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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1925)
GIRL TOOK CAR, OWNER RRENTS She Just Wanted to Drive to | Norfolk to See Boy Friend Clearwater, Neb., , (Special) —Senorita Slmklns, 14 yea-s old. haa been returned to her parents hers, following her taking of a car belong ing to Art Smith and driving to Nor folk alone, “to see a boy friend." Smith refused to file charges against the girl, asking only the return of his machine. The girl told Norfolk authorities she was afraid to go home for fear of a scolding. It Is said to be the third time she has run away from home. OLD PLAINSMEN MEET TO VISIT New York Publisher Comes West to Revive Old Memories Columbus, Neb., (Special) — George Bird Grinnell of New York City, former publisher of Forest and Stream, Is here visiting Capt. Lute North, brother of MaJ. Frank North, and former partner of Buffalo Bill. Grinnell first met North In 1872 when he came to Nebraska, fresh from Yale university, to see the west. North showed him by taking him on a buffalo bunting trip with some 4,000 Pawnee and Omaha Indians. Adventures and dangers created such a bond of frlenu^.ilp between the two that Grinnell returned year after year, and now that hunts and ex plorations are no longer possible, hi comes back Just to talk nbout them. PHONE COMPANY ALLOWED TO ALTAR *T8 RATES Lincoln, Neb., _ (Special)— The Washington & Western Tele phone company of Verdlgre, Knox county, has been given permission to reduce residence and Increase busi ness rates, following a consolidation with another small local company. Nobody protested the application, and hence no hearing was held. RAIL BOARD REFU8ES ORDER FOR CONNECTION Lincoln, Neb., (Special)— The state railway commission issued an order today dismissing the appli cation of business men of Schuyler, who wanted a track put In near the tbwn of Edhulm, a few miles south, to connect the tracks of the Burling ton and Northwestern railways. This woud have given the man oppor tunity to enter Northwestern terri tory directly instead of- by way of Fremont. TRAIN KILL8 40~HEAD OF FARMER'S HOGS Allen, Neb., __ ;8peclul)—Fred L Bensteud, farmer, living northeast of Allen, lost 40 heud of hogs when a freight train hit the herd which had gotten into the railway right of way. Fourteen head were ground Into sausage meat under the wheels of the train, six were killed when thrown from the tracks and the bal ance were injured so they died later. LARGE CROWD AT OLD 8ETTLERS’ PICNIC Alien, Neb., , .Special)—The annuul old settlers picnic wus held Thursday In a groye one intle west of Allen, with an attendance esti mated at about 4,000. Rev. E. Q. McDaniels, of Lincoln, delivered an address. TWO BU8INES8 PLACES DESTROYED BY FIRE Shoalea, Neb., . (Special)— Fire of unknown origin destroyed the H. A. Johnson & Son store and the AUkinaon pool hall .Thursday night. The blaze also did acme damage to the llovelson lumber yards, but did no extensive damage, owing to the activity of the local fire department, assisted by the department from Randolph. There was some insurance on the destroyed property. RELICS OF MANY WARS IN HIS COLLECTION Columbus, Neb., (Special)— Relics of battles in many lands and many ages may be found at the home of Clyde Burge, manager of the telephone exchange at Columbus. His hobby Is collecting swords. Chief among this array of sturdy blades Is a huge broadsword which was used In the crusades. Another saw service In the battle of Water loo. A curved specimen is a scimetar from northern India. There Is a revolutionary period naval sword, one that was used In the war of 1812, and another that went thtough the Civil war. Later models Include those used by present-day army and navy officials for dress parade. Burge was In the navy for several years and has visited nearly every portion of the globe. He has had a mania for swords ever since he was a youngster. WANT FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY TO SIOUX CITY Chambers, Neb., __ (Special) The business men of North Platte, Neb., have started a movement t« have a federal aid highway con structed from North Platte through Broken Bow, Burvvell, Chamber? nrd Kwlng to connect with the Grant highway at Orchard and then east into Sioux City. Business men and others In all of these towns are get ting behind this project and the hope is to have some action taken within the next few months WORKERS FIND PLENTY TO DO Employment Situation in Ne braska Found Satisfactory Generally Lincoln, Neb., v "* . (Special)— All classes of labor In Nebraska are employed on a satisfactory basis re ports the state and federal employ ment bureau, with headquarters here. Road