Nebraska Newspapers

    LIGHTNING BOLT
KILLS FARMER
Martin Wendell, of Bloonv
field, Neb., Wa* in Feed
Lot When Struck
Bloomfield, Neb., Aug. ^ (Special)
►-During the storm Friday afternoon,
Martin Wendell, 48 years old, a
farmer living three miles east of
Bloomfield, was struck by lightning
and Instantly killed. He was In the
feed lot attending to some of the
stock when the bolt struck him In the
head and passed down his right side,
tearing the clothing from his body
and ripping his laced boot wide open.
His body was badly burned. He Is
survived by his wife and one step
son, also three brothers, all of
Wausa, Neb.
CLAIMS JURISDICTION
IN CROSSING CASES
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. \ (Special)—
The state railway commission held,
In an order Just handed down, that
It has jurisdiction over rural grade
crossings of railroads and power to
compel the companies to construct
underground crossings where the
existing ones are dangerous for
travelers. The Missouri Pacific rail
road company Is resisting an appli
cation for an underground crossing
near Delphi, on Its Prosser branch,
claiming that the commission was
without power to order anything that
involved new construction and that
It would be a dangerous precedent
to set because It would result In a
flood of applications for such cross
ings.
The commission finds that as It
is the duty of county boards to pro
vide safe highways all of the expense
cannot be Imposed on the railroads,
and In this case orders the county
board to make the excavation and
all necessary preparations for «
bridge to be built by the railroad.
OLD CANDIDATES ARE
BEING "INTERVIEWED"
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. (Special)—
The Nebraska Conference for Politi
cal Action, a branch of the national
organization that has endorsed La
Follette, is sending out question
naires to all candidates for state and
congressional offices. The latter are
asked as to their stand on government
ownership of nil communication sys
tems, public operation of Muscle
Shoals, the Howell-Barkley railroad
bill, the Norris-Sinclair Kxport cor
poration bill and a number of other
measures of like Import.
State candidates are asked as to
their stand on the repeal of the code,
state ownership of water power, non
partisan election of all state and
local officers, making the direct
primary a part of the constitution,
eight hour day for state and city em
ployes, gasoline tax, use of road
fund for more strictly rural high
ways, slate Income tax, Increasing
powers and duties of local school
hoards, one house legislature and
rural registration of voters.
FAIL TO FIND BODY
OF NEBRASKA BANKER
Chicago. Aug. —Failure to find
the body of Jack M. Patterson, Union,
Neb., banker, who bus been missing
a week and was supposed to have
drowned, has caused renewal of the
search on different theories. It Is
now thought that he may have suf
fered lapse of memory and wandered
away. But (lie fact that he Is sup
posed to be clad In a bathing suit,
as he left his clothes behind, and
there was a bill for a new bathing
suit, nlso raises doubts.
Reports from Union are that Ills
accounts have been nudled and found
correct.
DISCOURAGED WITH LIFE
HE INHALES GAt>
Fremont. Neb.. Aug —Richard
Kelly. 10 years old, a repair man
employed by the Fremont Gas com
pany committed suicide Friday night
by locking himself In the office at
the gas plant and turning on the gas.
He left a note which read:
"Couldn’t go through with it. so
I’m leaving.”
Kelly was the support of a widow
ed mother, Mrs. John Kelly. There
are three other children In the fam
ily, two girls and a boy, all younger
than Richard.
BUTLER TAKES BRYON’S
PROGRESSIVE PARTY PLACE
Omaha, Neb., Aug. —Dan B. But
ler, Omaha city commissioner, last
night was selected by the state
central committee of the progres
sive party of Nebraska at a meeting
called by .1. L Beebe, chairman, to
succeed Gov. Charles W. Bryan, who
has filed his withdrawal from the
progressive ticket for governor. ^The
meeting, at will ell eight members of
the committee were represented,
selected Butler on the first ballot.
OMAHA GOING AFTER
1-J25 LEGION CONVENTION
Omaha. Neb., Aug. —Omaha
business men have started a move
ment to obtain the 1925 convention
of the American Legion and appoint
ed a committee to obtain a fund of
$50,000 lo bring the meeting. At
lanta, Gtt , Is alBO after It.
