ASK REPRIEVE
TO JULY MEET
Attorneys for Walter Sim
mons Continue Work of
Gathering Evidence
Lincoln, June \ (I. N. S.)—An ap
plication to Governor Bryan for a
reprieve until the July meeting of
the pardon board for Walter Bay
Simmons will be presented today, at
torneys for Simmons said Monday.
It was also declared that the testi
mony taken recently in Boyd county
would not be Immediately presented
to the hoard. The depositions will
he sent b mall from Boyd county,
Simmons’ attorneys said, and when
they are received they will be turned
over to the board for consideration.
FEDERAL OFFICERS
TESTIFY IN AUTO CASE
Lincoln, Nel»., June (Special)—
Milton Gates and Otto Dudschas,
state law enforcement officers, have
returned from Deadwood, S. D.,
where they testified before a grand
Jury In the case of Andy Hafsaas,
who was afterwards Indicted on a
charff of automobile thieving. It is
alleged he took part In the theft of
sixteen automobiles. The machines
were recovered In Holt and Boyd
counties, Nebraska. The trial of
Hafsaas, along with a number of
other alleged accomplices, it is said,
will be held soon at Oniuiha.
GOVERNOR’8 DAUGHTER
IS TO BE MARRIED
Lincoln, Neb., June — Mary
Louise, daughter of Gov. and Mrs.
diaries W. Bryan, and William E.
Harnsberger, of Ashland, Neb., will
he married June 19. the governor and
Mrs. Bryan announced. Both Miss
Bryan and her fiance attended Na
tl aska university.
SUMMER BIBLE 8CHOOL
OPENS AT COLUMBUS
Columbus, Neb.. Jun« ', (Special)
—Latest teaching methods will be
employed by the corps of teachers
obtained for the instruction of chil
dren and young people in the free
summer blble school which opened
here today under the direction of the
various churches of the city.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL NOT
TO JOIN UP LINES.
Council Bluffs, la.. June '—Re
quests that the Illinois Central
railroad build 38 miles of track be
tween Onawa and Logan, Ia.t to
supply facilities for a rich farm
district between theso two points
and connecting Omaha by a fairly
direct route with Cherokee and
Sioux Falls over Illinois Central
tracks were refused for the present
by C. H. Markham, president of tne
Illinois Central system, in a letter
to C. E. Childe, manager of the
chamber of commerce traffic bureau.
President Markham admitted the
need of such a line, however, nno
did not close the matter finally. He
pointed out that since 1915, the
mileage of construction had been
decreasing, but asserted that re
moval of the threat of further re
strictive legislation and regulation
of railroad business might throw
a different light on the matter.
STRUCK BY SHUNTEO
CAR BUT NOT INJURED
Salem, S. D.. June (Special)—
William Koethe. driving a party of
friends through town, in nn enclosed
car. had an experience which he will
no doubt remember without relish
for some time to'come. While driv
ing south On the main street the
car crossed the railroad tracks of
the Omaha railroad, and was struck
by a boxcar which had been bumped
down the tracks and was approach
ing at a rapi4 pace. The automo
bile was pushed ahead of the car
down the tracks for a distance of
76 feet before the boxcar came to a
•top. The drawbar of the boxcar
struck the back door of the sedan
and crushed through the wall of the
automobile, keeping the machine In
an upright position. The car, while
badly wrecked was still resting on
Its wheels when brought to a stop.
No on* In the automobile was injured.
LEGION NEWS
Interment of World war dead m
Wlndom. Minn., will take place In
service men's tract, it plans of the
local post of the American Legion are
successful. The veterans are plan
ning purchase of a parcel of land In
a local cemetery, and efforts will be
made to provide resting places for
all veterans there
Patrolman Carl WeneU, a member
of the Minneapolis police officers
post of the American Legion, hns
been promoted to head the police
morals squad. Comrade Wenell
distinguished himself by slay
ing a bandit In a gun battle a few
weeks ago.
The Great Norther* quartette, an
organization composed of veterans
employed by the railway system from
which it takes Its name, are of great
help to Legion posts ia »t. Paul.