construction Is giving common labor all the work demanded, and will keep It busy until cold weather. RuUdlng Is brisk, with good demand for carpenters, painters, bricklayers and mechanics. The migratory work ers that descended by the hundreds during the harvesting season have about all disappeared. A few remain to help out with threshing, and still fewer have taken Jobs as hired men on farms and settl’d down for awhile. Farm labor demands are be ing fully met. Some Instability is found in the hired man market due to the fact that a number of these farm workers have acquired curs, and are prone to use these to get some where else when conditions do not suit them us they ure located. LAW ATTACKED ON NEW ANGLE Attorneys for Convicted Omaha Doctor Want Ad vantage of Technicalities Lincoln, Neb., (Special)— Attorneys for Dr. F. A. Edwards, con victed In Douglas county of causing the death of a girl by an illegal op eration, have filed a motion for re hearing In which they attack the con stitutionality of the law which says that the supreme court, In giving opinions, should disregard technical errors of the trial courts, If other wise substantial justice was done. They say that this takes away from prisoners the constitutional guaran tees of due process and equal pro tection. They say that not all of the trial judges make the same mistakes and that this throwing of a blanket mantle of charity over their errors la violative of equality and uniformity. They Insist that something more than substantial Justice Is required, and that something more is as near exact Justice as can possibly be secured. They say that the court erred in al lowing evidence found In Edwards’ office by a searching pair of officers to he admitted as this was equivalent to making him testify against him self. CRUDE OIL SPRAY CAUSES BAD FIRE Crofton. Neb., , (Special) — A fire believed to have started from a crude oil spray caused the destruc tion of 40 hogs and the building in which they were housed on the farm of John Crandall. 8 miles northwest of Crofton. CIRCUS EMPLOYE IS BADLY INJURED Coltimbus, Neh., (Special) —Frank Allen, employe ov the Sells Floto circus, will be confined to a local hospital for several weeks with a fractured hip received while the circus was being loaded on the train nfter Its performance here Saturday night, attending physicians say. Al len was guiding the tongue as the wagon was being put on the car. One wheel struck the approach In such a manner as to throw It sidewise against his hip. TO ERECT MONUMENT TO NEBRASKA POET Wayne, Neb., • _ —A monu ment to be er-cted in the Bressler Park in Wayne to the achievements of John G. Nlehardt, poet laureate of Nebraska, will be dedicated Wed nesday afternoon, August 19. The Nlehardt club and residents of Wayne are sponsoring the program honoring the poet whose boyhood home was Wayne. Governor Adam McMullen and Chancellor Samuel Avery of the Uni versity of Nebraska, have accepted an invitation to speak. Mrs. Paul Perryman of Broken Bow, president of the State Federation of Women's clubs, will preside. Walter Locke, philosopher and columnist with the Lincoln State Journal, Judge Vinson haler of Omaha and Keene Abbott, dramatic critic with the Omaha World-Herald, have been invited to speak. Mrs. Marie Weeks of the Norfolk Press, is to be present. Dr. Nlehardt will read from his epic poems. Wayne Kiwanis club met Thursday evening and chose committees to co operate with the Nlehardt club in the day's plans. The monument is of gray granite and will bear the record of some of Dr. Niehardt's achievements as well as a quotation from "The Poet's Town.” DES MOINES MAY GET NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY Des Moines, la., ... , _ _ (Special) —-Entrance here of an automatic telephone company, probably the Tri-State Telephone organization, is forecast by citizens who are protest ing the recent telephone increase made by the Northwester Bell com pany. A meeting to discuss the ques tion has been called uy community club officers. FIND BALLOONS FROM ST. PAUL Floated From Minnesota Town to Northeast Ne braska Counties Hartlngfon, Neb., (Spe cial)—A number of smau balloons released by the United States de partment of agriculture at St. Paul, Minn., have been- found near here by farmers. The balloons were sent out as a part of the campaign of j the government against the black stem rust on small grains, caused In a great measure by the barberry biwfh. Fred Wuebben, living be tween here and Wynot Is one of the recent finders of a balloons. Julius Kramer found one a month ago. Others were picked up near Stanton. TO GIVE SHEIK TASTE OF LAW Husband Forgives Wife Third Time But to Prose cute the