CLUB MEMBERS TO SIOUX CITY Winners at Nebraska Fair Will Compete at Inter state Exhibition Lincoln, Neb., Sept. Jk (Special.) —Nine toys and girl* survived the keenest competition that_ has ever been s!/>wn at the Nebraska State fair in the Boy a and Girls olub competition and will represent Ne braska at the Interstate fair at Sioux City, la., September 15 to 20. The most perfect boy and the most perfect girl In the state, the best livestock judges, und the twl cham pion demonstrating teams will be there to compete with the champions from about 15 other central western etaWMi and to show them that Ne braska Is the state where Boys and Girls club work means something to both the young and old folks. Miss Kdna Whitcaker of Douglas county and Lloyd Smith of Dawson county will enter the health and physical examination contest at Sioux City with a splendid record be hind them. They both scored within 1 per cent, of perfect tn the contest held at Lincoln by the State Medi cal and Dental associations. Arthur Eberapachcr, Clinton Stab ley and Stanley Dnnekus of Seward county will go up to Sioux City to show the boys from other states how to Judge livestock. Last year’s team from Nebraska brought back six of the nine silver trophies, among them being the high team prize. The Seward county lads in tend to repeat this year, says Coun ty Extension Agent L. A. Wilson. Arnold Gadckln and Alice Fors llng, from out in the potato section of Kimball county, Intend to show the demonstrators from other states that a potato demonstration which Is good enough to win the cham pionship in Nebraska against about 30 teams Is good enough to be the grand champion demonstration of this section of the United States. These live wires from the west will compete in the livestock and crops division of the competition at Sioux City. Mrs. Gus Forsling Is their local leader and Glenn Hunt Is their county extension agent. Misses Elvina Brown and Gtadya Johnson of Polk county, where they have a Yum Yum Cooking club, will go up to Sioux City determined to win Just one better place that the Home Economics demonstration team from Nebraska did last year when the girls from Dakota county placed second to an Iowa toa#«. These young ladles will demonstrate, how to prepare and serve a meal, their local leader, .Miss Lillian Brown, and their county extension agent, W. B. Adair, acting as the guests. FILE CHARGES WITH GOVERNOR \nti-Saloon League Seeks Removal of Prosecutor in Knox County, Neb. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. \ (Special.)— Superintendent High, 'f the Ne braska Anti-Saloon league, acting on the Initiative of business and professional men of Knox county, filed today with the governor charges against William D. Funk, county attorney of Knox county, asking the governor to direct the attorney general to Institute quo warrnnto proceeding* to remove Funk from office and to have him suspended during the hearing. The charges are five in number. They charge Funk with failure to prosecute Otto Schlntler and A. Xfc Farland for making liquor and that he directed the Bherlff to make an Incorrect return on & search war rant, refused to file a second offense charge against John Schmidt, re fused to prosecute Victor Halva after the sheriff had seized a quan tity of liquor on the ground, that he would not prosecute persons for making beer or wine, that he Is not In sympathy with prohibitory law enforcement, that he pleaded with courts for leniency towards people charged with violating the law and has made statements showing lack of sympathy with the law. The charges are backed by a number of affidavits. TO DECIDE WHERE CATTLE ARE TO BE ASSESSED Lincoln, Neb., Sept. (Special.) —The state board of assessment met Tuesday to pass on which county, Rock or Brown) should have the pleasure and profit of collecting taxes on a herd of 295 cattle owned by John Haney, of Calnjpus, Brown county, where thor were listed April l. In May they were moved over Into Rock county, and there they were again assessed for several thousand more than they were val ued at In Brown county. The board decided that where a herd is on April 1, determines where lx shall be taxed. Brown county lost, however, in another case, whore (25,000 worth of cattle from Custer were moved there shortly after April 1. and were listed by the Brown county assessor. NORFOLK MAN HEADS NEBRASKA “Y” OFFICERS Columbus. Neb.. Sept. ,—I. N. S.)