Nebraska Newspapers

    EXPRESS RATE
CUTS DELAYED
Court Action Halts Reduc
tions in Zone Govern
ing Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. . (Special)—
Express rate reductions In the zone
In which Nebraska belongs will not
become effective for an Indefinite
period. .1. E. Benton, who represents
the state railway commissions of
the country at Washington, wired the
Nebraska commission that the In
terstate Commerce Commission will
not have its schedules ready before
March 1, and that even then the rates
may not become effective, as the
western and southern railroads have
gone into federal court asking for
an injunction against them.
The new schedule carries nil 11 per
rent, reduction on interstate ship
ments, and was to be followed by a
similar one on interstate haulage.
It restores a parity between the east
ern and western zones. The railraods
that lose revenue by it claim that
the new rates are discriminatory.
Mr. Benton advise* intervention by
the state commissions in the suit.
BURNER PLEADS GUILTY;
WOMAN NOT GUILTY
Broken Bow. Neb., Dec .—Frank
Bruner of Sargent Monday pleaded
guilty to a charge of killing his
wife by putting poison in her tea,
when he was arraigned before Judge
Hostetler.
Mrs. Ardesta Northey, also of Sar
gent, who was arrested on a charge
of being Bruner's accomplice in the
poison plot and who also was ar
raigned before Judge Hostetler,
pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The judge appointed Attorney H.
M. Sullivan to defend Bruner, and A.
H. Schnell and H. L. Wilson as Mrs.
Northey's attorneys. A date for the
ti ial was not set
CHAMP POTATO CLUB
TO GIVE DEMONSTRATION
Kimball, Neb., Dec. '* -The Kim
ball Lions club has authorized ray_
ment of money to send the jtate
champion potato club to Lincoln to
demonstrate planting and growing
of certified seed potatoes before the
organized agricultural meeting in
January. The team is composed of
Arnold Gadeken and Alice Forsling
of the Bushnell Buys' and Girls’
Potato club. They won the cham
pionship at the state fair. Their ex
hibition at the state potato show in
Goring, is to go along and be placed
on exhibition at Lincoln. This dem
onstration team was given a free trip
to the Inter-State fair at Sioux City
as a premium and demonstrated
there.
NEBRASKA FARMERS
ARE “REAL BANKERS”
Omaha, Neb., Dec. .—Recent
advances in the price of rarm prod
ucts have erased “the discouraged
condition or attitude that has been
so noticeable in Nebraska during the
past three years," until the Nebraska
farmer of today is particularly
optimistic, the “real bankers" are
out of debt and have an abundance of
surplus funds and all conditions
point to an era of prosperity, S. S
Carlson, of Lincoln, president of the
Nebraska Farm Mortgage Bankers’
association declared at t|»e associa
tion’s annual convention hero Tues
day.
EMBEZZLER IS
AFTER PARDON
Has Served Four of Five
Year Term Given for His
$30,000 Job
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. . (Special)—
V’inis L. Anderson, former treasurer
ol Nance county, appeared before
the state board of pardons today ask
ing for release. He embezzled $30,
000 of public funds, and didn’t deny
It. He bought two automobiles,
built himself a fine house and played
the board of trade. To pay for these
he juggled the tax receipts. He and
his father and brother stripped them
selves to mak ■ good the enttre loss.
He has been in prison for more that;
f >ur j i ars of a five year sentence.
He had previously r.een denied a re
lease, when protects were presented,
but this time nobody appeared to op
pose.
PROMOTE HARVEST
FESTIVAL TO RAISE CASH
Newcastle. Neb., Dec. Special)
—It Is estimated the annual bazar
and supper of the Ladies* Aid of the
Community Congregational church
held here, together with a harvest
festival sale to be held by the men
of the church next Saturday, will
bring receipts of about $800. Over
$500 has been received and donations
. cf hogs, i gives, chickens, coal, po
tatoes, hay and other farm produce
as well as cash donations for the
harvest sale will swell the fund still
more The money will be used to
finish paying for the new parson
age which cori nearly $5,000 and
which has all been paid for, except
$1 200.
