BIG REWARD IS NOT APPROVED Fremont Bankers Think Danger in $5,000 Dead Bandit Offer Fremont, Neb., _ . —Fre mont bankers expressed disapproval of the plan to offer $5 000 reward lor capture of "dead" bank bandits, suggested to stop bank looting in the state. Dale Millikin. of the Fremont Na tional bank and Howard Heine, of the Union National bank declared themselves against the idea of giv ing $5,000 for anyone who could bring in the body of a bank bandit. They pointed out that it would prob ably lead to unnecessary shooting and possible killing of persons without definite knowledge that they were guilty. Both bankers agreed that some change should be made to curb bank robbers’ activities, but the only plan they could advocate was that heavy sentences be placed on all guilty of bank robbery and that the prosecu tion of suspects be rigid. The proposal to make a reward of $5,000 ft r all “dead’* bank bandits was made by the Nebraska Bankers' association and the plan will have to receive approval of 900 banks be fore it can go into effect. Millikin and Heine were*of the opinion that the plan would not be passed. RUBBER HOSE USED ON UNRULY STUDENTS Sidney, Neb., -Resenting punishment administered to class mates who were alleged to have been responsible for setting off chemical •“stink balls’’ In rooms of the high school, more than a score of boys In the senior and junior classes have issued a strike notice to the faculty protesting punishment with the use of a rubber hose. Recent school disturbances here were brought to a head when a number of pupils attempted to rush tlie principal and several Instructors who were taking a student to the gym for a rubber hose whipping. The pupil is alleged to have said after the ordeal that he was beaten Into a semiconscious state. At a meeting of the school board and school superintendent Monday night, is was decided that whippings of the nature complained of be de ferred until the pupil had had a hearing before the faculty and the sanction of the parents had been obtained before severe whippings were continued. It Is stated that 35 students have organized to resent with force further beatings In the gym by instructors. Parents of some of the boys whipped with the hose have pro tested and asked that dismissal pro ceedings be brought under order of the superintendent. Suits against school instructors who have whipped pupils were threatened if the prac tice is continued. APPEALS FROM WIFE ABANDONMENT CONVICTION Lincoln, Neb., __ (UP>—The supreme court today heard the appeal of Paurln D. Springer from a Buffalo county district court sentence of one year in the penitentiary for wife abandonment. 8pringer contendd that he married at the urging of his wife's parents, to prevent disgrace. He said the girl’s father arranged the marriage and lat er filed suit for its annulment, that hr never had or pretended to have means of supporting a wife. FORMER STATE ENGINEER WINS IN FEDERAL COURT Lincoln, Neb. 'UP)—George E Johnson, former mate engineer and Edward Peterson, Omaha con tractor, won in federal court this morning. The state had sued to re cover $82 888 alleged excessive money paid on a Cherry county road project in 1920. The two men were charged with fraudulently getting more money than the contract called for. LONG TERMS GIVEN TO TWO FORGERS 8cottsbluff. Neb.. (UP)— Two of the gang of three alleged for gers arrested in Scottsbluff Monday were sentenced by Judge Carter today. Floyd Redimore was sentenced to serve from 1 to 20 years in the state reformatory, Frank McKelvey two years in the penitentiary, and Roy Frank Davis pleaded not guilty and was- bound over to district court. —i Lincoln. Neb.. * UP)—Re moval of Redfield college, a German Institution, from Redfield. 