OMAHA POLICEMAN NOT
IN ON BANK ROBBERS
Omaha, Neb., Aug —John Bletck,
9 years old. of Irvington, was un
able to positively Identify Clifford
Baldwin. Omaha policeman, ns the
driver of an automobile used by
bandits who robbed the Irvington.
Neb., state bank of $2,000 a few
months ago, when Baldwin's hear
ing took place. Baldwin was dis
missed when 11 was testified that he
vi.s paying a grocery bill at the
time of the robbsry.
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WANTS DIVORCE
DECREECHANGED
Omaha Woman Asks Court
To Sattle Odd Legal
Question
OmaJha, Neb.. July -(Special)—
Mrs. Anna Wedemyer, who was de
nied In Douglas county, a decree of
separate maintenance from her hus
band, who walked out of court with
an absolute decree of divorce from
her, has appealed to supreme court
for settlement of an odd legal ques
tion. She la a professional nurse, and
her husband, who had given her all
of their property, contended that she
could support herself. The legal prin
ciple she contends for is tihat a wife
Is not compelled to work when her
husband earns a sufficient sum to
support them both, where he has cast
her off. Wedemyer says it was a c«t.e
of "love me, love my folks,” and that
she Insisted on either living ^th
them or having them live with hlrn.
OMAHA INDIANS TO
PUT ON POW-POW
Walthlll, Neb./ July -(Special)
—Th* Omaha Indian*, whose anceg
tors greeted Lewi* And Clark, In their
expedition up thet Missouri river In
1*08, will hold a pew-pow at their
tribal camplag grounds, at Macy,
Neb., nine mllee eaat of Walthlll. from
Auguat i, to Auguat 1#. The tepee,
th* horee drawn pel# cart, th# flaring
colored clothes, will bring to mind
th# plcturesqueneea which greeted
Lewi* and Clark in their adventuroue
travel*. On thla occasion, th* Indians
will bring back to memory the ro
mance of th# plain* and th# sturdy
oourage which dominated the first
settlers of Nebraska
There will aleo be broncho busting
and primitive dancing and on Sun
days parades in full Indian regalia.
WANTS REHEARING OF
CONTEMPT CASE
Lincoln, Neb., July (Special) —
Dwight Taylor, whose conviction for
contempt of court was recently af
firmed by the state supreme court,
has asked for a rehearing, claiming
that every accused person Is entitled
to a strict construction of the crim
inal law. Taylor was accused of hav
ing promised a dress to each of two
girls called by the state In a recent
murder case In Omaha, and thus In
terfering with the due course of Jus
tice. His contention Is that while the
information charged him with prom
ising a dress to both of the girls, the
proof was at variance In that Is show
ed that he had offered a new drees
to only one of them. He Insists that
this difference Is fatal to a conviction,
AGED MAN 8AY8
WOMAN TOOK HI8 CAR
Beatrice, Neb., July - -Declaring
that he had been "duped" by a wo
man whom he had Innocently known
and trusted for years G. W. Jordan,
an 80-year-old Civil war vpteran
of Goff, Kan., related to local police
authorities how a Mrs. Blanche
White, also *f Goff, embarked with
him on a crosa country automobile
trip to South Dakota and subsequent
ly robbed him of his car and $100 In
cash.
According to the veteran’s story,
the couple, one 80 and the other 2S,
traveled as far as Wymore, Neb., nnd
after spending the night the/e, pro
ceeded on towards Beatrice. When
about eight miles from Beatrice, Jor
dan said, the woman complained of
thirst and asked that he get her a
drink.
They stopped near a farm house
and while Jordan was getting water,
his companion disappeared down the
road with the ear.
Neither the woman nor the ea»
has been located.
SUE COUNTY TREASURER
FOR ALLEGED SHORTAGE
Hartlngton, Neb.. July -The
board of county commissioners of
Cedar county hss Instructed County
Attorney Millard to file suit against
County Treasurer Martin Nelson, In
an effort to collect a shortage of $1,
876. according to experts who exam
ined the books.
The shortage was discovered fol
lowing the robbery of the treasurer’s
office by Scott Millard and Kd Cahoe,
j of Omaha, September, 10, 1923. Mr.