OMAHA EOY COASTER
RAN OVER BY TRUCK
Omaha. Neb.. Dec. -John Mc
Laughlin. 11-year-old son of Mr. and
Mri. J. F. McLaughlin, of South I
Omaha, was instantly killed Tues
day when the sled on which he was
coasting was struck by a motor truck
driven by Clyde Crablree. one of the
wheels of the machine passing over
the boy's head. A companion of
the youth who also was on the sled
escaped uninjured. It was the first
coasting accident of the season here.
PEACE OFFICER
PUTONTRIAL
Is Charged With Shooting
That Caused Death of
Young Man
Madison Neb., Dec. . (Special) —
At the opening of the fall term of
the district court, Monday morning,
with Judge A. A. Welch presiding,
selection of Jurors for the case of
the stale against John and Helen
Bowers, who are charged with first
degree murder of Clyde Cherring
ton, was started and completed by
afternoon. Twenty witnesses have
been subpoenaed by the state and
22 for the defense.
Among the principal witnesses
will be Roy Radenz. Inez Bottorff,
Rosetta Laubsch, Martna Laubsch,
all of whom were in a car with Jonn
Bowers on the night of August 31,
1924, at the time of th^ alleged
shooting. Persons in the car who
were with Clyde Cherrington at the
time he was shot were Lawrence
Tannehlll, driver of the car, Wilson
Webb and John Grattan.
On tlie night of August 31, a
dance was held at a hall one mue
south and five miles east of Norfolk.
John Bowers was emplo;v-.d to keep
order during the evening. At the
dance, It is alleged, he engaged in a
fist fight with John Grattan. Seem
ingly the fight was settled and
dancing was resumed. Later Bowers
started to Norfolk in a car
driven by Roy Radenz.
According to the story of the wit
nesses, Bowers fired the shots at a
passing car half a mile south <n
Norfolk. One shot, going througn
the curtains on the Tannehlll car,
struck Cherrington on the left shoul
der. the concussion ot' the bullet
shattering the spinal cord, complete
ly paralyzing him rrom the armpits
down.
Cherrington was taken to a hospi
tal, where he died October 9.
According to the testimony of soup
witnesses, Mrs. Bowers just prior
to the shooting said, “shoot, John,
shoot.”
NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE
UNDER THE ICE
Nellgh, Neb.. Dec. ^Special)—
Lyle Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Howell, of this city, had a nar
row escape from drowning. He was
down at the dam where workmen
were engaged in tearing out the
structure and attempted to break
the Ice. In doing so he slipped and
fell into the water. No one saw the
mishap but Guy Stone, who turned ,
just in time to see the youth’s hand
sticking out of the water and by a
quick move grabbed it and pulled
the boy out.
NEW CAPITOL TO COST
$2,500,000 MORE
Lincoln, Nob., Dec. .. (Special)—
Nebraska’s s...te capitol will prob
ably cost $2,500,000 more than was
originally appropriated for it, in the
opinion of members of the capitol
commission. It will hold a meeting
next Monday at which an estimate
as neurl.' accurate as possible, will
be submitted and the governor ask
ed to recommend it to the legisla
ture.
The $5,000,000 originally appropri
ated over a period of six years has
now all been collected, or will be
by the first of next May. and nrany
$2,000,000 of it remains in the treas
ury. Part of this money will be ne
cessary to complete payment on the
contract for the main office build
ing. now nearly completed, and there
remains also the 400 foot tower to
byild. There Is still a heating plant,
that is to be located down near the
railroad tracks, to be taken car® of,
and also furniture nnd fixtures.
The commission held a meeting to
day to arrange for the removal ot
departments. As soon as these can
be housed the work of tearing down
tlie old building to make room xm
the tower will be started. The com
mission has no po ver to contract for
light and heating, and an emerge&cy
appropriation will be asked of the
governor.
