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NOTEXTRADITE WORLD WAR VET Governor of Nebraska Not | Impressed by Wife Desertion Story . Lincoln, Neb., v , (Special)— Declaring his inability to conceive of Harley Henderson being able to com mit a crime in Kansas on August 7, 1925, when the complainant admits he was not in that state at the time, • Governor McMullen has turned down a request from the governor of that state to extradite the youth, a World war veteran, living in Omaha, on the charge of child desertion. The attorneys for Kansas said that his offense was Included in the list of constructive crimes. He and his wife separated and were divorced in 1920. He did not comply, at all times, with the order to send tho mother $20 a month for I he support of the child, and when she heard Harley had married again she filed complaint charging child desertion. The attorneys said that this is a continuing offense and exists every day that the desertion Is in effect, hence he was constructively in Kan sas even if not physically present the day charged. Child desertion is a felony In Kansas. The governor said he could not re gard Henderson as a fugitive from justice when he had not run away from Kansas, not having been there in the first place but forced him to arrange to pay $200 to the mother. NUMEROUS CHANGES AT WAYNE NORMAL Wayne, Neb., _ i —Several changes In the faculty of the Wayne State Teachers college are an nounced by Ur. U. S. Conn, president of the college. Ray D. Nelson, of the University of Iowa, becomes head of the English department to replace Ur. J. T. House, who has nccept< d a position at Green River college, Montgomery, W. Va. Miss Nellie F. Rohm has been elected librarian to fill the va cancy occasioned by a leave of ab sence granted Miss Jessie Jenks, who will attend the University of Illinois. Miss Behm Is a graduate of Des Moines university nnd the St. Louis Library school. Miss Mary M. Hallock. of Law rence, Kan., will become dean of women nnd assistant In expression to fill the place of Miss Elsie For<J Pipe, who has accepted a position as assistant denn of women aj the Uni versity of Nebrasku. Miss Hallock has been dean of women at Texas Presbyterian college, ut Milford, Tex. C. E. Wilson, a graduate of the Uni versity of Indiana and instructor at Wake Forest college, Wake Forest. N. C„ becomes head of t'|e biology department. There also will be new instructors In the Latin department and hi the training school depart ment. Miss Clara F. Smothers, registrar, predicted the registration for the present year would be about 10 per cent, above that for 1924-1925, when 700 students registered for the regu lar year. The Wayne budget for the bien nium 1926-1927 is $355,000, which represents an Increase over the last biennium of $50,000, when the ap propriation by the state leglsla*ure was $305,000. Construction Is under way at pres ent on the new education building which will accommodate the training school and department of education. An appropriation was made by the last legislature for construction of normal school buildings of $300,000. Wayne, Kearney and Chadron will share equally In the amount. UNIQUE ARGUMENT IN AN ASSAULT CASE Columbus, Neb., ■ _ (Special) —The case of Frank A. Wagner, farmer, charged with assaulting C. M. Michel, subscription agent for a religious publication, was dismissed by Judge Gibbon in county court here. June 4, Michel visited Wag ner’s farm, to try to sell him a sub scription. He was the fifth solicitor to appear that morning and Wagner told him he was not Interested. Michel persisted and a fistic en counter ensued. When Michel suc ceeded In holding Wagner down, the 1 latter sent, his hired man to the house, to get his gun. Whether Wagner ordered the salesman off the place before hos tilities started was a mooted ques tion, but Judge Gibbon accepted Wagner’s story that he had done so. The court took the view that Michel «'»* trespass ng from the moment that Wagner had told hint to leave and that Wagner had a right to try to eject him from the premises. HOLDS SAME PASTORATE FOR FORTY YEARS Canlstota. S. D„ s (Special) —Sunday marked tne fortieth anni versary of the entering of Dr. A. C. McCauley into the pastorate or the : Presbyterian churcn here and an ap- ! proprlate service was held at the church in the afternoon. Rev. Paul Johnson, of Huron, who is head of the Presbyterian state missionary field force, preached the sermon. YOUNG TRAVELERS ARE BACK IN THEIR HOMES Yankton, S. D.. (Special)— Arthur Sadenwaseer, 16 years old; John Semple, 10, and Herbert Jordan, 16 Yankton hoys who started out several diys ago to ’’bum" their way to Pennsylvania are hack at home In Yankton They had traveled over half the distance to their destination, Roche st( r. Pa., when young Jordan hurt h's foot. The three youths were sitting in the door of a box car and were riding over n bridge when Jord an extended his foot and