WAYNE FARMER
i IS OWN SLAYER
Wayne, Neb, March 'X (Special)—
t»arcy Stranan, 32 year* old, farmer
two mllea west of here and eon of
J. M. Strahan, Wayne capltaliet,
committed suicide by swallowing
poison this morning.
Young Strahan and Art Lewis, an
other young farmer, while returning
from a business trip to Wlsner, Neb,
early last Sunday morning, had an
accident on a bridge and both were
seriously Injured. Lewis Is still in
a hospital here, but It is said will
recover.
Strahan, following the accident,
was found two or three miles from
the scene and was In a dazed con
dition. He believed his companion,
Lewis, had been killed, but It was
thought this Impression had been
gotten out of his mind and that he
would be all right. The morning
about 10 o’clock-he went to the barn,
but soon returned to the house and
drank a considerable quantity of wa
ter, at the same time informing his
wife that he had swallowed poison.
A physician was hastily summoned
but Strahan died at 11 o’clock. It Is
believed he still thought Lewis dead
and that remorse preyed on him.
is survived by his wife and two
small children.
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CITY HOG PEN
IN CONTROVERSY
Benkelman Man Claims
Town Has No Right to
Market an Outlaw
Lincoln, Neb., Mar. "• (Special)—
The power of villages in Nebraska to
I'.nss ordinances regulating the pres
ence inside their limits of hog, cow
and poultry yards is challenged in
supreme court by John T. Richards,
of Benkelman, where suoh an ordi
nance closed his hogpen. His attor
ney contend that because there is no
state law conferring on villages the
authority to pass suoh ordinances,
aii that it can do is to prove that a
certain specific thing constitutes a
nuisance under the common law. In
this case Richards says that evidence
showed he kept the place in proper
order. The village attorneys contend
that in testing a police regulation of
this sort the court shall inquire into
the relation to the public health,
safety and welfare, and that if it
does the discretion rests with the
village board as to what It shall
prohibit.
ANNOUNCES DATES
FOR TRAINING CAMP.
Omaha. Neb., Mar. 1 Vr—Dates for
the training camp to be held this
summer In the Seventh Army Corps
area at Ft. Snelllng, Minn.,' Leaven
worth, Kansas, and Fort Des Moines,
!»-• are announced by Col. H. A. Ba
ton, chief of the staff of the corpe
area. They follow: R. O. T. C. June,
12 to 26; O. R. C. July 13 to 28, and
C H. M. T. C., the month of August.
Brigadier General Halstead Dorey
commander of the Fourteenth infan
try brigade will command at Ft
Snelling. Col. C. C. Kinney will be
In charge of Ft- Leavenworth. The
three battalions of the Seventh in
fantry In charge of the Ft. Leaven
worth. The three battalions of the
Eleventh Infantry will also aid in the
training at Forts Des Moines And
Leavenworth.
PIERCE COUNTY ESTATE OF
MOTHER TO HIGH COURT.
L.itcoln, Neb., Mar. (Special)—
All of the numerous members of the
family of Mrs. Antone Synovec of
Pierce county are in supreme court,
In a big lawsuit over the division of
her property. Two sons, Theodore
and Rudolph were able to convince
the lower court that their mother
made a contract with them 26 years
ago, when their father died, by
which they were to farm the land he
owned and pay the remainder due on
the contracts and make a home for
her. In return she was to deed them
the land before her deaths They
•aid she failed to do thla, and
brought suit to have the title quieted
In them.
DYKE STANDS TEST
IN RECENT FLOOD.
Fremont , Neb.. March (Spe
cial)—The htghwater In tne Platte
this year, which spread out till the
etream was over 2 miles wide, gave
first effective test of the Fremont
dyking system. Though this system
was put in after the last serious flood
through the south part of the city
in 1*12, it had never since been
severely tested. This year's 30-inch
Ice and exceptional high water
threatened a flood, but the dyke,
which is 12 feet high, held the water
out of the city.
Well Acquainted.
From the New lork Bun and Globe.
1 h?*r ‘hut the Prince
of Wales knows all the most famous
places In hugland.
Second Friend—He ought to for he
has fallen on most of them.
-THIRD DEGREE" NOT
TO BE TOLERATED.
Beatrice, Neb, March _A set
of rules to be observed by county
and city jailers in Gage and Jeffer
son counties has been prepaied and
distributed by District Judge I,, w.
Colby.
