the safe of
the Evana Laundry Company of Lin
coln o* f « night of Thankaglving.
when t-fselcamen blew open the safe
after overpowering the night watch
man. The bank book of the Evans
(BSnpany waa f* ’Nl in the box.
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WHERE DO YOU F1TT
Where do you fit in this world o*
ours,
With Its hustle mid bustle and
work;
Are you one of the throng that help
It along—
Or are you with those who shirk?
Do yoti hit the Job with a smile or
frown;
Do you carry a grouch all day;
Are you one of the flock that watches
the clock;
Are you workin’ for more than pay?
Is your Job man-sized and worth the
while.
When you’ve tallied up your score:
Are you keepln’ fit and doin’ your bit.
And perhaps a vv? bit more?
Are you one of the average Just drift
ing along;
Are you listed as Profit or Loss;
Are you stallin’ for time or startin' to
climb;
How much are you puttin’ across?
Just take In your slack and count up
your score,
Locate what you’re aimin’ to hit—
Don’t waste ammunition and all your
ambition
But find out just where you fit?
—Frank A. Collins,
lr» F irbes Magazine
Sample Ret# Gouge.
From the Kansan City Star.
The freight rate from Superior,
Neb., to Galveston, the nearest sea
port, a distance of 934 miles, Is 60
cents per 10o pounds.
The rate from Freeport, 111., to
New Orleans, a distance of 938
miles. Is 27 cents per 100 pounds.
Why should there be a difference
of 23 cents for the same haul?
Let the railroads and the Inter
state. commerce commission answer
the question. There are those differ
ences between the states east of
the Mississippi and those west ot
the Mississippi.
No one can logically explain It;
no one can successfully defend It.
Therefore, the victims of the dis
crimination must ruthlessly attack
It.
Unless the attack Is ruthless, per
sistent and successful, the states of
the Missouri Valley will continue to
pay tribute to competing states east
of tha big river. _
Half a Century of Service.
From the Chicago News.
Railroad workers throughout the
United States celebrated notable
occasion last Sunday—the fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen.
The firemen's brotherhood Is one of
the oldest labor organizations In the
United States and It has an honor
able history. It is proud to he able
to say that it has never violated a
contract with an employing company,
and that when Individual members
have done so it has been at the cost
of their membership.
From its beginning the object of the
organization has been to give real
service to Its members. In carrying
out that policy It has disbursed more
than $28,000,000 In death and disabllty
claims. Among Its 118,000 members
It has In force Insurance policies ag
gregating $160,000,000, and in addition
It conduct* accident Indemnity, fun
eral-beneflt and pension departments.
The firemen’s brotherhood Is a
solid, substantial Institution. It Is
not only of benefit to Its members but
a credit to the cause of trade
unionism.
Use Fish As Money.
From Popular Mechanics.
Fish are used ns money along the
Labrador coast where there arc no
stores, according to reports, and trad
ers accept the finny exchange In pay
ment for their wares.
Currency almost is useless, for the
residents prefer to he paid in food and
clothing for their services. The last
fishing season was unusually poor,
because the schools of fish which have
regularly furnished the chief means
of livelihood to the natives, deserted
the waters along those shores. In
order to relievo the conditions, a pa
per mill that will give employment
to many persons is being planned, and
fishermen are raising goats to provide
necessary food elements lacking In
the usual diet of fish, white bread
and tea.
Two Senate Presidents?
From the Springfield Republican.
The Senate, unlike the House, Is
a continuing body; two-thirds of its
members, except for vacancies caused
by death or resignation, are always
fully qualified. But lts presiding of
ficer, the vice president, has become
President. It must elect for Itself a
president pro tern, not merely to pre
side during the vice president's oc
casional absence, since there la no
longer A vice president, but to pre
side regularly. Its president pro tern
during thS last Congress was Senator
Cummins of Iowa. Although Senator
Cummins reached the Senate nearly
20 years ago with a reputation as a
progressive, even a radical, he Is not
regarded with favor by present-day
radicals. It is said to be a question
whether they will agree to his re
election as president pro tern and
whether he would not, in any case,
prefer to devote himself entirely to
the chairmanship of the Senate com
mittee on interstate commerce, the
position in which he sponsored the
Cummins railroad law.