Many Legloa pests have used the
qqartett# at "pep” meetings with
good results.
FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR
DR. WARREN PLANNED
Yankton, S. D„ Juns 'Special) —
Plans for a farewell .eeeptlan for
I)r. H. K. Warree, rearing president
of Yankton cstiege, are being made
jointly by the local Rotary and Ki
wants club, to be bald ia tbe Congre
gational church parlors ea the eve
ning of lane 11. Dr. Warren is a
member of the Kiwanla club. Speak
ers for the occasion will be Attorney
Fred Free, of Bieux City; Hon.
Doans Robinson, of Pierre, and
Prof. G. H. Durand, Tice president of
Yankton college.
CLUB WORKERS
GO TO LINCOLN
County Champions to Have
Outing at College of
Agriculture
Lincoln, Neb., June <— (Special) —
Three hundred boys nnd girls who
have won the county championships
In their home counties In the various
phases of boys and girls club work
are pouring Into Lincoln today to at
tend the ninth annual boys and girls
club week at the agricultural college.
They will spend the day registering
and visiting every part of the agricul
tural college camps under the guid
ance of the Uni. 4-H club, a group
of former club members now in the
University of Nebraska.
Most of these boys and girls have
a part or all of their expenses paid
by some business organization which
Is interested in promoting more
and better club work. A trip to club
week Is a coveted honor and reward
In the eyes of these youngsters, some
of whoc hace never been away from
home before, says Mr. L. I. Friable,
state extension agent In club work,
who will have charge of the program
for the week.
Fond mamas need not worry
about what will happen to Johnny
during the week away from home,
because every single one of the boys
and girls will be under the super
vision of members of the agricul
tural extension force both day and
night. The youngsters will stay to
gether In groups during1 the day and
sleep In the buildings on the college
campus at night. This practice has
been followed in previous clu week’s
with satisfactory results and those in
charge this year have all had previ
ous experience.
The boys and girls range In age
.from 12 to 19 years. Each of them
who comeii with their expenses paid
has been awarded the trip for the
excellence of their club work in 1923.
The cream of the youth of Nebras
ka will be seen on the streets of
Lincoln and at the Agricultural
college this week. Mornings will be
spent In classes at the college and
afternoons will be used for visits to
places of Interest In Lincoln. Friday
will be spent In Omaha.
WAYNE NORMAL TO
HAVE BIG ATTENDANCE
Wayne, Neb., June ' — A large
number of school teachers from
northeast Nebraska are planning to
attend the summer school at the
Wayne state normal this year, prob
ably due to the fs.ot that the new law
regarding teachers’ certificates in
Nebraska, which became effective
this spring, compels those who hold
elementary and second grade state
certificates to take 24 weeks of ad
ditional training In an approved
school before their certificates can
be renewed. Formerly such certifi
cates could be converted Into county
certificates.
Another important change made re
cently by the state department Is
that the department will no longer
accept grades from county certificates
from other states, and teachers who
told these certificates from any other
state must take the Nebraska state
examinations hereafter.
PIONEER OF CEDAR
COUNTY IS BURIED
Constance, Neb., June .—(Special)
—Barney Stevens who lived near
here, and who has been a resident of
Cedar county for nearly 50 years, was
burled here yesterday. He la survived
by three children, Annie, Lena and
Steve Stevens, living on the farm
near Constance.
BLOOMFIELD PROPERLY
OBSERVED MEMORIAL
Bloomfield, Neb.. Jun* V-(Speclal)
—Memorial day exercises were held
hero Friday under the Joint auspices
of the Hay Lamb Post of the Amer
ican Legion, the W. R. C. and the
women’s auxiliary. An excellent
program was given at the opera house
at 2:00 o’clock p. m., L. W. Setz,
an Omaha attorney, delivering the
principal address. Following this the
exercises of the day were transferred
to the Bloomfield cemetery where
the band played several selections,
Attorney A. L. Burinrldge of this
city paid a short tribute to our
soldier dead, a firing squad of ex
service men fire three volleys and
taps were blown. Six little girls then
decorated the graves of all deceased
the graves of all deceased soldiers
with garlands of beautiful flowers.