BOY DIES FROM
HUNTING ACCIDENT
Pawnee City, Neb., Dec. —-Hugh
Young, 14 years old, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nancy Young, died aftei
being accidentally shot by his play
mate, Winfred Vandcrslice while
hunting last Friday. Hugh had
jumped in front of Winfred to see a
rabbit he had shot. In attempting to
reload hlN gun, Winfred accidentally
discharged it. Winfred carried the
injured lad to a nearby farm hou4e.
And So It Was.
From Ttd-Blts, London.
A man with an uncanny mania for
higgling with figures, produced pen
cil and paper and said to a friend:
"Put down the number of your liv
ing brothers. Multiply it by two.
Add three. Multiply the result by
five. Add the number of living sis
ars. Multiply the result by ten.
Add the number of dead brothers
and sisters. Subtract 150 from the
r< suit.”
The friend did it.
“Now,” said the other with a cun
ning smile, “the right hand figure
will he the number of deaths, the
middle figure the number of living
sisters, and the lefthand figure the
number of living brothers."
And it was so.
BRITTON MASONIC LODGE
DEDICATES NEW HOME
Britton. S. D., Dec. •,—The new
120,000 Masonic temple in this city
which has just been dedicated. Is
one of the finest structures of its
kind in this part of the state. The
temple is 40 by 100 fest In size. Is
constructed of brick, with two floors,
dining rooms being on the first floor
and lodge rooms on the second. The
building will be used exclusively for
i lodge purposes.
FACED REVOLVER
FOR AN HOUR
Shelton, Neb., Man Has Un
pleasant Experience With
Mexican Who Is Jailed
Shelton, Neb., Dec. . —Book In*
dow-i the barrel of a rev o' ver foi
mor-s than an hour with liis life
threatened every minute of that time
was the thrilling experience of C. C
Besss!nger, a farmer living three, iriles
south of Shelton. The man vvhc
threatened his life, Henry Hodrugs
Mexicin laborer, is now in the county
jail at Kearney, where it is said
charges will be filed against him.
According to the story of Bessinger.
he went to the Frank Busso place
and was met in the yard by the Mexi
can, who at once reached for his gun,
and aiming it at Bessinger, pulled the
trlger. The shell failed to explode.
He said Itodrags continued ;o hold
the gun on him for more than ar>
hour, threatening to shoot. It was
only after he had pleaded and beg
ged the Mexican to put the gun In
his pocket that he finally did.
PLANORDERLY
STOCK MOVING
Railroads and Regional Ship
ping Board to Work
Together
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. (Special)—
Western railroads, under the direc
tion of the regional shipping board,
are laying plans to assist in the more
orderly marketing of cattle and hogs.
The preliminary steps were taken,
reports Chairman Taylor of the
board, on his return from a meeting
at Cheyenne, to apply to the cattle
and hog industry the methods by
which sheep growers had hundreds
of thousands of dollars added to their
income during the past year.
Mr. Taylor says that the secretar
ies of the two big sheepmen associ
ations have been kept constantly ad
vised of all movements of wool and
mutton to market so that it was pos
sible for the growers to do it in an
orderly way, with the resuit that
prices, were fairly level and satisfac
tory. The absence of effective orga
nization among cattle and hog men
makes more difficult the job of reach
| lng them, but it is believed that if
railroad agents are kept supplied with
information as to the volume of traf
fic rolling to market and can make
this available to all shippers, it will
help to prevent market gluts. It is
also planned to provide for more
feeding in transit points, as this can
be used in a more orderly marketing.
The railroads are anxious to do all
they can to help. The managers say
that with a peak market movement
just following a rise they are put to
heavy expense for overtime, and
then they must pay for idle time
when the sharp slump conies follow
ing a price drop. Fifty or sixty
shippers were present at the meet
ing, and Mr. Taylor believes tnat
from the opinions expressed and the^
start made prc#ress will mark the
drive for more orderly marketing in
the near future.
BUTTE, NEB., FARMER
seen or heard of since. His family,
neighbors and the county sheriff
have been searching for him, but
have found no trace.