Some conservative Republicans in
Washington expect that the little
group of Senate radicals will demand
a presiding officer from their own
number, although tho limited discre
tion which the presiding officer has
under the Senate rules seems to
make the prise hardly worth their
turmoil. At least once In the his
tory of the Senate there was a dead
lock which resulted In the election
of two presiding officers, a Repub
lican and Democrat, who solemnly
presided on alternate days. The feel
ing seems to be that If the radical
Republicans should remain obdurate
the con. ervatlve Republicans might
propose to the Democrats that that
extraordinary solution be tried out
again.
What Mrs. Albes of Norridgewock
Canned.
"From the Portland (Ms.) Press
Herald
Norridgewock wants to know an
other woman 83 years old in the
state who haB canned ns many
fruits and vegetables as Mrs. Samuel
Albee In her own kitchen, besides do
ing all her housework and sewing.
Here is a list of the good things Mrs.
Albee has canned this year: Sne
proudly shows her friends 20 quarts
of strawberries, eight quarts of early
apples, three pecks of peaches, all
peeled by hand; three bushels of
sweet corn after It was husked; this
was boiled on the cob, then cut and
dried; 12 quarts of plums, four
quarts of ripe tomatoes, four quarts
of baked apples and eight qutt’ta of
picklaa
GIVE VAJGRTS
FULL FREEDOM
Jury Holds Three Not Guilty
of Murder—Public Sent
iment Revealed
Seward, Neb., D'ic. ~V (Special)—
Adolph Vajgrt, his wife and their
daughter, Alba, 15 years old, who
were charged with the murder on
Anton Lana, farm hand, were found
guilty by a jury in district court here,
Saturday night, following a sensa
tional trial whidh lasted almost two
weeks.
The three were charged with the
murder of Lana, October 8, on the
Vajgrt farm south of Milford.
Yhe violent death of Lana was not
denied by the three defendants, each
of whom at some tome or otiher since
the tragedy had confessed to killing
the man. In extenuation of any part
they may have had In causing his
death the defendants set up and show
ed by evidence produced in court that
the farm hand (had, while a friend of
the family and member of the house
hold for several years, taken advan
tage of the girl and was responsible
for her delicate condition. It was alBO
shown that he was about to leave
without making effort to legally right
the wrong he had done.
Evidence produced In court showed
the Vajgrt parents were simple home
loving people, who thought much of
their children. It was shown that an
amateur or self-styled detective was
largely responsible, through throats
and brow-beating for tihe alleged
confession of the three, which were
bo in conflict with the facts in the
case as developed in court that sen
timent of the comrnunituy was all of
the time on the side of the three de
fendants.
WEDD1NGGIFT
MOST UNUSUAL
Court Permits Jaii Sentence
of Negro After Perform
ing Marriage Ceremony
Hastings, Neb., Dec. • (Special)
—Cupid laughed at locksmiths when
Horace Patterson, colored, who was
serving a 30 day sentence In jail,
was married by Judge Turbyfill to
Miss Katherine Porter, also colored.
Patterson had already served 16
days and the judge remitted the
other 15 days, as a wedding gift.
He had been sentenced on a dis
orderly charge.
WAYNE FAIR ASSOCIATION.
IN ANNUAL MEETING.
Wayne, Neb., Dec. " (Special)—
The Wayne Fair and Livestock as
sociation, elected the following of
ficers for the coming year at the
annual election of officers held
Saturday afternoon: H. J. Miner,
president, Wayne; H. B. Craven,
Vice president, Wayne; Wm Von
Seggren, Secretary, Wayne; R. W.
Ley, treasurer, Wayne; directors,
V'. A. Dayton, Carroll; A. G. Rorke,
Hoskins; Harry Tidrick. Winslde;
Wm. Blerman, Altona; Frank Erxle
ben, Altona; Wm. Lessman, Wake
field; John Huff, Wayne; Henry
Korf, Wayne l E. F. Shields, Wayne.