8 D.. to the Doane college campus at Crete. Ni , and a proposed f500.000 build ing project, were looked upon with favor by the board of trustees of Doane at the semi-annual meeting In Lincoln today. Whether the project for removal of the South Dakota eollege is carried out depends on the people of Crete. It wa* said. It was made known that a small amount of money would have to be raised t-' defray expenses of re moval. Lincoln. Neb < Special t— Fay J. Clough hat filed application with the state railway commission for authority to operate at Alien an elevator licensed to store grain under bond. NORTHEAST NEBRASKA IS GIVEN MERIT 11 RTIFICATEs Lincoln. Neb >Special t — Two north*a«t Ntbr&Jka reboot* ap pear In the li*t of those awarded eer Ufleatea of merit for winning their di Ariel rentesti in the state high achud debating league. Forty nine aftegftber are awarded to mhoot*. anJ in addition, each debater get* a certificate The school* are: Hart - tagton with Julia Brown Leslie Boddewlr and J# O Purav a* arm* ben, and Fremont with Majorte Peterson, Carl Ban and Franc I* •love* <*«e*»tee» LEGION HOLDS DISTRICT MEETING AT NORFOLK Norfolk. Neb., -Frank A Warner was elec fed district com mander today at the convention of the second division of the Third dis trict of the American Legion in con vention here. The questions of mem bership. organization, military policy, state aid. rehabilitation and com munity service were the subjects dis cussed. Following the business ses sion a banquet was held at which more than 400 Legionaires and wo men attended. Frank A. Warner was toastmaster. The following vice com manders were elected by counties: Dakota. George Leemer, Stouth Sioux City; Dixon. Albert Borg. Wakefield; Cedar. Victor E. Henry, Laurel; Knox. Wilford Label, Creighton; Pierce. Roy E. Peters, Pierce; Antelope. Don Hin man, Elgin; Wayne, Jess Witt. Win side; Madison. Roy Ashbum, Tiluen; Stanton, Harry Blackstone, Pllger; Platte, Dr. F. A. Lamarr, Humphrey; Colfax, George W. Murrell. Schuyler; Boone, A. E. Haasebeck. St. Edward: Nance, A. E. Johnson, Genoa; Mer rick, Dr. Earl E. Boyd. Central City. HE WOULD BOLT THE OLD PARTY Governor McM'/llen to Vote for Farm Relief Regard less of Affiliation Lincoln. Neb., _ (UP)—Gov ernor McMullen indicated today that if he cannot get agricultural equal ity in the republican party he will vote for a democratic candidate for president, if the candidate is a sure enough advocate of such relief as is asked for in the McNary-Haugen bill. The governor defined the position or tne Norrls-Lowden candidates for delegate to the national convention and welcomed the placing of Hoover’s name on the primary ballot as a means of testing out Nebraska’s stand on farm relief. When he was told the nature of At torney General Spillman's stand on agriculture equality, the governor said he is taking no part in any fight for offices, except to the extent of the position of candidates who may have a vote on agricultural legislation. McMullen declared he did not favor any candidate who favors a make shift for agriculture equality. GIVE CONTRACT NEW RAIL LINE Union Pacific to Build from Creighton, Neb., to Egbert, Wyo., This Year Omaha. Neb., (UP)—The Utah Construction company, Ogden, Utah, has been awarded the con tract for grading of the new Union Pacific line from Creighton to Eg bert, Wyo., it was announced here today. The road’s own forces will lay the tracks for the new line. Grading and stations will cost ap proximately $700,000 and the total outlay on the branch line which Is expected to open the rich North Platte valley to Denver, will be $2, 500,000, road officials said. Work is to commence probably within two weeks. Track layers plan to work one mile behind the grading crews. The work will be concluded by November or December. Several new towns are expected to spring up on the route, one of which will be named Lindbergh, officials said. ROADS ARE GIVEN PERMIT TO AMEND GRAIN RATES Lincoln, Neb., „ (Special)— The state railway commission has granted authority to the Northwest ern and Minneapolis and Omaha railroad companies to amend their grain tariffs by providing that rates on grain from statics on the lines west of Norfolk and included in what is known as group 54 to certain sta tions on the Minneapolis and Omaha railroad shall take the Sioux City rate. This is a reduction of 3 cents per hundred, these shipments now being 3 cents over the Sioux Citv tariff. The Northwestern and the Union Pacific have been granted authority to make a 12 ** -cent rate on cement from Superior over the former line to Fremont to certain stations on the Union Pacific west of Fremont as far as Richland, with the routing to be by way of Fremont. The Burlington was authorized to amend its livestock rules so that free return transportation will be giv en to caretakers of stock by way of any of the Missouri river markets on shipments originating