DOCTORS SAY REISER SANE Relatives Made Complaint Because He Recently Wed ded Young Woman Wahoo, Neb., Feb. *“> - I.evl Kel ser, 79 years old, who lecently was married to Mrs. Irene Buell of Ashland, Neb., who Is 39 years his junior, Is sane, physicians who ex amined him at the request of his at torney, A. 'A. Donato, "Mr. Donato said. Relatives of the aged man are said to he trying to separate him from his bride, because he was not mentally competent. Depot At Hartington, Neb.f Destroyed by Fire Hartington, Neb., Feb. (Spe cial)—The Hartington depot of the Omaha railroad was destroyed by lire which was discovered about 5 o'clock, Friday evening. There was not a large amount of freight In the build ing, the heaviest loss outside of the building proper being about $500 worth of automobile parts. Explos ion of a barrel of oil In the build ing caused the fire to burn fiercely. It Is believed the fir. was started by spontaneous combustion in a pile of coal. AGED MAN KILLED BY FALL INTO CELLAR. Vermillion, S. D., Feb, —Fun eral services were held In vermlllion for Daniel Messer, aged resident of Clay county who died shortly after falling down the basement stairs at his home. It Is supposed that he missed his footing on the dark stairs and toppled down the steps before he could regain Ills balance. Mrs. Messer missed him, and made u search. When she discovered him, he was lying unconscious on the basement floor near the furnace. lie was RO years old. DEMAND E8TATE FOR 8ERVICE8 RENDERED. Sioux Falla, S. D„ Feb. "-Claim ing that they are entitled to the Smith estate for labor performed for the John J. Smith family on a farm neur Crooks, In Minnehaha county, and by an oral promise claimed to have been made to them by Mr. Smith before Ills death, Ag nes Dolan and Anna F. Lauglilin are plaintiffs in a circuit court suit here against Patrick Smith, ad ministrator of the state of Ills fath er. Trial will be started today. The estate Is valued at $30,000. Plaintiffs demand either a title to the property or a court Judgment for the amount. GIRL’S PLUCK SAVES HER MOTHER’S HOME Spencer, la.. Feb. -A local lumber company carries an adver tisement In the form of a story of a Spencer girl who stepped in when her mother was about to lose her home, and paid for it, little by little, as she earned the money, until the homo was clear. This girl Is Miss Etliel Punkln. Ti May, 1920. her mother sold her home In Spencer, which ranted Incum brance. bought a lot and started to build a smaller home which would be clear. Mrs. Punkln received a pay ment on her home, the balance to be paid when the deed was executed and clear title given. The lot was bought and paid for, and the build ing materials ordered and a first payment made, when It was found there was a flaw in the title of the • home she had sold. The coat of quieting the title took all the rest of the money received for the home. The new little hpme was hy this time pearly completed, and Miss Ethel Punkln. a school girl, went to the lumber company and asked for tint* to be given her to pay the debt. The company admired her courage and granted her request. She graduated from the Spencer high school and worked In different places wherever she found work 'bat summer, then taught country school in Clay coun ty two years, walking both ways to save as much money as possible. In oil but the stormiest weather. For the past two years she has been teaching In a rural school near Sen eca, R. D., where the wages were slightly better. In the four years she hns missed only one regular pay ment. this on account of an unex pected expense. Although Toronto has vonrf ff,r the continuance of daylight saving time for the coming summer mouths, with a majority of 13.000, Hamilton sinutltHnc ously voted against daylight sa ving time. Here it was disapproved by a vote of almost two to one. Thus' the two neighboring Ontario industrial centers will operation different times. Sweden’s Imports for the first 1# months of 1H23 exceeded the exports by about $.'4,100,000. as against an excess of $10,000,000 for the corresponding period of IMS?. The principal commodities that helped swell the import volume are grain, fuel, illuminating and lubricating Oils, coal and vehicles, including auto mobiles. _ WI8NER TO HAVE NEW NEWSPAPER * West Point. Neb., Feb. * - -tRpe* rial.)