Man Lincoln, Neb., (Special.) —Dwight Watkins, a Burlington, la., .railroad man, is to lie broken of (he habit of running off with Mrs. Goldie Sehroeder, of Burlington, if the au thorities and the woman’s husband can bring it about. Six weeks ago the pair left Burlington and came to Lincoln. This was the third time that they had eloped, and each time the woman was taken hack by her husband. The husband and wife left last night for home, after having fur nished the authorities with evidence sufficient to hold Watkins on a white slavery charge. Sch.oeder told the officers that his wife wanted to go to shows and dances, and that he was too tired after ills day’s work in the shops to accompany her. She went alone and there it was that she met the shlek. The first Intimation Sehroeder had of his wife's whereabouts was when her sister returned to Burlington from Lincoln, and told him that she and her sister and Watkins and a pal had lived together here for six weeks, but she had got tired of It All of the parties are married. MISSING FARM HAND IS FINALLY LOCATED Lincoln. Neb. . __ (Special.) —The suspicion that Adolph Smetak, who admits having killed his father, a Saunders county farmer, had also made away with the hired man, was dissipated when MVnetak, at the state penitentlnry for safe keeping, re ceived a letter from the man, Charles Michalek. The man’s home Is at Glover, N. P., and the letter was from there. The prison authorities read it before handing it over to Smetak, and say that It contained nothing touching on the murder or on any thing other than personal matters. Michalek suddenly disappeared a few weeks ago, and ns he left some of his effects behind him the authorities were roused to action because of the possibility that he had known some thing of the murder of the old man. governor McMullen FACES BUSY DAYS Lincoln, Neb., —Governor McMullen leaves Tuesday for a tour of the state parks in company with other members of the board in charge of these playgrounds. He is billed to make speeches at Broken Bow, Wed nesday; Alliance, Thursday, and Chadron, Friday. At the latter place he is to talk to the graduates of the summer school at the state normal and then to a picnic at the state park. On the 16th, he speaks to the National Guard in camp at Ashland; on the 19th at an old settlers’ picnic at Randolph, and the unveiling of the Neihurdt monument at Wayne; on the 20th at an old settlers’ picnic at Albion; the 21st at the Burwell rodeo, and on the 22d at a picnic at York. STRANGE BONES OF EXTINCT CAMELS Hurtlngton, Neb., . (Spe cial.)—The Smithsonian Institute at Washington has found that some of the bones sent there for Identification after being found in the George Det mer gravel pit, near here, are those of an extinct species of camel. This Is the second shipment from here classified by the institute. INSISTED ON DANCING AN OBJECTIONABLE STEP Hartlngton, Neb., (Spe cial.)— When he refused to quit dancing the "flea hop" and other al leged objectionable steps, Mike Patsche was ordered off the floor ol the bowery dance hall at Breslau. Later when he was not looking, Petsche assaulted Manager Dufex. Deputy Sheriff Bob Luebke arrested the youth. With the assistance of the Pierce sheriff the pjgnaclous youth was finally handcuffed, lie was fined $15 and costs in court for dis turbing the peace. He was then put under a peace bond for resfsttng and striking an officer. Not being able to furnish it, he was remanded to jail to await a hearing. LAUREL, NEB., PASTOR IS CALLED TO OMAHA Laurel, Neb., < Special)— Rev. L. A. Laursen, past Jr of the Danish Lutheran church of this place, hat resigned after a two year pastor ate, to. accept the call to his former church at Omaha, known as the Pella church. liev. Laursen came to Laurel from Pilger, and tbit congre gation with the Laurel congregation gave a farewell pieme dinner here last Sunday, which was an enjoyable affair. TODAY BY ARTHUR BRISBANE William Jennings Bryan m&4e many speeches v.-orth hearing, and the world applauded. What would the world give If ho could come back and make another speech of 30 seconds on "what I saw', what I felt, what I knew, where I went, the minute after f. died?” The Rev. John Haynes Holmes, preaching in his Park avenue church in New York calls agnosticism a great help of the world. It is, he says, “A great spiritual philosophy, which has done more for human beings than any other belief.” Many will deny that, but this is certain: Agnosticism Is the belief of those that say, ”1 do not know.” And the man who realizes that he does not know, Is often on the road to know something. But that does not apply in religion. There, no one knows anything. It is all faith. The