ANOTHER BOND1
ISSUE PLANNED
Concern Owning Transmis
sion Lines in Dakota
County Applies
Lincoln. Neb.. <Special)—
Application was filed with the state
railway commission today by thp
Central Y/est Public Service com
pany of Omaha, for authority to
issue $75,000 of additional bonds
It owns transmission lines in Da
kota county, a telephone propercy
at Jackson, an electric light plant
at Albion, and gas plants at Nor
folk and Columbus. It secured ap
proval in February of an issue of
$400,000 bonds, and the new issue is
to cover the remainder due for new
construction put into place since
then, totaling $100,000.
The Madison Telephone company
and the Citizens Telephone com
pany of Page have asked the com
mission for authority to charge 10
ccDts for station to station and 20
cents for person to person calls be
tween Page and Royal r d Page
ana Orchard. These are the same
rates charged in that territory by
the Northwestern Bell company.
The Battle Creek Telephone com
pany was given authority to reduce
its rate for cradle type receivers
from 50 cents a month extra to 25
cents, and the Madison company
applied for similar authority.
The SeoUa Independent Tele
phone company, of Grpeley county,
asks authority to increase its rates
25 cents a month from p esent
gross rates of $2 25 a month for
business and $1.50 for residence ser
vice. Its manager says that the
present rates are too low, and that
it is impossible to meet expenses
under the schedule. He also ask?
for a 25 cent rate for desk sets
where nothing is now charged.
BOV ORATOR IM GIVEN
ROUSING SENDOFF
Omaha, Neb., „ (UP)—Joe
West, Central high school boy who
won the district oratorical contest
at Oklahoma City last week, was
given a rousing ovation when he
departed Wednesday night for
Washington, where he is entered in
the contest that will determine the
champion boy orator of the United
States. City, county and school of
ficials were at Burlington station to
wish Joe success. Nearly all of the
boy's fellow students at Central
ltigh also were present as were
many of his personal friends and
well wislurs. The i tional contests
will be held Saturday night. The
speeches will be broadcast by a
chain of radio stations, including
WOW, Omaha.
FINDER RETURNS LOST
WALLET AND CASH
Norfolk, Neb., „ (Special)—
Roy Dickerson, business man at
Butte, bar made a friend for life of
John Oh> Olson, manager of K*utel
Norfolk. While traveling In a car
with a group of Omaha boosteis,
between Anoka and Butte, Olson's
wallet containing $40 in currency
and $78 30 In checks slipped out of
his pocket and was lost. Upon his
return to Norfolk Olson gave up
hoDes of ever seeing the money oc
his pocket book again. Monday
morning he was Joyously surprised
w hen he received the wallet and all
of Its contents in the mail from Mr.
Dickerson who had found it.
DAIRY IMPROVEMENT
MEETING AT LINCOLN
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—Rep
resentatives from dairy herd im
provement associations over all of
Nebraska were in Lincoln today for
the annual dairy field day of the
University of Nebraska agricultural
college.
Entertainment and a tour of the
_i_i v>
program. At noon a luncheon was
served by the 4-H club members of
the university. Revenue from the
lunch was to be used to help defray
the cost of sending the Nebraska
national champion judging team to
Lincoln this summer to participate
in the international contest.
Dean W. W. Burr of the agricul
tural college was one of the prin
cipal speakers in the afternoon and
the field day was concluded with a
dairy Judging contest.
SOLICITS SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE
Rosalie, Neb.. (Special)—
Attempting to raise money enough
to pay off a mortgage on his home
here, Joe Sumner, almost 80 years
old. is going around soliciting sub
scriptions to the fund. The mort
gage amounts to $350. Summer has
lived here for about 30 years. He
has been in poor health for some
♦ime. Sumner has promised to have
published in the local paper a list
of all subscribers to the fund.
MAN IN SERIOUS CONDITION
FROM RATTLESNAKE BITE
Bridgeport, Neb. (UP)—
Georg' Chapin is m a critical con
dition from a rattlesnake bite he re
oeived yesterday.
Chapin, who is the first victim ol
poisonous snakes in this locality this
year, was struck in the hand. The
i.nake was said to have obtained a
•direct hit" and its fangs sank deep
in Chapins flesh.