The race track and several new
buildings will be completed before
the next fair.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
JAILED FOR CONTEMPT.
Hartlngton, Neb., Dee. «* —R. J.
Millard county attorney < i Cedar
county, who appeared in district court
here to argue In two drfvoree cases,
was called before the bench by the
judge and reprimanded by the court.
A charp reply on the part of the
attorney caused the judge to send him
to Jail for contempt to court. He was
released, the next day, however upon
making an apology.
Millard Is the father of Scott Mil
same judge last week to the charge of
lard who pleaded guilty before tne
robbing the office of the Cedar county
treasurer.
SHERIFF IS SUSPENDED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ' —Gov. Bryan
announces he has suspended Sheriff
C. D. Quinton of Ca?a county, and
had appointed E. H. Stewart, of
Plattsmouth, to temporarily fill'the
place.
Gov. Bryan said Ihls action was
taken following telephone conferences
with Sheriff Quinton and ids counsel,
and with District Judge Button at
Plattsmouth.
"Sheriff Quinton requested ine to
relieve him of his duties," the gov
ernor said, "And I have is. ued an
order suspending him from perform
ing ills official duties pending deter
mination of the indictments brought
against him.”
Two grand jury indictments were
recently returned against the sheriff
in connection with alleged irregulari
ties in the enforcement of the pro
hibition law. A number of others
were indicted at the same time.
HUGE SUM PAID
TO BEET GROWERS.
Seottsbluff, Neb., Dec. - .Special)
Over a million and a half dollars were
distributed to beet raisers of the
north Platte valley last week by (he
Great Eastern Sugar company. The
amount was divided as follows: Soot
tsbluff factory. *507,129.17; Bering
factory. *604,379.68; Bayard factory,
*461,378.37; Mitchell factory, *202,
861.98. Total, *1,615.749 20.
This i« made on the Initial payment
of *5.50 a ton. It Is not quite as large
aa tha sum paid the company for
October of last year.
i
War's Effect on Memories.
From a Paris Letter to the Derolt
News.
The war has had a bad effect
on people’s memories, according to
the officials of the Paris lost proper
ty office. In the last year, forty
thousand umbrellas have been left In
public conveyances—double the pre
war number. Nearly twenty-five
thousand pocketbooks have been
found and returned, whereas the av
erage number before the war was
about ten thousand. More than
twenty thousand wrist watches are
turned in annually, and almost as
many handbags. The amount of lost
and found Jewelry has increased
enormously.
The officials believe that this In
crease In the business of the lost
property office is not all due to the
greater honesty of flnedrs In turning
in what they discover, but that It Is
caused by the excitements and suf
ferings of the war day and the stra. n
of the years that have followed the
conflict. The average mind nrul the
average nerves of today are not what
they were ten years ago.
Some curious requests ave received
at the lost property office. Race
track followers write in and ask the
possibility of getting a h^ris of field
glasses found on a race-course, be
lieving (hat possession of such a pair
would brlng^them good luck. But the
prize letter was that of an English
man, who, in a crisis of sea-sickness
in the Mediterranean knocked his
portfolio out of his pocket, and wrote
to ask by any chasce his valuable
papers had been discovered in the
belly of some fish sold In the Paris
markets.
KEEPING HUMAN LOVE ALIVE
Let brotherly love continue.—Hebr.
18:1.
Love for our fellow men Is a thing
that is easy to profess, but bitterly
harrl to prove.
The faults and follies of human na
ture are so apparent, the unlovely
and contemptible qualities of many
people thrust themselves so sharply
upon our notice and repel us so con
stantly, that we are tempted to re
lapse Into a life that Is governed by
its disgusts.
If we dwell in the atmosphere of a
Christless world, if we read only
those newspapers which chrolncle the
crimes and meannesses of men, or
those realistic novels which deal with
the secret vices and corruptions of
humanity, and fill our souls with
the unspoken conviction that there
Is no man good, no woman pure, how
can we help despising and hating
mankind? Who shall deliver us from
this spirit of bitterness?