on the St, Francis branch, stations Danbury or west. All railroads were given authority to amend their rates to provide that certain mixtures of rooked, cured or preserved meats and sausage, also the same commodities with vegetable in gredients. where these ingredients do not exceed *0 per cent, of the total weight, ate to take packing house rates HlOt X CITV RANK WINS IN PINAL DECISION Lincoln. Neb. < Special)— The supreme court has denied a re hearing in the rase of Hrneflu against the Live .stuck National bank of Sioux City, a suit to recover II - iIS “n a check that Heneftn tfe posited in an O'Neill bank and which was sent to the Rious City bank for collection it eras drawn on a bank at Oregory uvai faded the dav the cheek got there The Sioux City bank sent II by way of its correspondent at Mlnnrapott* end It put tt through the Federal Reserve bank The eour' I NEW STYLES IN SLIPPERS ENTICING (International Illustrated New*) INSTEP CLASP m ■ STEP-IN ‘PUMPS 1 f Si?AlOEO rQmme KID-TRIMMED PATENT CIVIL WAR VET CAN REMEMBER WHEN PRESIDENT TOOK ORDERS “Field Reporter’’ Nicknamed the “Flea’’ by Abraham Lincoln Chicago.—Jason H. Edgerly, 38 years old, a color sergeant in the Civil war, remembers when he gave orders to Abraham Lincoln—and the president obeyed them. Broad shouldered and carrying his 6 feet height with erectness, Edgerly, who acted as a personal spy or “field reporter” for Lincoln during part of | the Civil war, lives here with his daughter. Lincoln, he said, nicknamed him the “flea” because he was so adept i at getting information the president wanted. He shouted orders at Lincoln dur ing the siege of Washington by Early. Eager to watch the prgoress of the attack, Lincoln stood boldly on ths fortifications, even though the enemy had h!s range and cannon balls were falling all around, Edgerly said. "Get down from there, Mr. Lin coln,” Edgerly said he told the presi dent. “I’ll watch and bring you word of developments.” “Your life is as sweet to you as mine is to me,” he quoted Lincoln as answering. Just then a “minute ball” hit be tween Lincoln’s feet and Edgerly shouted again and reached up to help the president dowrn. mi ngni, uuiunu oaiu, x Jl gel down." Edgerly said he stole the Willow creek battle plans from under the nose of Gen. Robert E. Lee and Lin coln called him the "flea” from then on. Common Kresge. From Time. An owner of more than one share of the common stock of S. S. Kresge company last week bought an eve ning news sheet. As he turned its pages to the financial pages to in vestigate the condition of nis invest ment an Item caught his eye. This was its headline: KRESGE CALLED PHILANDERER. Shocked, the share holder oegan to persue the article. As he did so, his face darkened. The story was one of those com monplace scandals so often current in this day. Told in public by law yers for Mrs. Doris M. Kresge who is suing her husband. Sebastian Spering Kresge. for a divorce, it re lated an alleged instance of miscon duct performed in Manhattan by S. S Kresge and one Gladys Ardelle Fish. But the shareholder was cer tain that the charge was untrue. Himself morally immaculate, he had made sure that the head of the com pany in which he was about to invest was ethically as well as financially unimpeachable. He had discovered that Mr. Kresge was well known, not only as an able millionaire, but also as a philanthropist, a reformer, a church worker and a prohibitionist. Onlv last week the shareholder had read with satisfaction an account of S. S. Kresge's $500,000 gift to the Anti-Saloon league. Accordingly, he was sure that the alleged misbe havior, although it had remained undented, was merely a hollow de famation. His face, however, did not grow less clouded with anxiety. Was it impossible that other Kresge share holders. less sensible than himself, reading such a headline, might be too hasty to inquire as to the truth of the charges before selling their hold ings, and thus reducing the value of his? Or might they, as sensible a: himself, not realize that patrons of Kresge's 5 and 10-cent stores, many of them people of small tolerances and high integrity, after hearing such a rumor of scandal, might well patronize some other emporium? Might not then the shrewd share holders sell their holdings in view ot an inevitable decline, thus further