FARM IICRF.AU PLANA
ITU ANNUAL PICNIC
Norfolk. Neb. (Ppetial)—
Details ol the annual Madiso *
County Farm Bureau p..me to b
held at the Veilowhanks park Wed
nesday, June 30, ase being worker*
out by the committee
speaker* for the picnic are Ar
thur J. W aver, nf Falls City, re
poblkan candidate for governor
who will talk on Mhsourt River
Navigation and Inland Waterway*.*'
und Few ton Oalnea of fha extension
i*fvbj of Hie University of Nebras
ka, who is a cj.MT.unity *f*> 1 f
GETS CONCESSION IN BILL
BUT NOT ACTED OS
Omaha, Neb.. . <UP>— Al
though he was successful in having
a clause inserted in the rivers and
harbors bill providing for applica
tion of the work on the Missouri
river between Omaha and Siouv
City within five years C. B. Stew
ard, secretary of the Nebraska
Farm Bureau federation, reported
to river enthusiasts here that the
bill will not be considered at this
session of congress. Steward was
sent to Washington to protect up
per Missouri interests. The commit
tee before which Sewaid appeared
also agreed to report the bill with
out cost limit. Previously it had set
the figures at $000,000. Upper river
protagonists had demanded an ad
ditional $1,000,000 for completion of
the work.
GIVE FARMERS
SUNDAY MAIL?
Experiment to Be Tried on
Rural Route Out of
Kearney Neb.
Kearney, Neb., ». (UP)—
Farmers near here soon may be
supplied with mail service on Sun
day, if an experiment of the postal
department is successful. The ex
perimental route will be established
next Sunday between Kearney and
Stapleton, it was announced by C.
R. Warsham, postmaster. Bids for
carrying the Sunday mail have
been advertised for. If the experi
I ment is deemed a success the reg
ular schedule will start July 1.
LINCOLN VETERAN HEADS
NEBRASKA GRAND AKMV
Scotts Bluff, Ncb„ ‘UP)
—V. Hoagland of Lincoln was elect
ed department commander of the
Nebraska G. A. R. at the state con
venuon nere yesierciay. nasungs
will be the next meeting place of
the Grand Army and kindred or
ganizations meeting with it.
Other officers elected were: Sen
ior vice commander, T. J. Smith,
Hastings; Junior vice commander,
William Balfour, Nehawkn; depart
ment chaplain, O. M. Pine, York;
patriotic Instructor, J. Q Moore,
Milford; chief of staff. O. C. Bell,
Lincoln; department inspector, I.
I Moore, Lincoln.
HURRYING WORK ON
GRAVELING PROJECT
Plainview, Neb., (Special),
—The contractors on the graveling
project on No. 20 between the Ante
lope county line and the Merediar.
east of Osmond is being doubted to
enable them to finish before heavy
tourist travel sets in. They added
one more truck and are now haul
ing night and day. F. Schaefer,
state road inspector, says that the
crew is making good time consid
ering road conditions and the
length. At present the trucks have
a round trip of 28 miles. The trucks,
however, make 10 trips In 12 hours.
CROOKED POKER PLAYER
SENDS CONSCIENCE MONEY
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—A
conscience stricken, self styled “ex
crooked poker player” has sent the
Salvation Army here $39.50. In a
letter accompanying the mohey,
which was postmarked Gordon,
Neb., the expoker player explained
he had no way of refunding tke
money to the man he had cheated
and thought he could clear his con
science by giving It to charity.
WEST COAST PEOPLE
AKK SCURRYING EASTWARD
Omaha, Neb.. —
Seventeen trains, each carrying
about 200 passengers, are passing
through Omaha today and tonight
carrying citizens of the golden west
eastward to spend their vacations.
Five are regular trains; 12 are spe
cials. nut on to take rare of the
rush occasioned by the beginning of
the summer rates.
To accomodate Californians
yeurnging for other climes, the
Gold Coast Limited, which Is
scheduled to arrive at 7:25 o'clock
tonight is running In six sections,
three from Los Angeles and three
from San Francisco.
DAKOTA CITY GIRL IN
UNIVERSITY MON OR (LASS
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—
Members of the Innocents and
Mortar-Boards, honorary men's and
women’s organizations of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, were chosen
here today.