— John II. Mohr, general secretary of the Norfolk W. M. C. A., was elected president of the Nebraska Y. M. C. A. officers for the coming year at rh« annual state offloors conference which closed a three day session here Monday. IL S. Flower, general secretary of the Omaha Y. M. C. A., was elected vice president and Charles Atkinson, of Fremont, was chosen secret ary-treasurer'. RAIL TRAFFIC MUCH LIGHTER But Revenues in Nebraska Show Healthy Increase In Revenues Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. ' (Special.) —Figures prepared by ...ate Expert Powell, of the state railway commis sion, show that less than half as many Nebraskans are taking rides within the state's border as did In 1911. The number of passengers carried has decreased from 8,467,000 in 1911 to 3,772,000 In 1923, but due to the increased rates of Lire, a two cent fare being In force at the for mer date, revenues have Increased from $6,148,090 to 30,563,000. On both Interstate an dlntrastate business the decrease has been from 10,775,000 to 6,493,000, but revenues have In creased from $16,600,000 to $21, 803,000. The figures on freight tell a dif ferent story. The purely within state hauls have Increased from 4, 846.340 tons, carrying a revenue of $8,365,000, to 6,910,000 tons, with a revenue of $14,415,000. On both in terstate and intrastate the freight carried has Increased from 19,825,000 tons to 33.827,000 tons, and revenues from $37,846,000 to $84,365,000. In 1911 the railroads collected in freight and passenger revenues, a total of $64,446,000, while in 1923 the collec tions ivere $105,669,000. WOMAN CAR DRIVER FORBIDDEN TO DRIVE I Omaha Neb., Sept. ‘"—‘'You can go to Jail for 30 days or stop driv ing for 60 days,” offered Judge Patrick In police court when ho found Mrs. Max Sommer guilty of speeding. “Well, I’ll stop driving fast for CO days," replied Mrs. Sommer. "You’ll not drive at all,” reiter ated the Judge and refused to be moved by Mrs, Sommer’s protest that she would then have to hire a chauffeur. But she chose the driv ing ban and left her car In front of the station for her husband to drive home. “I guess I’ll have to ride horse back,” said Mrs. Sommer as she revealed a pair of riding boots In her ear. FALL8 UNDER TRUCK CHILD’S SKULL CRUSHED Hasting, Neb., Sept. \ (I. N. S.) —Benno Nuezmunn, 5 years old, son of Rev. H. N. Nuczmann, was suffer ing a skull Injury as the result of an accident late Tuesduy. The boy lost his balance and fell from u curb under a heavy oil truck which was passing. BUT FEW SPEAKERS ARE LIKE THIS SENATOR Omahn, Neb., Sopt. *' —Senator Woodbridgc N. Ferris or Michigan, tho first democratio senator to re present his state in 70 years, who spoke at tho opening meeting of the Advertising Selling league, has been a public speaker for 50 years, but— "Oh, how I dread it!" he said at his room at the Elks club. "Tho more I talk, the more I dread talking," ho declared. "For 50 years I have been on the platform, but I can’t get used to it. I don’t like to hear myself talk, any more than I like to hear many other public speakers. But lots of people seem to want mo to speak—and so I speak." Senutor Ferris believes that people nowadays are being "talked to death." LIVESTOCK BREEDERS PLAN BIQ TOUR Walthlll, Neb., Sept. (Special) —The Northeast Nebraska Purebred Livestock Breeders* association has planned a two day tour of this part of the state September 11 and 12. The association has in Its member ship some of tho best livestock breeders in tho west central states. Tho idea of the tour is to get ac quainted with these men and for livestock men to see what their neighbors are doing. Dan F. Shee han, of Emerson, is president of the organization and C. R. Young, of Dakota City, is the secretary. NEW LUTHERAN SCHOOL iS FINALLY COMPLETED Norfolk, Neb,, Sept. —Tho new school building of the Christ Luth eran church of this place has been dedicated and formally turned over to the board. The new school build ing Is a two story brick structure costing approximately $50,000. PLENTY OF CORN NOW TO DECORATE PALACE Mitchell, S. t)., Sept. 'V (Special) —Decorative corn work on the pan els for the corn palace was started Tuesday. "We arc paying a pre mium for corn just now", Mr. King said, "because the crop Is so late In maturing. We still need more of the red and bloody butcher varieties, and have made satisfactory ar rangements for all the white and yellow kinds we need, so that I don’t think there will bo any doubt, a condition that was feared for a time, but that we will be able to complete tho decorations In plenty of time this year." SANK RECEIVER GETS SHARE OF LIFE INSURANCE Denver. Colo., Sept. V—Paul C. Keyes, receiver of the First National bank at Eureka. S. D„ fro n which Christian Volander, former president, was alleged to have misappropriated money to pay the premiums on his five life Insurance policies of a fac*' value of $23,000, was declared en titled to three-fourths of Volander’s life inuuiance in a decision of Ihe United States circuit court of ap feaiai, announced here. •a TWO TOWNS TO VOTE ON BONDS Obert and Fordyce, Neb., Will Hold Special Elec tions Next Week _ Fordyce, Neb., Sept. - (Special, —Two communities In northeast Ne braska, Obert and Fordyce, will hold a special election, September 16 and 17 respectively, for the pur- | pose of voting on bond issues 1 of $10,000 for Obert and $12,000 for Fordyce for the Installation of electric lights. The projects call for the erec tion of a distributing line and the construction of a substation In each town to be connected with the high line of the Minne sota Klectric Distributing com pany. When the new line is ready for operation the company proposes to charge consumers 17 cents a kilowatt for light for the first 50 kilowatts. HUNTERS HURRY TO SECURE LICENSES Yankton, S. D., Sept. ' - (Special) —A heavy demand for nuntlng li censes is reported at the county treasurer’s office, both resident and non-resident. More than 150 have been Issued. BRING PRISONER BACK FROM RENO, NEV. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. " -Sheriff Davis of Nemaha count? has ob tained a requisition from the gov ernor’s office for the return of Joe Wells, the prisoner who fought his way to freedom from the county Jail at Auburn, August 16. Wells Is now held by the authorities at Reno, Nov. Ho is wanted In Auburn to answer charges of holding up a group of section hands In the rail road yards there. On his return *to Nebraska ho will be confronted by an official of the Princeton State bank which was robbed by a lone bandit a few days after Wells’ es cape. The official of the bank failed to Identify a photograph of Wells. DELAYS ACTION IN OUSTER CASE Governor of Nebraska to In* quire Into Knox Coun ty Complaint Lincoln, Neb., Sept. . ySpecia’ - Governor Bryan says he will not i .8 pend William D. Funk, county at torney of Knox county, against whom the superintendent of the anti sa loon league, filed charges to the, ef fect that he has not done 'his duty in liquor prosecutions. He says that the object of the law is to keep a a man out of office who falls to en force the law and not to smirch a man’s reputation. The governor will go over the charges with the attorney general and secure his opinion as to whether the evidence presented in connection with the charges is sufficiently weighty or whether it will be received in court if ouster proceedings are or dered. He said he had L'uscd a month ago to proceed agPList muni cipal Judges in Omaha because the evidence was insufficient, but that In this case the charges w'ere more specific and greater detail was giv en. ANOTHER SNAG IN DAN BUTLER’S PATH Lincoln, Neb., Sept. '» (Special)— ; Dan B. Butler has again been faced with a legal hurdle in his effort to j be listed on the election ballot as i the progressive party nominee for governor. H. C. Swallow of Lin coln, who successfully protested his nomination when first made, has re newed his objections. He says that Butler was not named within the three days required by law from the date Governor Bryan resigned as the party nominee, that a majority vote of the committee was not cast for him, and that as a matter of fact, having held no delegate convention In 1924, the party has no state commit tee that possesses any power to fill vacancies on its ticket. STATE PAYING MORE FOR FOOD SUPPLIES Lincoln. Neb., Sept. ' (Special)— The state board of control Is busy awarding contracts for food supplier for the more than 6,000 Inmates and ; attendants at the 18 state institu tions under its control. For the first time in its history cornmeal is now quoted at a higher price than flour, being $2.55 a hundred as compared with $2.60 for flour. Flour Is 16 cents higher than a year ago while corn meal has climbed to its present alti tude from $1.76 in September, 1923. Ham. bacon and sugar have advanc ed since the quarterly letting In Juna, while beef, which was lower than in June, Is higher than a year ago. NEBRASKA APPROACH TO BRIDGE NEARLY DONE Yankton. S. D.. Sept. * (Special.) —Completion of the NeDraska con crete approach of the Missouri river bridge here by Saturday night or Sunday of the present week is planned. Asphaltic surfacing, instal lation of lights, and painting, will then remain. l>r Charles E. Herm has developed a new automatics motion picture camera by which photographs may be taken of the incubation of an egg up to the time when the heart of the chicken starts to heat WAS TERRIBLE NIGHT FOR HER Woman Invalid Alone While Husband Was Dead in Nearby Barn Lincoln, Neb., Sept. ' 'Special)— Mrs. Henry Reber, wife of a farmer living 12 miles east of this city, had a harrowing experience Wednesday night. Her husband and she have been living alone an the farm. She Is an invalid, unable to walk, and gets about only through her manipulation of a wheeled chair. Reber had been complaining of not feeling well, but after an afternoon’s plowing had gone to tihe barn to do the chores. He failed to return or to answer the calls of his wife All night long she sat In her chair, and when morning! came wheeled herself to the barn, where she fotind his life less body lying in the feedway. She then wheeled herself a quarter of a mile down the road to where she was able to attract the attention of a section hand on the railroad, who o&me to her aid. The doctor said heart failure had caused the man’s death. RAILROAD WILL CARRY CASE UP Rock Island to Resist Tax Payment on State Board Assessment Lincoln, Neb., Sept. (Special) The Rock Island railroad company will appeal to the supreme court from the finding of its taxable val uation by the state board of equali zation. The railroad claims that the board fxed this about $3,000,000 more than It was worth, considering th» fact that farm lands and other pro perty are assessed at only about 6J per cent, of their proven values. SAYS EVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT CONVICTION Lincoln. Neb., Sept. Special)— A brief in support of the demand of William L. Phegley, 'convicted in Adams county of murdering his wife, has been' filed with the supreme court in which it is claimed that the evidence is entirely Insufficient to support the judgment that he deliber ately and intentionally killed the wo man. They had been divorced but a short time, and Pihegley said he had gone to the farm of P. G. Evans, near Ayr to talk over property divi sion. Phegley says Evans shut the gate on him at his wife’s command, and that when he reached in his pocket to get u handkerchief to wipe his glasses so that he might see to get about, his wife mistook it for a grab for a gun- He says she wrestled with him, pulling out the revolver that was in the pocket with the hand kerchief, and In the struggle this was accidentally discharged. The wo man made no dying declaration casing (him and he says there was no other eye witness. Evans says that the woman threw herself in front of him when Phegley pulled the gun, and that he obeyed her command to run, diving into a henhouse, dodging through some trees and finding refuge in the cellar, believe condemned NEGRO NOW INSANE ^ Lincoln, Neb., Sept. . ^Special)— Sol Wesley, negro murderer of Oma ha, sentenced to die at the state pen itentiary on September 26th may ex change his place in a prison cell to a cage at tho state hospital *or the insane. Warden Fenton, believing the man has lost his sanity, has asked Judge Goss of the district court of Omaha to order an Inquiry into his mentaj responsibility. The warden says the man has not spoken to any one for a month, eats but little and cannot be made to work. He has re fused to see relatives. With Leroy Mauldron, another ne gro, Wesley was sentenced to death for killing a man in an Omaha gro cery store who attempted to escape while they wero robbing it after they compelled all present to throw up their hauds. The supreme court commuted Mauldron's sentence to life, but held that Wesley, who fired the shot, should die. HEAVY RAINFALL ALL OVER STATE OF NEBRA8KA Lincoln, Neb., Sept. * (I. N. S.) —The heaviest rain rad reported Thursday by the Burlington rail road was on the McCook division, eastward from McCook. From 1 to 2 Inches fell in places. Auburn, Falr bury and Valentine were the only weather stations In Nebraska which did not report some participation. ILLITERACY 8URVEY OF STATE TO BE MADE Broken Bow, Neb,. Sept. ,The third meeting of the illiteracy com mission appointed by Gov. C. W. Bryan, is to be held in Lincoln Sep tember 17 and 18, Mrs. Paul C. Per ryman, chairman of the commission, announced. The meeting will con sider formulation of a statewide sur vey. It has been impossible ta make the survey. Mrs. Parrymaa said, until workers of the beetflelds of the western part of the state have returnd to their homes. DAVIS ADMIRERS SLEEP IN BARNS Rain Maroons Many At Nel son Farm-Candidate Flays Republicans _ Bunceton, Mo., Sept. 15.—The spa cious haymows of the Nelson farm where John W. Davis, democratic presidential nominee, delivered his address Monday, were called into service Monday night as temporary hoslelries. Heavy rain fell soon after Mr. Davis delivered his speech and con tinued falling until late in the night, making it nearly Impossible for the thousands of farmers to drive their automobiles on the dirt roads. More than a dozen machines wero aband oned after they skidded into the ditches skirting the Nelson farm. At 9 o’clock it was estimated that 2,000 persona would remain at the Nelson farm over night, sleeping in the haymows. It was a good nat .ured crowd that took to merry making, staging impromptu barn dances, when it found itself ma rooned. Record Crowd Tho huge multitude which heard Davis speak began gathering on the Nelson farm two days ago. The gathering represented the largest democratic rally ever 'held in this state. Tho candidate spoke "under can vas,” amplifiers throwing his voice to the immense crowd which was scattered about tho broad acres of tho Nelson farm. Before the nominee began, 15.000 ' pounds of barbecue were consumed by the enthusiastic democrats who came here to hear their standard bearer deliver his maiden speech in Missouri. In his address, the democratic ^candidate practically repeated the slashing, excoriating speech deliv ered in Topeka Saturday night. He did, how’ever, touch on one subject wrhich he has left untouched. Favors Woman’s Equality He came out emphatically in fav or of woman’s equality In politics. He said: "In the great field of government there should be no questions inter- 1 esting women in which men should not feel an equal concern, and no questions appealing to men which should not arouse the equal interest of women. Our ideal is an exact and equal partnership with all the men and women of the nation w’ork lng side by side for the common welfare of themselves and their posterity. “There Is neither diversity or conflict In their interests, and the ■nation needs now and always, the strength given by their joint en deavors. I welcome, therefore, the fact, even if It be a