Nebraska Newspapers

    DEATH BETTER
THAN ILLNESS
Former Officer of McPher
son County Commits Sui
cide by Shooting
North Platte. Neb., June —
Oharles H. Daly, former clerk or MC
Phereson county, a ranchman, com
mitted suicide at hie ranch home near
Sutherland, Wednesday by shooting.
He died Instantly. He has been in
very poor health and upon finding
that he was suffering from a cancer
expressed a desire to die.
Nebraska Demo Delegates
To Convention Friday
Lincoln, N$b., June —(Special)
Two coach loads of delegates from
Nebraska to the democratic national
convention will leave here Friday
afternoon. A number of visitors will
accompany the delegation. State
Chairman Allen, who Is one of the
delegates at large, said the Nebras
ka vote will go to Governor Bryan
for the presidential nomination. The
Nebraskans, it was announced, will
oppose the aborgatlon of the two
thirds rule.
CONVICTED MAN DENIE8
KILLING HIS PAL
Lincoln, Neb., June . (Special) —
The appeal of Andrew Johnson, aged
citizen of North Bend, Dodge coun
ty, from a conviction for manslaugh
ter, was argued and submitted to the
supreme court this week. Johnson
was accused of killing William Jurg
ing The two were old croniea and
frequently engaged In drinking bouts.
After one held in November, 1913,
Jurgtng was found In a nearby street
dying from wounde. Johnson said he
had no Idea how Jurglng came to
his death, but denied that he did it.
The state baaed its case on the sur
rounding circumstances which point
ed to the two men as having quarel
led Johnson, after he had partly re
covered. found the body and report
ed It to a neighbor.
BACK TO PRI60N
FOR -BORROWING” CAR
Lincoln, Neb., Jum (Special) —
Claire S. Anderson, who hired a fliv
ver from a local auto company and
after driving It to Sioux City, left It
In storage, is buck In the state re
formatory. He was originally sent
up In the latter part of 1921 for steal
ing In Dawson county. He was par
oled In May, 1923. and six weeks lat
er eloped with the Lincoln machine.
He was captured In M». Camel, 111.
where he was In trouble with the
officers. The machine found In Sioux
City was returned to Its owners
months ago.
Nickerson bankers
ARE OUT ON BONDS
Fremont, Neb , June " [I. N. S.)—
Caleb Negus and William Anderson,
former officers of the First State
bank of Nickerson, Neb., are out
on bond, following their preliminary
hearings on charges of embezzlement
of the funds of the bank. Negus'
bonds were $15,000 and Anderson's
$10,000.
GOLF PLAYER GET8
FINGER IN GOPHER TRAP
Hartlngton, Neb., June (Special)
—Charley Hertert got the ringers of
his right hand caught In a gopher
trap while playing golf on the golf
course here. The traps were placed
on the course to prevent the gophers
from damaging the grounds. Mr.
Hertert is the pitching ace of the
All-Stars, a baseball club of Harting
ton business men, and ihia injured
fingers will prevent him from being
effective for some time.
CONGRESSMAN HOWARD
BACK AT HOME
Columbus, Neb.. June (T. N. S.)
—Congressman and Mrs. Edgar How
ard arrived Wednesday by automo
bile from Washington. The Third
district Nebraska congressman ex
pects to open campaign headquarters
here next week, in anticipation of
the coming elections.
FREMONT NOT OPPOSED
TO TRAIN CHANGES.
Fremont, Neb., June ,Special)—
With assurance that losses suffered
by Fremont by Northwestern cur
tailment In the new train schedules
will be offset by additional crews
with the Inauguration of through
trains from Chicago over the bridge
at Blair, the Fremont chamber of
commerce will not oppose the new
schedule. According to Superintend
ent Davidson, the changes are neces
sary because of the loss of short-haul
business to automobile truck and bus
competitors.
JACKSON ELEVATOR
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Jackson. Neb., June -An ele
vator here belonging to the John
Westrand string of elevators, was.
burned with about 4.000 bushels of
grain. It la believed that the flames
started In the engine room. The loss
Is estimated at nearly $5,000, partly
covered by Insurance.