struck the bridge railing. ARTESIAN WELL KEEPS UP FLOW Farm Near Osmond, Neb., Has Constant Supply of Fine Water Osmond. Neb., , (Special)— An artesian well, first struck 25 years ago, is flowing on the farm of W. E. Kumm, three miles west and four and one-half miles north of Os mond. It has continued to flow all those years. Recently it became clogged and another hole was drilled in the same spot. Bert Buchanan, who did the drilling, found the water at a depth of 40 feet, when it spouted up like a geyser. It goes about 10 feet into the air and the stream is as large around as a man’s arm. It has been piped and flown at the rate of 180 gallons a minute. It is cool and delicious to drink and has a sort ol mineral taste. The well supplies water for the household and livestock as well as a large fishpond at the edge of the barnyard. Mr. Kumm has stocked the poed with fish and in another year expects to have enough fish for his own use at all times. In the winter he makes his own iee from the pond. Next year, Kumm plans to irrigate his garden. If necessary. DRIVER TH'NKS PENALTY ALL OUT OP PROPORTION Lincoln, Neb., (Special)— Jddwar<1 Wagner, r^vcn a $500 fine for viola Jng the l..w which prohibits operation of automobiles in such a (manner ns to result In the maiming or disfiguring of another, has ap pealed to the supreme court. The of fense is alleged to have been com mitted in Falls City, where he bowled over two persons while intoxicated, according to the state. Wagner says that he laid not been drinking, that lie had not been running the machine more than 20 miles an hour, and tha( the one man hurt fell in some man tier from the running board of the car while It was in operation. The 'state claims he was running the ma chine 00 miles an hour, and two wit nesses so testified. Wagner says that he was not charged in the informa tion with maiming nn.v person, and that no felonv, for which he was sen tenced, was charged. EXPENSE ACCOUNTS ARE TO BE HELD DOWN Lincoln, Neb., " __ (Special)— The secretary of finance has been blue penciling expense accounts for employes of the state who do more or less traveling, and announces that hereafter no hills for subsistence will be allowed in excess of 50 cents a meal. He says that good meals for that sum can he secured almost any where in the state, and that there la no reason why the state should pay for higher-pi iced meals than em ployes would pay if the money was coming from their pockets. Mr. Pal bey has also ruled that he will not approve taxicab bills run up In Lin coln and Omaha, where there are Btreet cars In operation. "These may seem like small mat ters,” he says, “but when It Is re membered that there are 448 state employes authorized to draw expense accounts the sum amounts to a large figure In a year. Governor Bryai. made much of his reduction of $25 a month In salaries when he was In office, but he said nothing of allow ing them to draw an Increase of $50 a month in expenses. His admlni-' Stratton allowed subsistence bills on tiie basis of 75 cents a meal. We have cut that to 50 cents." OMAHA PLANS TO COPE WITH ROWDIES Omaha, Neb., _ -An elabor ate system of registration Is expected by American Legion officials to elim inate all rowdyism at the 1925 na tional legion convention here, October 5 to 9. American Legion officials admit that much complaint has been re ceived relative to rowdyism at the national legion conventions, but de clare that all Improper conduct has come from men who masquerade as legionnaires. Legion officials be lieve that this trouble and condition can he averted to a very great extent by the new system of registration. Mnj. Arnes Thomas, of Omaha, has been made head of a provost com mittee which will Include one member from each of the state departments Insuring that each state will be rep resented thereon. This member will net as liaison officer between his de partment and the provost committee, nnd Is expected to handle police mat tars concerning hie own state legion naires. Booths for the registration of all visitors arc to he erected on a square surrounding the Douglas county courthouse. Reglstr itlon cards to the number of 120,000 have been pro vided, and improper conduct by any person can be very quickly traced un der the plans which have been worked out legion officials claim. CORN CROP”NEARS MATURITY RAPIDLY Cherokee, la.. ' , (Special)— Much of the corn in Cherokee coun ty will he ready for crlbhlng opera tions, October 1. The crop is esti mated at from 50 to 70 per cent, o^ the average. ASK FOR BIDS FOR GRAVELING 10 MILES Cherokee, la., . v Special)— The supervisors have asked for bids for graveling 10 miles of county roads live miles of the job Is located on the Washta-Kingsley road and Pierson connection and, when com pleted, will afford, an all-g avel and pavement road from Cherokee coun ty and east to Sioux City. The other graveling lnaugura?t3 a system of “Farm to