Many missing
WITHIN WEEK
Omaha Pc'ice Have Hands
Full of Mysteries To
Be Solved
Omaha, Neb., Neb. (Special)—
Into that mysterious somewhere,
from which they seldom return, seven
Omahans disappeared within the last
few days.
Police records class them merely as
••missing.”
But distracted mothers, with ter
rifying visions of daughters held in
the grip of the underworld; of sons
perhaps dying, where none can give
aid. and wives and husbands fear
ing the worst for their missing mates,
are frantically appealing to author
ities for help in locating tfc**~ loved
ones.
Police and detectives are delving
into the recesses of the underworld
and ransacking dives in search of
the missing persons.
Alice Smith, 16r left her aVn;t’s
home, 1829 Twenty-ninth street, Fri
day night to attend a party. She
did not arlve at the party.
Mrs. Xltna Brewer, 19, daughter of
J. W. Paterson, Council Bluffs, has
been missing since Thursday.
l^eavlng a wife and four children,
Jesse Bell, 84, 6019 South Twenty
second street, disappeared Wednes
day after drawing Ills salary rrotn
the Ford Motor company.
Rosamond, 22, wife of A. 1.. Alney,
1687 North Eighteenth street, disap
peared from that address Thursday.
Albert Goodwin, 14, 702 North
Eighteenth street, disappeared from
his honfr- Monday, according to his
mother, Mrs. May Goodwin.
Julius Schmid. 49, has been miss
ing front his home at 6122 Florence
boulevard for several days.
IAllian Cole. 1411 California street,
left that address Wednesday and has
not returned, aaoording to reports.
JACKSON BANK
TO LOSE $300
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Bootleg Deal Went To Ne
braska Supreme Court
For Final Decision
Lincoln*. Neb.. Feb. ""'*»( Special)—
The supreme court has affirmed the
action of Judge Welch In holding that
the Jackson State hank must lose
the $$00 )t paid on a draft iaeued by
the Laurel National on the Security
National of Sioux City. Roy Vernon
and another Dixon county farmer
wanted two barrels of whisky and a
Sioux City boot 1 egg sr agreed to fur
nish it After they had paid the
bootlegger'a agent for the whtaky
with two drafts, ons for $300 and one
for $360. they sampled the stuff and
found they had paid that sum for
two barrels of shelled corn; Then
Vernon got busy and stopped pay
ment of the check which he had giv
en for the drafts and also upon the
drafts themselves. Meanwhile the
bootlegger's agent had gone to the
Jackson bank, and had secured the
money. He said Vernon endorsed the
draft, but the jury found against him
on that score. Lacking the endorse
ment of Vernon, the supreme court
says, the draft was not negotiable,
and the Jackson bank Is stuck.
The Jackson bank has the endorse
ment of Orval Beith, a resident of
that town, on the draft. Beith said
that all the banker asked him was
whether he knew the mun who pre
sented the druft. He said he did.
but that the banker didn't ask him if
he was Vernon.
WOMAN MU8T DO
TIME FOR MOONSHININC
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. ' -(Special)—
Mrs. Anna Ferguson and her son,
Frank, convicted in Omaha of keep
ing a atlli in their home, must serve
the six months sentence the trial
• court Rave them. Mrs. Ferguson
■ought to escape lesponslblllty by
aaylng that under the law her hus
band is the head of the family and
responsible for whatever goes on.
The supreme court says that this is
only a legal fiction and can be over
thrown by testimony showing that
the woman rules Its affairs. The state
contended that In this case the hue
band was just an ordinary garden
fiction, as he never showed up to de
fend his wife and was never turned
up by the police.
BONDS REJECTED
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. ‘’'—(Special.)
—-State Auditor Marsh Tuesday re
acted $58,000 of Norfolk district pav
ing bonds which the state had con
tracted to buy. He " ind they must
be reissued and rt Med under a
new city ordinance tiiat they will
contain a definite optional clause
or no such clause at ail.
Spokesmen for the 13 police inspecto's
charged by Richard Knight. Peiice
Commissioner, with laxity in their d.itv
particularly In the enforcement of pri>
_7j.' |7<V **'7 » "»r» 7 'he r de'ense
will lie that federal prohibition authori
ty tail to tv-Ci crate w»lh them.
FORMER HEAD OF
NEBRASKA GUARDS DEAD
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. --(Special)—
Relatives here have received word
of the death at Dunning, Neb., of
Jamch l(Tape, farmer adjutant gen
eral of Nebrarkg, who has been en
gaged in tlie retail lumber business
there. My. Ga«y was a civil war
veteran, and bad also served aa aJ
i Jutant general of the G. jK. R. for Ne
braska. He was in command of the
troops (hut in 1893 put down the rut.
ous strike of packing house worked
at South Omaha.