NEGROE8 ADMIT TRYING
TO WRECK TRAIN
Hastings. Neb., June (I. N. S.)
—Cecil Fleming, 18 years old. aim
Vernon Cole, 19, negroes, pleaded
guilty to attempting. June 8, to
wreck a Burlington passenger truin
near Mlnden and were sentenced by
Judge Dilworth to from three to 10
years in the penitentiary. The boya
were put off an earlier train near
Axtell, and. angered, they attempted
to wreck the next train following.
They put a 80 foot rail across the
tracks.
FLOOD WATERS
NOW THREATEN
Main Line of U. P. Railroad
Endangered at Schuy
ler, Neb.
Schuyler, Neb., June . <1. N. S.)—
Flood waters of Shell Creek are
threatening to wash out the main
line of the Union Pacific railroad
lietween here and Rogers. Neb. The
waters of the creek are sweeping
across the right of way despite train
loads of rip-rap material and ballast
rushed here from Columbus and Fre
mont.
RAILROADS PAY TAXES
ON $314,000,000
Lincoln, Neb., June ' —Nebraska
railroads will pay taxes, if the courts
do not Interfere, on 1314,000,000 of
property, instead of $315,000,000 as
fired by the state board of equalisa
tion. The difference represents tha
out In valuation made by order of
the supreme court In the Rock Island
case. The Burlington has a reduc
tion of a small amount, as has also
the Minneapolis & Omaha. The
Northwestern has an Increase of
$100,000, due to Its taking over In
Its own name the bridge at Blair pre
viously operated as a privately-own
ed corporation. The figures for the
roads are as follows:
Burlington—$137,538,000.
Union Pacific—$#8,259,000.
Northwestern—$38,707,000.
Minneapolis A Omaha—$12,392,000.
Rock Island—$9,573,000.
Missouri Pacific—$11,608,000
- K. C. A Northwestern—$247,800.
Rt. Joseph A Grand Island—$4,052,
000,
Mason City A Port Dodge—$640,
Omaha-Lincoln Railway A Light
Oo—$99,460.
Omaha Bridge A Terminal—$646,
060.
Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice—$91,
800.
Omaha A Southern Interurban—■
$90,000.
Illinois Central—$54,000.
C. M. A Rt. P.—$106,000.
Santa Pe—$15,000.
CHILD’S LIFE IS
ENDANGERED TWICE
Wlnebago, Neb., June -Little
Dorothea Campbell, daughter of
Charles C. Campbell, lease cerk at
the Indian agency, bears a charmed
life. Several days ago, while playing
on the street, she wae run down by
an automobile but fortunately fell
between the wheels and the CRr
passed over her without inflicting
any Injuries except some slight
bruises
A day or two later she was playing
with a rope swing and In some man
ner It became looped around her neck
so us to form a deadly noose, perfect
except for the hangman’s knot. For
tunately she was seen dangling in the
air and rescued In time to prevent In
jury.
Fullerton, Neb., June \ (I. N. S.) —
The Cedar river Is overflowing Its
banks, Inundating lowlands. Another
terrific rain here Tuesday morning
flooded the streets, which are filled
with branches, shingles and other
debris.
Columbus, Neb., June —(I. N.
S.)—A rain and windstorm here early
Tuesday flooded basements and filled
the streets with water and rubbish.
Farmers In this section report their
potatoes rotting In the ground, rust
attacking wheat and a heavy loss of
small stock in flooded low’lands as
the result of a 10 Inch precipitation
since the first of the month.
CLAIMS DONATION
GIVEN UNDER THREAT
Omaha, Neb,, June C. Law
rence Stull, Cass county rarmer, who
Is wealthy, testifying In district court
where he Is seeking $2,800 which he
says he gave to a committee during
the World war as a Red Cross dona
tion, said he gave two checks for the
amounts after he had been threatened
with a rope.