Nelson had been away rrom his office
from July 19, being in a hospital and
bad resumed his duties only an hour
or so before t‘he robbery was dis
covered. SAllard and Cahoe had In
their possession $297 when arrested
near Council Bluffs, following an
accident of their automobile. As tha
expert accountants’ report Indicated
that a large part of the shortage ex
isted before the robbery, Mr. Nel
son is being sued en the grounds that
he was elected to protect the funds
of the county, the commissioners be
lieving that If he was unable to give
the work his personal attention It
was his duty to employ competent
help who would protect the county
from loss.
A collector of colonial silverware tn
New York City paid $4,300 at auction for
the silver bowl made by Paul Revere
and presented te' General William Shep
herd by the Springfield tMassachusetts)
mlHtla for suppressing the Shays Re
bellion In 1787.
BIG BLAST DOES
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
Niobrara, Neb., July - -A horse
was killed, several automobiles were
demolished, a nearby school house
was badly damaged, and several hun
dred persons narrowly escaped In
jury In a hail of rocks and dirt when
2.500 pounds of blasting powder w.u
set off by a road contractor on Mack
ey hill Wednesday.
The crowd had gathered »o watet:
the big blast and ventured too close
for safety. The effects of the explo
sion had been underestimated.
RESUME WORK
ON ASSESSMENTS
- . i
State Board of Equalization
Has Numerous Things
To Iron Out
Lincoln, Neb., July -(Special)
—The state board of equalization will
resume Its Interrupted Inquiry into
assessed land values and railroad
taxes Tuesday, and hopes before it
concludes Its sessions to adjust what
appears to be some discrepancies in
the reports of assessors. Many count
ies of the state have reported a
marked falling off in value of farm
ing land this year as compared with
that of 1923 and 1922. Som*. time be
fore August 2 the board plans to
certify to counties its decision in
the form of the total assessed val
uation of all property in each county.
Holt county was asked to explain
why it reduced the assessed value of
its lands from $15.34 an acre to $13.03,
a drop of 15 per cent., contrary to
the edict of the County Assessors’
association. County Attorney Julius
D. 'Cronin did most of the talking
for Assessor J. M. Hunter and Super
visor John Sullivan.
“It is reported that a Holt county
land-owner has offered to sell 260
acres of land to the state for use
as a fishing resort for $30 an acre,”
sad State Tax Commissioner Smith.
"Well, he hasn't sold any yet, has
he?” said Mr. Cronin. “Maybe cir
cumstances Justify such a price. Per
haps the lake is in the center of a
pasture, and the owner does not
care to part with it.”
Other assessors told of the bad
slump In grazing land, Hooker county
reported a drop in assessed value
from $3.79 an acre to $2.77. The board
Indicated it will be obliged to raise
the valuation not only in Hooker
but in other counties where the drop
has been unusual.
DRAYMAN 18 NOT
A COMMON CARRIER
Lincoln, Neb., July -(Special)
—The state railway commsslon Is In
receipt of a letter from Alpha Han
sen, town drayman of Mullen, Neb.,
In which Hansen conplains that as
a drayman he Is a common carrier,
and subject to the Jurisdiction of the
commission the same as are the rail
roads, telephone companies and the
like. Mr. Hansen doubts it, but he
wants to be sure. He says these
merchants have told him he must
haul what they want hauled,and when
and where. Ills principal grievance Is
that while 90 per cent, of the cream
shipments from that town are made
on week days, with Saturday as the
big day, the creamery company says
he is compelled, as a common carrier,
to make trips on Sunday, when he
shall be paid only 6 cents a can as
on week days, and get only an aver
age of two cans a haul.
"Can a creamery compel me to
hitch up on Sunday for this little
bit of work?” he asks.
The commissioners will Inform Mr.
Hansen he Is not a common carrier,
but conducts a private business, and
aan charge what he likes, and may
Intimate to him that it believes the
business men are perhaps bluffing
him.
