Nebraska Newspapers

    Full Text of Davit*
f Speech of Acceptance
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wrong end when it attacks ths
pay of government employees,
-who are Justly entitled to pay
equal to that they would re
ceive from private employers
for similar work. Every busi
ness executive knows that un
derpaid service is ths dearest
of all.
"To the enforcement of the law,
And all the law, we stand definitely
pledged. We shall enforce It aa
fearlessly against wealth that en
deavors t» restrain trade and create
monopoly, aa against poverty that
counterfeits the currency; as vigor
ously against ambition which seeks
to climb to office through the cor
rupt use of money as against ths
teaser greed that robs the malls.
18th Amsndment Closed Issue.
"FOr no reason that Is apparent to
me the question has been asked, as
perhaps It will oontlnue to be asked
-until It has been definitely answered,
-what views I hold concerning the
•enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment and the statutes passed
-to put it Into effect. Why the ques
tion; is it not the law?
**| would hold In oontempt
•ny publlo offiolal who took
with uplifted hand an oath to
support the constitution of the
United 8tntea, making at the
seme time a mental raaarvatlon
whereby a aingla word of that
graat dooumant la axoludad
• from hla vow.
An aamimsira-ive omcwr w no murw
«ntltM to ohooao what atatutoa ho
will or will not anforce than la a
oltisen to ohooao what laws ha will
or will not obey. A* well might he
oak to strike from the Ten Com
mandments those he was not In
clined to keep. Obedience to the
Jaw la the first duty of every good
■oltisen, whether he be rloh or
whether he be poor; enforcement of
the law agalnat every violator, rich
or poor, Is the solemn obligation of
•very official.
“But all that we do will be un
done; all that we build will be torn
down; all that we hope for will be
denied, unless in conjunction with
the rest of mankind we can lift the
burden of vast armaments whloh
now weighs upon the world and si
lence the reourrlng threat of war.
This we shall not de by pious wishes
«©r fervid rhetoric. ’ We will not con
tribute to it as a nation simply by
offering to others, no more con
cerned than ourselves, our unsolic
ited advice. Providence does not
-give the gifts of peace to those who
will not labor to achieve them. In
the name of the democratlo party,
therefore, I promise to the oountry
that no enterprise sincerely directed
to this end will lack our approval
oand co-operation.
“We favor the World Court In
sincerity and net merely for
oampaign purposes or se an ave
nue of escape from the consider
ation of larger questions,
“We believe It a real advanoe to
ward the peaceful settlement of In
ternational disputes; an advance
from which America cannot turn
•way without proving herself falsa
to ths teaching of a century. We
wish to see America as a nation play
her part In that reconstruction of
"the economic life of Europe which
bas proven Itself so indispensable to
-our own well being and prosperity.
We are ready for any conference on
disarmament, provided it la so gen
eral In Its membership and so wide
In Its scope as to be able to deal
broadly with so broad a theme.
“We do not and we cannot ao
oept the diotum unauthorized by
any expression of popular will
that the League of Nations le a
closed incident so far as we are
concerned.
"We deny the right of any man to
thus shut the gates of the future
.against us and to write the fatal
word 'Never' across the face of our
foreign policy.
Favors League of Nationo
“My own beliefs on thla particular
.subject have been so frequently
avowed, and are I believe so well
understood, as hardly to need repe
ii*4or. I yield to no man In my re
solve to maintain America’s Indepen
dence, or In my unwillingness to in
volve her in the quarrels of other
nations. Yet, from the day when the
proposal was first put forward I be
lieved that American duty and
American interests alike demanded
■our joining, as a free and equal peo
ple, the other free peoples of the
world In this enterprise. Nothing
that hca since occurred has shaken
:me In ttat belief. On the contrary,
the rrjfch of events has shown not
■only that the League has
within It the seed of sure survival
but that It is destined more and
snore to become the bulwark of
peace and order to mankind. Fifty
four nations now Bit around Its
-council table. Ireland, I rejoice to
say, has shaken off her long subjec
•<lon, and once more a nation has
made her entry Into the League the
.sign and symbol of her glorious re
birth. The time cannot be far dis
tant when Germany will take the
(Seat to which she Is rightly entitled.