UNIVERSITY WANTS GOOD
CLASS OF BUILDINGS
Lincoln. Neh„ June (Special)—
The state hoard of regents has asked
the city of Lincoln to zone It. The
council has been considering n zoning
ordinance for two years, but have not
got up courage enough to pass It. The
university desires to have the city
exercise authority over the character
of buildings that are to be erected
In the future for one brock on each
side of the four sides or the univer
sity campus. The regents think that
something ought to be done right now
to protect It from undesirable neigh
bors. and asks that the ordinance bo
so drawn that the district may be
easily Incorporated Into any later
zoning ordinance.
HOT SCHOOL ELECTION.
Mitchell, S. r>., June ! (Special.)
— H. E. Hitchcock was re-elected te
the Mitchell board of education yes
terday. In the annual school election.
Dr. R. A. Kelley was also re-elected
to the board and E. K. Mather was
elected as a new member, defeating
W. H. Fritz by nearly 600 votes. A
larger vote was cast at yesterday’s
election than has been cast at any
Mitchell school board election for
several years.
NEBRASKA VILLAGE
HAS BAD FIRE LOSS
Raymond, Neb., June I. N. S.l
—Fire of unknown origin destroyed
almost an entire block of the busi
ness section here early today. The
Deauser general merchandise store
was destroyed, the roof of the Bank
of Raymond was burned, but the rest
of the building was saved, and a
drug store was aso badly damaged.
1 Early estimates place the loss at be
tween $25,000 and $80,000.
before and After
The aggregate pre-war wealth of the
K odd nations actively engaged In the
great war amounted to *635.000,000,000.
The wealth of these same nations to
days Is estimated to be about *610,000,000,
000. The pre-war wealth of the British
Empire, that Is of Gi at Britain, the
Dominions, India, and he Crown Col
onies, was approximately *140,000,000,000,
while today the wealth of this same
group of nations is estimated to be
around *149,000,000,000. The wealth of
Prance before the war la placed at just
under *60,000,000,000, and Is estimated to
he approximately the same today.
The pre-war wealth of the United Statee
Is placed at *200,000,000,000 and the
wealth today at *230,000.000,000, while the
pre-war wealth of Germany Is estimated
to have been upwards of *80,000,000,000
and today to be about *55,000,000,000.
These f'.furea are all on the gold pre
war basis of values, having been ad
lusted for Inflation.
Stars Guids Planters.
From the Detroit News.
Too early for record in written
history, the orderly procession of
the fixed stars about Polaris gave
man a means of telling time. From
antiquity the stars have told when
to plant to obtain the harvest. And
it was astronomy and not astrology
that performed these miracles.
P or many centuries the naked eye
was the most powerful Instrument
for astronomical observation. Not
until the time of the great Galileo did
the telescope allow a deeper glimpse
into the heavens.
Yet knowledge of the position oi
the earth in the scheme of things
antedated the telescope; bold men
had made bold guesses that the sun
and not the earth was the center of
rotation in our own little corner of
the universe. Slow but fundamental
jrere the early steps of practical as
tronomers.
Because imagination was strong
in the childhood of the race our an
cestors peopled the hills, valleys and
the sky with strange and powerful
beings In the shape of people, ani
mals and gods. Out of a little group
of stars, the Little Dipper, they
created Ursa Minor, the Little Bear,
with Polaris for the tip of his tail.
Close by they found the Great
Bear, and flocking In the sky they
believed they saw dragons, men,
women, birds and beasts, all out
lined in light that started toward the
earth many years ago.
Retail Only
From the Royal Magaslna
A druggist waa aroused one night Dy
the violent ringing of his front door
bell. Looking out of the window, be
aaw a young girl In evening dress.
"What's the matter, miss?” he aaked.
Has anyone been taken 111?"
, * Oh, no!" came back In sweet tones;
but I m dancing at the ball close by,
and 1 ve run out of rouge."
"Indeed!” snorted the disgusted drug
gist. I m sorry, mlas, but I never keep
enough rouge In stock ta cover a cheek
like yours!"