ADVENTI8T8 MAY OPEN
AN INDIAN SCHOOL
Winnebago, Neb., June ' (Special)
—The movement to establish a new
mission school for Indians of the
Winnebago reservation by the Sev
enth Day Adventists has been re
newed. The denomination has a
number of members In this locality
who are Interested In the welfare of
the Indians, and they believe there
is a field for « new school. In which
Industrial training, coupled with re
ligious Instruction, shall be the
prime object to be obtatned. An ef
fort, It le said, will be made to pur
chase the buildings and land formerly
used by the government in the con
duct of the old Decorah day school.
Never go Into the water after a
hearty meal—You’ll never find It
there.—Yellow Jacket.
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TEL1PHON OPERATORS
ARE GIVEN MEDALS
Omaha. Neb., June ' —Marjorie
Twles, chief operator and manager
for the Lincoln Telephone and Tele
graph company at Louisville. Neb.,
and Lydia Pautsch, her assistant,
were awrded bronze Theodore N.
Vail medals for herotsin during the
flood of last September 28, the award
committee of the Northwestern Bell
Telephone company announced.
Will Wed Heir to British Earldom
The engagement has been announcer! in London of Miss Barbara
Murray, of New York, to Lord Doune, heir to the Scottish Earl of Moray,
a descendant of the Scotch Kings. The Earl is immensely wealthy.
Lord Doune, was captain in the Scottish Horse when the World war be
gan. To get to the front more quickly he transferred to the Royal Fly
ing corps and In 1916 won the Military Cross for shooting down a Ger
man airplane. Later he was severely wounded in a crash. Miss Mur
ray is the daughter of a New YorkCity corporation attorney.
WITHDRAWAL OF
LOWDEN HEPS
JAMES HARBORD
Old Excitement Lacking as
Delegates to G. O. P. Con*
vention Reach Cleveland
WOMENTHREATEN ROW
Many Charge “Too Much
Butler”—Harriet Upton
To Quit
JAMES R. NOURSE,
Universal Service Correspondent.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 8-—The van
guard of republican delegates arrived
Sunday and found Cleveland a cold
drizzling, cheerless convention city
The old enthusiasm, the blare of
bands, the buttonholding In lobbies,
the fervor of contest and the buzz
of wire pulling which characterized
convention times In past years were
lacking. The convention Is likely to
be equally spiritless.
Once during the afternoon a hand
marched out In a brave attempt to
Instill a bit of excitement Into the
atmosphere, but the drenching rain
drove them quickly under cover.
A little later the Massachusetts
delegation arrived In a body and
tried to put some life Into the gather
ing, but after marching to the Cool
idge headquarters and finding It an
empty room, the delegates gave It up
and departed their several way s.
Cut and Dried
The convention has been ordered
to the Coolldge pattern. The dele
gates right now are ready to nominate
the president, give him a running
mate to suit him and a platform to
his liking, and go home. It Is prob
able the whole show will he wound
up Thursday and the delegates on
their way Thursday night.
It is not Cleveland's fault that
the city lacks the enthusiasm of the
old convention times. They have
spent money • lavishly upon decora
tions and banners and have done
everything else they could to make
the convention a cl edit to their city.
Had there been three or four active
candidates in the race, as In Chi
cago four years ago. nothing could
have stopped Uicrn from giving the
delegates a wl ooplng time. Hut one
hotel reports 7S room cancellations
Sunday.
But there Is little enthusiasm here
More than that, some of tha old
"boys" who have had the habit of
attending the republican gatherings
Just for the fun there might he In
It. are complaining that things are
not what they used to be- It Is said
upon authority that the prohibition
ELK POINT PIONEER
DIES FROM PARALYSIS.
Elk Point. S. D., June S. Special)
—Charles Votlmer. 61 years old, a
resident of Elk Point for 40 years,
died at his homo in thla city fol
lowing a stroke of paralysis. Ho
was to the employ of the Wilwaukee
B. R. Company for SS years, was
ohtef dak for 26 years and chief
carpenter of this divtaton for the
lant IS years. Ho is survived by a
wife and seven children.