Russia, Mexico and Turkey will
snake the roll, with one exception,
■entire and complete.
“None of the nations in all this
lengthening list have parted
with their eoverelgnty or sacri
ficed their independence, or have
imperilled by their presence their
safety at home or their security
abroad. I cannot reconcile their
experience with the fears of
those who dread a different fate
for the United 8tates.
“There are In this country sincere
minds who oppose both the World
■Court and the League.and, Indeed,
any organlo contact with other na
tions,
because they wish the United
States to live a purely opportun
ist life.
They wish no obligation at any time
-to any other powers, even the slend
er obligation to consult and confer.
X respect such opinions even though
1 do not share them; for, on 'sheer -
«ot grounds of national safety,
I oannot think it prudent that
the United State# should bo ab
>
cent whenever ell the other na
tions of the world assemble to
discuss world problems. But I
must be permitted to doubt the
intellectual honesty of those who
profess to favor organized inter
national co-operation for peace
and who studiously turn away
from the only agencies yet cre
ated to that end.
Holds High Hope for League
"In my own thought concerning
the League, two aspects of the ques
tion have been constantly before me.
I have never found It possible great
ly to concern myself as to the terms
of our adherence or the language in
which those terms might be phrased.
Deeds are of more consequence than
words. Time and custom and the
laws of natural growth will have
their way In spite of language, pro
vided a sincere purpose lies behind
them. Whatever the character In
which we shall finally appear. It Is
the fact of our presence that will
count Neither have I at any time
believed nor do I now believe, that
the entrance of America into the
League can occur, will occur or
should occur until the common Judg
ment of the American people is
ready for the step.
"We waited for this judgment
to ripen in order that we might
enter the war. I am content, if
need be, to wait until it speaks
for the agencies of peace.
"That a day will come when this
great question will finally be lifted
entirely above the plane of partisan
polities t when men will cease to
take counsel solely of their passions,
their pride and their fears; and when
the voice of public approval will
find means to make Itself heard, I
am serenely confident.
"Until that day arrives I deem it
the duty of the chief executive to
co-operate officially by every means
at his command with all legitimate
endeavors, whether they come from
the League or from any other source^
to lessen the prospect of future
war; to aid In repairing the rav
ages ef the wars that are past;
to promote disarmament and to
advance the well-being ef man
kind.
Equally, too. his duty and the duty
of congress, burdensome as It may
be, to maintain the means of ade
quate national defense until reason
Is permitted to take the place of
force; we cannot throw away the
sword whea other scabbards are not
empty. Nor can I reconcile It with
my Ideas of the dignity of a great
nation to be represented at Interna
tional gatherings only under the poor
pretense of ‘unofficial observation.*
If I besom* president of the
United States* America will sit
as an equal among equals when
ever sho sits at all.
Disagrees With Klan Creed7
**Thla brief outline of the vlewa
and purposes of the party as I un
derstand them might well serve all
the demands of this occasion, but In
the platform we have adopted I find
a further declaration concerning
which my own convictions are too
profound for silence.
We have taken occasion to reaf
firm our bsliaf In the constitu
tional guarantees of religious
freedom, and to daplore and con
dtmn any affort from whatevar
source to arouse racial or relig
ious dissension in this country.
Such a declaration every right
thinking American must endorse.
Ne disaster that the mind can
picture equals in its hideous pos
sibilities the ooming in this cqjin
try of a separation of its citi
zenship into discordant groups
along racial or religious llnea.
Nothing would so utterly destroy
our happiness and security at home
and our dignity and Influence
abroad. Let ue thank God with rev
erence that those who bullded the
Inheritance we enjoy dealt with that
question and settled It long ago.