The Innocents: Frederic Daly, of
Cambridge; Elmer Holm, of Omaha;
Charles Bruce1, of Lincoln; William
Mentser, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Ed
ward Howell, of Omaha: Hr.l Childs,
of Lenox. Ia.; Bruce Thomas, of
Mound City, Mo.; Munro Kezer, of
Fort Collins, Colo.; Cordon Hedges
of Iiuhanola; Kenneth Anderson, of
Hastings; Carl Olson, of Lincoln:
John Tn,..t, of Omaha; nnd Willard
Baaiey, of Omaha.
Tne Mortar-Boards: Cathryn
Beckman, o. Biair; Ruth Shill
cross. of Bellevue; Geraldine Heikes.
of Dakota City; Paulinr Bilon, of
Columbus; Marjorie Sturdcvant. of
Lincoln; Kathryn Douglas*. of
Omaha Evelyn Mansfield, of Oma
ha; Maunne Drayton, of Orchard:
E. her Heine, of WSsnrr; Mary Ball,
cf Long Pine; Dorothy Norris, of
Lautcl; Ruth Davis, of Burnouse,
and Audrey Dralrs. of Blair.
MANSLAUGHTER ( II Wtt.E
HEM LT OF FIHT EIGHT
Omaha. tlipi—Bernard
Kohcn, nideit. Neb., farm band,
was held v n a m snslaut hter eharg*
for ts in district court alter pri -
ilnnmsry trial In munk.p>.l court
hrr* today Hoticm Is aBetfd to
hare caused the death cf Dark J
i'u. tier in a t.M t v hi here Iks*
week. Turner d<fd from u hrc:t;
hnnv. rhag . O. B.-nvi I MrCierc
ghan u*Mfled The physic .ta ccuItC
not .a? whti.r the hro.orrr.ssr
•as caused by a b. •. w ut gtoduees
vy cac ♦rmcni
SCOUT LEADERS
TO BE TRAINED
Camps for This Purpose to
3e Conducted at Wayne
end Norfolk
Omaha, Neb., (UP) —
Training camps lor Boy Scout lead
ers will be couducted at Wayne,
Valentine, Rapid City, Columbus,
Norfolk and Fremont this year. It
was decided at a meeting of scout
leaders from 28 counties here last
night. A budget of $5,500 for hir
ing of a field executive and corps
of assistants was voted.
This budget will be met by a
general levy of $100 per community
where scout troops exist and a $3
per capita levy on a population
ratio, it was decided.
It is the plan to have trained
scoutmasters, with headquarters
here, instruct leaders In the towns
of the 28 counties. Mast of this
instruction work will be done at
Camp Gifford, which will be open
to all scouts from the district.
About 100 scout enthusiasts of the
state attended the meeting.
BOY FALLS FIFTY FEET
AND LIVES THROUGH IT
Winside, Neb., -While
climbing near the top of the C. E.
Benshoof grain elevator with his
friend, Jimmie Miller, in search of
pigeons, Hollis Francis, 11 years
old, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
Francis, slipped and fell 50 feet to
the ground. He was badly stunned
by the fall, but in a short time
Jimmie was able to get him home
and his parents are wondering that
he was not killed outright. He
truck a timber and landed in some
oats, which probably saved him
from iatnl iniurv. He is confined
to his bed with a bad tear in his
arm from a nail or spike, bruises
and scratches all over his body, and
a lame back.
SCHOOL BOARD DECIDES
AGAINST BIG BOND ISSUE
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—By
a vote of 8 to 2 members of the
board of education last night de
cided not to float bond issues for
additions and improvements to the
Omaha school system. It had been
i proposed to spend between $500,000
and $1,000,000 on the schools this
I year.
The schools are now spending
every cent of the 13 mill levy which
Is the maximum authorized by the
legislature and it is only with ut
most economy that the board has
kept Inside this levy, a resolution
adopted said. None of the suggest
ed improvements are vitally needed
and the schools can function an
other year without them, the board
decided.
TRACTOR OPERATOR IS
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Bloomfield, Neb., (Spe
cial)—While leaning ovFt to make
some adjustment on the gasoline
tractor which he was operating
with the county road grading crew,
John King met with a serious acci
dent. One of the lugs on the drive
wheel caught in his overalls, pull
ing him down. Another of the lugs
tore through the legs of his over
alls, cutting a long, deep gash.