Ktsh, where a library 4,000 yearn old
has recently been discovered, was the
oldest capital of Babylonia, and is so
enforcement laws have been rigidly
tightened for the convention, by the
Ohio delegation. A number of dele
gate went to a neighboring country
club Sunday morning for golf before
the rain started, and they came back
with the story that when they ar
rived at the club entrance their car
was stopped and searched by en
forcement officials.
Good Old Days Gone
There’s no use denying that the
good old days are gone. The old
guard is outside the portal, and the
Coolldge headquarters are in the
Hollenden ball room, where Mark
Hanna held forth in the years before
the New England domination.
There was quite a bit of stir dur
ing the day over the Lowden candi
dacy for vice president. The Cool
ldge people, having sponsored the
report that Lowden would be ac
ceptable to the president, made an
effort to get out from under by dis
avowing any Intention of having sug
gested Lowden for the ticket. This
was brought about by word from the
Illinois delegation that a statement
was being prepared by the Small
Deneen faction which would simply
pulzerlze Lowden and make him Im
possible of acceptance.
The Coolldge people also were
made to realize that the "smear” cast
upon Lowden by the unrestrained
use of money In his behalf In 1920
would be hurtful to the ticket, so
they discarded Lowden and annouceJ
they had no choice.
Lowden Out of Race
Lowden took himself definitely out
of the race late in the day with q
statement, which was telegraphed
here, declaring that lie would not
have It. Many of his closest friends
never believed he would accept.
The self-immolation of Lawden
gave Impetus to the boom for Gen
.Tames G. Harbord, who is regarded
as a strong possibility- TTarbord
halls from Iowa and the Coolidge
managers are worried about Iowa
because their own state chairman has
reported that if LaFollette is a can
didate hr will carry that state. More
over. th» 30,000 majority won by
Ilrookhart in the senatorial race last
week convinces the Coolidge man
agers that Iowa is in the doubtful
column.
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REPUBLICANS TO
WRITE ‘i>RY* PLANK
INTO PLATFORM
Clereland. June 8.—The republican
: platform will contain a “bone dry"
plank, demanding rigid enforcement
erf the prohibition law. This became
known tonight after Charles B. War
ren. slated for the chairmanship of
the platform committee had confer
red with other party leaders.
Warren showed to his associates a
draft of the prohibition plank which
was written by Senator Borah. It
polats aut that the eighteenth
amendment has been ratified by the
people, and that the Volstead act Is
v.he law ef the land and for that rea
a«* the party should stand for lta
enforcement to the last segree. It
is understood this plank is accept
| «Me te party leaders.
THIEVES STOLE THE
MAYOR’S BEST SUIT.
Scotland. S. D., June 8. (Special)
—Tha Jam** Razek tailor shop waa
robbed Wedneeday night, the thlevea
getting away with several suite
of (dethee and five pairs of treua
cra, re* gait belor flag t® the may
or. It heR been left for cleaning
and preeshkg
C«uate*e Beauchamp. prominent as a
leader tn Hngl.sh society, bellevee In
letting her children early learn how t*
lay out money sensibly, and even her
124'ear-old daughter has her own dree*
allowarc* and chooses her otrt frock*
FARMERS DENY
I Y LIABILITY
Resist Paying* Man Who
Was Injured Operator
Of Thresher
Lincoln, Neb., June >. (Special!—
The <|uestion, of whether farmers
who combine to buy a thresher to
handle their own grain are under the
employers’ liability law, has been
argued and submitted to the su
preme court. Seven farmers in Gage
county did this, and while the ma
chine was being operated by Alfred
Keefover an explosion occurred in
which he lost an arm. The state law
exempts farmers from liability and
takes farm laborers out from under
the benefits of workmen’s compen
sation. The state commissioner held
that Keefover was not doing farm
work, but was engaged in' industry
and awarded him $3,500. The farm
ers say that threshing is a part of
their business ,and that a thresher
operator is a farm laborer.