Thinking and Talking
From the Yorkshire. Post.
A candidate, rushing to address a
meeting at a bye-election, was ac
costed by a friend. “What do you
think of the political situation now?"
he was asked. "Don’t bother me!’’
responded the politician. ’Tve got to
talk. This Is no time to think.’’
^Watch Others, Too.
From the Aberdeen American.
How many anarchists do you
know? How many have you ever
seen in jail your life? There are
some and they are dangerous and
should be suppressed, but there are
so few of them in this country that
we cannot get all “het up” about
them. The men in high oMce who
have been guilty of treason are
much more of a menace. The anar
chist is a rattlesnake, but, fortun
ately, lie rattles. The official grafter
is a poisoner much harder to detect.
We have never known of a red
eyed. evil-minded anarchist who did
rs much harm to the country as the
millionaire corporation whose brib
ery has contaminated men in the
highest position of trust. We are
not defending the anarchist, mind
you, but pointing out that the re
public has other enemies, Just as
told, and much more dangerous.
INEFFECTUAL RADICALISM
Thou shalt not remove thy neigh
bour's landmark.—Deut 13:14.
Is the customary, the conventional,
always to be despised?
Shall man always take the wrong
side of the road only to prove him
self original?
After all, the road hath but two
sides, and he that taketh ever the
wrong one, to show his liberal gen
ius, is in the end as conventional a
rogue as if he followed the harmless
custom of the country.
Nothing is more monotonous than
a habitual irregularity.
I feel and admit the extraordinary
attraction of change and novelty.
No man can have more joy than I
in a fresh adventure.
Somewhat too much, indeed, of the
experimental and venturesome there
hath always been in my tempera
ment, loading me often into situa
tions from which it was difficult to
emerge with credit and skin unbrok
en.
Even now, many failures have not
cured me of this fault.
But familiarity also hr th its charm,
and I count it good that life is im
pregnated with it.
The regular ways, the rules of the
game, the customs of courtesy, and
U»«* common phrases of colloquial
sViSch—these are pleasant things in
their season (which is dally), and
without them our existence would be
wayward, rude, exhausting, and far
less tolerable than it is.
Predict a Fine Day Six Yeara Ahead.
Herbert Compton In “Indian Life In
Town and Country.”
You can predict (in India) a fine
day six months, or, for the matter of
that six years ahead. Theoretically
you can also predict a rainy one, but
the clouds are not so consistent as
the sunshine. The rainy season some
times belies Its name, and then cornea
famine. In England people grumblt
at meteorological conditions; curst
the unwelcome rain, protest against
a three weeks' drought, and have
fault to find with fogs and east winds.
But, with the exception of a few
bronchial folk, these climatlo freaks
do not kill; one Is not dependent on
the skies for life and fortune. The
Indian Is. Two Inches of rain with
held In Its due season will destroy
more human life than a quarter of a
century of European warfare, and
cause as much human suffering as
Bonaparte did In his career.
A very worthy Kentish (England)
farmer was grumbling to me one day
because the rainy summer had ruined
hts hops, half ruined his corn, and
damaged his hay. "Are your wife and
children alive?" I asked him. He re
plied with some surprise, In the af
firmative. “Your horses seem pretty
sleek?” I observed. He admitted
they were In capital condition. "And
your cow's?” Ah, they had done well,
the pasturage was good. "Poultry?"
The wife looked after them and she
had not complained. "You have not
been compelled to shut up your
house, and leave It to look after Itself
whilst you emigrated?” He thought
I was a lunatic. "But you say this
Is the very worst season that any
man ever suffered?” Of that he was
perfectly sure; he had not paid his
rent, and some of the wages bill
would have to come out of his pocket
“Well," I said, “If you had been a.\
Indian farmer, and this had been the
worst season that any man ever suf
fered from, your wife, children, horses,
slock and poultry would all be dead,
and .presuming you had been so
lucky as to escape with your life, you
would be handling a shovel on relief
works on the west coast of Ireland."