Rev. Mr. Holmes added,'“my blood runs cold to think what Mr. Bryan would do if he had the power." That was said before Mr. Bryan had died, and it was too strong a statement. Mr. Bryan would never have done anything more cruel than to make others believe as he believed, If he could, and he couldn’t. Ha would have made his religious belief part of the constitution. If he could. But he could not have done that either. The British government, to fight depression in British trade, will un dertake international world advertis ing on a gigantic scale. This proves again, what everybody knows, that Great Britain has statesmen working for her. Five billion dollars will be appro priated at first to boom colonial goods. The idea of the British em pire, solid and cound as a steel bul let, *s that quality, plus advertising, can overcome any trade depression. The marr^ge of a young girl in the Vanderbilt family has caused news paper discussion. A Protestant bishop performed the ceremony, although the mother Is a Catholic and her daughters were brought up in the Catholic faith. All that Is the business of the fam ily and of those Immediately con cerned. But In one statement made by the family you observe the ancient wis dom of the Catholic church. When young Mr. Vanderbilt, a Protestant, married Miss Fair, a Catholic, it was stipulated on the mother's behalf that all daughters born of the union should be brought up In the Catholic church. There Is wisdom. Daughters be come mothers. Influence the children and the men about them, and form the next generation. The mothers are the strength of ' •very church and every religion. In the Bible they were the iast at the cross and the first at the tomb. The church that has the mothers on Its side is the church that will sur vive. for mothers create and guide the children and Influence the men. Victor L. Berger, socialist congress man from Wisconsin, and an educa ted man, better educated probably by 80 v>er cent than 80 per cent of the other men in congress, isn’t going to run for La Follette’s place int he Sen ate, and doesn’t want “young bobby” as he calls him. Senator La Follette's son, to be elected. — He thinks La Follette’s son should first win his spurs, and adds that we have no room here for "Crown Princes.” Mr. Berger's wide Information falls him when he says: “You can’t show me a single instance where sons have inherited the genius of a great sire.’ "nai anout Pitt. who Is buried in Westminister abbey in the same grave with his father. Lord Chatham? Tiiose are two great men, If there is any greatness in statesmanship. And Filipino Lippi, as good a painter as his father, Fra Lippo Lippi? What about Alexander the Great, whose father, Philip of Macedon, was so able a man that the greater son feared his father would leave nothing for him to do ? And what about the great men whose paternity is uncertain? There are many tfl thx'm. Two young roughs, each a gang leader, engaged in a fist fight and a blow on the head stretched Anthony De Lucca, 17, dead on the sidewalk. The police will do something about this, because it wasn’t a ’’regular fight,” with ropes around the fight ers, ruffians watching and gate re ceipts that make it profitable to vio late the law. How long will the states disgrace themselves by licens ing brutality? Anybody can stand poverty, because almost everybody is compelled to stand It. We have plenty or practice. Few can stand prosperity'. ' Farm lands on the edge of De troit have boomed, and farmers have sold out at prices never dreamed of. Now 15 of the suddenly rich, accord ing to doctors, are nervously unbal anced. The shock was too much for 'hem. In poveity they could have kept their balance indefinitely. Five representatives of the Interior Department, Bureau of Education, two representatives of the Virginia State Board of Education, and the Dean of the School of Education of the College of William and Mary will co-operate in making a complete survey of the school system of Charlottesville, Va. The survey was undertaken at the request of the State Board of Education of Virginia and the School Board of Charlottesville. An Artistic Disappointment. From the Washington Star. ’’How did that light come to start so suddenly T” "We was misled,” answered Cactus Joe. “Of course, all us Crimson Gulch ers Is anxious to get into the movie game, an’ when a stranger come along with a lot of equipment we naturally gdt busy. We thought he was a mo tion picture man, but he was only a drummer. A large radio-telegraphic station of seven towns, each 150 maters high, is to be elected at Pernambuco, Bra sil, to serve as a relay station between the United States and Europe in the northern hemisphere