—Wlsner Is to have a new newspaper to be called the "Wlsner News." It will be published for the first time thie week. The editor is H. H. Humphreys who came to Wie ner from Springfield, Neb., where he was engaged as instructor In (he schools. All of the inhabitant# of a city the •is* of Milwaukee or Washington. D. C-. could be seat#! at one time in tbt theatres of New To»k city. SAD LIQUOR FOR OWN USE Nebraska Supreme Court Adopts Contention of Hastings Man Lincoln, Neb., Feb. *“ (Special)— The supreme court dismissed several actions against persons accused of liquor law violations. Alexander G Brehm of Hastings, It was found, had accumulated his stock before prohibition went into effect, and that as he had never given any away or sold any and the amount on hand was only enough for his reasonable needs, the court says he should not have been convicted. Edgar Farmer, a Perkins county farmer, said that what the sheriff claimed was mash was chicken feed, and the court says that as this was a reversal on an automobile thsft could not simply rely on the pre sumption that because he possessed It he was Intending to make liquor. Robert Francis of Columbus drew a reversal on a automobile theft charge. The court said that the in formation charged one crime and he was convicted of another, that of ac cessory to the theft, Tn Nebraska that cannot be done. The evidence was that a brother took, the car and Robert went over to Creston, la. to help sell It. The court says he was fortunate In that he was not charged as accessory, as the evi dence amply sustains that charge. PLAYED NEAR BONFIRE, CHILD FATALLY BURNED Omaha, Neb., Feb. ♦ (Special)—. Marie Mano, 3 years old, died tn a hospital here Thursday from burns she received Wednesday when her clothing caught fire while she was playing near a bonfire. Neighbors said that one of her playmates ac cidently pushed her Into the fire. ROAD ISSUES ANNUAL PASSES Union Pacific Will Be Asked To Explain One To Omaha Banker Lincoln. Neb., Feb. "i. (Special)—• The Union Pacific railroad company Issued 3,600 annnai passes In Jan uary, 1324, according to u report filed with the state railway commission Officers ami employes entitled under the law to such privileges were the main recipients. Twenty-eight were issued to clergymen,— under an amendment to the luw adopted by the last legislature, now being con tested In the supreme court. Walter W. Mend, of Omaha, banker and member of the Nebraska capital commission, was one of those given pass. He Is a director of ihe Chicago and Northwestern road. Secretary John Curtiss of the rail way commission will nsk the Union Pacific to explain the Issuance of this pass. COUNTRY ROAD8 IN GOOD CONDITION Norfolk, Neb., Feb. (Special)— Country roads in nortn Nebraska are In excellent shape following the re cent blizzards. The fine weather re cently has melted away all of the deep drifts on the east and west roads and automobiles report smooth driving between Omaha, Lincoln and Norfolk. The good weather has started many new road projects and In Madison county the commissioners are starting activity on road main tenance and getting ready for the big permanent road Jobs which will be done this spring. The first of these will be the $60,000 gravel pro jects on the Meridian and Blue Pole highways between Madison, Battle Creek and Norfolk. The contract for this project will be let before April 1, and bids are to be advertised for In a short time. STOCKHOLDERS WILL LOSE THEIR CA8H Omaha, Neb., Feb. '.