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.
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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<veph, Mo., 12S
miles; Muskogee, Oklal, 300 miles;
Dallas, Tex-, 250 miles; El Paso,
Tex., 550 miles; Tucson, Arlz., 275
miles; San Diego, Cal., 385 miles;
Santa Monica, Cal., (the start) 101*
miles; San Francisco, 370 miles; Eu
gene, Ore., 450 miles; Seattle, Wash.,
280 miles.
Ashurst Says La Follette
Will Carry Hawkeye State
Universal Service
Washington, Sept. 15.—“LaFol
lette will sweep Iowa by a large ma
jority." said Senator Ashurst, demo
crat of Arizona, Just back from »
tour of the west and southwest. He
added that the democrats hart
abandoned all hope of carrying tha
ctate and that Coolidge and Dawes
have no chance there whatever.
Senator Ashurst's statement was
given wide publicity by the pro
gressive press bureau here. It fol
lowed upon an interview with him
given out by the democratic pres*
bureau In which the southwest U
claimed for the democratic national
ticket.
PROBE GAS MYSTERY
New York, Sept. 15. (I. N. S.)_Po
lice today were attempting to clear up
the mystery of the deaths of two per
sons and the serious condition of an
other as result of asphyxiation by ga*
in a fashionable west side apartment
house where Dr. George M. Partridge,
prominent physician, and Mrs. James
J. Jouglilln, were found dead in their
rooms and Dr. Joughlin was found:
unconscious.
CANISTOTA POSTMASTER
HEAD8 8. DAKOTA LEAGUE
Sioux Falls. 8 D., Sept. 12.—At the
second annual convention of the
South Dakota branch of the National
League of District Postmasters of the
third and fourth class held here thla
week. It. L. Hazen, of C&nlstota. wa»
elected president to succeed L. A,
Gage of Bryant. H. M. Bardon of
itockhani was reelected secretary
treasurer. About 82 postmaster*
from over the atate were present.