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CONSPIRACY IS
BRYAN’S CHARGE
Governor Of Nebraska Sayt
Coal Men and Railroads
Would Beat Him
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. (Special)—
Governor Bryan ha* unearthed an
other conspiracy. Thl* time It Is
the <*>al dealers whom he brand*.
The governor operate* a state coal
company, financed by himself origin
ally and later by the small profits
from sale*. He started this for the
purpooe of breaking retail coal
prices, which he says were too high.
Among other customers Is the
Omaha community yard. Now It ap
pears that there are 60 cars of coal on
the tracks there, presumably ordered
when the weather was cold and since
which time the weather moderated
so much that there was no sale for
most of It. The cars now have $3,600
of demurrage charged against him.
The governor says that he never or
dered that many cars, and that the
railroads and the coal dealers have
billed them and sot them there so as
to unload on him and cause a big
loss.
WOMAN SECURES HER
HUSBAND'S LIBERTY
Columbus, Neb., Feb. (Special)
—Seven reasons why ner husband,'
doing 60 days In the county Jail for
Jl’jgal possession or a 20-gallon keg
of hootch should be temporarily re
leased from custody were presented
In district court by Mrs. John Kosiba.
They ranged in ages frcm IS years
down to 10 months.
When they eul beside her in the
court room, wondering what it was
all about, they nearly filled one of
the long benches.
Through the deepest snow storm of
the winter Mrs. Kosiba and her flock
of seven kiddies had come on foot six
rnilee from their farm home east of
the city to the court house to tell the
Judge how badly they needed the
erring husband and father at home.
"We just rent the farm we're on,
and we must move the first of March
to another place about three miles
north,” Mrs. Kosiba said. "It’s hard
enough for me to get along at home
now without John and keep the old
est children in school. I don’t see
how I can manage the moving, and
take care of them at the same time."
After a moment's consultation with
Koslba's attorney, August Wagner,
and County Attorney Otto Walter,
Judge Lightner announced that Kos
iba eheuld be restored to his family
for eeven days, beginning this even
ing. He will then finish his sent
ence.
8TOCKMAN APPEALS
TO SUPREME COUF.T
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. i \ (Special)
W. A. Gartner, stockman who step
ped onto and then off of a bridge
over Mud creek east of O’Neill one
dark, stormy night thinking he waa
alighting on the platform at Inman,
is in supreme court asking for re
versal of a judgment of the Holt
county district court that gave him
nothing In the way of damages when
he wanted $26,000. He said he had
been told by the conductor that the
next stop would be Inman and that
he should get off there and attend
to his stock. The engine broke down
a little farther on. but Gartner
thought the stop was for the town.
He was badly hurt.
The case Is regarded ns of im
portance to stockmen, as it involves
the question of whether caretakers
of live stock are in the same class as
passengers who buy tickets, the law
in the latter case holding the rail
road company as insurer of the
safety of them whenever they pay
their wuy and are not guilty of any
criminul act.
JUDGE OLESON OF
WI8NER IS CANDIDATE
Norfolk, Neb., Feb. _■—(Special)
—Judge A. R. Oleson of Wlsner an
nounced here that he Is filing as
candidate for judge in the ninth
judicial district. This indicates a
four-cornered campaign for that of
fice. Three other candidates have
already filed. Judge D. C. Chase who
was recently appointed to fill the
vacancy made by the death of the
late William V. Allen, has filed. So
has H. F. Barnhart, federal referee
in bankruptcy at Norfolk. Judge An
son A. Welch, the only republican of
the four candidates will seek re-elec
tion.
NEBRASKA HOG KING
HAD BRIEF ILLNESS
Omaha, Neb., Feb. " (C. i\)-~
James W. Murphy, 65 years old, said
to be the world’s largest independent
hog speculator, died last night at
Rxceisior Springs, Mo., following a
brief illness, according to word re
ceived here tills morning. Murphy
had been a hog speculator here for
36 years and was known widely
throughout the country.
A Kansas City surgeon removed tlie
following articles, we'ghing one pound
and a half, from the stomach of a
woman patient: 43 pieces of loops from
spring mattresses, two door hooks with
staples attached, four hair pins, and
several other parts of springs. The
patient made an uninterrupted recovery.
NEBRASKA MUST FIND
NEW EXECUTIONER
Lincoln. Neb., Fe.t * (Special)—
Warden Fenton has received word
from Boston that lie will have to
find a new executioner to serve when
Walter Simmons, Boyd county mur
derer, Is electrocuted on May 23. K.