—Stockhold ers of the defunct -faster Sales company will lose $860,000, all they Inveeted. and creditors will not get more than 60 cents on the dollar, Carl Katleman, managing trustee, said in district court at the trial of the former president, Moses Miller, on a charge of forgery. Miller said In his testimony that ha quit the concern last July "because the stockholders wanted to run the place.” It was then In good shape he said. Miller fixed his loee in the crash at $70,000. Miller waa charged with forging the indorsement of W. L. Whltla of Long Pine, Neb., on a dividend check. FORMER POSTMASTER BACK INTO HARNESS Wart Point, Neb., Feb. < (Special) —J. C. Elliott assumes his duties ns postmaster- Saturday. W. H. Har stick Is the retiring official, having served for the last eight years. Mr. Elliott was formerly In charge of the office here, having held the posi tion for 12 years prior to the Har stlck Incumbency. WIDOW GETS $29,104.50 FOR HUSBAND’S DEATH Linooln, Neb., Feb. (Special)— Mrs. Mary Price has received a check for $29,104.60 for the death of her husband, who was electrocuted by a live wire belonging to the Lin coln Gas and Electric company. Price was a motorman for the traction company and was called out by some one who reported a Uve wire down, in attempting to repair the wire he w&e killed. The Gas aompany fought the widow's su}t( RAILROADED TO PRISON, CLAIM Attorney For Convicted Man Make* Some Sensa tional Charges Lincoln, Neb., Feb. (Special)— George Brown appealing before the state board of pardons, claimed that he had been railroaded to prison In order to help out an extortion scheme of the father of the 11 year old girl he was accused of attempting to assault. He had called on her the night the crime was alleged to have been committed and says lout he did not Jay hands on the girl. Brown's attorney presented some documents to substantiate In part <* claim tlTat the girl’s father had been trying to extort money from ne'ghbor lng farmers near Yutan by claiming they had taken hla wife out riding. One letter made a demand for |100. The attorney claimed that Brown was railroaded to prison in order that the old man might use him as a horrible example to the others he had written to. BIG WOLF HUNT ON NEAR FREMONT, NEB. Fremont. Neb., Feb. Special)— Five hundred huntsmen Joined today In a roundup of wolves lr. the Platte and Elkhorn valleys. The lines ex tend north from the Tlatts to the bluffs and from Fremont east to the Lone tree. In a hunt held Wednes day in the Fontanello vicinity over 100 Inckrabblts were bagged but not a single eoyote was sighted. HELD FOR TAKING ANOTHER MAN’S MAIL. Omaha, Neb., Feb. . Frank Wil liams, formerly a railroad brakesman, at Columbus, Neb., wras arrested Wednesday at an Omaha hospital where he had undergone an operation and is held in the city jail for postal authorities. A woman who is alleged to have posed as Williams’ wifo le also under arrest, charged with being a fugitive from justice. It is alleged that Williams, while living at Columbus, received a letter Intended for another man of the same name, and taking advantage of In formation contained in the letter, wired to the sender at Flagstaff, Ajiz., to send 1200 by wire. The money was sent, it is said to a bank at Columbus where Williams was known, and he collected it. FAIR MANAGERS MEET TO ARRANGE PROGRAM West Point, Neb., Feb. '* (Special) —A meeting of the Great Seven Northeast Nebraska Fulr association was held here Monday. Delegates from seven county fairs and stock shows assembled for the purpose of securing entertainment material and combined attractions. Show men and theatrical promoters were hero to confer with the board of delegates. ALLEGED COUNTERFEITER IS TAKEN IN CHARGE Columbus, Neb., Feb. * * 'Special) — James J. Keith, 31, Denver, Colorado, was taken to Omaha today by federal authorities following Keith’s arrest by police here on the charge of passing counterfeit half dollars and having in his possession equipment with which to manufacture them. Keith was nabbed ‘shortly after passing a bogus half at the office of the American Railway Express com pany. When police nabbed him he offered to make the loss good with another half equally as bad. FREED OF CHARGE HE KILLED INDIAN Norfolk, Neb., Feb. ‘ '—Norman Roth, farmer of near Niobrara, was freed of all blame in connection with the death of Frank Roy, Ponca Indian, by a coroner’s jury at Niobrara. The Jury found that Roy met death "by the discharge of a shot gun in his own hands” and "in view of the fact that he had provoked a quarrel with Roth" freed Roth of all blame. Roy Is said to have attacked Roth and was shot In a scuffle for possession of the gun. NEWCASTLE BOY IS GIVEN COLLEGE HONORS Newcastle, Neb., Feb. *' (Special) — Melvin Thomas, of Newcastle, a student at Madison