. The rules which regulate the
welfare of prisoners forbids "third
degree" methods in dealing with
prisoners, provide for better sani
tary conditions and direct that upon
arrival at the jail, “prisoners shall
at once take a bath and be thorough
ly searched **
HIS CONVICT
FRIENDS HELP
Give $228 of Their Saving*
to Aid Walter Simmon*
In Last Fight
Norfolk, Neb., March 13 (Special)
—In a letter received here from Wal
ter Simmons, who Is sentenced to die
In the electric chair at Linclon on
May 23 for the murder of Frank
Pahl of Spencer, Neb., Inmates of the
of the state penitentiary are aiding
Simmons in his efforts to establish
his Innocence. A note quoted as
that sent to Simmons by the Inmates
of the state prison along with $225
In cash, reads as follows:
“Lancaster, Neb., Feb. 25. Dear
Walter:
“Feeling as we do as to your In
nocence, we considered it our place
to help you In the only way we are
able. Enclosed you will find 3225
to help you In proving what we think
Is the truth. Our best wishes for you
are included, and our motto is ‘Help
the man that Is down.’
“Yours In time of need,
(signed) “Inmates.’’
Simmons claims he was convicted
on circumstantial evidence and that
he is going to spend the money try
ing to find a man named “Currier”
who knows something about the mur
der of Pahl.
BOY 8COUT8 WILL
MEET AT NORFOLK
Norfolk, Neb., March 13. (Special)
■—The annual convention of boy
scouts of the northeast Nebraska dis
trict, will be held In Norfolk, on April
25, 26 and 27. Sliver trophies have
been hung up for the various con
tests which will be held during the
convention which will be attended
by scout troops from all parts of
north Nebraska. The Norfolk scouts
have announced that they are going
to concentrate on Camp Sheldon this
year and an effort Is being made to
get a big delegation from north Ne
braska to the state camp this year.
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8AY FORMER SHERIFF’S
ACCOUNTS OFF BALANCE
Falls City, Neb., March 13.—A dis
crepancy of $1,925.10 In the accounts
of former Sheriff R. R. McNulty has
been discovered in the audit made
by .F. H. Graf, Lincoln accountant,
according to a report submitted to
County Clerk Roy A. Daggett. The
accounts covered a period between
July 1, 1919, and January S, 1923.
A discrepancy of about a thousand
was discovered in the accounts of
former County Treasurer Dra O.
March nearly a fear ago, but a final
checkup showed a difference of but
a few dollars. It is estimated that
the two audits will cost the county
about 3 thousand dollars, the Marsh
audit alone having cost a thousand.
FORMER POLICEMAN IS
GIVEN PRISON TERM.
Omaha, Neb., March 13.—Albert
Knipel, 40 years old, former Lin
coln policeman who was shot and
wounded after he and his step son,
Charles Killian, had held up and
robbed Henry Savage, street car man
last December 1, has been sentenced
to three years In the penitentiary on
a charge of robbery. He had plead
ed guilty.
The step son was sentenced to
five years In the state reformatory
recently In connection with the af
fair. The latter was nrrested In
Lincoln after he had fled from the
scene of the shooting, himself
wounded.
“MEET ON THE WIRE”
TWO OPERATORS WED
Omaha, Neb.. March 12.-—A ro
mance of the wires la that or MUe
Thelma Middaugh and D. H. Powers,
both Associated Press telegraph op
erators, who stole a march on their
friends and were married In Council
bluffs last Sunday.
This acquaintance began when
Miss Middaugh was an operator In
Beatrice, Neb., and Mr. Powers was
at Aberdeen, S. D. They were on
the same wire and between the dote
and dashes of Ate world newa, Cupid
clicked In a word now and then.
Their chata over the copper strands
finally were extended to the malla.
It waa not until last August, how
ever, when Powers came to Omaha
that he met Miss Middaugh and
preened his wooing. Their wedding
had been announced for May.
Mrs. Powers is now an operator at
the Bee and Mr. Powers is temporar
ily at the World-Heraia, both copy
ing off the same wire. When they
resume their regular shifts. Mrs.
Powers will take the wire at the
Bee at 8 a. m.. working until 4 when
her husband will relieve her and work
until midnight.
CROFTON, NEB., MAN
IS FOUND DEAD
Crofton. Neb., March IS. (Special)
—Dave Williams, €8 years old, was
found dead in his restaurant. It Is
not known whether he has any rela
tives. An investigation was held hy
County Attorney W. D. Funk, it Is
thought that he died suddenly from
heart failure.
SECRETARIES ELECT
WOELF AS PRESIDENT.