Fond Memories
From the Chicago News.
After the young thing at the party
had concluded her second encore the
old lady leaned toward her and said.
“Thank you so much for your songs,
my dear. They took me back to child
hood days on my father’s farm. There
were times when you sang that I could
shut my eyes and fairly hear the ola
front gate creaking in the wind.”
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William Gibbs McAdoo, democratic presidential aspirant, Is tempt
ing his daughter, Mary Faiih McAdoo. witv a bit of bacon he has fried
at their mountain camp near Los Angeles. Prior to coming east tc
attend the democratic national con-vention, McAdoo took a brief vaca
tion with his wife and two young daughters, roughing it in the Rock~
mountains.
La Follette’s Strength.
The two old parties will mak9 a big
mistake If they underestimate the
IK-rsonal strength of I>a Follette. I to
has an extraordinary sympathetic
audience among people who. though
not sharing his views, admire his
courage and will be tempted to fol
low him as a protest. Ills entrance
onto the field this year might be a
major political event, as important In
its way as Roosevelt’s rebellion In
1912. For, though Mr. I.a Follette is
far less a national figure than Roose
velt was his strategic position In the
Upper Mississippi valley, and his per
sonal strength In the labor centers of
the test might well piny a determining
otu t In the result jiext.I>’ayeniber.
A Mary for His Oliver.
Mrs. \ L. sends us this amus
ing anecdote about Oliver Wendell
Holmes: The genial autocra: was
strolling along the beach one after
noon when he stopped to chat with
a little girl who was playing on the
sand. They became quite friendly,
and when he walked on she walked
with him. Presently she said, "I’ll
have to go home now."
“Good-by, my dear,” said the doc
tor. "and when your mother asks
where you sf- been tell her you wera
walking with Oliver Wendell Holmes."
"And when your folks ask you
where you’ve been,” Aaid the child,
"tell ’em you were walking with Mary
,, SiV*
GOVERNOR HAS
WAR PAINT ON
Asserts Gasoline Prices in
Lincoln Must Be
Reduced
—
Lincoln, Neb., June ,1. N. S.)—
'"That sounds like the same talk we
heard In Omaha when public spirited
citizens there invested in filling sta
tions for the purpose oB forcing down
gasoline prices,” Governor Bryan de
clared Thursday, commenting on the
statements of local dealers that they
would not let the governor browbeat
i them into lowering the price so that
he might clalf credit for the reduc
tion.
"I expect and will require that
prices drop here as they did in Oma
ha. Fifty stations in Omaha are now
selling at reduced prices and furnish
all proof needed of the violation of
the anti-discrimination law by the
stations of Lincoln owned by the
same companies. When I return
from my vacation. I expect to see
that the attorney general has
started prosecution or has some of
the violators in jail.
“If that result has not been accom
plished,” the governor declared, “by
that time, I shall use some of the
Bunds set aside for that purpose to
employ an attorney who will make
use of the restraining power of the
courts to secure relief for the con
sumers of gasoline and to have the
cases now in court brought by the
attorney general advanced for speedy
hearing.”
RURAL MAIL MAN
TOOK TWO SLAPS
Hartlngton, Neb., June *' (Spe
cial)—Harold (Pete) Roddewig, mall
carrier on route 7 out of Hartington,
who previously has been a good re
publican, Is out and out against
Coolidge and the republican party,
he declares, for ever and ever, world
without end. According to Mr. Rod
dewlg’a tale* of woe, Coolidge slapped
him on one cheek by vetoing the ad
justed compensation bill, but as the
Good Book admonishes, those who
are hit on one cheek to turn the
other also, he said nothing and turn
ed the other side of his face for an
other slap. If one were coming. He
didn’t have to wait very long, for
the president vetoed the bill which
would have given the postal employ
es an increase In pay. Now having
fulfilled the lawr, “Pete” says he Is
not going to stand for more punish
ment, but he is out to get Mr. Cool
idge's angora if possible.