and Rio de Jan eiro and Bueaaa Aires ia the south. RAILROAD SHOP MEN COMPLAIN Want State to Restrict Privi lege Enjoyed by Auto Busses and Trucks Lincoln, Neb., , _ /(Special)— The shop council of the TTnion Paci fic at Omaha has sent a petition to the state railway commission asking Its aid in getting through a law that will give the commission full power of regulation and control over the auto busses and trucks. The shop men say that the competition of these two lines has made itself felt in the shops, that fewer men are being employed because of this and those that are working are earning less money. They say that thl.s work brings $200, 000 a month of new money into Oma ha, and that the prosperity of the city Is hound up a lot more in the railroads than in the operation of bus and truck lines. What they want done is to have the busses and trucks run on a reg ular schedule and without any inter ruptions in service. They also ob ject to their being given free use of the highways that the railroads are taxed to construct and maintain. TAKE FISH FROM LAKES THAT ARE DRYING UP Tokamah, Neb., -Mort than 30,000 fish have been taken from the drying lakes and ponds east of Te kumah and placed in Lake Quinne baugh, a large lake and summer re sort 12 miles northeast of this city. The fish thus changed were mostly bullheads. Permission is being asked the state to seine other lakes which are becoming dry. DEPOSIT REQUIRED FOR METER CAUSES PROTEST Lincoln, Neb., ' (Special)— Dr. A. T. Johnson, of rfiusa, has pro tested to the state railway commis sion against the practice of the Tri State Utilities company in requiring some of their customers to put up $10 meter deposit, while others are not called upon for any deposit. The company pays 6 per cent interest on the deposit, but he says it is a hard ship to require people who haven't got the money to loan to meet this requirement. He blames it on the com mission, but will be informed that that Is a purely local regulation, and that the commission has no super vision over security issues. CLAIM SEED SOLD TO THEM WA8 BAD York, Neb., . '• —An appeal to the supreme aiurt will be made b> John Schlondorf, who with twelve other farmers of the county, filed damage suits against Robert H. Glas ser of I'olk, claiming that seed corn purchased from Glasser failed to girmtnate, and they were obliged t replant. The jury in district court returned a verdict for Glasser. PRISONERS ASSAULT WIFE OF SHERIFF AND ESCAPE North Platte, Neb., • —Two men facing penitentiary sentences knocked down Mrs. Berthe, wife of the Lincoln county sheriff, when she was allowing a "trusty” to enter, and escaped jail. The men, R. A. Davies of North Platte, awaiting sentence upon a charge of grand larceny, and Robert Idood of Hershey, awaiting sentence upon horse-stealing charges, rushed the door as the wife of the sheriff opened it, throwing her to the floor and running for their liberty. The eight remaining prisoners took no advantage of the situation and coming out of their cells, offered their assistance to Mrs. Berthe. They later returned to their cells on her request. CHARGE HE USED MAILS TO DEFRAUD Columbus, Neb., j (Special) •-John Renken, 26 jfears old, farm hand, Is being held here pending tne arrival of \V. N. Coble, chief post office inspector, of Omaha, who may file charges against him for using the malls to defraud. He was arrested following receipt of a telegram by Postmaster Fred Scofield from Montgomery Ward and company, when he sought to get a package of goods ordered from that firm. A check for $80 sent in pay ment and signed "George Brauns” had been found fraudulent. Quizzed by police officers, Renken admitted writing the check and also confessed to another for $77, made payable to Seai-3 Roebuck and com pany. Renken rented a postoffice box un der the r.ame of George Brauns about three months ago and has been re ceiving mail from the two mail or der houses involved through this box. His other mail, however, has been coming in care of William Kipple, at whose dairy farm he had been work ing prior to his arrest. He came from Linden-Oldenburg, Germany, about two years ago and has been employed on various farms in ibis vicinity. He intended to re turn to Germany, sailing August 18, and had ordered tickets and was planning on leaving bore Tuesday of i hie week. BUT SLIGHTLY HURT WHEN PLANE DROPS York. Neb.. -A cut on the lip was the extent of Injuries suffered here when the airplane of George Sprague of Bradford. Ida., fell 25 fee. to the ground when Sprague wa> landing with two passengers, Eugene Taylor and Miss Ruth Enders Sprague had risen to about 5,00$ feet and was landing when the plant \ made a sudden dive towards the ground. 