It is said he sold a load of hogs on
that day and had most of the money
with him.
OWNER WANTED TOO
MUCH FOR LAKE.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. tSpeelal)—
The reason why the state game and
fish eomission did not buy Goose
lake in Holt county, desired by hunt
ers and fishers, was because the own
er asked about twice what it Is worth.
Thus, says Secretary of Agriculture
Shumway, who is overlord of game
and fish in Nebraska. Mr. Shumway
says that the criticism recently
voiced because this purchase was not
made was poorly founded. In refus
ing to pay the price demanded for
an unproductive lake, he had taken
the advice of experts called in to talk
it over. The secretary also says that
there is no sound basis for the other
attack made on his department.
The last legislature appropriated
$50,000 to keep lakes from freezing
by boring flowing wells, and $4,500
of this was spent to add a trout sec
tion to the Benkleman hatchery. Mr.
Shumway says there is no basis for
the charge that this Is a waste of
money, and that it is not necessary
to transport the young trout hund
reds of miles to find a stream to jut
them tn, as there are a number in
southwestern Nebraska.
NEW BANK FOR
SCOTTS BLUFF, NEB.
Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. (Special.)—
The stale banking department has
given approval to the opening of
the Farmers State bank of McGrew,
Scotts Bluff county, with a capital
stock of $15,000. The new bank has
bought the building of the failed
Stcurity State bank of that town.
Oia K. Adcock is the principal and
managing owner.
NEBRASKA BOVS AND
GIRLS DID WELL.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ^Special)—
Nebraska boys’ and gins’ club mem
bers back from Chicago, where they
exhibited their products took more
premiums than those from anv other
state, according to L. I. Frisbic, who
accompanied them as leader. The
members from northeast Nebraska
were: Minnie Tebbens, of South
Sioux City; Conrad Wiese, of West
point; Ksther Lander, of Pender: !
Leslie Thompson, of Blair, and Wil
bur Lessman, of Wayne. |
GIGGS BACK ON
HER CONTRACT
Beauty Specialist at Grand
Island, Nebraska, Seeks
Court Relief
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. (Special.)—
An unusual case argued before the
supreme court—advanced over 1,000
others because youth and beauty in
Grand Island wait for Its decision—
was that wherein Mrs. Lulua May
Gotch. who is tho only beauty shop
operator in that city who knows
how to give the super-treatment
known as the Marinello, asks to be
relieved of a contract she signed a
year apo never to work for anybody
else in that city but Mrs. Sarah A.
Dow, then her employer.
Mrs. Dow got her to sign a con
tract that bound her to work for a
year for her and not to work any
where else in that town for the rest
of her natural life in consideration
of her paying Mrs. Gotch’s expenses
to Chicago to take a post graduate
course. Mrs. Gotch said she didn’t
know the contract so bound her, and
Mrs. Dow said she did because she
kept it five days and read it over
several times. Anyway, said Mrs.
Gotch’s lawyers, such a contract is
against public policy, restricts com
pel ition and can’t be enforced be
cause no time limit is fixed in the
contract.
WANTS AID TO
KILL OFF RATS
Crete, Neb., Man Appeals
To the State Railroad
Commission
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. (Special)—
Clyde C. West, of Crete, has asked
the powerful aid of the state railway
commission to force the Farmers’
Elevator company at Crete to hire a
rat catcher or use other moans of ex
terminating the rodents whose dep
redations have partly put West out
of business. He says that the rats
have undermined the driveway lead
ing up to the elevator, so that he
cannot use it, thus depriving him of
part of his livelihood. He says the
elevator people seem indifferent
about it, and he desires to have them
Jacked up.
OFFICER RETURNS
WITHOUT THE PRISONER
Lincoln, Neb. Dec. \ (Special.) —
Warden Fenton, of the state peni
tentiary, returned Friday from Cal
ifornia, where he went to get Harry
Wldner, a convict, who escaped
from the county jail at Lincoln
while awaiting entrance to the state
prison.