KEYA PAHA COUNTY
IS FIRST TO FILE
Lincoln, Neb., June " .Special)—
Keya Paha county Is the first in the
state to file with the state tax com
mission a complete abstract of the
property valuation for assessment
purposes. The total actual value Is
$6,261,960, an increase over last year
of $16,890. The number of cattle and
horses have Increased. Cattle are now
valued at $860,125 and horses at
$170,820, Increases of $16,215 and
$4,245 respectively. Farm lands are
listed as- worth $4,362,690, or $5,045
more than a year ago, while town
lots are worth $199,945, an increase
of $14,055. The county has no rail
road property within its borders.
WANTS TO KNOW POWER
OF COUNTY ATTORNEY
Lincoln, Neb., June *“ (Special)—
Mayor William Colton applied to the
attorney general today for informa
tion as to whether County Attorney
Perry had the power to make cash
settlement with persons arrested for
transporting liquor in an automobile
by accepting $400 and releasing the
car to the owner, who was not one
of the parties arrested when the li
quor was found. Mr. Colton said that
it did not look rig'ht for the county to
confiscate email cars and then when
a big expensive car is caught in the
net to allow them to get their car
by paying only a part of its value.
PAL OF DEAD BURGLAR
IS SENT TO PRISON
Omaha, Neb., June —Joe Fox,
pal of Genearo Manse, who was kill
ed while attempting to enter the home
of Walter W. Head, Omaha banker,
has been sentenced to one year in
the state reformatory. Mrs. Fox and
Mrs. Manse, widow of the dead man,
were paroled for two years to Police
Matron Gibbons. All three were
charged with conspiracy to commit
a felony.
CANT GET BACK HIS
RED CROSS DONATION
Omaha, Neb., June C. Law
rence Stull, former Cass county farm
er, lost hls district court suit against
the Plattsmouth State bank and four
former neighbors to recover $2.SOO
he alleged he donated to the Red
Cross during the World war under
threat of being "strung up" with a
rope.
USING MAILS TO
DEFAUD IS CHARGE
North Platte, Neb,, June -Al
vin Johnson was arrested Thursday
on a warrant charging him with us
ing the mails to defraud wholesale
houses. He was given his freedom
upon $2,000 bond. His brother, at
Rlndol, was sentenced llVednesday
to 15 months in the federal prison
upon the same charges.
THEY WANT TRACE OF
THEIR MISSING SON
Ponca, Neb., June • Special) —
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Berens are
making strenuous efforts to locate
their son, Arthur, who left home last
Friday, without telling the parents of
hls Intentions #or destination. Frank
Talbott is believed to have accom
panied him. The Kerens boy grad
uated from the Ponca schools this
spring. He Is said to be five feet
9 Inches tall and to weigh about 173
pounds. He wore hls gold graduat
ing ring, blue overalls, blue coat and
light cap.
DAWES KNOWN
TO NEBRASKANS
Practiced Law in Lincoln,
But Most Successful in
Real Estate
Lincoln, Neb., June (Speclal>
Charles Q. Dawes, named for vice
president on the requuilcan nation
al ticket, practiced law tn Lincoln
from 1837 to 1895, but made more of
a success of his real estate Invest
ments than of his legal attalnments.
rfe now owns four of the most valu
able corners In Lincoln, all in thA
hands of a trustee for the benefit
of Dawes' children.
S. H. Burnham, president of the
First National bank here, and one
of his oldest friends, says that when.
Dawes was here his credit was good
but his cash supply low. He recalls,
that when Dawes went back to Ohio
In 1889 to marry Miss Caro D. Bk»
cyer, his byhood sweetheart, he
borrowed $130 of Mr. Burnham to
make sure that he had enough,
money to finance the trip.
In the legal fraternity hero Mr.
Dawes Is best remembered by the
vigor with which he championed tha
cause of anti-monopolists in thoir
legal battle with the railroads over
rates. He did not engage in politics,,
but he was up to his neck in law
suits against the roads, one of the
most important being an unsuccess
ful attempt to make the Burlington
let go of one of Its competitors, the
Atchlson & Nebraska, which it had
gobbled up.