None but Christ.
If we will go with him, he will
teach us not to hate our fellow men
for what they are, but to love them
for what they may become.
He will teach us . to look, not for
the evil which Is manifest, but for
the good which is hidden.
He will teach us not to despair, but
to hope, even for the outcast of man
kind
Ar.d so, perchance, as we keep
company with him, we shall learn
the secret of that divine charity
whle*. fills the heart with peace, and
Joy, and quiet strength.
Tea Party Revived.
Prom the Boston Transcript.
TIja- mayor of Boston will be on
safe siistorical grounds If he leads the
"mob,” on Dec. 15, which will pic
turesquely re-enact the scenes of the
Boston Tea Party, one hundred and
fifty years after It happened. It is
understood that his honor, disguised,
like those old Bostonians of long ago,
as a Mohawk, will prance down Milk
street to the wharf and with others
similarly attired go through the mo
tions of throwing some tea overboard.
In so doing he will be but repeating
history. The original tea party had
the full sympathy and even the of
ficial concurrence of the selectmen of
the town of Boston In that stirring
period. The selectmen had issued
warrants for town meetings at which
the protests against the landing of the
taxed tea had been adopted, and they
concurred in the ringing of the bells
for all the popular assemblies In
which the resistance was cooked up.
Possibly no official personage was
actually Included In the fifiy "Mo
hawks" who rampaged down the
street, boarded the ship Dartmouth,
and threw the tea into the harbor,
but the raiding party did Include
such almost official persons as Moses
Grant, William Molineaux, Paul Re
vere, Samuel Sprague, Jonathan llun
newell, John Prince and John Russell,
and we may be entirely sure that ths
honorable selectmen were all among
the more than one thousand persons
who crowded the wharf, quite ready
to support the “Indians” If any at
tempt were made to Interfere with
their operations. It was at least a
semi-official proceeding. The youth
ful “first selectman" of the Boston of
1923 will not be out of place In the re
enacted tea party.
Nor Is there any reason why the
event should not be recalled in till#
spirited manner. The Sulgrave In
stitution may not be In sympathy
with the proceeding, but the great
body of the citizens of Boston will be.
It was in reality a heroio episode.
The citizens of Boston of 1773, who
by solemn vote "absolutely required"
that this tea, for which they were to
be taxed threepence a pound without
warrant of right, should not be land
ed, knew well enough that they were
defying the British power, and they
acted with due deliberation. They
started, and started consciously, the
movement for Independence by their
action. _ _
In Europe, 200,00 Doctors.
From the Manchester Guardian.
Some figures compiled a few yeara
ago by an Italian publicnst have an
interest in view of the doctor’s dis
pute with the minister of health.
He estimated that altogether there
were 200,000 qualified medical prac
tioneers In Europe of whom 48,000
lived In Great Britain and Ireland.
Next came France with 32,000. Ger
many 26,000, Italy 24,000, Kussla 20,-.
000, Austria 13,000, Belgium 12,000
and Spain 8,000. The proportion of
doctors to the population was much
greater in England than in any other
countries. Brussels, however, enjoy
ed the distinction of being the most
doctor-ridden town in Europe, the
proportion there being 24 to every
10,000 bodies.
Allens eligible to cltisenahip are re
ported hurriedly taking out their pa
pers In Washington and California now.
Suita have been filed by the states tt
evlce alien land holders, under the re
cent ruling of the federal supreme
court that lane covering such cases are
constitutional.
FARMERS BUY
DAIRY CATTLE
Numerous Shipments Re*,
ceived In Platte and Loup
Valleys of Nebraska
Columbus, Neb., Dec. <— (Special)
—During the past two months ship
ments of dairy cattle for breeding
purposes being made into this imme
diate section of the Platte and Loup
river valleys have been 75 per cent,
more than for any entire 12 months
period previous. Twenty lots have
been sent in from Wisconsin points,
1 ‘ of which were Jerseys and the re
mainder were Brown, Swiss and Hol
stein. Several large deliveries of
Brown Swiss and Guernsey have also
been made into the northern part of
Butler and the western part of Col.
fax county.