university, Wls., has been elected to the student fac ulty, which consists of 16 members. He Is a senior and will complete the electrical engineer course next sem ester. HIGH WIND CAUSE OF SERIOUS ACCIDENT Newcastle, Neb., Feb. ” * iSpeclal) —During the high wind Saturday, J. M. Parr, living north of town, met with a curious accident. He was hauling hay when the wind blew the load over, throwing Mr. Parr to the ground, breaking two of his ribs and Injuring his shoulder. Mr. Parr Is a rural carrier on a route out of Newcastle. KILL COYOTES AND WOUND MAN ON HUNT Keneeuw, Neb,, Feb. -Eight coy otes were killed and one man Injured by stray shot In the annual coyote hunt today In which 1,500 men par ticipated. McCLOUD FILE8 LONG PETITION AT LINCOLN. Lincoln. Neb., Feb. .Special)— A petition signed by over 13 oOO re publicans, filed today with the secre tary of state, puts C. A, McCloud, York banker and former state chair man,, In nomination for republican national committeeman. McCloud was defeated four year* ago tor the place by R. B. Howell, new senator trrrc Nebraska. Robert EL Drueadow, a termer Douglas county legislator, ia McCloud's opponent. JEWELERS ASK REPEALOF LAW Marriage Statue Cause of Losing Much Good Business Lincoln, Neb., Feb. <. (Special)— Robert Goodall of Pierce, president of the state association of Jewelers, says that when it meets at Grand Island next week It will adopt a resolution calling upofl the legislature to repeal the marriage law which requires no tice and an affidavit of good health. He says that this law has sent about $5,000,000 a year out of the state be cause so many young couples go to adjoining states for their license and buy their Jewelry there. He says the various state associations of mer chants In all lines will Join with them because the trip so exhausts the meagre finances of the average couple that they have nothing left to buy furniture with; that these out of state weddings cut merchants out of the chance of selling many things for gifts if it had been performed at home, and that the"clothiers and wo men's wear dealers lose out on the ding garment sales. a_ GIRL BURGLAR BLAMED FOR COLUMBUS JOB Columbus, Neb., Feb. —Police are convinced that there is a girl bur glar In Columbus. The looting of the safe and five cash registers in the National Five and Ten Cent store j here is responsible. Entrance was obtained by breaking In the back window. The safe was empty and open, but the trays were scattered over the floor. Women’s stockings had been placed in front of the safe for the thief to kneel on indicating also a person fairly well dressed. Aside from a dollar in change taken from each cash register, a quantity of hair barrets and women’s wearing apparel were taken. MARRIAGE BUSINESS CONTINUES TO BE GOOD Wayne, Neb., Feb. A (Special)— Although Wayne Is only 46 miles from Sioux City, the effect of the j marriage law passed by the last leg islature evidently has not effected the number of marriages in "Wayne county. County Judge J. M. Cherry has requested the county commis sioners furnish him with a sufficient number of bulletin boards so that marriage notices can be posted as re quired by law. The present bulletin boards are covered with notices and the judge receives more in each mail, GOVERNOR]!! TO PLAY SAFE Bryan's Name to Appear on Ballot As Candidate for President Lincoln, Neb., Feb. ‘Special)— It Is now planned to have the narat of Governor Charles W. Bryan appear on the primary ballot as a candi date for president as well as for governor, which Is permissible. Tilt governor was rather loath to thusly disclose himself as an active candi date for the position, but his friends have been Insisting that somebody who might not he at all desirable or friendly might be slipped In as a candidate the night before filings are barred, and If he had no opposition would be entitled, under the law, to demand that the delegation support him. The governor’s plan was to have an uninstructed delegation, made up of his friends, that would vote for him when the psychological point arrived. As soon as the Bryans can secure a candidate for senator the campaign filings for the major offices will be ended. There will be nobody to op