Wiclner was sentenced in Dakota
county for burglary. He was re
cently located in California. The
Dakola county sheriff who brought
him to Lincoln died before the pris
oner made his escape.
The sheriff had the original com
mitment papers in his pocket at th
time he brought the prisoner here,
and they have never been found.
Warden Fenton took a copy of th
papers to California but the author
ities there would not recognize them.
JUDGE EVANS HEARD
IN DITCH CONTROVERSY
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. * (Special.)—
Judge R. E. Evans, of Dakota City,
made his farewell appearance before
the state supreme court Friday,
when he appeared to argue a case
in which Drainage Ditch District
No. 2 lias been trying for 15 years
to make Dakota county pay a larger
assessment for the cost of the recla
mation work than the county boards
have been willing to pay. Judge
Evans will return to Lincoln, early
in January, to begin the six year
term for which he was elected from
the Third district in November. He
will succeed Judge Letton, who re
tires after 18 years of service.
KEARNEY MAN DIES
FROM ENGINE GAS
Kearney, Neb., Dec. ' —C. Roy
Norton, 40 years old, Kearney cloth
ing store owner, was found dead in
his garage. He had been asphyx
iated by the fumes from the engine
of his automobile, which was still
running when the body was found.
Norton is survived by three chil
dren, his wife having died nine
months ago.
LEGAL FOR COUNTY
ATTORNEY TO HAVE AID
Lincoln, Neb., Dec (Special)—
The appointment by the county at
torney of McPherson of the regular
ly employed attorney for the Nebras
ka Cattle Growers association to as
sist him in prosecuting Ray Gragg,
on a charge of calf stealing was held
by the supreme court to be right and
proper.
Gragg said that an attorney for
such an association wouldn’t be a fair
prosecutor because he would be In
terested in his conviction to such an
e::tont that he would act beyond the
proper lim»s of a prosecutor.
The court said that as the asso
ciation and not the county or the
complaining witness, who was not a
member of the association, paid the
fee there was nothing in his appoint
ment to precude the accused from
having a fair and impartial trial and
thereby affect substantial rights.
GOVERNOR-ELECT TO
PAY VISIT TO LINCOLN
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ■ (Special.)—
Governor Bryan received a letter,
Friday, from Governor-elect McMul
len, saying the incoming executive
will be here, Tuesday «n meet with
the state capitol commission and
state board of pardons. He will
become chairman of these state
bodies after January 8. Applicants
for appointive offices have arranged
to meet the governor-elect during
the several days he will be here,
although Mr. McMullen, as far as
known, has not requested a meeting
with them.
WOULD CHANGE
CRIMINAL LAW
Governor Bryan Hopes to
Make Easier Work for
Pardons Board
- IJncoln, Neb., Dec. . (Special)—
Governor Bryan said today that he
would recommend to the next legis
lature, in order to relieve the board
of pardons of a vast amount of de
tail work, that it amend the criminal
law providing that the indeterminate
sentence law be amended so as to
give the judge the power to fix a
minimum sentence as well as a max
imum. This would give the board
members an opportunity to know the
judgment of the court as to the
amount of punishment a man should
receive, and also stop the stream of
applicants who fire in a petition
now just as soon as their minimum
sentence has expired, a permission
given them by the law.
SAYS OLD CAPITOL
NOT WORTH WRECKING.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ~ (Special)—
Representatives of be Trester
Wrecking company, after looking ov
er the old capitol, told members of
the capitol commission that it would
cost the state a considerable sum
to have the building wrecked, as very
little of the stonework and wood fin
ishing were worth anything. They
recommended that no attempt be
made to use any of the material in
erecting new buildings at any of the
state institutions, stating that it
would be cheaper to use new build
ing stone than to tear down and
transport those in the present capi
tol. The woodwork, they found, was
not of standard size and, therefore,
unavailable for resale by wrecking
companies.