NOT IN HARMONY WITH
DEFENSE DAY PLANS
Lincoln, Neb., July . -(Special)
—Governor Bryan, democratic nom
inee for vice president declared Mon
day that he will not ask farmers
and civilians of Nebraska to join in
tiie observance of national defense,
as requested recently by President
Coolidge. Such a step the governor
believes would he distasteful to the
farmers and working men and might
gve a “wrong impression to the war
sick people of foreign countries.” The
governor will call out the state nat
ional guard of which he is comman
der, hut he will decline to proclaim
"Defense Day" a state holiday, or
make any other attempt to induce
civilians generally to participate in
the observance of the alleged "mo
bilization day.”
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TO MAKE SURVEY
OF GOVERNMENT LANDS
Washington, D. C., July ,, -The
federal government will spend $35,
000 In the state of Nebras
ka during the fiscal year of 1925
In surveying and resurveying public
lands belonging to the government, it
is announced at the Interior depart
ment.
SHAVER TO ATTEND
BRYAN NOTIFICATION
Lincoln. July _ -(Special)—Clem
L. Shaver, chairman of the democratic
national committee has sent word to
C. W. Bryan, nominee for the vice
presidency, that he will be in Lincoln
for the formal notification ceremon
ies, August 18.
GIVEN SIX MONTHS
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
Omaha. Neb., July *“ (Special)—
When testimony had been given that
h* had used profanity in referring
to the court, Leon F. Konat. a baker,
who had been restrained from going
to his residence to see his wife, was
sentenced to six months by District
Judge Day, for contempt of court.
PLENTY OF CARS
TO MOVE SMALL GRAIN
Columbus, Neb., July : ~-Idle en
gibes and a large number of freight
cars on storage tracks are more than
sufficient to handle the bumper wheat
crop of the lower Loup and central
Platte valleys, according to announce
ment made by the representatives of
the Union Pacific and the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railroad here.
Light movements of corn during the
early summer have had much to do
with the minther of box cars that can
-be used to ship small grain.
SEE DIVISION
OF AN ESTATE
Half-Brother and Sister Ask*
ed to Disgorge Father’s
Savings
Lincoln, Neb., July (Special)—
William A. Havens and Ills sister,
Mrs. Minnie Barnes, of Boone county,
have filed suit in supreme court tf*
compel their half-brother, Jay A.
Havens and their half-sister, Mrs.
Gertie Williams, to give them an
equal share in the estate of the de*
ceased stepmother of the plalntlfite
and the mother of the defendant^
They say their father gave all nib
property to the step-mother, but that
she left no will. They sue on a con
tract that Jay Havens signed, but
which his sister declined to put her
name to.
GIRL 3PEEDER8
EXCU8ED BY COURT
Grand Island, Neb., July ( '-—Marie
Rupp and Evelyn Nelson, charged
with speeding before Judge William
P. Mullen, said that they thought
the officers were flirting with them.
Attomoy George B. Collins of Oma
ha. representing the girls, brought out
that the officers, dressed in plain
clothes and riding in an auto late at
night, pursued the girls for twelve
blocks after signaling them to stop.
Attorney Collins called the court’s
attention to the days of ohlvalry, and
the necessity of great leniency where
girls technically violate the law flee
ing from the pestilent "sheik.” Judge
Mullen, in dismissing the case, said:
"This court will lend every aid to
modest girls’ attempts to cope with
the street annoyer.”
LARGE CROWDS AT
METHODIST CAMP MEETING
Spirit Lake. Ia., July ~~ -The camp
meeting under the auaplcea of the
Methodist Episcopal church now being
held at Methodist camp, West Lake
Okoboji, is in full swing. The usual
large crowds were in attendance last
Sunday. Dr. Clarence True Wilson,
of Washington, D. C., was the speak
er at the morning and afternoon ser
vices. There were 17 conversions fol
lowing the evening sermon delivered
by Dr. J. W. Mahood, Bishops Keen
ey and Mead and Dr. J. W. Mahood
will be the speakers at the camp
meeting next Sunday.
MAKE DEMAND FOR
ANOTHER BRAKEMAN
Lincoln, Neb., July - ~--(Special)—
J. F. Mordlck, chairman of the leg
islative board of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, has filed a com
plaint with the state railway com
mission asking that It be ordered to
put an additional brakeman on a train
operating between Wymore and Red
CToud, a distance of 108 miles. Mr.