LEGION P08T PLANS
BIG DANCE PAVILION?
Bloomfield, Neb., June -(Spe
cial). Active efforts for the sale of
■tock In the dance pavilion to bo
built on the local fair grounds by the*
Ray Lamb Post of the Americar*
Legion will open this week, The
committee in charge of the stock,
sale is planning to push it with
great vigor and it is thought that
work on the building will be start
ed within a month. Plans are for
a building that will accommodate
double the crowd that any other
structure in the city will hold. An
ton* Schulte is the commander of
the post and Clyde Gentzler is the
adjutant.
BANK NOT IN NEED
OF STATE’S MONEY
Lincoln, Neb., June V (Special) —
Six banks have notlflea State Treas
urer Robinson during the past week
that they do not wish to retain tlm»
deposits of state funds which they
now have, and upon which they are*
now paying the state four per cent.
interest, when the yearly period for
which the deposits are made has ex
pired.
According to Mr. Robinson this isx
an almost unprecedented condition ast
his office is usually over-run with:
requests from the banks for the.
state money. The state treasurer
said this expression from the banka;
evidenced the fact that they now
have a plentiful supply of funds to
take care of all demands for loans
MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO
MEET IN BLOOMFIELD
Bloomfield, Neb., June '* -(Spec
ial) The district convention of the
Vvomen's Missionary Society of tho
Methodist church, Norfolk District,
will be held in Bloomfield on Tjiurs
day and Friday. June 19 and 20
Delegates from the var'ous towns lit
the district will be present and ».
successful convocation is anticipated.
On Thursday evening a pageant.
"The Sale of the World’s Children”
will be given with the following:
characters: "Spirit or Childhood,’’"
Dorothy Cunningham; Crier of Sale,
Nona Lidell; Auctioneer, Miss Thet>
Liddell; Pleasure, Leah Ranneyt
Queen of Vanity Fair, Eunice Ileckt;
Child Labor, Eva Sumner; Ambition.
May Volkers; Free Thinker, Leonti
Wilson; Riches, Bernice Heck’;
Grafe, Leitha Schrader; Alcohol. Lil
lian Nichols; Law, Ellen Kruger r
Christianity, Ada Lindner.
CLAIMS CONVICTION
IN TECHNICAL MANNER
Lincoln, Neb., June ' (Special)—
Neils Thursland, Wusmngon county
farmer, has appeals*! to the supreme
court from a conviction on ‘a charge
of violating the prohibitory law, ora
the ground that the trial judge er
red in not releasing him when one*
Chris Anderson, the real violator,,
appeared by affidavit and said he*
did it.
Officers found in a straw stack
in one of Thurland's fields a barrel
that contained water and peaches
well along in the fermentation pro
cess. Anderson said in his affidavit
that lie put them there in February
of 1923 when there was nobobdy liv
ing on tlie farm, and that when lie*
went to get them lie found Thursland
In possession of the property. He*
was scared and left the country. Lat
er lie came back and when he found
that Neils had been convicted for an
offense that he had committed, lie
wanted to tell the court the facts.
Thursland, however, had not re
ported the find, and the court hekf
that to convict of illegal possession!
of mash one does not have to be*
proved to be the owner or in per
manent possession. Temporary pos
session is sufficient. Thursland had
previously been convicted of violat
ing the same law, and this time*
drew 30 days in Jail and a fine of
$500.
HAIL STORM DAMAGE
CLAIMS ARE NUMEROUS
Lincoln, Neb., June (Special) —
Hail storm claims are pouring into
the office of the state hail insurance
department as a result of recent
storms in the state which it is
claimed have damaged growing grain.
Boone county was among the locali
ties visited, and heavy losses, tt la
said, occurred in Saunders county.
The hail insurance department last
year was able to pay nearly all
claims in full, and believes it can
do nearly as well this pear.