depreciating the value of hta own? It was not a problem for a market ‘operator but one for a student of hu man nature. The shareholder, one such, turned to the financial page Influence of the Farmer, From the Review of Reviews. The Influence of the world's rural people Is beyond Imagination II they hav. adequate intelligence and education. It they combine their forces nationally and internationally, they will have almost the decisive aord with regard to national policies aa well as concerning world co-op eration and organisation This is tne opinion of Dr Kenyon L Hotter field, now president of the Michigan (Mate college of agriculture, and for mer head of similar institutions in Msntwhiurtis and Rhode Island Furthermore, he says. It la quite pos sible that we may develop a rilstmc and there found the record of New York Stock Exchange trading in Kresge Common. The opening sale had been made at 71M, the closing sale at 72's. The next day’s trans actions were even more baffling to the student of humanity. In spite oi further publicity to the alleged im moralities of Sebastian Speriny Kresge, Kresge Common had closed at 72%. ■ ■ ■ ♦♦■■■■ -- The Pluperfect From the Baltimore Sun. Everybody is familiar with that vig orous, determined type of person who knows what he wants when he wants it. He sets his eye on a desirable ob ject and fights until it is wdthin his grasp. He treads on toes, smashes right and left if need be. bellows and threatens. He can make himself un pleasant when opposed, but so long as others stand aside or do his bidding he is not particularly objectionable In fact, in the eyes of the less persis tent he may be a source of admira tion. He gets things done. There is, however, another and much more annoying type of person, who does not know what he wants but what he does not want. Oddly enough, everybody feels a sense of responsibility for such persons. The type is as common among women as men. They will order everything to be brought out from the shelves and showcases and market stalls. They will try on a dozen hats and finger as many gowns. They will keep the office force sweating at doing and un doing. With criticisms on dusting, food and other domestic tasks they drive a household to despair. What the determined person accomplishes by force the other achieves simply bv looking unhappy. Yet when it comes to giving definite instructions or ex pressing their ideas they are as vague as the seas. Such people at least emphasize the desire of the majority of human be ings to see everyone contented Not only are they permitted to exist out they come to be regarded with awe as authorities. For they are success ful In creating the Impression that their vision has caught an idea invis ible to leaser mortals, when aa a mat ter of fact they mav be merely suf fering from muddled minds, • a The wrld’a largest vertical lift rail road bridge has been opened at Elieabeth. N J. me rural way of life a rural mode of thought, and a specific rural com j muntty consciousness If we can give to three local communities modern conveniences that reduce the severer asnects of toil, and keen the rural folk In touch with wcrld influences, through organisation and ronUnulne education. *e may find that they will make a real contribution, • • Haw la t.et la Them. From Him Fun. Man— Whv Ham do you mean to »ay vou’ve never been In a Hew York Mghl rlub? Ham No but I’m form” get op early some morning and go to one. OPEN BIDS FOR NEW RAIL LINES IN NEBRASKA Omaha, Neb., ' (.UP)—Bid* for the construction _ a new line connecting the North Platte Valley of Nebraska with Denver were opened at Cheyenne today, officials of the Union Pacific railroad here an nounced. The line will start at Creighton, connecting with the main line at Egbert, Wyo., just across the Nebraska line. It will cut off sev eral hundred miles and put the rich North Platte Valley in Denver trade territory. Union Pacific officials said. It will be three or four days be fore the successful bidders are known, officials said. Twenty three bids were received. TRAGEDY DRAWS A CLOSE VEIL Accidental Death of Doctor followed by Suicide of His Woman Companion Omaha, Neb., 'UP)—Mrs, Ben Lovegren, 25 years old, Wahoo, Neb., who shot herself at her home Saturday, died in University hospital here today. Mrs. Lovegren was a passenger of