Let It be said to the Immortal glory
of these who founded the province
of Maryland that religious freedom
on this side of the water began with
the Toleration Act which they
adopted In 1«49. It broadened with
the years until it was written into
the constitution In language too
plain to be mistaken that In this
happy land of ours every man
might, without loss or threat of loss,
without lessening or threat of les
sening, his civic, social or political
rights, worship In his own way and
fashion the one God and Father of
us all. This toleration runs not on
ly to the creed professed by a ma
jority but to every creed, no matter
how numerous or how few its ad
herents.
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ix was wnuorif iu«> «■ ■
and state should be forever so
far separate that neither the right
nor the duty of public service
should be diminished or enlarged
by the religious belief of any man.
It Is the solemn duty of every be
liever In American institutions to
oppose any challenge of this sacred
doctrine, organized or unorganized,
under whatever jiame or In what
ever character It may appear.
His Appointments and Religion.
"From one who aspires to the
presidency, however, a declaration
even more direct than this may be
rightfully expected. I wish, there
fore, not merely to denounce bigotry,
Intolerance and race prejudioe as
alien to the spirit of America, I wish
also to state how and In what way
the views I entertain are to influ
ence my actions. Into my hands
will fall, when I am elected, the
power to appoint thousands of per
sons to office under the federal gov
ernment. When that time arrjves
I shall set up no standard of religi
ous faith or racial origin as a qual
ification for any office. My only
query concerning any appointee will
be whether he Is honest, whether he
is competent, whether he Is faithful
to the constitution. No selection to
be made by me will be dictated. In
spired or Influenced by the race or
creed of the appointee.
"One word more and I am done,
and th'.s of a personal character. It Is
known of all men that the nomination
which you tender me was not made
of my seeking. It comes. I am proud
to believe, as the unanimous wish of
one of the most deliberative oorven
tlons In American history, which
weighed In the balance with sober
ness my too scanty virtues and my
mnnlfold shortcomings. It Is not for
me to reject so clear a call to duty.
I am happy, however In the thought
that It finds me free from pledge or
promise to any living man. I shall
hold It so to the end. Perhaps my
sense of obligation Is all the greater
because of these things. To those
who saw fit to present my name to
the convention for Ita con
sideration, and to the delegates
to that convention who accept
ed me. I am under a duty to
Justify their choice which I fully re
alize; to the party which honors me
with Its leadership I owe every ef
fort which my faculties will allow;
and to my fellow-countrymen whose
support you bid me to solicit I owe
the duty, first, to speak the truth as
I see It, without fear, favor or eva
sion, and then so to bear myself that
every person In the land, no matter
how high or how humble, may feel
that he has in me a friend, and
that every citizen may know
that he can look te his govern
ment for unflinching honesty in
thought and action. When it be
comes necessary, as no doubt it
will, to raise funds for tho con
duct of the campaign thoy will
ba contributed with this under
standing and this only: that nei
ther the domooratlo party nor i
aa Its loadar have any favors for
oalo. We can make but one
promise to alt man alike, that of
an honest, an impartial and, so
far as human wisdom will per
mit, a just government. V
“To these things. Mr. Chairman, I
pledge myself. In the struggle to
secure them I Invoke the support of
all patriotic men and women to
whom country Ur greater than party,
honor more sacred than expediency
and the right dearer than personal
gain or all things else beside. In
this spirit I accept your nomination
and, relying upon a strength that is
greater than my own. I am ready
with joyful confidence to assume the
leadership you offer me.
8WEDI8H EXPERT COMMENDS
U. 8. FED. RE8ERVE SYSTEM
Stockholm, Aug. —The remark
able stability of the price level in
the United States during the last
three years has made the dollar a
firm basis for the value of gold, and
the way now lies open for Europe
to restore the gold standard, and,
by connecting her currencies to gold,
to contribute further to the stability
of the value of gold. This Is the
timely declaration of Professor Gus
tave Cassel, financial advisor to the
League of Nations, in an expert re
port prepared for the Skandinavlska
Kredltaktlebolaget, of Sweden, the
leading banking Institution of Scan
dinavia.