ARREST WOMAN
FOR OLD GAME
I* Alleged to Have Swindled
Oelwein, la., Farmer Out
of $15,000
Oelwein, la., Dec. «, (U. P.)—Fed
eral officers are searching for two
men following arrest of Gladys Nor
man, 27 years old in Minneapolis,
charged with "bilking" Ben Fereday,
82 years old, retired farmer, out of
$16,000 in a new form of the old bad
ger game.
Fereday says he has "kissed the
woman and the money good bye," but
federal officers say they will require
him to go to Minneapolis and pros
ecute the young woman.
Fereday met the Norman woman and
courted her assiduously for six days
and says he Induced hen to divolce
her husband and mai(y him.
Fereday deposited $10,000 in a safe
ty deposit vault and gave Mrs. Nor
man the key, as assurance he would
keep his contract. Later at his hotel
two men came Into his room and
threatened to prosecute unless he
paid them $6,000. He came to Cel
wein and turned the money over to
them.
FORMER IOWA MAN
IS FOUND DEAD
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. .—(U. P.)
—Relatives of Walter Dove, founder
of several Iowa rural telephone lines
was being sought by local authorities
today following discovery of the
man’s body in a local rooming house
two days after death, which resulted
from hemmorrhages. Papers in the
man’s possession indicated he 1 ad
once lived in Onawa, Iowa.
Onawa, la., Dec. (Special)—
Walter Dove, reporter lo have been
found dead in Los Angeles, worked
as an electrician on the local tele
phone plant when it was being in
stalled in 1920. He never had r.ny
part in organizing the company. He
wa6 of a retiring disposition, accord
ing to those who remember him, and
never talked of his past. Nothing is
known here of his relatives.
STATE RESTS CASE
IN WERTZ MURDER TRIAL.
Iowa City, la.. Dec. ", (U. P.)—
The state rested its case Monday in
the trial of Mrs. Mima Wertz, charged
with slaying her husband. Roy
Wertz, after Frank Yogle had testified
regarding property left Wertz by his
first wife. The state charges Mrs.
Wertz conspired with her daughter
and son-in-law, Robert Leeper, to
obtain this property through killing
of Wertz.
A motion made by defense attorneys
to dismiss the c?>'e immediately af
ter the state rested was overruled
by Judge Ralph Otto. Introduction
of defense testimony was started
shortly before noon.
JUROR SAID TO HAVE
BECOME INSANE
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ‘ —Said to
have become Insane following the dis
agreement of a Jury of which he was
a member, Roy Frahm is said to have
attacked the presiding judge, Hon.
Geo. C. Gillan, of Lexington, when the
Jury brought in notice of its disagree
ment at Sidney, according tq Lee
Bays, a&Hlstant attorney general who
assisted in the trial.
HS RED POLLED
CATTLE REGISTER AGAIN
Mitchell, S, D. Dec. (Special)—
After having allowed several years
to slip by without exhibiting his red
polled cattle at the International stock
show at Chicago, W. S. Hill of
Mitchell shipped a prize herd from
the Riverside farm near Alexandria
last week and captured four first
and two championships.
WOMAN SENTENCED
FOR HER CRUELTY.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. * —Blanche
O’Nell was sentenced to 15 days in
the county jail here today because
she is alleged to have cut the throat
of her pet canine in a fit of anger
and to have sewed ur> the wound
with thread. The animal waa Killed
by the humane society.
FREIGHT CONDUCTOR
HAS A BAD FALL
«
Madison, S. D., Dec. ' s (Special)—
Alfred Brakke, of Madison, a freight
conductor on the Chicago & Mil
waukee road, received severe Injuries
at Pipestone, Minn., when, because of
a sudden jerk of the train In coming
to a stop, he was thrown from a re
frigerator car. He was brought to
Madison.