Mordlck cites the state law which
requires thres brakemen on a main
line train that carries passengers and
local merchandise and does a station
switching business, and operated for
more than 100 miles. He says the
train In question answers this de
scription, but that the railroad com
pany refuses to employ more than two
brakemen.
Mr. Mordlck asks that a prose
cution be started if the company per*
sists In this disregard of the law.
WASHERWOMAN SAYS
THEY GOT HER CA8H
Lincoln, Neb., July_(Special)—
Mrs. Lizzie Friekel, wasnerwoman,
had saved up $2,000 out of her earn
ings. One of the families for whom
she had worked a long time was
composed of John S. Woods, a
traveling salesman, and Mae A.
Woods, his wife, a city school
teacher. According «o a petition filed
in the local courts, they found out
she had the money, and borrowed it.
A little later they filed petitions In
bankruptcy. She says she sent her
husband to collect the note, and that
Woods #rove him from the house at
the point of a revolver and kept the
note.
INTERURBAN COMPANY !
PUTS BUS IN SERVICE
Omaha, Neb., July c - *A 81-pas
senger bus, to run parallel to the
Interurban line between Omaha and
Ralston, was put Into operation
Tuesday by the Interurban company.
Private individuals had been operat
ing a bus line in competition with the
♦ enilov Nng BAVAral wppWs
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Canada, facing need for early solu
tion of the problem of her own coal
supple through the eventual shortage
In anthracite from this country Is look
ing to the Alberta fields, wherein lie re
serves holding sufficient anthracite coal
to last 14 centuries and enough of an
grades of the fuel to supply 100,^00,000
persons for 17,000 years. Alberta coal
Is now being supplied to small areas In
Montana. Idaho and Washington, the
chief market at present being the City
of Spokane where Alberta coal can be
laid down 75 cents per ton below tn*
price of Utah coal.
During the British financial year
IS23-24. the British government receiv
ed reparation dyes from Germany val
ued. at par of exchange, at fiH4,200.
The gross amount received for the sale
of dye stuffs, which Included an ac
cumulation from previous years,
amounted to 11,072.250, while the total
amount of commission and all other
charges Incurred in disposing of th#
dyos. Including freight from German,'
and storage, was $104,640.
DISCOVERS LIGHTNING
QUICKER THAN SIGHT
Allen. Neb., July -Will Van
derv-afker of this place found that
lightning, even though corning from
several hundred feet away, does not
give a man hardly time to move be
fore reaching him. He was leaning
against a fence post whan he aaw
the lightning coming down the wire
fence. He started to move but light
ning moved faster, knocking him
about fifteen feet. However, the slight
move might have saved him, as he
suffered no ill effects from the shook.
ONCE FAVORITE
UNDER ARREST
Social Lion in Omaha 1«
Held for Passing Worth
less Paper
Omaha, Neb., Aug. \ (I. N. S.)—
Local authorities received word
Thursday of the arrest last night In
Chicago of Arthur Helbing, until re
cently a familiar figure In Omaha
business, social and sport circles,
who faces charges of passing worth
less checks. He was located by
Wymann C. Beebe, of the BeelJe Ref
erence company, by whom he was
employed In Omaha.
A8KS PERMISSION TO
INSURE NEW SECURITIES
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. -(Special)
—The Northwestern Service com
pany has made application to the
state railway commission for au
thority to Issue $1,600,000 of new
securities, Including $160,000 of pre
ferred stock. This issue Is to fl
nanace recent purchases of plants In
outh Dakota and at Niobrara, In
this state. The company is owned
by the Albert Emanuel Syndicate of
New York City, and at the present
time owns practically all of the Im
portant plants In eastern South Da
kota, having recently purchased a
string of seven running from Yank
ton to Aberdeen. It had previously
operated Huron and Mitchell In that
state and Columbus and North
Platte In Nebraska.
MAN WHO TORTURED
CHILD 18 SENTENCED
Omaha, Neb., Aug. - .Roy Hill,
In whose home an officer found Mar
gie Welsner, aged S, tied to a wall
with her arms above her Lead has
been sentenced to 90 days In Jail.