market" roads that In the end will cover the county. CHARGES THEFT OF TYPEWRITER But Governor of Nebraska Refuses Request to Re turn Norfolk Man Lincoln, Neb., t „ k (Special)— Governor McMullen uas turned down the request of Governor Gunderson of South Dakota for the return to Gregory, S. D., of R. R. Cooper, of Norfolk, charged with the larceny of a typewriter from O. E. Ford, an at torney. Cooper is agent for the Company that sold the machine, and said he had taken it after it had been turned over to him by Ford’s sten ographer, because there was $30 due on it and no signs of payment. Ford came to Lincoln to argue for the man’s -etuin. He said that he had not completed payments because the company had not satisfied com plaints. The governor said the South Dakota law recognizes conditional sales contracts under which this ma chine was to remain tho company’s property until paid for. PRESIDENT TO SPEAK IN UNIVERSITY STADIUM Omaha, Neb.. _ 4 4—President Coolidge will probably speak in ifie new Creighton university stadium when he comes to Omaha to the na tional convention of the American Legion ip. October. It is expected that this will enable 100,000 spec tators to see and hear him. The large stadium Is now under construction and night and day work men are toiling to get all in readiness for the nation’s chief executive. Tentative arrangements are that the speakers' stand wilt oe in the middle of the huge bowl, with am plifiers scattered all around. The north and south sections will be com pleted in time, but the east and west sections will be temporary construc tion and will be torn down after the convention. The four sections will have a seating capacity or about 50, 000 and an additional 50,000 can find standing room on the football field. In addition to the president’s ad dress, the stadium will be used for two other affairs during the conven tion. One of them is the football game between Creighton university and the North Dakota Agricultural college teams and the other is the game between Creighton and thf University of Colorado. APPROVES MERGER OF PHONE COMPANIES Lincoln, Neb., (Special)— The state railway commission has approved the purchase by the Farm ers’ Independent Telephone company of the exchange at Lincoln, operated in competition by the Lincoln com pany. The price agreed on is $15,000. The company is asking authority to. sell $25,000 new stock to finance tire purchase and the cost of consolida tion. There were 120 duplications on the lists of subscribers totaling 702. The commission says the steps taken are in line with tiie wishes of the people and with modern develop ment now that regulation by the state has made regulation by means of competition unnecessary. ADMITS HE TRAVELED IN BAD COMPANV Lincoln, Nth., i (Special) —R. L. Nolle, captured companion of C. L. Cohen, who, he says, is the man who killed Officer Clark at North Platte, told the state sheriff that if the officers ever come up \wtb Cohen they must he prepared to shoot it out with him. He declines Cohen is a marvel In drawing and shooting, and that he is a thoroughly bad man who will never he taken alive. Nolte did not suggest this in bravado, because he is a very chast ened man who realizes he is in a very serious situation with Cohen not caught. Cohen is an ex-conviet and gun man, und Nolte says induced him to start out on a trip marked with the passing of forged checks and <he stealing of automobiles, with a few robberies on the side. Nolte is a nice looking lad of 19 years. He says he tired of the thrills and after the kill ing got thoroughly scared and start ed for home. A fully loaded gun war I found in his pockets. RAILROAD -CONSOLIDATION IS MERELY FORMALITY Lincoln, Neb., (Special) —The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has sent the state inilway com mission a copy of the application of the Northwestern for permission to purchase, by exchange, the ‘19 per cent, of the stock of the Chicago. Bt. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha rail road that it does not now own. The commission is asked if it has any objections, and if so, to please file them within 19 days. Chairman Browne of the state commission says that the consolida tion meets with the approval of the members of the state body, and that no objections will be filed. It has been treating the two roads as one in all rate matters for a number of years. The proposal sets up that five shares of Northwestern will he traded for seven of the Omaha rail road, or two shares for three, and the application sets out that **on soiidation will mean economies of operation and reduction of overhead START FOR SOUTH AMERICA, TURN BACK Oering, Neb., .. (Special)— Otis, Terhune and Forest De Bruler of this place who set out a few weeks ago on motorcycles to drive to New York, and take ship from there for Argentine, have returned home. Their brief experience with muddy Iowa roads was too much far them. After hearing a Chautauqua lecturer they had Ir en f.l’cd with enthusiasm for making their fortunes In South Amt rh a DENIES AID TO HAY PRODUCERS Secretary McLaughlin Will Not Advance Cash for Inspection Lincoln, Neb., f , ' (Special.)