King had presence of mind
enough to reach up and shut off
the gas. stopping the tractor. Tills
no doubt saved his life, for he
would have been crushed to death
beneath the big wheel.
FOURTH FIELD ARTILLERY
SENT TO FORT ROBINSON
Chadron, Neb., (UP)—
Preparations for permanent estab
lishment of the fourth field artil
lery at Fort Robinson, two miles
from Crawford, have been complet
ed and a 33-car train nf cnlrfWc
officers and equipment, was unload
ed at the fort yesterday.
The train Included 269 men and
officers formerly stationed at Fort
McIntosh at Red Oak, Tex., under
Liuet. Col. William F. Morrison.
A second train from Fort Mc
Intosh, carrying equipment, and 90
additional officers and men. v"i
arrive tomorrow.
RABBIT SPREADS FIRE
ON FARM IN NEBRASKA
Bloomfield. Neb., (Spe
cial)—Jake Erion, a farmer living
northwest of here, claims that the
state should see that all rabbits are
made fireproof. While burning
thistles on his farm, a cottontail
ran through the tlames. His tail
caught on fire and in its terrorized
agony the little animal dashed
through a hay meadow, spreading
the fire in all directions. Mr. Erion
started his tractor and hastened to
plow fire guards, thus preventing
what would have been a very seri
ous prairie fire.
MEMBER FIRST NT RRASKA
C. CLASS IS STRICKEN
Hartington, Neb., —Mrs.
Anna Felber, member of the first
class to graduate from the Univer
sity of Nebraska, suffered a stroke
of paralysis last week and remains
critically 111 In her home at Hartlng
ton. Mrs. Felber's daughter, Mrs.
A. O. Maasdam. and Mr. Maasdam
of Omaha are here and het son,
Mark of San Francisco. Is on the
way
QIT I N TO I \V CORNERSTONE
AK-SAR-IICN PAVILION
Omaha. Neb.. UP>-Mlss
Dorothy Da..d m. queen of Ak
bar-Ben. will lay !\ "*rmrsionc of
the Ak*Sar-Ben hv : pavilion
May 25. it was u: n .-..A today
Shi will be i 1 Dr. W. O.
Bridge*. V " ti t organization
The cert:, i.llcw a parade
from the t . * n d.strict to Ak
P»r*B»n ft* C vernor Adam
Mulk‘,1 •*.!! d ur the principal
sudrr •'* The pavikon will coat half
a r.sdhvij dollar* wh*»n rompif teJ
WAYNE NORMAL SCHOOL HAS
LARGE GRADUATING CLASS
Wayne. Neb., -Forty
seven will receive A. B. degrees and
ISO will receive diplomas for com
pletion of the two-year course at
the Wayne State Teachers’ college
Wednesday. Walter W. Head of
Omaha gives the commencement
address end Dr. U. S. Conn., presi
dent of the school, awards the de
gress and diplomas.
Dr. H. P. Fox of First Methodist
church cf Lincoln, gave the bac
calaureate sermon Sunday evening.
Students of the music department
appeared in a recital Monday. The
diamatic? class presented the play,
‘‘Ice Bound.” and the physical edu
cation department presented a May
festival Tuesday.
WAR PROM®
IN BUS BUSINESS
Beatrice Man Would Oper
ate Second Line Between
Omaha and Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb., (Special)
—Indications of an Intertown bus
war w:a shown in the application
field today with the state railway
commission by E. J. Delehant, op
erating tue Queen City Coach lines
of Beatrice for authority to put in
a bus service between Lincoln and
Omaha. At present he operates be
tween Lincoln and Beatrice.
The bus men in the last two
years, after the transient operator
had bee n forced to leave the field
to the men with capital and operat
ing a number of lines, have ob
served a strict neutrality, and when
any question arose they appeared
before the commission with a united
nun,, mey Jiave scrupujuusiy
avoided invading one another's
territory.
In spite of the fact that there
are eight railroad trains making
the round trip between Lincoln and
Omaha and that the Interstate
Transit company, of which Russell
J. Walsh of Omaha is the owner,
makes eight round trips, Delehant
proposes to exactly duplicate this
service, only that his busses will
leave the respective cities on the
odd hour where those of Walsh
leave on the even hour. The big
gest traffic in the state is between
these two points, and it is figured
that Delehant is not satisfied to
remain on (he outside with one of
the lines that does not pay big
money.