While Sweden was the first coun
try In Europe to resume the redemp
tion of notes with gold, the restora
tion of the gold standard Is not com
plete, since the free Importation of
gold Is prohibited. This prohibition,
says Professor Cassel is due to the
fear that the value of gold might
fall and that a free Influx then
might cause a new inflation In
Sweden. He then goes on to show
that there Is no real danger of a sur
plus of gold. It Is true, he says, that
in the United States the amount of
gold in actual circulation at the be
ginning of this year was equal to 58
per cent, of the total circulation of
money; but this percentage could
even be Increased without having to
be regarded as anything abnormal.
He presents statistics to show that
the normal development of business
In the United States will probably
require an annual Increase of about
4 per cent, in the gold circulation,
or, in other words, that about $200,
000,000 a year could be added to the
circulation without necessarily en
tailing a rise of prices.
“Looking farther ahead, and sur
veying the total gold requirements of
the entire world," continues Profes
sor Cassel. “one is forced to the con
clusion that the annual output of
gold is nowadays far too small to meet
the requirements which will arise
when it comes to a tolerably normal
economic development. The burning
question therefore, .taking a far
sighted view, is by no means the sur
plus of gold, but the shortage of
gold."
The unusual stability of prices In
the United States, especially in the
year 1922, is attributed principally to
the steadying power of the Federal
Reserve Board policy, under which
the discount rate and other means
for adjusting credits have been
brought into use. The constancy In
the American price level thus at
tained must be regurded as most sat
isfactory, says the Swedish expert,
and is calculated to inspire consid
erable confidence In the capacity of
the E>deral Reserve banks to main
tain the dollar at a tolerably stable
value in the future.
No Shortage Yet
From the Washington Post
Scientists In attendance at the
World Power conference. In session
at London report that with countless
natural sources of power, Including
falling waters not yet utilized and
with alcohol available as a substi
tute for gasollfte, a shortage of
power is not threatened. This may
be reassuring, but it was v.nneces
sary, for few have been impressed
by alarmists who have been fore
casting such shortage. Doubtless the
first dwelier on the plain when the
first drought befell thought the
world was menaced with exhaustion
of water. So from time to time have
humans wasted unwarranted alarm
over other “shortages." The world is
very old and has a way of taking
care of Itself In the matter of ne
cessities._ _ _
Congress will be asked to establish
an academy of diplomacy for the train
ing of youth as statesmen. It has been
announced by Sulgrave Institute. The
academy, officials say; would be one
of several planned as memorials to
George Washington. Pupils would be
appointed as they are to the array and
navy academies. _
This year’s Rhine and Mosel wines
have been Jeopardized by the appear
ance of a fungus disease in the mid
dle Rhine districts. The fungUt was
first noticed last week, and the benches
of young grapes are already tailing
off in considerable quantities in some
districts.
COLLEGE VIEW
BANKS MERGED
Unusual Court Procedure
Resorted to to Permit
The Consolidation
Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. <—(Special)—
The Hank of College View was taken
over Friday by the Farmers' State
bank of College View, under the
terms of a consolidation agreement
made a week ago.
In order to make the transaction
legal, the Bank of College View was
declared Insolvent and Van E. Peter
son of Curtis, Neb., was appointed
receiver by District Judge Stewart
Friday. The court order was made
after filing of a petition in the dis
trict court by Attorney General
Spillman asking that the Bank of
College View be adjudged unsafe and
unfit to continue longer In business.
CHARGE AGED MAN
A88AULTED YOUNG WOMAN
Aurora, Neb., Aug. *“V— County
Attorney M. F. Stanley has filed a
complaint against Royal Peck, 70 of
Aurora for alleged attack on Mrs.
Genevieve Graves of Aurora, IS.
September 16, 192S. Peck pleaded
not guilty and was held for prelimi
nary hearing September 10 on $1,000
bond.