— Following a conference held with E. E. Parker, head of the federal bu reau of standards, Secretary Mc Laughlin announced that he had de clined to proffer any state funds for use in aiding the government in es tablishing hay inspection at Omaha. Mr. Parker has just opened a similar bureau at Kansas City, and urges that public inspection will enable the farmer who grows better hay than his neighbor to get a better price. As Nebraska stands second In produc tion, he thinks this will add a lot of money to farmers’ Incomes in the state. During the McKelvie administra tion the law was interprted to be broad enough to permit the use of any departmental funds for any ag ricultural purpose, and under this a system of market reports was estab lished. Governor Bryan discontinued the practice. Secretary McLaughlin says that ho will not spend any money unless such expenditure 19 specifically authorized by law. HAD NO RIGHT MORTGAGE LAND That Is Contention of Dixon County Man in Fore closure Case _ Lincoln, Neb., f ._ _. , (Special.)— Willie Jaeger introduces in supreme court a new defense to a foreclosure of mortgage action brought by the Concord State bank against an 80 acre tract in Dixon county that Jae ger’s father left his mother during her lifetime, the title to descend to the son at her death. She is still living. Jaeger says that he had no authority to mortgage the land, and that when the banker told him he must do so to take up existing in debtedness, he told him so. He claims the banker said it was mere ly to show the examiner when he came around that the paper had been secured. Another defense is that his wife was separated from him at the time she signed the mortgage, which did not validate her failure to put her name there when he did. The lower court held against him on all of his contentions. The land has evince been deeded to a trustee. ALLEGED SLAYER OF OFFICER IS HELD Lincoln, Neb., _ (Special. R. L. Nolte, charged with killing Traffic Officer Clark of North Platte, is being held here for a time, but will he taken to Lincoln county for arraignment shortly. He admits that he was one of the men in the car that Clark stopped and from which a bullet was sent that killed the offi- i cer, but Insists that it was his com panion, Clyde Cohen, who did the shooting. Cohen has not been caught, but the officei-3 are close on his trail, it is believed. The two young nr.tn ha 11-from Elk hart, Tex., where they stole a car August 13. Clark stopped them to make inquiries, and was shot down. A tourist who saw the shooting noti fied the officers. The slayers fled south, and when cornered at Colby, Kan., killed Sheriff Pratt. They commandeered another car, their car having been wrecked, but Nolte walked into a trap set for him at his Texas home, his identity having been discovered. THREATENING WARDEN IS SERIOUS MATTER Lincoln, Neb., ' (Special.) — Two brash Chicago youths are in county Jail on a charge of threaten ing the life of Warden Fenton. They called at the prison to see Earl La Rue, a boyhood companion, and when they admitted tht*v lied when they claimed to he relatives, the warden ordered them off the premises. At that time they threatened they would i "get" the warden, and when they were turned away a second time they repeated the threat. Some one told j the warden and he pursued and cap tured them in his car. He allowed them to talk to their friend before he inserted them in jail. ANTELOPE COUNTY FAIR TO BE GOOD THIS YEAR Nel'gli, Neb.. -The twelfth annual county fair will open in this city at Rive-side park Tuesday. September 15. and continue for four days. President James Aidersen, of Elgin, and Secretary J. C. Harris, of this city, announce that indications hr? for the most successful fair in all branches ever held in Antelope county. According to Mr. Aidersen every township in the county has agreed to make an exhibit, which in itself assures one of the largest dis plays of agricultural products ever brought together at the fair. The free attractions are to be oi I lie thrilling variety and promise to amuse as well as to entertain the crowds thaf are expected next week. HIS JAW BROKEN IN RESISTING POL'CE Nebraska City, Neb., —Dick Foreman of this city suffered a broken jaw when he was alleged to have attacked police officers who were searching his home on a liquor search warrant. He was taken to Omaha for treatment. In the rear of the Foreman home, hidden in the weeds the police found more than 40 pint bott.es of alleged “heme brew." AGED CONVICT HAD HIS WISH Died Behind Prison Walls After Having Once Been Liberated Lincoln, » , (I. N. S.)