Grand Island, Neb.. March. i;.~.
Thc* Nebraska^ association of com
mercial organisations' secretaries
Tuesday elected George F. Woolf of
Fremont, president; K. C. Kelso oi
McCook, vice president and H. II.
Hahn of Columbus, secretary - ti en
surer and de lded that the r.ext
meeting be he'd \t McCook.
Among the primitive Eskimos of Baf
tin Land, wives are beaten occasions.' y
•>ut children never.
BRIDE WAITING
HUBBY’S RETURN
Stranded In Omaha on Trip
To Denver From New
York City
Omaha, Neb., March i-vA bride
of less than three month* yesterday
appealed to police for aid in locating
her war veteran husband, whom she
married after revival of & romance
dating back 19 years.
The missing man is D. F. Dillon,
Wyoming cattleman. He and Mrs.
Dillon, with her 4-year-old son, Byrd,
by a former marriage, en route from
New York state to the west, had been
stopping at the Castle hotel since
their arrival here February 22.
Last Tuesday morning Mr. Dillon
left thi' hotel, telling his wife that he
was po.ng to Alliance, Neb., to buy
cattle for his ranch near Torrington.
Wyo. He Paid that he expected to re
turn within two days, when the three
would proceed to Denver, where they
planned to make their horn*.
Since that time Mrs. Dillon has re
ceived no word from her husband.
Mr. Dillon, who his wife says was a
member of an aero bombing squad
ron In the World war, was gassed
and wounded by shrapnel and suffers
occasional strokes as a result of his
Injuries. The wife fears that he
either has been overcome by a stroke
or that he met with foul play.
She said that Mr. Dillon was car
rying on his person her watch set
- with two diamonds, a diamond pin
and a ring set with four diamonds,
together valued at approximately
1300, and that he may have been the
victim of robbers. She vigorously
denied an account published in an
Omaha newspaper stating that she
suspected her husband of pawning
the jewelry.
WOMEN ASKING
FOR HIS PAROLE
Alleged Slayer of North
Platte Scenario Writer
Has Unusual Support
Lincoln, Neb., March 12. (Special.
•—Victor Moss, serving • years n
prison for shooting Mrs. rsetta Lin
ton of North Platte, had (he backing
of a number of women when he ap
peared before the state board of
pardons and paroles to aek >ele*jpe.
Mrs. Linton was a literary woman
who wrote scenarios. She boarded
at the same place as did Moss, and
the two became chummy. He as
I
»l»ted her In preparing the scenarios
and typed them for her. He say
she fell in love with him and came
one night to hie room. Their af
fair continued until he told her he
was leaving town. As he told the
story, the woman, who was slit years
older, pulled a gun on him and told
him they would go together but not
on a railroad train, in the struggle
over possession of the revolver it
was discharged. The woman died
and Moss shot himself, spending
nine months ir. the hospital before
his trial. The women witnesses
said that Mrs. Linton tempted him,
and was responsible. His lawyer
Buys it 1b not known whose finger
pulled the trigger when the womai
was shot.
GOVERNOR ATTACKED
ON TWO FRONT8.
Lincoln, Neb., March . (Special)
—Governor Bryan received two po
litical broadsides all In one day.
Charles Graff, who is running for
governor in opposition to Mr. Bry
an In the democratic primary, said
he noted that the governoi had sal
that he felt assured that the news
papers had made a mistake when
they said Mr. Graff was In the coal
business. All the coal business he
is Interestsd In is as a member of
the ..co-operative company at Ban
croft. Mr. Graff added that he was
sorry he could not eay he hoped it
was a mistake to say that the gov
ernor had offered places to some of
his active supporters In order to get
their allegiance for him^df, but the
fact was thst the governor had been
doing just that thing.
The other cannonading came from
Coolidge headquarters, in answer to
a warm statement of the governor
wftli respect to statements in Cojl
idge literature that he had picked a
delegation to the national conven
tion and Ignored every democratic
woman. The Coolidge people have
j five women on thel • delegate ticket.
Chairman Corrick said that the gov
ernor had disregarded the recom
mendation of his own national com
mittee with respect to women repre
sentation. that he hrd overlooked
the obligation the Bryant owed wom
en In the past In their support of
them In their battles of the past
with Hitchcock and Mullen, who arc
now on the governor's ticket.
SLIPPERY CULCH WAS
PRONOUNCEQ SUCCESS
Crofton. Neb., March . -(SpecHl)
—Slippery Gulch, put on by the
American Legion, was attended by
large crowds on both nights, In spite
ot the roads being very bad. It wa^
carried out entirely by local people
and over $500 was taken in. Mrs. Geo.