TOWN TO HAVE REAL
RAILROAD STATION
Lincoln, Neb-, Aug. *—The town
of Gralnton, Perkins county, Is to
have a station at the expense of the
Burlington. The state railway com
mission, passing on a complaint
from the citizens, says that the pres
ent facilities are Inadequate, and that
the railroad must Include a new de
pot in its 1926 budget. Meanwhile
the two antiquated box cars that
serve respectively for freight and
passenger stations must be fixed up
so that they can be used In the win
ter, and a caretaker provided to per
form most of the duties of the agent
aside from selling tickets and using
the wire.
DEFENDS HER JUDGMENT
IN SUPREME COURT
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. “V—(Special)
•—Miss Daisy Sttemsen or Memphis
Saunders county, who Is defending
In supreme court the Judgment she
obtained In district court for (2,500
against Oren Sanders, who married
her sister, and who, she says, de
bauched her, wants to know why
Sanders -was carrying her picture in
the back of his watch if he had not
been her wooer as he denies he was.
She also submits a letter from San
ders in which he said that he was
afraid to visit her in the hospital be
cause another brother-in-law, might
shoot him. Mrs. Sanders is ranged
with her husband In his battle wltb
her sister.
WINSIDE PREPARES
FOR BIG PICNIC
Wlnslde, Neb., Aug. «—(Special)
—The annual Wayne county Old
Settlers’ picnic will be held here
Thursday, August 28. A program
which is expected to attract crowds
not only from within the county, but
from the surrounding territory, has
been completed. The band of Clark
son, Neb., has been engaded to fur
nish music for the day. Hon. A. R.
Davis of Wayne, has been secured as
speaker, and a progressve parade,
designed to mark the progress of the
country since the days of "prairie
schooners," will be one of the fea
tures.
A free baseball game between Car
roll and Hoskins will also take place
In the morning. Another feature will
be the afternoon baseball game be
tween the Leland Classy Browns, a
colored aggregation, and Wlnslde.
Wlnside has won nine out of 12
games and is expected to give the
colored pastimers a hard game.
Minor sports and horseshoe games
follow, with liberal cash prizes for
each event.
In the evening the American Le
gion is sponsoring 20 rounds of box
ing, with Kid Ray of Wayne, and
Kid Frankie of Norfolk, on the
main event, which will be a 10
round go.
Free watermelon and lemonade
will be served throughout the day
in the city.
Brothers Held for Trial
On Hog Stealing Charge
Wayne, Neb., Aug. i.—(Special)—
Three brothers, James, Charles and
John Wax, all charged with grand
larceny, were bound over to district
court Friday by the grand Jury o*
11,000 bonds each.
It Is alleged that the three brothers
stole 78 hogs from farmer* living In
the nearby territory. Frank Wohler,
a farmer living nine miles south of
here, identified 15 of his hogs which
were sold by Wax brothers at Pilger,
Neb. William Wohler, a brother of
Frank, also Identified eight hogs sold
at Winside, Neb., as belonging to him.
They will be tried in the September
term of court. Unable to get bond
they were held in county Jail here.
Thlrty-cent cotton for early fall Is
forecast by George B. Terrill, agricul
tural commissioner. Texas production
will be about 250,000 bales less than In
1923, It Is estimated, and corn 60 per
cent, normal, with last year’s acreage
cut 12 per cent. _
GIRL WANTS BACK
IN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Geneva, Neb., Aug. ■*-—Mattie
Smith has no home and eight
months ago she was sent to a farm*
er’s residence from the girl's Indus
trial school here. Today she return
ed and asked to be re-admitted on
the grounds that she "was lone
some.”
The girl is housed here and will
remain among her former associates
until authorities solve the perplex
ing problem of whether she may be
legally quartered her*.
GIRL RETURNED
REFORMATORY
Beat Her Way on Train* to
Montana After Making
Her Escape
York. Neb, Aug. ?.—Mildred Boae
man, 19, known as \he overall kid,"
la back at the York reformatory for
women after having beat her way
to H\'ena, Mont, In live days. She
was brought back by State Sheriff
Carroll and Mrs. Carroll. She told
them that she rode the “rods’’ and
the “blind," wearing a pair of over
alls. She said that she was put off
the train several times.