pose Governor Bryan unless Charley Graff succumbs to pressure, which Isn’t likely. The three republican ! entries for governor, Speaker Math ers, Former Senator McMullen and C. H. Gustafson, farm leader, will be all that will he made, and Senator Norris. Former Congressman Sloan and Lieutenant Governor Johnson will be the sole contendere for the senatorial honor. PLATTE CONTY PAIR WEDDED 65 YEARS Columbus, Neb., Feb. * (Special) —Mr. and Mrs. Jens Christensen, both 91 years of age, farrnfolk living Jn Joliet township In Platte county will celebrate their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary July 2. Mrs. Christensen was 91 on January 6. Mr. Christ ensen will be 91 on March 26. Botn of them read without glasses do theii own housework and tend a big gar den and a couple of cows unassisted. Neither one of them has ever been sick in bed and never had a doctor call on them. -MC-« "Dixie.” the popular southern song, was written by a northern actor, the theme. "I wish 1 was In Dixie” being the actor's desire for a winter en gagement in the south. PAYS OFF INDEBTEDNESS ON LIGHT PLANT Red Cloud. Neb., Feb. — Red Cloud city authorities have paid the laat Indebtedness against the city light and water plant. When Mias Mary Peterson became mayor of Red Cloud three years ago next April, there were $49,000 In bonds, warrants and other indebtedness against the plant. Instr. h\;—The Bloomfield branch ui the M. A O. contributed thirty-three carload* Df stock to the Omaha and Sioux City markets on Sunday. Ten carloads went from Bloomfield and the ■, st from the other towns down the lino. GOOD PRCE3 ARE PAID AT PUBLIC SALES. Bloomfield, Neb., Feb. ' (Special) --Public sales in this vicinity are said to be going very good, in fact much better than in the early part of tlv» season. Cattle prices nro exception ally good and this is especially true as regards milch cows. So far but two sales in this community have been postponed on account of inclement weather. There are quite a few sales booked for the latter part of this month and a few for the fi"*t week in March. Reports are to the effect tha farms are practical!/ all taker, those that are still for rent being among the ones that are rot dur able places. CHURCH FIGHT INVOLVE3 VALUABLE PROPERTY. Lincoln, Neb, Feb. (Spec!*!)— Lincoln attorneys have gone to Madi son to take p.vt In u big church law •ult, In which property and cash totaling $40,000 or $59,000 la at stake. The Norwegian Lutheran church** at Newman Grove recently voted to con solidate, and th* consolidated ehuroh now clnlm* th* funds and Jar.d Im mediately adjoining th* tov/n *l*e. The littl* group of what I* Hr.cwn as Haugoites, from llauge, a Notwegiary religions reformer, claim* the pro perty as th*lr own, and l*us» thii on the provision* of the origins! church constitution which gav* tfcn congrega tion tire title and provided that tha constitution should never be amended. The glasF used in the United States for caps for telephone switchboard signal lamps was mad* In Europe be fore the war. but is now being produced In this country. WINSIDE MAN WITNESS OF LINCOLN'S KILLING. Winstde, Neb. Feb. 'j—Tli* arrival of Lincoln’s birthday awake* th* memory of one of Winslde’s oldest settler*. A. T. Chapin waa a young man when he attended Ford'* theater, In Washington, on April 14, 1845. and was present when the shot was fired that caused the death o4 the great omanclpator. Mr. Chapin has been a resident of Nebraska for BS year* and has lived In or near Winsld* since 18*9. OLD MYSTERY MAY BE SOLVED Disappearance of Nebraska. Physician 15 Years Ago Is Recalled Table Rock, Neb., Fob (Spec ial)— Minatory surrounding tfio dis apparanee of Dr J. A.. WJUIanisun, Dubois physician, 10 years a?o, may soon be solved, Table Rock authorit ies believe. C. W. Williamson of Malhason Colo., brother of the missing physician, has. gone to White River national forest where a hermit, know as Curtis Nlc herson and “Dv Carter,” has beem found. Williamson believes the her mit to be his brother. His descrip tion tallies with that of the missing man, Williamson said. He has long been a subject of discussion for rang ers and cowpunchers who came in contact with him. Dr Williamson disappeared with j out apparent cause. Rumors wore ! current that his fiancee had jilted him. Other!) believed he was a victim of aphasia. The hermit lias made bis homo in the solitude of White Forest for more than 14 years, old residents, said. UNUSUAL GROUND FOR HIS APPEAL. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. (Special) — A case that has no counterpart hi Nebraska, according to the lawyers involved, has just been filed in su preme court, where Oeorge Ault is seeking to have a judgment against him In Seottsbluff county set aside because of lack of jurisdiction. The state law requires that a man must be served with summons in the coun ty where the lawsuit is brought. Ault liveo just across the line in Sioux county. The Seottsbluff eounfy sheriff' swore that he stood on the soil of Shat county while he handed the summons to Ault, who was just over the line in Sioux county, and the court held this was valid service. Ault had a surveyor who swore that if the sheriff stood where he said he diet" he was three Inches inside of the Sioux county border. Ault's attor ney says that if it is valid to servo a summons in this way then it will be all right for the sheriff to read it~ over the telephone to a man in an other county, megaphone it to him. over the line or tie a weight to it and heave it over. NEBRAKA HUNTERS KILLING MANY CROWS Clearwater, Neb., Feb (Special >* —The annual crowr killing contest between hunters in Madison and An telope counties continues briskly with the Antelope' county shooters making unusual progress. A party: of Clearwater hunters attacked one roost near here last week and killed 1.279 crows in one night's shooting. It was the greatest one-roost kill ever made in this part of the country and. after the first bombardment 'Ik rained dead crows,” and in a few moments the ground was covered1 with dead birds. The hunters ;.ie cutting the feet from the dead crows, and will take them to Norfolk for Official count on February 28, when, the annual contest is concluded. The annual banquet of hunters from tin ne two counties takes place In Norfolk' on the evening of February 29. SENATOR JOHNSON TO SPEAK IN NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb., Feb. (Special) — Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor nia. will be in Nebraska to deliver a number of speeches February 18 and 19. The senator will arrive February 18 and speak in Lincolns that afternoon and at night.at Omaha, or viea versa. LINCOLN PIONEER DIES FROM HURTS. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. (Special'—• John M. Burks, business man of Lin coln; who came hero in 3S74, dint Sunday evening at the home of t*. daughter, aged 91. The immediate cause of death was Injuries surtaln ed in a fall Saturday. CASTANA GIRL WEDS FAIRBURY, NEB., MAN.. Castana, la., Feb. ** (Special) — Miss Mary Ordway ot Castana aw# Mr. Francis Hedge* of Fairbury., ’ Neb., were married here Saturda y ut.: the home of the bride’s parents, Mr_ and Mrs. W. W. Ordway. The bride'* slster, Miss Ruth Ordway wn»> bridesmaid, and the groom was ac companied by Everett Pruett of Chicago. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. P. A. Davies of Fnir liury. The bride’s father is a farm er and banker here. She has Ijrcn-. teaching school ut Falrbury, where Mr. Hedges owns a drug store. AfUr a short wedding trip . the young couple will rat urn to Falrbury to make their home. THIRD OF FAMILY VICTIM OF EXPLOSION: Hubbell, Neb., Feb. (Special) —A third member of tho Ed Brew family is dead as the result of Brew pouring kerosene on coals it: :!,*»• kitchen slove. Two others d Tuesday. The last to dlo was 13; ev. s 4 year old daughter. HIS BACK BROKEN IN AUTO ACCIDENT Omaha, Neb., Feb. —Harry rnt terson suffered a broken back in am auto accident here Sunday nnfl is in a serious condition. Patt#rson did not discover that his back was brok en until he nttempted to get out of bed at a hospital for a drink of water.. He was arrested and charged wit hi reckless driving while Intoxicated. Seven other persons were injured ii*. the accidents over tho week end, in cluding Mrs. Louise Salerno, who Iw out on bonds awaiting trial (or thw murder of her uncle, Peter Sferas