FARMER BOYS
WERESPEAKERS
Tell Lincoln Dinner Club
Member* How They Raise
Hog*
Lincoln, Neb,, June (Sptcial)
Something new in the way of speech
making was furnished at the weekly
gathering of the Pathfinders club to
day, when the members found them
selves addressed by two 12 year old
farm boys from Clay county. Billy
Donahue and Dan Chatterton were
the two lads and they took turns In
telling the city fellers all about how
hogs are fed, taken care of and mar
keted and in relating their experiences
in the scientific raising of porkers.
They are here in connection with boys
and girls week at the state afrm, at
tended by county winners in various
classes of farm activities.
CONVICTED MAN TAKES
CASE TO HIGH COURT
Lincoln, Neb., June -Thomas
Howard, who v/as convicted 01
manslaughter and sentenced to
seven years In state’s prison for
shooting Chet Porter, has appealed
to the supreme court, claiming that
the evtdence does not sustain the
verdict and that he did not have
a fair trial. He says that since
the trial he has discovered that the
Jury, from being evenly divided as
to his guilt, was swayed by the
argument that because he did not
take the stand on his own behan
be must be guilty. He also says
that the Jurors promised to decide
the case according to the evidence,
but that after they had retired
several of them argued that he
ought to be sent up on general
prlnlples. He says that he has
also discovered that Porter's father
told several persons he believed
it was an accident. The two were
out riding together and had been
drinking when the shooting oc
curred.
WARN8 HOG RAISERS
ABOUT BUYING REMEDIES.
Lincoln, Neb., June 'Special) —
Secretary of Agriculture Shumway
has issued a warning to hog raisers
that they purchase hog minerals and
remedies from firms outside the state
at their own peril. He says that every
time an effort had been made to hold
a firm responsible for damages that
follows the use of Its st*ff it has been
able to resist being sued anywhere
save in the federal courts. He says
he has found It impossible to protect
Nebraska buyers from any fraudulent
transactions of this character.
TO RESIST EFFORTS
OF SIMMONS’ ATTORNEYS
Butte, Neb., June -County At
torney A. B. Wallace went to Lin
coln Wednesday, with affidavits for
presentation to the state pardon
board, to off-set the affidavits made
in behalf of Walter Ray Simmons,
under death sentence for the alleged
murder of Frank Pahl, Boyd county
garage man.
YOUNG WOMAN GIVEN
AN ELECTRIC SHOCK
York, Neb.. June —Miss Grace
McClure, cafeteria employe, was
burned on the hands when she at
tempted to hang wet towels on a
clothes Jlne that was charged with
electricity. A young man, went te
her rescue but when he touched her
he was hurled to the floor.
CHEMIST8 FIND NO
TRACE OF POISON
Lincoln, Neb., June —Chemiat»
in the state department here an
nounce they have been unable ts
find traces of poison in the stomach
and liver of Laura Duff sent here
from Scotta Bluffs county. The
girl is alleged to have entered Into
a suicide pact with Cecil Cv-m
who later recovered.
nND BAR OF GOLD
AND SILVER—STOLEN
Heatings, Neb-, June —A large
ingot weihing about 194 pounds,
was dug ug lu the southern pan
of Adams county it Is learned hove
The bar is thought by K. C. Bhn
snons, state surveyor, to contain ap
proximately $1,000 worth of gold
and silver. The Ingot boro the
words, "Omaha and Grant* end ts
bettved to be one of many he
stolen or lost while beinv •' ■ -
from Denver to Omaha
years ago.
IN WHOLESALE
GUILTY PLEAS
Nebraska Farmer, His Wife
And Son and Helpers Ad*
mit Moonshine Dealings
Lincoln, Neb., June .Special)—
W. A. Stumpff and his wife and son.
Edwin, appeared in federal court and
admitted belng.members of a conspir
acy to defeat the national prohibition
law. They are farmers near Clarks.
Merrick county, and operated a still
on a considerable scale until the stato
constabulary raided the place. Their
hired man, Charles Penn; their truck
driver, Harry Dahlgren, and their
booze sellers and guardsmen, Frank
Teague and Edward Kirby, arrested
with them, also pleaded guilty, after
they had said they proposed standing
trial. Teague was badly wounded Irr
an encounter with state officers on
the outskirts of Lincoln while he was
guarding a load of booze headed for
Lincoln.