P. Meier was elected Mayoress, in
close race with Miss Bess McEwlng
tnd Miss Minnie Spenner.
HE FTIL UNDER
BROTHER’S AUTO
Columbus Man Dies After
Being Run Over By
Heavy Machine
■ ■■ a
Columbus, Neb., March (Spe
cial)—Edward J. Hageman, «e years
old, died at the Columbus hospital
as a result of injuries received when
he was run over by an automobile
drive by his brother, Alfred Hageman.
The accident occurred near Corn
lea, Neb. The two brothers were
driving a truck to Lindsay and New
man Grove. Because of the cold
wind the brothers took turns, one
driving while the other ran beside
the truck to warm up. Edward
Hageman, in attempting to climb
on the truck as it was moving slip
ped and fell. One rear wheel of the
machine passed over hist ches
and abdomen.
Alfred Hageman felt the jolt when
the car passed over the body.
S. C. MAN GETS
OMAHA PA\ G
£. B. Flinn Breaks “Com*
bine” by Low Bid—Cost
Quarter Million
Omaha’s self-styled “Little Teapot
Dome” case, or that of an alleged
paving combine, was blown up by a
Sioux City man, E. B. Flinn, presi
dent of the M. I* Flinn Paving com- •
pany, last week.
Consequently, Mr. Flinn’s bid for
45 per cent, of a mammoth paving
project has been accepted by the
Omaha city council, and he will be
awarded all contracts that he bid
for, possibly this week, It has been
announced.
Incidentally, Mr. Flinn’s bid will
save the city of Omaha in the neigh
borhood of $50,000 on its paving pro
jects within its corporate limits.
Interviewed Sunday night, Mr.
Flinn said that his bid was $2.53 per
yard for paving with asphaltic con
crete. There were eight other bid
ders. Their bids were $2.50 and high
er, he said.
The project is a big one. It will
take in the paving of 100,000 square
yards of city streets, Mr. Flinn
stated.
The consideration will aggregate
$250,000, while, had the lowest bid
' of the local contractors in Omaha
been accepted, the cost would have
been about $900,000, Mr. Flinn dis
closed.
Mr. Flinn was asked: “Do you
think there was a combine of con
tractors in Omaha to hold up the
paving bide?”
“Now ae to that, I really don’t
know," he replied. “The Omaha pa
pers have said so.”
"Were you fighting the combine?”
he also was asked.
"No, not to my knowledge,” re
plied Mr. Flinn. "I Just put in my
bid—knew nothing whatever of what
the Omaha firms would do.”
The Omaha project will give the
Sioux City paving firm about 35 con- .
tract jobs, Mr. Flinn stated.
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THEDFORD BANKER IS
EXPECTED TO RETURN.
Lincoln, Neb., March '^—Secretary
K. C. Knudson, of the state depart
ment of banking, said Friday he ex
pected the early return of Peter E.
Nelson, president of the closed bank
at Thedford, who wab arrested at
Tucumcari, N. M., and said he ex
pected he would be prosecuted on a
number of charges. The bank closed
its doors February 25. Nelson disap
peared four days before that. One of
the allegations that developed today
Is that Liberty bonds amounting to
95,500, owned by T. P. Hamilton, a
ranchman, of near Thedford were
cashed by Nelson, the proceeds being
deposited and drawn out by draft.
The question has arisen at the bank
ing department whether the owner
of the bonds under the circumstances
is protected by the bank guarantee
fund.
DIVORCE SENSATION
AT COLUMBUS, NEB.
Columbus, Neb., March . '.-(Spe
cial)—Mrs. Hedwlg Jaeggi Fontein
has filed suit for divorce in the Platte
county district court from her hus
band, Maurice Fontein, well known
Columbus business man. The peti
tion alleges that since February 2,
1924, her husband has remained away
from home, refusing to return either
to steep or to eat his meals. She
charges that on one occasion be
struck her and “threw her from him
with violence.” She asks a divorce,
suit money and alimony, the amount
of the latter to be left to the will of
the court.
Mr. and Mrs. Fontein have no chil
dren. They were married October
8, 1912. Both are prominent in music
circles. Mrs. Fontein being a violinist
ahd Mr. Fontein being a pianist. He
is engaged in the retail piano bush
ness.