Dr. F. W. Woepple in an automobile in which the latter was driving to Omaha last week when he was struck by another car and instantly killed. After shooting herself, Mrs. Love gren telephoned her husband tc "come home at once.” She was rushed to the hospital here. After Dr. Woepple’s death, Mrs. Lovegren told her husband that she was coming here for a tonsilitis op eration when the tragedy occured. At the request of Lovegren no in quest will be held into her death. In quest into the death of Dr.Woepple was also stopped at request of Love | uiju 11 iv. pujuiviau o i viuim o. INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT^ SUES BROTHER Lincoln, Neb. ' (UP)—The $21,000 suit of Anna Dingman against her brother Max A. Gerber, for in juries she received in an automobile accident, went to trial today. The plaintiff claimed she was riding with Gerber and that she was in jured because he drove 50 miles an hour. FATALLY BURNED BY OIL LAMP EXPLOSION Tilden, Neb., ' (UP)—Wil liam Crowell. 50 years old, was fa tally burned last night when a lamp he was lighting exploded and cov ered him with flaming oil. Crowell was living in a tent because of his affliction with asthma, and got his light from the oil lamp. He was un married. R PORT TWO PERSONS BITTEN BY MAD DOG Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—Re ports that a mad dog near Hebron had bitten a man and a boy and sev eral animals, were received by the health department today. The dog was chained, and if it dies wnthin two weeks will be examined for r~ - bies. THREE ALLEGED FORGERS ROUNDED UP BY ROBBERS Scottsbluff, Neb., (UP) — The biggest roundup or forged docu ments, together with the three men charged with the forgeries, ever made in northwestern Nebraska, occurred Monday afternoon when Chief of Po lice Carlson arrested Roy Frank Dav is as he was about to board a train here for Denver. On information furnished by Davis, a message was sent to Bridgeport, where men giving the names of Floyd Ridmore and Frank McKelvey, were arrested as they prepared also to leave for Denver. ' The three were charged with pass ing forged checks and a forged bank draft on the Herbert Campbell Fruit Company of Hastings, amounting in all to more than $200. All three were said to have con fessed being ex-convicts. SAYS LIQUOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPROVED Omaha, Neb., (UP)—Liquor law enforcement is better now than at any time since prohibition. G. H. Wark. Topeka. Kan., federal dry ad ministrator for Nebraska. Kansas and Oklahoma said here today. Wark. who took over control of the Ne braska district February 1 was here checking up the Omaha situation. He intimated no immediate changes are anticipated in the personnel of dry workers in this state. He refused to discuss local condi tions. but asked newspaper reporters many questions on the liquor situa tion In Omaha. Wark spent most of the day confer ring with Elmer E. Thomas, admin istrator for Nebraska. FATHERS AND SONS AT PLAINVIEW BANQUETED Plain view, Neb, < Special)— A large number of lathers and sons attended the banquet given by the mothers of the members of the local Boy 8rout troup. A two course ban quet was served and a program was given: L C. Oberiles was the prin cipal speaker Prof 9 H Shively gave an address. WANTS WLMORtAL IN FRANCE Omaha, (UP* Second dis trict convention of the American Le gion here tocav was on record as in favor of asking the nest session of the legislature lor fund* to erect a memorial In Prance in honor ot Ne braskans who died there in the World war. The legislature also will be asked to name Armistice day a legal holi day Other reaotuttorM (armed military training in schools and pos tage of the Capper -John-on uni venal draft law. which would eliminate "slackers'* in wartime. WAYWARD GIRLS MAKE DEMANDS But Omaha Father Say a There Will Be No Compromise Omaha. Neb., ' (DP)—Ram ona Crumbaugh, l« years old and Mercedes Dohler, 12 years old, who ran away from their homes yesterday were located today at a down town hotel but refused to go home except “on conditions." The conditions, which Ramona telephoned through a friend to her father. Dr. L. W Crum baugh, were that she be allowed one ni^'ht away from home each week and that neither girl shall be punished for running away. Interviewed on the subject Dr. Crumbaugh said