CREAMERIES PUT UP
VIGOROUS PROTEST.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. ' (Special)—
Creameries of the state have sent a
protest to the state railway commis
sion against the Union Pacific tak
ing over its own cream and milk
hauling, now done by the American
Railway Express company unless it
is required to operate exactly as the
express companies have done. The
creamery men say that the railroad
has different rates for cream and
milk, that it won’t assume liability
for lost, stolen or broken cans, and
that it has regulations with respect
to handling cans that are more oner
ous than those of the express com
pany. The latter also sends cream
by the shortest route to the butter
makers, who fear delays will occur
if the road uses its own lines entirely.
YOUNG CHICKEN THIEVES
MUST GO TO SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
Ainsworth, Neb., Dec. " -Ten
boys of Long Pine, Neb.,‘ ranging In
age from 10 to 15 years, appeared In
county court here before Judge Bak
er on charges of stealing chickens,
and were Instructed to attend Sun
day school at least twice a month in
the future, keep off the streets at
nights, and obey their parents. The
court then instructed the boys to ap
pear at the next term of district
court, before Judge Dickson, and an
swer for their offenses.
The bnvs, f-om the evidence intro
■ < t. ‘•■fe'e ‘he chickens to sell to
dealers. After getting their admis
sions of guilt, the judge asked how
many of the boys went to Sunday
• school. Not a hand went up. Then
he inquired how many had gone to
Sunday school. Two hands went up
and the owners stated they had gone
a few times.
HAS BROOD OF CHICKS
JUST RECENTLY HATCHED
Oakland. Neb., Dec. —Not to be
out done by strawberries ripening on
tbs vines in November and lilacs
blooming out of season, a white Ply
mouth Rock hen on the Frank Zent
mire farm took advantage of the
spring like weather and hatched out
a brood of chicks.
During her husband’s absence Sat
urday evening Mrs. Zei.tmire was
looking around to see that every
thing had been made ready for the
night when she was attracted by the
happy “cheep, cheep” of tiny chick
ens.
Search revealed Biddy under an old
wheelbarrow with eight doWny baby
chicks tucked safely under her wings.
They were taken to the house and
placed near the furnace and at last
accounts were doing fine.
Gas From His Own
Auto Cause of Death
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. . (I. N. S.) —
Jacob Waxman, 34 years old, presi
dent of the Lincoln Grain company,
’is dead, u victim of monoxide gas
from the engine of his motor car.
Waxman was found dead in his
garage here last night after his ab
sence for several hours had been
noticed. Tools scattered about
showed he had been repairing his
car. and an empty gasoline tank
Indicated the engine had run until
the supply was exhausted. He re
turned from Omaha earlier in the
day.
WANTED TO BE EXECUTED,
NOW SEEKS FREEDOM
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. •> (Special) —
Floyd Fuller, former Dusiness man
of Lexington, who pleaded guilty to
murder in the hope that he would
be executed, was before the state
board of pardons today asking for
release from prison, where he has
been for the last eight years. In 1916
Fuller was divorced from his wife,
and met a Mrs. Carberry. They took
a trip to Denver, and he said he
supposed they were married there.
PLANS CHANGE
MARRIAGE LAW
Omaha Man Would Annul
Licenses After Two Years
If No Children
Omaha, Neb., Dec. ... (Special)—
Revocation of all marriage licenses
Issued in Nebraska in cases where
no children are born within two
years, making exceptions for physi
cal disabilities, when properly certi
fied by a physican, was proposed here
by City Health Commissioner A. S.
Pinto, who announced he will support
such a bill before the next session
of the Nebraska legislature. He also
announced that he would support a
bill requiring physical examinations
of all applicants for marriage lic
enses.
“There is a growing tendency
among men and women to enter the
married state when both are regular
ly employed,’’ Dr. Pinto said, "and
after marriage both remain in em
ployment and have intentions of con
tinuing at work. In many cases, I
would say their marriage is merely
to legalize their living together, to
give an air of respectability to their
domestic relations.
“Many women marry and remain
in their work because of their love
for finery, and their feeling of in
dependence which comes when both
are on a regular wage basis.’’