'Taylor sustalnel the cut lip and Miss Enders and Sprague escaped with slight tritlMg QUICK THOUGHT PREVENTS WRECK Brakeman Raced in Auto to Stop Train With Broken Brake Fremont, Neb., . Floyd Bracken, Northwestern brakeman, didn’t Jerk the red cloth off the dining room table, rush out and flag the 'Midnight Express’ from running into a wreck like the wo man In the storybook, but he almost duplicated her feat. Bracken was standing In tho Brunswick restaurant Tuesday night, opposite the Northwestern depot, as passenger train No. 3, bound for Norfolk, pulled out. He saw a broken brake beam hanging. There was no time to lose. The train was making speed. The broken beam might cause a wreck. Bracken's mind worked fast. He remembered that the train made a sweeping circle half around Fremont, in leaving the city. There might be time before it reached the Broad street road crossing, nearly three miles out of town. Running from the cafe, Bracken jumped into an automobile, brushed all speed laws aside, and sped across town and out the Broad street road. He won the race. He was at the crossing as the train came rumbling down the track. Leaping from his car, Bracken ran down the tracks and flagged the on coming train to a stop. He notified Engineer Kennedy, of Norfolk, of tho r broken beam. The repair was made and after a few minutes delay, the train proceeded. — WAYNE WILL HAVE MUNICIPAL POOL IN 1926 Wayne, Neb., (Special)— That the city of Wayne will have a municipal swimming pool next year is assured. At a meeting of the Greater Wayne club the proposition was taken up and was assured that the city will construct one next spring. BE YOUR OWN GUIDE IN BUYING STOCK Lincoln, Neb., (Special)— The public buys at its own risk when it purchases stock of public utilities not originating in Nebraska is the ruling of the state bureau of securi ties. It has received requests from Iowa investors in the stock of the Red River Valley Power company asking as to its financial status and if it is allowed to sell stock in Ihe state. It is a Delaware corporation, and operates in 26 municipalities in six counties in Minnesota, with head quarters at Crookston. Under Ne braska laws the blue sky department iloes not pass on public utility security issues and the state railway com mission reguiates only those issued by corporations organized in Ne braska BUILDING OPERATIONS ARE BEING RUSHED Wayne, Neb., . (Special) — The laying of brick for tlie walls of the main floor of the new training building at the state normal is pro gressing rapidly. Last week a day and night shift worked running con crete floors. The addition to the Presbyterian church is progressing rapidly and all outside work will be completed before cold weather. The Blair si ore build-'ng will he com pleted in 60 days. The contractors are now roofing the building, the masons having completed the brick work. WENT ON WAR PATH, tAJOW HELO IN JAIL Flandreau, S. D„ —Clar ence Holbrooke, who threatened to kill his wife and shoot up the neigh borhood generally near Trent Satur day evening, was arrested by the sheriff's force and lodged in jail that night. At the preliminary hear ing in Judge Ilalver’s court here Tuesday morning he was held to the circuit court under $1,000 bond and will remain In jail until the court deals with him. It s. e us his wife came from their home in Minnesota about two weeks before and was working for L. Mich ael. He arrived Saturday and de manded that she go with him, which she refused to do. He then made his threats and named several men he would “get” along with his wife and would end by taking his own life. In the evening he proceeded to put Ills threat into execution. He first fired o?f his gun to see if it worked and th«n started for the house to get his wife. Some of the men present dis armed him and sent for the sheriff. There happened to be a threshing crew at Mr. Michael's and this fact probably averted a tragedy. -- <-» ORDER TOWN TO RAISE PRICE OP CITY WATER Audubon, la., . „ -State ex aminers have informed the town of Audubon that water rates charged by the city there arc too low and should be raised. According to the examiners, the city faces a large loss In Us water department with the rates now charged in effect. GETTING READY FOR WAYNE COUNTY FAIR Wavnc, Neb., (Special)— The Wayne county fair and stock show will be held, Sepieml or 16, 17, IS and 19. The new exhibition hall for educational exhibits is nearing completion. Two new horse barns will be f nished in time for the fair. The race track Is in first class shape nnd*’will be exceptionally fast for a I new track. No effort is being spared | to make this one < f the larges1' fairs in the state. a