mere coincidence, that the states of Missouri and West Virglna this year have each nominated for the high office of secretary of state outstanding repre sentatives of the womanhood of the two states. I venture to express the fervent hope that the voters of the two commonwealths will approve these nominations and call Secre tary Morrow and Secretary Clark to the public service.” Davis then launched into an at tack on the republican administra tion, criticizinz Its administration from the days of Alexander Ham ilton. He took particular pains to criticize the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, which he described as an “in famous surrender to the cause of privilege In these United States.” Davis again spoke sarcastically of the “best minds” and referred to the "little green house on K street,” "the black satchel” and other In cidents connected with the alleged republican scandal of the past two years. Davis renewed his pledges of re lief to the western farmer by de claring indirectly that he would lower freight rates on farm products if he is elected president. The can didate pointed out that while the reduction of the cost of transporta tion is a problem that interests every Industry and all of the people, it is of peculiar concern to the farmer and to the stocK raiser. “They are the producers,” said Davis, “of raw products of low value by relation to their bulk and weight. "The transportation charge as paid by the farmer when deducted from the price he receives for his products, is a great consequence, while the cost of transportation of the high priced manufactured ar ticles is inconsequential in relation to Its selling price. "Nearly every industry except that of agriculture Is able to pass on the cost of transportation to the ulti mate consumer. The farmer Is un able to do this. The cost of trans portation of his products Is dedue'ed from the price he receives.” Following his address the candi date had an old fashioned dinner of fried chicken and country gravy at the Nelson farm house and was driv en back to his special train at llunceton, where he will spend all of Wednesday preparing his next Important address which will be de livered at Des Moines,. Ia. Steamer Eestablishes New Trans-Atlantic Record London, Sept. 15.—The Mauretania arrived at Plymouth Monday having completed the passage across In 4 days. 21 hours and G7 minutes. This trip of the Mauretania estab lishes a trans-Atlantic record ta Plymouth. A former record, also held by the Mauretania, was 6 days, 1 hour and 49 minutes made In August, 1984, from New York to Cherbourg. MONTEREY BAY LAKE OF FLAME FROM OIL FIRE Wind Sweeps Blaze From Town—Soldiers Keep Crowds Back ^ Universal Service Delmonte, Cal., Sept. 15.—At. 8 k o’clock Monday the huge gasoltf tank burled ' In the heart of the Are, exploded and poured Its con tents over Monterey bay. A south west wind which blew the flaming gasoline seaward, saved the town* of Monterey from destruction. The burning oil Is now rolling across the bay and Is already mora* than a half mile from the shore. The entire surface of the bay, over an area of a half mile square, 1* ablaze. A dozen fishing boats have been licked up in the sweep of the burn ing oil across tho but taco of the bay. The entire colony of Italian fishermen is now busily engage* try.ng to salvage the rest of th*< fleet. The flames from the huge sec tion of the bay are leaping a thous and feet Into the ah, and thousand** of persons are watching the spec tacle in fear and dread. Estimates are that. The property loss will be upwards it $3,000,000 {Soldiers are keeping thousand* Of Sightseers back from the blaz ing oil dumps. Many men were oui oC work to day as a result of the destruction* of two big rish canner'eg. AIR SERVICE IN TICKLISH PLACE Hard To Please Everybody In Routing Of World Fliers Universal Service Washington, Sept. 16.—Pressure exerted by members of congress,, chambers of commerce and commer cial organizations has put the army air service in an embarrassing posi tion with regard to the flight of the army fliers across the southwest. It was learned Monday. The schedule has been changed several times in minor points to meet the requirements of the situa tion, and it Is admitted that the makers of It have had a hard timo keeping the route entirely free from political features. No pressure from high executive sources, savo from congressmen, has been extend ed, It was declared. St. Louis has been dropped fronv the schedule and St- Joseph substi tuted. Omaha Is kept on as the re sult of definite promises made by tha officials, although it is off the general line of flight in the north west, and a double back to St. Jos eph Is necessary to make It. Dal las Is chosen as a landing place in stead of Fort Worth, because facili ties are believed to be better. Fur ther, if the filers hopped from Mus kogee to Forth Worth the people or Dallas would not see them. As It Is, they will fly over Fort Worth and the people of both cities will be able to enjoy the sight. The revised schedule includes th® following places: Chicago to Oma ha, 440 miles; St. J