O’CONNOR TRANSCRIPT
IS LENGTHY ONE
Red Cloud, Neb., Aug. * —Court
Reporter Lee Johnston has complet
ed a transcript In the O'Connor cases
for submission to the supreme court
in the appeal taken by the alleged
heirs of the estate of the famous
Hastings recluse.
The transcript comprises 8,1 tl
typewritten pages, besides the gen
eral index, which contains morj
names than the average small city
telephone directory. The whole
manuscript is bound in seven vol
umes.
GIVEN DAMAGES FOR
CRIMINAL ASSAULT
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. (Special)—
The man who assaults a girl does so
at the peril of not only the criminal
but the civil law, says the supreme
court today in affirming a Judgment
secured by Blanche Bishop for $7,000
against Charles A. Liston, a wealthy
Lincoln county ranchman for dam
ages to her social standing and health
by reason of his assaulting her while
an overnight guest at the ranch. This
is the first time a judgment of that
sort has been sought and secured in
Nebraska, nnd attorney* who argued
against it said that it opened A new
peril to men of wealth. Liston denied
the assault.
WOMAN’S BURNS MAY
CAUSE HER DEATH
Wakefield, Neb., Aug. Mrs. Nels
Youngquist is in a critical condition
at hor home southwest of this place
as the result of burns sustained while
attempting to start a fire in a cook
stove with a can of kerosene.
The explosion threw the burning
liquid all over her, and she ran from
the house a mass of flames. Her hus
band, who happened to be near, put
out the fire with water from a nearby
watering tank, but not before prac
tically all her clothing was burned
from her body. He then extinguished
the fire inside the house, which was
making good headway,
ed about the head, bacTt, upper por
tion of the body and legs, her arms
and hands being the worst. Her
critical condition was greatly aggra
vated due to the fact that she gave
birth to a baby daughter within a few
hours after the accident occurred.
PRINTER GOES TO PEN
FOR 10 LONG YEARS.
Lincoln. Nab., Aug. den £*ult, a
Wahoo printer, who held up and rob
bed J. F. Hambsch, clothing salesman,
on the highway, taking hie car anJ $7
In cash, pleaded guilty to highway
robbery and was sentenced to 10
years In prison. The holdup took
place 12 miles north of Lincoln about
two months ago.
STATE'S EXPENDITURES
$1,322,000 LESS.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. . (Special)—
Secretary Hall of the department of
finance has prepared a statement
showinr that the expenditures for the
support of the state government for
the fiscal year Just ended were $10,
214.653, which Is $1,322,000 less than
for the year ending June 30, 1922. The
governor has declined to carry out
in full the road building program
adopted by the legislature, and the
saving on this one item is given by
Mr. Hall at $1,600,000. The state
saved in -alaries and wages $230,000,
on supplies $123,00*. on equipment
$95,000, and on fixed charges $100,000.
but spent $750,000 more for lands and
buildings. The reduction for the bi
ennium is figured ab $2,476,000.
“DOPE” SELLING RING
IS BROKEN UP.
Omaha. Neb.. Aug. -Federal ag
ent* asserted that a “dope” distribut
ing ring operating between New York
and San Francisco has been broken
up with the arrest of three men who
are in Jail here under $25,000 bond
each.
More teachers will l>e needed In the
high and normal schools of the Phil
ippines in the spring of 1925. accord
ing to a recent announcement made
by the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War
Peparlment. Washington. Porto Ittco
needs teachers Immediately for upper
gravimar grades and ble* *'heola.
D NDS TITLE
TO OLD FARM
Wayne County Man Was
Held in Germany Dur
ing World War
Omaha. Neb., July — -(Special)—
Frank Noelle, a farmer, hae brought
suit In United States court to recover
title to a quarter section of land In
Wayne county, seized by the alien
property oustodlan during the World
war when Noelle was unable to leave
Germany.
Noelle claims he wenl to Germany
In 1911 to visit and neglected to af
firm his American citizenship, al
though he had been naturalized In
this country In 1903. In Germany he
married and lived for a time on a
farm owned by Mrs. Noelle- The re
turn to this country was delayed In
1912 and again in 1913 and 1914,
each time by the birth of a child.