FRESH MILK SERVED
TO SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Sidney, Neb, March ‘.—Over 5,600
half-pint bottles of milk have been
served to the school chi.dren of Sid
ney this year in the free disttibu
tion of milk to undernourished chil
dren. The movement is sponsored
by the Sidney Women’s rlub, which
pays for milk parents of the chil
dren are unable to buy.
Street cars of Victoria, Australia,
carry children to and from school fie*
of charge,
men. a
What is aTeaspoonful? »
—it depends on the Bale*
► tog Powder you om. Yea
must om > heaping spoonful
of many brands because they
don’t contain as mnach few
caing strength aa '
CALUMET
Vh. Eoonomy B4KHWO POWDBt
Level spoonfuls are all that are nec
essary when you use CALUMET—it
makes more bakings which mrann a real
saving on bake day.
Sales 2% times
k os much as that
of any other
brand jA
THE WORLDS GREATEST
BAKINO ROW DEB
Big Linen Uee 5,000
Tone of Water on Trip
Few people would care to pay for a
liner’* drink for one voyage across the
Atlantic, even in water at a penny per
gallon. Very little change would be
given out of a *500 note.
On* of the big Atlantic linens has to
carry about 5,000 tons j>t fresh water
for all purposes for a single voyage
from Southampton to New York. This
tonnage alone is about two and a half
times the weight of Nelson s old flag
ship H. M. S.Vlctory, says London Tit
Bits.
A passenger on one of these levia
thans uses for drinking and domestic
purposes rhout five gallons a day on
the voyage. And as the ships average
8,000, passengers and crew, it means
they have to carry, roughly, a week’s
water Bupply for i small country town
In tanks, neatly stowed away along
the aides of the ship.
But it is the giant boilers that have
the greatest thirst. On one voyage the
Berengarla used over 8,000 tons of
water, or, at ten pounds to the gallon,
roughly, 072,000 gallons.-—London Tib
Bits.
A Cow's Age
City Miss—How old is that cow?
Hank—Two years.
City Miss—How can you tell?
Hank—By hi* horns.
City Miss—Oh, yes, It has two horns,
hasn’t it?
Hard-boiled means the opposite to
sentimental. Medium-boiled Is about
right.
If one says a man is “erratic," it
means you'd better be circumspect in
talking to him.
Invaluable
“Isn’t radio a wonderful thing?”
“Yes; my wlfj will listen to it!"—
Life.
Nothing Better for Constipation
than one or two Brandreth Pills at bej
time. They cleanse the system, purlfjy
the blood and keep you well.—Adv.
Oldest Artificial Leg
Found in Tomb at Capua
The oldest artificial leg In existence
1* that In the museum of the Royal
College of Burgeons of England. It
was found In a tomb at Capua, and
la, of course, of Roman origin.
This artificial member accurately
represents the form of the human leg.
It Is made with pieces of thfca bronze,
fastened by bronze nails to a wooden,
core. Two Iron bars, having holes at
their free ends, ar© attached to the
upper extremity of the bronze; a
quadllateral piece of Iron found near
the position of the foot la thought to
have given strength to It. There 1»
no trace of the foot, and the wooden
core had nearly crumbled away. The
skeleton had Its waist scrrouaded by
a belt of sheet bronze edged with
small rivets, probably used to fasten
a leather lining. Three painted vases
lay at the feet of the skeleton. The
vases belong to a rather advanced:
period In the decline of art, about
809 B. C.
No Friend of His
Bon—Dad, there's a friend of your*
outside who hasn't seen you since th»
wedding. Shall I usher him Into the re
ception room?
Father—He Isn't my friend. He’e
the man who made me acquainted with
your mother.
Why Pay
the Penalty of
Lying Awake t
MANY people spend hours at
night, restlessly tossing from
side to side, waiting for sleep. All
because they drink coffee with their
evening meal.
If the caffeine in coffee irritates
your nervous system and keeps you
awake when you should be asleep,
recuperating your energies, why not
stop coffee and drink Postum?
Postum is a pure cereal beverage,
absolutely free from caffeine or any
thing that can disturb health and com
fort. Many prefer Postum for its de
lightful aroma and flavor.
If you want to know the truth,
change to Postum for a month or so.
and see how much better you will
sleep and feel.
Postum
for Health
“There’s a Reason”
Your grocer sells Postum in
two forms: Instant Postum
(in tins} prepared instantly in
the cup by the addition of
boiling water. Poetum Cereal
(in packages] for those who
prefer the flavor brought out
by boiling lully 20 minutes.
The cost of either form is
•bout one hall cent • cup.