B. Currier, who has been in charge
of all three electrocutions in the pri
son, hns grown rich en lugh to retire
to Florida, where tie is running a
dairy farm. Ilia successor In Boston
is to be engaged. The fee chargee! is
from 9110 to 9260 and expenses.
STATE SHERIFF
PLACESBLAME
Say* Tendency Is To Make
Heroes Out of Law Vio
lators and Convicts
Lincoln, Neb., March 1. (Special)
■—State Sheriff Carroll told the feder
ation of retailers at. the convention
that the best preventltive is for cit
of violators of the law and the in
adequate punishment of offenders
who were convicted are the two big
gest ince-itlves to crime. He said
that the best prevenative is for ci
izens to keep closely in touch with
the enforcement of law. Every vil
lage ought to have a night watch
man, and when a crime is committed
the community ought to toss aside
other business .and help run down the
criminals.
Sheriff Carroll said that in the
last year over 500 persons had been
convicted in Nebraska for violating
the liquor law, ai*.d that they had
paid $200,000 in fines and forfeited
the ownership of 75 automobiles used
in the transportation of contraband.
BANKER S WILL
IS NOT CLEAR
Courts Are Disagreed! As To
Disposition of His
Estate
Lincoln, Neb., March 1. (Special)
•—The large estate of George B. Darr,
former banker of Lexington, la in
volved In an appeal Just filed In su
preme court, and it is ail a question
of what Darr meant In his will. He
provided that all of his property
should go to his wife absolutely, and
half of what remained at her death
should there be no children, should
be divided among his four sisters and
brothers. The county court said that
the will gave the widow everything
to do with as she pleased. The dis
trict court said it gave her only one
half in fee simple, and that the other
half was restricted. In other words,
that she could use it but could not
•ell it. The widow’s attorneys con
tend that the second clause was
merely advisory and not mandatory,
and was the expression of a wish
only as to what should become of
the property after she died.
FAMOUS OLD IMOIAN
Woman is dead.
Winnebago, Neb., March 1,—Mrs.
John White, oldest Winnebago In
dian, Is dead at her homo near here.
Mrs. White was born In Wisconsin,
as nearly as can be ascertained,
about 100 years ago. Her relatives
claim that she was 109 years old at
the time of her death, but from such
rr'.iable data as can be gathered
from the official records, it is be
lieved her age would not exceed 100
years.
At an early age she went with her
people to Minnesota and was re
moved from there with them after
the uprising of 1862, going first to
Dakota and then to Nebraska.
The life of this woman was pic
turesque and romantic. During her
girlhood she lived in the primitive
tepee of her people, subsisting on
wild game and fish and going from
place to place in the forests and on
the plains, as the exigencies of the
chase and the warpath demanded.
Her husband, John White, was a vet
eran of the civil war and a member
cf the famous Omaha scouts.
OOES SHOE BUSINE8S
ON CAFETERIA PLAN
Lincoln. Neb., March 1. • (Special)
The only shoe store In the United
States run on the cafeteria plan Is
that of Fred W. Anderson, of Coaad,
who attended the Nebraska Federa
tion of Retailers meeting. Anderson
does a business of $306,000 in a town
of 1.300. He told the federation that
he put all shoes lower than $5 In re
tail price in racks and that persong^
who wanted shoes of this quality came
along, picked out the kind they want
ed and the slice they needed, tried
them on. and then bought. He said
none of his clerks have anything to
do with the transaction other than
wrapping them up.
OMAHA ARMY OFFICER
MISSING A WEEK
Omaha, Neb., March 1.—Capt. S.
S. Wolfe, commanding officer of
Company L, Seventeenth Infantry,
Fort Omaha, disappeared a week
ago, leaving his wife and two small
children, it was learned. A board
of investigation is checking his ac
counts as custodian of the company
fund, and his apprehension has been j
ordered, although no charges have
been filed. Mrs. Wolfe said her hus
band has been ill for some time, due
to two years of service in the Phil
ippines.
LEGION POST PUT
ON MINSTREL SHOW
Hartington, Neb.; March 1. (Spe
cial)—The new auditoiium was filled
to capacity last Wednesday night,
when the minstrel show, presented
by local people, largely from the
American Legion, was presented. It
was a benefit for the local port and
went off with u hurrah. Forty-four
people had part In the production
which was presented under the di
rection of R. V. Fletcher, formerly
of Sioux City. |
RECEIVER LEY
APPEALS CASE
Believes Surety Company
Not Entitled To Part Of
Guaranty Fund
Lincoln, Neb. Feb. "^(Special)—
Receiver Ley of the Homer State
bank has appealed to the supreme
court from an order of Judge Graves
allowing the $17,491 claim of the
American Surety company of New
York against the state guaranty fund.