Walsh operates a number of
lines in northeast Nebraska, and
has been gradually taking over the
business in the eastern half of the
state His principal competitor, O.
W. Townsend of Hastings, has tied
up with the Yellowsy company of
Denver and is devoting most of his
time in western Nebraska and inter
state traffic.
BOARD IS MAKING PLANS
FOR CEDAR COUNTY FAIR
Hartington, Neb., (Spe
cial)—Plans are being made by the
Cedar county fair board to bring
Prof. W. P. Newell, of Peoria, 111.,
well known horse handler and
trainer, to this city for the fair
this fall. Newell was at the fair here
last year, and because of the de
mand for his return, efforts are
being made to get him back.
Boy Scouts of Cedar county will
have a big part in the events of
the second clay of the fair, where
they will put on a demonstration,
according to present plans. Because
of the well developed scout organ
ization in this county, the people
are interested In the movement.
Coleridge, Randolph, Laurel, For
dyce and Hartington all have scout
nnrl Dor,
dolph troops ranked first and sec
ond respectively in thp Norfolk area
scout meeting several weeks ago.
HOLT COUNTY WIDOW
APPEALS INSURANCE CASE
Lincoln, Neb., -The su
preme court has heard arguments
on the appeal of Mrs Philip Sav
idge, of Holt county, from a deci
sion of Judge Dickson denying her
recovery on a $2,500 policy her hus
band had taken out in 1921 in the
Old Line Life of Lincoln. He paid
the first premium, but, did not send
in the second one. Later an agent
got him to re-enter the list of poli
cyholders and look his note for the
three yearly premiums upon which
he was delinquent at that time. He
also took a note for an extension
agreement. Neither of these notes
were paid whgn they became due,
and the company notified him that
the policy had again lapsed.
A few days later a banker sent in
the money for the note payment,
but the company asked for a cer
tificate of health. None could be
given for at that date Savidge was
lying in a Norfolk hospital suffer
ing from accidental injuries that a
week later caused his death.
The company says the policy was
not in force when he died, but the
nttorney for the widow insists that
when a life insurance company ac
cepts a note It has receipted for the
payment of the premium, and the
fact that the note was overdue
when he died makes no difference
because the provision for extended
insurance kept the policy alive at
hln death.
MRS. MtlMI'S Ml I.I EN liSADH
NEBRASKA ( \THOUC WOMEN
Omaha, Neb, < Special!
—Mrs. Arthur F Muilen of Omaha
was elected president of the Omaha
Diccewm Council of Catholic Wom
en ai the annual election of officer*
held j.t the KnishU cf Columbus
club Monday afternoon,
Ot, rr officers elected wire Mr*
n 8 lion ton. of Cer.trel City. Drat
v.e* pr«.**Jd*n» • Mr*, william ,Mi*
lUl. of O Neill, Neb teeonrt vice
president: bln Charles T. Doug
me, cf Columbus, Neb. tbiid vie#
prr-.i' n! and M * Anna V, Hughe*.
BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT TO .. 1
BE SPREAD IN NEBRASKA
Omaha. Neb., *.UP»—One
hundred Eoy Scout leaders from 28
Nebraska counties met here today
to formulate plans for the spread
of the scout movement throughout
the state. It was planned to estab
lish at least one scout troop in every
community in the state.
Among those who are scheduled to
speak are Jean Cain of Palls City,
state commander of the American
Legion; Walter W. Head of Omaha,
national president of the Boy
Scouts of America; G. W. Rosenlof,
supervisor of secondary education in
Nebraska; Harry Dickinson, North
western railroad superintendent; C.
A. Weir, Union Pacific safety agent
and Dr. Harold X. Gifford. Omaha
philanthropist and donor of Camp
X Gifford where outstate scout
troops have been invited to come
for their annual summer outing.
CEREMONY FOR
AN UNVEILING
Monument to Soldier Dead
Has Been Erected at
Bloomfield, Neb.