She said she caught a freight train
here the day she left the reforma
tory, Jl8y 9. On arriving In Helena
she worked as a domestic In two
homes, one of them being the home
of the attorney who fought the
granting of the requisition for her
return to Nebraska. She has one
year yet to serve and may now face
a charge of running away from the
Institution, which carries a penalty
of from one to 10 years.
FORD’8 NAME NOT TO
BE ON BALLOT
Lincoln, Neb, Aug. '“•—The name
of Henry Ford will not be placed
on the Nebraska November general
election ballot, Secretary of Stat*
Pool announced.
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
ENDED THEIR MEET
Grand Island, Neb, Aug. V-A
10-day assembly of the Baptist
Young People’s organisation of the
state came to a close here today
with graduatlpn exercises and an ad
dress by President J. Mason Wells
•f the Grand Island college. A
sightseeing trip was given the vis
itors by the Chamber of Commerce
Friday. A number of prominent
speakers In missionary and educa*
tlonal lines featured the session.
KEPT BUSINESS
TO THEMSELVES
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Strange Acting Men Wanted
Fast Ride to Omaha But
Not on Train
Denison, la., Aug, —(Special.)—
Sheriff A. G. Green of this county
la puzzled over the conduct of two
strangers who made a fast trip from
Denison to Omaha, Sunday evening. -
The two men, after standing about
town for a time watching two
youths, Pussy Luvelt and John Go
berson, working about their auto,
finally approached, them and dis
playing a roll of bills offered the
young men $20 to drive them to
Omaha, providing the going would
be fast.
There were numerous public taxis
about, a fast train about due for
Omaha, still the young men pre
ferred the auto ride with two strange
young men.
Sheriff Green says he phoned the
Council Bluffs and Omaha police to
detain the outfit but on the return
home yesterday of Luvelt and Go
berson they said they did not see
any officers nor were they halted
anywhere. The boys gave a good
description of the men and said they
had acted strangely. Arriving In
Omaha they asked to be driven In
front of a store where they alighted
and soon disappeared. One of the
men had an address upon a piece of
paper which they did not see. The
men appeared to be desirous of coV«
erlng up their movements.
Is Pinned Under
Mower and Dies
" v
Jackson, Minn., Farmer Sus«
tained Fatal Internal
Injuries
Jockson, Minn., Aug. '"-Internal
Injuries he received while operating
a mower on his (arm have resulted
In the death of William C. StruDe,
35 years old.
While running the mower it slip
ped Into a deep ditch and Mr. Strube
was pinned under It. Hla death oc
curred two days after the accident.
CAR ROLLS OVER TWICE:
OCCUPANTS NOT INJURE!)
Pipestone, Minn.. Aug. To
have his sedan roll down a seven
foot embankment and Its three pas
sengers escape with only a few
slight Injuries, was the fortune of
Emil Nelson, of Bralnerd, Minn.
Nelson, with his mother and an
other woman was enroute to Egan,
S. D., to visit relatives. When five
miles north of Pipestone on the
King of Trails highway a car from
a side road crowded them into the
ditch. The Nelson sedan turned over
twice. Each of the occupants re.
reived only slight Injuries.
Useless Phone Talk Nuisance
From the Bradford Era
Whether all social converse should
be banned from the telephone wires
and nothing but business, profes
sional or emergency calls be permit
ted seems to be open to discussion.
Carf the telephone play no legitimate
part In the social Ufa? The answer
to these problems may differ with
different persons and circumstances.
But useless talk Is a nuisance any
where, and the telephone patron who
takes that to heart might really con
tribute a good deal to telephone ef
ficiency.
WOULD COLLECT
AN OLD CLAM
County Commissioners Want
Cash From Former
County Judge
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. (Special)
The county board of Brown county
has filed a brief In supremo court
asking for a reversal of the judg
ment of the lower court that cut'
down Us claim against J. W. Barr,
for many years county judge, from
$4,4480.80 to $62.42. The petition al
leged that Barr had overcharged per
persons, retained fees that the sheriff
had earned and had failed to account
for all fees.