When the war broke out In August,
1014, he was refused passports be
cause he was not registered as ai>
American citizen.
CROFTON MAN HAS
RARE ENGLISH COIN
Crofton. Neb., July -(Special)—
All who are contending m the ooln
contest In northeast Nebraska have
been ellmlated to date by Lloyd West
of this place, who has'an old Eng
lish coin dating back to the time of
Queen Elisabeth. Mr. West obtained
the coin, dated 1599, during the World
war when he served as a telephone
lineman with the headquarters de
tachment of the Second Field Artl
I*ry brigade In the famous Second
American division. His attention wa*
directed to the old coin In the poa
session of a German prisoner and he
easily secured it in exchange for
three sacks of tobacco which was al
most priceless to the German prison
ers.
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FOR KILLING HORSE.
Columbus, Neb., July (Special)
—Shooting a neighbor’s horse, which
a Jury In district court valued at less
than (35 cost Alfred Hlttner, Corn
lea, Neb. farmer (162. Hlttner Is al
leged to have shot and killed the an
imal when It strayed on hig land. The
horse belonged to Charles Bender,
a neighboring farmer, who had crim
inal action brought against Hlttner.
The sum of (75 was paid by Hlttner
to Bender in settlement of civil ao
tlon although the civil suit stated
that the horse was valued at (150. In
the later criminal action a jury found
the horse worth (35 and district
Judge Louis Lightner fined Hittner
(25 and costs amounting to (47.70,
LAYING PLANS FOR
DIXON COUNTY FAIR.
Allen, Neb., July —(Special)—
About one thousand people attended
a booster meeting, Friday evening,
held at Ponca in the interest of the
Dixon County fair which is to be
held at Concord the last week in
August. The famed Concord Owl
band journed to the county seat with
many cars of others boosters and
helped put on the program. Mugin
was also furnished by the Ponce
band.
EDGAR HOWARD EXPLAINS
HIS NEAR ENCOUNTER.
Lincoln, Neb., July ; .Special) —
Edgar Howard, of Columbus, repre
sentative In congress from the Third
Nebraska district, has been in Lin
coln off and on since his return from
Washington, und tells what he in
sists is the true story of his collision
with another member of the House
when he thought the snort ard ugly
word was applied. Congressman
Howard, who prides himself on his
quaker antecedents, says he never
picks a fight and very seldom loses
his temper, but th* recent incident in
Washington was on* of the rare ex
ceptions.
"My friends,” said Judge Howard,
"know that there are some things
which when said about me or to me
call for action. That was one of the
things that happened, so I thought,
and the action followed. It is really
wonderful what strength a man can
have when under a little excitement
or laboring under emotion. On tbla
particular occasion a large and vig
orous man wa* holding me by the
right arm. Another just as big had
hold of my left arm. A medium
sized man Jumped on my back atui
threw his arm about my neck. With
these three hanging onto me I walked
twenty or twenty five paces down
an aisle with their feet dragging ancl
bumping the seats. To make a long
story short the other congressman
apologized, no blows were landed,
and 1 found he had not said what I
thought he said.”
GEOLOGIST REPORTS ON
WAYNE OIL PROSPECT.
Wayne, Neb.. July (Special) -
Mr. Bartlett, state geolog&t of Wy
oming, who is doing special work for
the government on its oil reserves,
completed his oil survey and submit
ted his report to the local committee,
which has charge of the pooling of
the leases for 'he purpose of exploit
ing the “oil field” near here. In the
report he states that three miles west
of Homer, Neb., the desired out crop
pings were found and that with an
incline of three degrees westward
placed the Dakota oil sands at a
depth of 500 to 600 feet in the vicin
ity of Wayne.
TREATED BY OTHER BOYS
LADS ARE BRUTALLY
West Point. Neb., July - -(Spe
cial)—Orville Camp and Harold Aleck
suffered quite serious hums on their
backs, Friday afternoon, when two
boys, older than themselves, securely
bound them with heavy rope and then
poured hot water down their necks
Presumably In fun. the boys allowed
themselves to be hound, hand and
foot, and be put in the barn, but they
quickly aroused the neighborhood by
their frantic screams when they were
burned.