Bloomfield. Neb.. <S.oc
cial)—A new monument in memory
of the soldier dead will be unveiled
in the Bloomfield cemetery, Sunday,
May 27, the exercises being under
the auspices of the local post of the
American Legion- Included in the
program of the day will be music
by the Bloomfield boys’ band, invo
cation by Rev. R. F. Farley, and ad
dress by Arthur L. Burbridge, the
unveiling of the monument, by 3.
Cunningham, a veteran of the Civil
war and the benediction by the Rev.
Lutheran church. A firing squad
and a color guard from the Legion
post will participate in the cere
monies which will start at 10=30
a. m.
NEW TOWN HAS
RAPID GROWTH
Bloomfield, Neb., (Spe
cial)—It is reported that the new
town of Lindy, located 14 miles
northwest of here, is rapidly shap
ing up as a town. A store, filling
station, two cream stations, restau
rant, implement store, beauty par
lor and one or two other lines are
now represented and arrangements
are being made to open up business
concerns in other lines. Rumor has
it that a lot has been donated and
that a move is on foot to build a
Methodist church; also that the Ad
dison Telephone exchange will br
moved to Lindy soon.
HE PLEADS NOT GUILTY
TO CHARGE OF BIGAMY
Madison, Neb., (Special)
—Charles Greenwooo. former pugil
ist, charged with bigamy by Ada
Schubert, 17 years old, daughter of
Mrs. Charles Zimmer of Meadow
Grove, pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned before County Judge Reek
er. She claimed he married her
while he was the legal husband of
Peggie Greenwood. The first wife
of Greenwood divorced him early in
1928, according to a letter from the
district clerk of an Iowa county
where the divorce was secured.
County officers also have letters
written by the former pugilist to
‘•Peggie," urging her to return to
him
BUT ONE OF PIONEER
SETTLER PARTY LEFT
Atkinson, Neb., (Special)
—The death of Mrs- JCjerste Huff
leaves but one member of the old
Norwegian settlement which came
here in 1883. The survivor is Ole E.
Torske, who came here with 22 Nor
niAnlnn C 1 ~ ...U a Iaaa^aJ _5
»■ «. II I I >' iuvuiku in uuu i
around Celia, building the present
Celia school house, which is the
community center. Mrs. Huff died
at Bonesteel, S. D, in the home of
her daughter. She was more than
90 years old. Her husband died on
their Holt county homestead in
1888.
NEBRASKA FARMERS STILL
HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY
Cozad. Neb., (Special) —
Nebraska farmers gave convincing
evidence the other day that they
have money and are ready to spend
it. Noel Cover, who has made a
fortune out cf cattle feeding ope-a
tions and alfalfa growing on the
2.r00-acre farm he owns, decided to
retire and advertised his farming
and feeding equipment for sale. Ez
tween 4.000 and 5.000 men end wo
men, most of them from farms in
this section, attended the sale
which is said to be the la-gest num
ber ever gathered at a farm sale in
the history of agriculture in this
country.
Hundreds of the men who came to
bid were unable to get near enough
to make themselves heard by the
auctioneer Excellent prices were se
cured as a result of the heavy bid
ding. and nearly every purchaser
paid cash or by check c,n the rpc.
tor his purchase.
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
FOR BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL1*
Blocmfield. Nrb. i»pe
« .ai>" Next week will see the riot
ing rxrrrlszs of the Bloomfield high
Mhool. The b'ccalaurrat* sermon
wui te given in the h.gh school
rud.torium this ev*nmg, by Rev R
p Fr'lry of the Methodic church
Monday t ening. the *rnlor class
plr.v w.Jl l • Ca,’»d and the rum
tnencesteni cx-rcises will t*r » p'ac*
rrldey rven.ng, «i;h C R Bg'flnmi
attorney general of th» ''ate of
V*fe*'»kr delivering the addr**- t
the tla*.
WOMAN SLAYER
GIVEN FREEDOM
Evelyn McElbaney Served
Lon|«r Than An}' Other
Woman in Nebraska
Lincoln. Neb., -Only 2S
years old, but with the record of
having served longer in the Ne
braska prison than any other wom
an, Evelyn Preiss McElhanev. who
killed a man at Alliance, Neb., in
1921. is free on commutation of her
30-year sentence for second degree
murder.