PHEASANTS ARE
BEING BLAMED
Nebraska Farmers Complain
Birds Are Destructive
To Crops
Lincoln, Neb., June ‘Special* —
Game Warden Koster has gone post
haste to Howard county on a calk
that the Chinese pheasants that he
Imported and started breeding there
some years ago are devastating t ie
corn, melon, sugar beets and squath
crops. The birds are protected from
the hunters by law, and have multi
plied wonderfully. A half dozen
complaints have come In to the ef
fect that they straddle a row or
corn or beets dig Into the ground
and swallow all they can find. Mr.
Koster Is loath to believe this, but
he says If It be true hunters will
have an opportunity to trap an*
shoot them without restriction
HER NAME ON NOTE
JU8T ACCOMMODATION, SAYS
Lincoln, Neb., June Special) —
Mrs. M. D. Ohman, «f Stanton
county, had lawyers In supreme
court today seeking to overturn the
judgment of the district court thar
said she owed the Farmers State
bank of Pilger, $7,500 on a note that
her son had signed there and t<»
which she afterwards affixed ooe ~
own name. Her defense Is that the
bankers told her that the examinar
was objecting to the note, and that
If she would sign it as an accomo
dation to the bank they could get
It past that official and not have to
take It out of the bank. The bank
ers claim that she signed the note
as surety for her son and that no
Inducement was held out to her.
NEBRASKA TEACHER
KILLED IN WISCONSIN
Shell Lake, Wls., June William
Leroy Benedict, 32 years old, and
his wife, 30, of Seward, Neb. arc
dead here victims of a wreck In
which their automobile was strueg
by a passenger train near here.
Benedict was instantly killed. Hiss
wrlfe lived only a few minutes.
Benedict was a school teacher at
Seward.
8UICIDE PACT WA8
ONLY HALF 8UCCE8SFUL.
Scotts BlulT, Neb., June ' -A
suicide pact that was only half suc
cessful near Gerlng, Neb., was re
vealed here when Cecil Corbin, 2!
years old of Gerlng, confessed that
he and Miss Xjaura Duff, 19 year*
old. Gerlng stenographer, whose body
wag found In the hills near derlng..
had agreed to die together by poison
The girl’s body was found at - a
spot where the couple had gone or*
a picnic last Sunday afternoon. Cor
bin, who recovered from the poison,,
raid they drank together. He re
vived after lying all night in the open
and staggered to a farm house, and
he was taken to a Scotts Bluff hos
pital.
Corbin at first said, according to »
dispatch received here that he and
the girl were poisoned by eating
beans. I^ater, after a postmortem re
vealed the girl had been In a deli
cate condition, he admitted the death
pact, authorities said, according to
the dispatch which added that Corbin
declared the girl bought the polsor*
and that he took more of It than she
did.
WIN8IDE CIVIL WAR
VETERAN IS DEAD
Winslde, Neb., Juno —(Special)—
Word has been received here of the
death at the Soldiers' Home at
Leavenworth, Kan., of Joseph Tilsoru
a resident of Winslde sinco that town
was founded. He .s survived by hl«
wife and three daughters and one
eon. He wae II years old.
"Filipinos not able to rule.” Tli if
Is precisely what they complain
about.—Boatea Herald,_
We could hardly have much more
unsatisfactory weather if It wore
turned out by congress Instead of
the weather bureau.—Steubenville
'Vazette.
MASONIC 0*AND LODGE
MEETS IN OMAHA
Omaha. Neb., June —About 209
Masons from all over Nebraska am
here to attend the opening of the
sixty-seventh annual communica
tion of the Nebraska Grand Lodge.
SPANISH WAN VET
•BAD AT NORFOLK
Norfolk. Neb.. June —Capt. J. L.
Thorbura. veteran of the Spanish -
American war and prominent in In
surance business In north Nebraska,
died after a lingering illness la hbe
home bare. He was 68 years old.