MANY PAROLES
TO BE SOW
Several Women To Appear
Before Nebraska Board
December 11
Lincoln, Neb.,. Dec. ' (Special)—
When the state pardon and parole
board meets December 11 to hear a
number of applications for paroles,
commutations and pardons, George
W. Hopperton, serving one to five
years in the state penitentiary for as
saulting Leslie W. Dotson, Crawford
will ask for a pardon. County At
torney Crites opposes a pardon ot>
the ground that the affidavit of Les
lie W. Dotson is a forgery and he will
be able to prove it.
Ten want to get out of the pen and
12 out of the reformatory. Four wo
men, Inmates of the reformatory for
women, want paroles. Craig Chester
field, Dodge county forger from the
state reformatory and serving from,
one to 20 years, wants a parole. Ke
Is alleged to have posed as an Eng
lish nobleman when he was cutting"
a wide swath in Dodge, but he ad
mitted that there was really little
to his bragging and that he was lis
reality born in Baltimore, Md. The
board usually spends a whole das
out of the month listening to th«
shut-ins who want to get outside.
WATCHED THEM
WORK ON STILL
Then Federal Officers Cruel*
ly Raided Place So Care
fully Constructed
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. (Special)—
Fedeal officers working between
Omaha and Lincoln have just con
founded a pair of smart bootleggers.
For six weeks they have watched the
building of a hooch factory, and the*
day tihe last nail was pounded In they
raided it. The bootleggers had built
a little house on a hillside, and from
there had put a tunnel for several
hundrer feet. At the end of this
tunnel the officers found an 80 gallon
still and 69 gallons of mash and also
Mike Fucinero, and Omaha Italian,
HUGE SUM IS
ASKED IN SUIT
Members of Walker Grain
Co. Assert They Were
Damaged $2,000,000
Lincoln, Neb. Dec. (U. P.)—
Two suits totalling $2,000,000 were
filed in federal court here Thurs
day against .W. R. Ferguson, said
to be former owner of the Elwood
Grain Company of St. Joseph, Mo.,
by J. L. Walker, and Myrtle M.
Walker of the Walker Grain Com
pany of Fort Worth Texas. The
suits are to recover damages al
leged to have resulted from suit*
filed by Ferguson in Texas in July,
1918.
Ferguson charged the Walkers with
Illegally converting tha funds of
the grain company to their own
use. The case was not prosecuted
the Walker petition charges. Los*
of property and character resulted
from the Ferguson suit filing, the
petition states.
MOTHER TELLS STORY
OF FARM TRAGEDY
Seward, Neb., Dec. *\ (Special)—
Mils. Julia Vajrt, charged, with her
husband and their daughter, Alby,
16 years old, with murder In con
nection with the death of Anton
Lana ,the Vajrt's" hired man" took
the stand Thursday in the trial of
the trio and| told her story of the
events eading up to the death of
the farm hand.
Mrs. Vajrt testified that she and
her daughter went to the shed in
which Lana slept, the morning of
the tragedy, aroused the farm hand
from his sleep and asked him what
he proposed to do concerning hi*
responsibility to the girl’s condition.
Mrs. Vajrt declared that Lana told
them he was going to leave. Then
she testified she attempted to choke
him. They rolled around on the hay
floor of the shed. They regained
their feet only to fall again, and Bhe
on top. “Then I grabbed the plank
and struck Lana over the head.”
She fainted and did not regain con
clousncss until she was In her bed in
the farm house, she testified.
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WOUNDED HOLDUP
MAN IS DYINS
Omaha, Neb., Dec. —Shot by
Policeman F. Bradly when he is said
to have drawn a gun on the officer
when the latter attempted to halt
b’m for questioning as a hold-up sus
pect, George Broun, who told police
lie was from Chicago is said to be dy
ing.
CORSETS ELIMINATE
"•PETTING PARTIES.’
Omaha, Neb., Nov. -- (U P)—
Corsets eliminate “petting parties”
in ths opinion of Madame Antoinette,
international authority on dress, de
clared. “I have put corsets on girls,
taught them to dress for poise charm
and decency and they have gained
the confidence of men and petting
parties have been eliminated.” she
■aid.