there could be no conditions granted. "Anytime a 14-year old girl starts, issuing ultimatums to her father, its time something is done,” he said. Dr. Crumbaugh said he would locate his daughter, who, he believes, is be ing held by reporters on a local news paper, and see that she returns home immediately. “And I'm not going to promise there won’t be any punishment administer ed either,” he added. Ra-.nona and Mercedes are ‘ ~tage and bey struck,” the doctor said. They disappeared while Dr. and Mrs. Crumbaugh were at Emerson, Neb., attending the funeral of Mrs. Crum baugh's mother. They left their classes in high school, where they are freshmen, Monday noon and were be lieved to have gone to Sioux City, where search was made. WIDOW SCORNS GOSSIP AS MATE AND WOMAN DIK Wahoo, Neb., ~ -Scorning the gossip which links tne name of her dead husband with that of Mrs. Ben lovegren, 25 years old, who Saturday chose suicide as a means of ‘‘meet ing her best friend in the next world,’’ Mrs. F. Woepple today said that she had nothing but pity in her heart for the v/oman. Her husband. Dr. F. W. Woepple, was killed Wednesday of last week in an accidei.t while on the way to Omaha with Mrs. Lovegren and her small son. Mrs. Lovegren attended the funeral Friday, and took her own life the following day. She ’’ to be buried in the same cemetery. “I am confident that my husband’s relations with he” were only profcs sionr’ He was her physi an," Mrs. Woepple said. “I knew that there would be a lot of talk the moment I h rd of the accident. But you notice that those who knew him best are his best’ friends,” she said, speaking of the doctor. •‘A husband could not have been more Icvir.g in his attention to his 1 mil.v than the doctor was. I - m sure his affections were not divided—we had been married 22 years and I knew him pretty well, jou see. I think she wo: only an extremely nervous wo man. MERCHANTS ORGANIZE TO PROMOTE THEIR BUYING Allen, Neb.. (Special — **. group cf retail merchants of north eastern Nebraska have perfected an organization, whose prime and onty object is co-operation in buying sup plies in large quantities. The organ ization, which is known as the North east Nebraska Buyers’ association, is a pioneer of its kind in retail trade among merchants cf the smaller towns. At the present time there are eight stores in the membership, In cluding Sherman Bros., of Allen, Sil ver Bros., of Laurel: Harlow Bros., of Hartington: Carroll Mercantile company, of Carroll: Silver Bros, of Clearwater: M. Daskovsky, of Emer son: Harlow Bros., of Bloomfield, and William Eirenberg. of Osmond. The officers of the association are Nate Sterling, of Carroll, president, Henry Harlow, of Bloomfield, vice president. Abe Silver, of Laurel, treas urer. Henry M. Sherman, of Allen secretary. LENIENCY IS ASKED FOR DRY LAW OFFENDER AND INFORMER Hastings, Neb., (UP)—Im- , munity was asked by attorneys for George Halte. charged with illegat possession of liquor, in district court here, on the ground that evidence given by Halte to state prohibition officer Elmer Thomas led to the ar rest of a man whose case ts before tederal court. Lewis Paulson. Halte’s attorney, filed a sworn statement that Halte had entered Into an agreement with Thomas that in exchange for the in formation Halte was to be given leni ent treatment. Halte set forth that the agreement was made in ihe pres ence of John Bramble, deputy sheriff. Bramble denied that Thomaa made any promise in his presence. GOVERNOR MCMULLEN ON SPEAKING TRIP EAST Lincoln. Neb, (UP)—Gov ernor MrMullen o.* (Nebraska will sprak Friday before the Ir 'lanapolla Chamber of Commerce, it was an nounced today. It ts probable he will j peak at Col imbua. Ohio., before he returns to Lincoln. Recently McMul len paa talked nt IT'S Moines. Rock Island, and Chicago on agricultural eciallty. WANT GAME PRESERVE NEAR NIOBRARA. NEW Lincoln. Nrb. .upi_Appli cation was made to tne department el agriculture todav tor creation of a game presen • of arm on tire Nr blare Over sv.ith o' Ntoferarm The filing was made tr Frank Bradley of Atkic m, j*> p (srtdent «* the Mate IrasI Walton league. If the applies?pi- la granted, it wfll make the ninth game pr*~erre in Ne braska The proposed tract la wall stocked with * *'! and pheaaanta. la wet] wooded and has rjnn.ng water Its enure length.