—Convict Brown has had his wish. W. C. Brown, an aged inflate of the Ne braska penitentiary, was released from the state prison several years ago. He asked to be taken back as he desired to spend the remainder of his lifa in the penitentiary. Ward en Fenton refused. Brown then forged a check and was sent up for a 10-year term. He died late yester day and will be buried in the prison cemetery tomorrow. WOMAN INJURED IN DOUBLE FALL Arms Broken But Didn’t Realize Seriousness of Her Hurts Wausa, Neb., (Special)—' Falling downstairs twice, Mrs. N. P. Johnson broke both arms and sus tained other injuries, yet went to bed and did not realize until a doctor was called next morning how seri ously she was injured. She had gotten up in the night, and fell backwards down the stair way to the first landing, when she became confused. She tried to rise, but, unable to use her hands, was overbalanced and fell the rest of the way, striking her head against a table leg with such force that the table was broken. She crawled back to her room on her knees and elbows. BEING HELD FOR ROBBING FARM HOME Hartiugton, Neb., (Spe cial) J. A. Lee is held in jail here, charged with robbing the Edwin T. Carlson farm home, and is unable to furnish $1,000 bail. Carlson re turned home an afternoon recently in time to see a strange car leaving. He raced after the car, ascertained the number, which belonged to Bon Homme county. South Dakota. Yank ton officials, who were notified, picked up Lee, with five watches on his person. A coat stolen from Carl son and Mrs. Carlson’s watch were among his effects. The Charles Lind home near here was also robbed the same day, but Lee has not been connected with that robbery. SAY WATERS OF T-'E STREAMS ARE POLLUTED Columbus. Neb., •(Special) ! —Declaring that the waters of the Loup and Platte rivers below Colum bus are being polluted by offal from local slaughter houses and chicken dressing plants dumped into the stream at (lie city dump. the r*otum htts chapter of the Iznak Walton league has called upon the local hoard of health to find a remc’y for tho situation. NEBRASKA STATE FAIR OPENS AT LINCOLN I/ncoln, Neb., (I. N. S.)—• The Nebraska state fair formally op en- d here today with indications for a record smashing session. Officials have set an attendance of 300,000 as their goal. CHARLES W. BRYAN HAS POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS Lincoln, Neb. _ (Special)—• One of the Charles W. Bryan's best lieutenants, W. B. Hester, insists that his chief will not be a candidate for governor next year, but that he will contest with Howell for the senator ship two years later. He says that this information was secured from Mr. Bryan. The belief here is, how ever, that he plans to stage a come back next year, upon which, two years later, he will base his candidacy for the democratic nomination for president in 1928. They say that he has a profound conviction that the democrats of the south and west will control tlie next national convention and that they will insist on naming a candidate from those sections rath er than a fusilo bid for tho support of the cast. They point out that he carefully picked out as the Chautau qua route he took all summer states eutlre'y in the south and middle west, and that his talks were all tales of what 'no had accomplished for the people its mayor and governor. IOWA FIREMEN WILL~ MEET AT BELLE PLAINE Bell Pialne, la., —Prepara tions are well under way for the en tertainments of the Iowa State Fire men's association in this city on Tuesday and Wednesdav. Sentember 15 and 15. SENATOR CUMMINS SPEAKS AT SIGOURNEY Sigourney, I»., , _ —U. S. Sen ator. Albert B. Cummins was the chief speaker at a Labor day cele bration he. e today. The celebration also served as a reunion of the American Legion of Keokuk county. DiXON COUNTY CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT render, Neb., (Special)— The case of Boyd Carroll, who is try ing to gain possession cf the office of Dixon county commissioner, vs. A. B. Shively was heard here before Judge Frank Ryan. The judge lias tak< :i it under advisement. Carroll was appointed to the place on the death of \V. K. Re-re, who defeated him at the November election, but who died before taking office. Shive ly, who had been commissioner, re fus d to relir.qjisli the place to Uar r 11. HSPtRIN Say “Bayer”-Insist! For Colds Headache Pain Lumbago Neuralgia Rheumatism ACCePt °nly £ ' Bayer package which contains proven directions Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bnypr Manu facture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylleacld War Debt Arguments Make Hoover SmiU The different arguments advanced by tite European countries as to wheth er or not they should pay their war I debts to America caused Herbert Hoo ver to remark: “European statesmen, I cannot say whether intentionally or _,ot, are as naive in their arguments as a child. They are adroit enough to be Amer ican lawyers. 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