BLOOMFIELD BUSINESS
MEN WANT NIGHT WATCH
Bloomfield, Neb., Dec. - (Special)
—A move is on foot to employ a night
watch here during the winter months.
Those backing the move cite the fact
that practically all other towns in
this section employ night watches,
being paid by the city. A committee
of local business men met with the
city council but no satisfactory solu
tion was reached. The business in
terests take the stand .that a night
watch would be a benefit to the whole
town and that such expense as it
would entail should be paid from city
funds and not by contributions from
the business men.
SAYS PROFESSOR USED
PSYCHOLOGY IN PROPOSING
Lincoln, Neb., Dec ' (Special)—
Professors pop the question different
ly from ordinary folks, according to
the story told in district court by
Miss Matilda Framstead, who is su
ing Dr. Joseph H. Powers for $25,000
for breach of promise
"I can almost remember the exact
spot where we were,” she said. “I
recall vividly that just as he asked
me his foot slipped on a piece of ice.
He used psychology in asking me.
He said: ‘‘Of course you’ll marry me
Hilda?’ and I said, ‘yes,’ falteringly,
because I never dreamed he felt that
way towards me.’’
Miss Framstead was ordered at the
end of another lawsuit, to restore to
Powers property she had that he
claims belonged to him and which
she said was her own. Powers is
famed in the world of science as a
maker of slides for laboratory work.
HIS MISTAKE GIVES .
LINCOLN POLICE A SCARE
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. (Special)—
Although he was unaware of the fact,
S. M. Lewis, traveling man from
Chicago, was a hunted man for two
hours, Wednesday. He had ordered
sent to his hotel a drive-lt-yourself
car for a country trip, and when he
went outside to get it he picked one
belonging to a man who had stepped
inside for a minute. When he dis
covered his car was gone the auto
owner notified the police. Thinking
it meant a descent of robbers on some
suburban bank the state sheriff got
his force all ready, sent out warnings
to the bankers to be on the lookout
and then proceeded to spread a net
that resulted in Lewis’ detention in a
small town eight miles north. He
was supplied with another car, and
the police brought the one mistakenly
taken back to town.
TELLS WHY THERE WERE
NO PROHIBITION VOTES
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 11—The mystery
of why there were no prohibition
votes cast in Nance county at the last
election was explained before the
meeting of Nebraska county clerks at
the Hotel Castle by J. T. Gilmore,
county clerk of Nance county.
“There are only about six prohi
bition votes in my county, and they
are a nuisance,” said Filmore. ‘‘It
would have cost $240 to get prohibi
tion ballots printed for them. I called
up Secretary of State Pool and asked
him what I should do about it, and he
said for me to do as ‘I damn pleased.’
I did, by not having any prohibition
ballots printed, and we haven’t had
any prohibition votes in Nance county
since.’’ This “confession” threw the
convention in an uproar.
Mr. Gilmore said he favored a law
to eliminate new political parties af
ter they have been given a trial and
have failed to get a certain per cen
tage of the votes.
PROHIBITION AGENTS
SEIZE MUCH ALCOHOL
Omaha Dec. '* (Special)—
Federal prohibition agents, headed by
• Bob” Samardick and A. E. Whitney,
of Minneapolis, Wednesday made a
large seizure of illicit liquor when
they broke open a car containing
3,000 gallons of alcohol with a de
clared value of from $90,000 to $95,000.
BLOOMFIELD DIGS ITSELF
OUT FROM SNOW DRIFTS
Bloomfield, Neb., Dec. , (Special)
—This part of the state has just
“dug out” from under the heaviest
fall of snow that has been known
for years. The first fall of snow was
heavy and was unaccompanied by
wind, packing down quite solidly.
The last storm had a heavy wind as
its accompaniment and drifted to a
considerable extent. Railway service
was crippled but all trains managed
to get through, although from four
to 10 hours late. Some loss to stock
has been reported but indications are
that this has been very light.