Scarcely more than a girl when
she entered prison, Evelyn McEl
haney “took command” of the wom
an's department, dominating the
j character and proving a great aid
to prison authorities It was her
perfect record in prison that gained
her a commutation at the end of
seven years.
In January. 1921, Mrs. McEl
baney, a young rooming house
proprietor, went with Fred Melick, a
1 wealthy Memingford. Neb., man to
a dark alley back of a pool hall.
It was 1 o'clock in the morning.
There she shot Earl Anderson, a
barber who once lived in Omaha.
Mrs. McElhaney said Anderson
had beaten her because she re
fused to divorce her husband and
marry him, and that she and Me
lick had gone to reason with him.
Melick and Anderson struggled, she
said, and the gun was discharged
accidentally in her hand when she
intervened in the fight.
In accordance with parole board
custom. Evelyn was released a week
ago, though the decision was an
nounced only today. She visited her
her Sunday school teacher in Lin
coln until Saturday then went to
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Mother's day. From Alliance she
told the prison matron she will go
to Wyoming, to visit a sister. Once
she planned to go to another sister
in Mexico, but this plan she aband
oned.
FIND AUTO IN RIVER
AND DRIVER MISSING
Nebraska City, Neb., (UP)
—An automobile belonging to Arley
Moeller was found in the Missouri
river here today. Moeller was mis
sing.
Moeller, a World war veteran,
was known to have driven his car
to Nebraska City from his home in
Otoe, Neb., last night. He was in
poor health but police discounted b.
theory1 that the sunken car war.
cvidc-nce of Moeller's suicide.
LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL;
LEGISLATORS BUNGLED
Lincoln, Neb., . (Special)
—The supreme court has held un
constitutional the new law which
attempted to provide a short cut
where bonds in criminal cases were
forfeited because of the failure of
the defendant to appear for trial
This provided that judgment against
the sureties should be entered with
out the necessity of a civil action.
The decision reinstates the old old.
method, that of a civil action.
The legislature bungled the
amendment, in that it failed to
refer to certain sections as
being repealed, and the court
said that it was impossible
to tell from the law what
the legislature intended to do. The
law is held to violate the constitu
tional requirement that the pur
pose of an amendment shall be
clearly expressed in its title.
HAD PERILOUS RIDE
ON NARROW CAR LEDGE
O’Neill, Neb., -Clinging
tightly to a narrow foothold on the
blind side of a dinning car, William
“Billy” Cowan, 25 years old, in
charge of the commissary of the
Omaha Good Will special train,
faced danger coolly, but spent a
miserable half-hour during a run
into Wavne.
Cowan had business in Nacora.
and dashed for the train as it pulled
out, thinking he could swing on.
The doors had been closed, h
ever, and he grabbed at a support
ing red as the cars whisked by. In
the rain and wind, and whipped
with cinders, he clung to his pre
carious position until the train
stopped at Wayne. He resumed his
duties at once.
TLAN TO REBUILD OLD
FORT FOR PARK PURPOSES
Kearney, Neb., tUP)—Re
storation of the site of old Fort
Kearney here will be started at
once and arrangements will be made
to build a park at the spot, it was
said today by J. S. Canady of Min
den. president of the Fort Kearney
Memorial association.
Canady's announcement followed
purchase of the fort site by J. G.
Lowe pt referee's sale and subse
quent resale to the memorial as
sociation.
ONE-THIRD OF CORN
At REAGE IS PLANTED
Lincoln. Neb., (UP)—
One-third of the Nebraska corn
acreage for 1928 has been planted,
the state and federal division of
agricultural atatlstlcs reported to
day in the mid-month crop report.
The report was based on informa
tion given by state bankers. The
division estimated that this year's
acreage will be three per cent larg
er than last years due in part,
to the winter wheat abandonment.
ELEVEN GRADUATE PROW
SCHOOLS AT CENTERVILLE
Centerville. 8 D., «Hpe
Ctali Dr C. W. Pufslev, president
of Bicokings State college, gitve the
*<idic;» at the high school com
mencement exercuea. Ka'iuyn
Pi ;ce la ftrat honor student of the
U graduate? while Morton WrtaH
and Gerald Cpple fled for irtond
"min Thu . tho tmallawt |radii*
stint rlias from the lor d high
- chool ter many year* Tft t high
eh'ol orchestra and glee chib rrn
■rrei several selection*.