The board now frankly says ihat
the contrversy la an effort on lts
purt to compel Barr ard his bonds
men to make a settlement with It.
What It Is asking the court to do.
the brief says, is to permit his claims
for salary for ;he last two years to be
applied on a pre-existing indebted
ness covering a period when tha
county was unble to recover because
his bondsmen wera not good, and to
enter a Judgment against the present
boudamen, who are good, for the re
mainder of the tees collected during
the last two years. The bondsmen
say thsy ware relieved from liability
when the legislature ch tnged the of
ficio from a fee to a salary basis.
AIRPLANE PARTY HAD
CLOSE RUB WITH DEATH
Oconee, Neb., Aug. \—(Special)—
Ralphs Anderson, formor army avia
tor, and Herman Ragatz and Joel
Roberts, passengors, had a narrow
escape from death while flying 2,000
feet above the earth hers. A propel
lor on the plane snapped and the
aviator was compelled t» shut off his
motor In mid-air and make a forced
landing In a haytlold.
SIMMONS GETS
NEW REPRIEVE
Boyd Couaty Murderer*a
Case Set Ahead to Next
Month by Governor f
* 'L
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. •» (Special)—
In the rush and whirl or politics, Wal
ter Ray Simmons, convicted Boyd
county murderer, came pretty close
to being forgotten. . •
According to the tetins of the re
prieve issued In June; by Acting Gov- ■>
ernor Johnson, 91rr.inons had only un
til August 7 to tive. Governor Bry
an -was busy at ths time with his
speech of acceptance, and made no
announcement to the reporters about
the case. Tuesday hs filed a reprieve
that puts off ths execution until
September 6, and while it bears the
proper date It Is suspected that It was
a bit late In being signed.
This does not mean that the execu
tion will take place then. The gov
ernor can reprieve for only 3b days
at a time, and It will be October be
fore the federal supreme court reach
es the Simmons case.
8EE THE END OF
MUNICIPAL COAL YARD8.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. ~\ (Special)—
City Commissioner Cowgill is threat
ening to close up ths municipal coal
yard for good and all. This was his
inheritance from Charles W. Bryan,
now governor. He says that his fel
low commissioners, who have never
thought much of this form of public
competition have neglected and re
fused to appropriate from the treas
ury the $5,000 profits that he depos
ited there and which he says he can
not get out without such action.
The other commissioner/ say that
the money Is there to the credit of
the fund and that Is why It wasn’t
apropriated. They hint that Mr. Cow
gill is peeved because the matter wai
not handled as he desired It done.
DEMOCRATS TO
FILL VACANCY
Will Meet at Huron, August
20, to Name Candidate
For Governor
Klk Point. S. D„ Aug- . (Special,
—Louis N. Crill, democratic state
chairman, has called a meeting of the
democratic state committee to meet
at the Marvin Hughttt hotel at Hur
on, Wednesday, August 20. at 8 p.
m. for the purpose of nomina.ting a
candidate for governor to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Andrew
S. Anderson.
It requires a basket or marks to buy
a basket of food In Germany. The pres
ent price for a loaf of bread In Lerlln
is 4.600.000 marks. Butter sells for 36.
000,000 marks a pound; one cake of laun
dry soap 6.000.000 to 12,000.000; a box of
matches 3,000,W0; potatoes, if obtain
able, more than 1,500,000 a pound.
BLOOMFIELD POSTOFFICE
IS TO BE ENLARGED.
Bloomfield, Neb., Aug. (Special)
—Work has been started on the ad
dition to the postoffice building here.
The addition will be i5 feet long and
will provide the postoffice with the
e*tra room that hag been needed for
some time. , The basement of- the 1 1
building 4s occupied by a newspaper
office and this part of the structure
will be extended the full length of
the building. W. H. Needham ia the
owner of the builQmr.