The surety company bonded the
bank for the repayment of all moneys
placed In it by Superintendent Mann
of the Winnebago Indian agency, the
money being the property Of In
dividual Indians. It had to pay the
government $17,491 on this bond, and
asked to be subrogated to Its rights
against the guaranty fund. It devel
ops that there is a law of congress
that gives the government first lief*
on all assets of its creditors and the
right to take all it needs to repay
itself in full before the other credi
tors can share, and the application
of this law In Nebraska in view of
the deposit guaranty law’ is involved.
TELLS OF MAN BEING
SKINNED ALIVE
Fremont, Neb., Feb. Capt. L.
H. North of Columbus, pioneer Paw
nee Indian scout, speaking before the
Fremont Chamber of Commerce, told
how Rawhide creek, east of Fremont,
was given its name. The story of
how Indians skinned & white man
alive heretofore has been more or less
of a myth. North declared that he
was personally acquainted with the
Pawnee chief who supervised the
killing of the white man for the pur
pose of revenge. The details, he said,
had been related to him by thie chief.
The white man, a tenderfoot from
the east, had promised his compan
ions "to kill the first Indian we meet."
While the party of easterners were
camped an Indian maiden was seen
sitting on a long. The man kept his
word. An Indian boy who had wit
nessed the murder, carried word to
the Pawnee village. The Indian ap
proached and demanded the slayer
be surrendered, with the threat of a
wholesale massacre if their demands
were not obeyed.
The man was surrendered. He was
taken to the banks of the Rawhide
creek where he was skinned aHve and
tortured, according to the story re- '
lated to Captain North by the Indian
chief.
HASTY FQRKCLOKURES
ARK BANKRUPTING MANY
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. **'• -(Specie!)—
Attorneys for P. ’Wilson, hotel
keeper et Dunning, ask the supreme
court to have a heart, and not permit
hasty foreclosures on property in
that Section. They request that the
court take judicial notice of the fi
nancial hardships of the men In the
sandhill section, and to give them all
the time possible to work their way
back to their feet. They say that
hasty foreclosures ure bankrupting
men who are not really broke, but
only need time to get back again.
Wilson built a $41,000 hotel at Dun
ning that was sold under foreclosure
for $13,400. He has appealed, and
insists the sale was for too small a
sum. It was taken in by the mort
gagee. The law recently abolished
appraisals of. property in these cases,
and It may now be sold at whatever
price it will bring.
CARRIED LETTER TO
MAIL FIVE YEARS
Columbus, Neb. Feb. -(Special)
—R. C. Boyd, local merchant, has
established a record.. Last Saturday
his so’:, Tom Boyd happened to run
onto an old overcoat of his fathers
that had been hung away for several
years. Running his hands through
the pockets Tom came across a letter
stamped, addressed and ready to be
mailed. Investigation showed that
Miss Minnie Boyd, R. C. Boyd’s
granddaughter had written the letter
almost five years ago and given It to
her grandfather to post. And still
some wives will harp on hubbies who
forget a letter for a day or two.
YOUNG FARMERS WANT
THE BUREAU AGAIN
Columbus, Neb. Feb. :' —(Special)
Three different movements all of
which have as their slogan the im
provement of farm methods are
under way in Platte and the adjoin
ing counties of central Nebraska.
Shortly after the close of the war
period the older farmers among the
foreign born element succeeded in
abolishing the farm, bureaus her and
in some of the other counties.
Now a number of the farmers,
among them chiefly the younger ones
native to Nebraska and a largo part
| men with agricultural nchool train
! ing are t acklng a move to reestablish
the farm bureau, although chances
of their success are admittedly
doubtful.
CONCORD MAN HEAD
OF FAIR ASSOCIATION
Newcastle, Neb., Feb ” -(Special)
—At the annual business meeting of
the Dixon county fair association
held at Concord, W. J. Stead, of Con
cord. was elected president. A big
"booster meeting” was held at Con
cord re ently by the members of the
fair association and those Interested
in making the Dixon county fair a big
success this year.
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"There’s one o!.them gosh dent new
styles," sit'd Hiram.
"What Is it?” asked Annt Em.
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shined inside.’ ”
Or Mittena
. Teweher (after giving the tftaae a
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“We have the same-model 4n orange,
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“I know how It’s going to finish.
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Extravagant Women
Happy Is the man whose wife Is
stingy. Women's extravagance is the
downfall of most men.
Sure Proof
She (tenderly)—When did you Oral
know you loved me?
He—When 1 began to get mad when
people said you were brainless nitifc
unattractive.—Pearson's Weekly (Lon
don).
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