CHILD VICTIM
MAD DOG BITE
Detpite Pasteur Treatment
Little One Succumbs to
Hydrophobia
Omaha. Neb., (UP)—
Despite the heroism of 5-year-old
Billy Clark, who gave a quantity ot
bis blood for making of a serum.
Dolores Kroeger. 5 years old, victim
of a mad dog bite died last night.
Dolores was attacked by a dog re
cently while visiting in Los Angeles.
The animal bit her on the face. A
policeman shot the dog and Investi
gation showed it had the rabies. The
child was given the full Pasteur
treatment immediately and returned
to Omaha. Several days ago hy
drophobia symptoms developed and
she was taken to Lord Lister hos
pital.
It is the first time local physicians
have heard of a case where the
Pasteur treatment was not effective
in stopping hydrophobia.
The liltle girl's condition became
critical Tuesday nght and her phy
sicians, in a desperate effort to save
her life, began looking around for a
child who had been bitten by a dog
and recovered after taking the Pas
teur treatment. Little Billy had
such an experience and gladly vol
unteered to give as much blood as
was necessary.
A quantity was obtained from his
veins. A serum was made from the
blood and Injected into the little
girl’s spine. It was said to be the
first time such treatment had ever
been tried in rabies eases, although
similar methods are used success
fully In treatment of other ailments
1IA V GROWERS PROTEST
HIGHER PREIGLV RATES
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—
More than 300 names of ranchers
and hay growers of Lexington, Over
ton, Elm Creek and Darr were at
tached to a petition presented the
state railway commission. The pe
titions requested the commission to
exert its influence to prevent rail
roads from raising the interstate
freight rate on hay.
The petition was turned over to
the commission by Frank Johnson.
Cozad, who said that it was the sec
ond to be brought in. The first was
from hay growers around Kearney,
Cozad and Gothenburg. The total
number of names on the petitions
numbered more than 650, Johnson
said.
WORKED IN HARVEST
FIELDS IN ATHLETIC CARD
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—A
new style for harvest hands was set
by Augustus Dunbler, temperament
al Omaha artist, who returned
home Wednesday after working all
summer In Oklahoma, Kansas, Ne
braska and South Dakota harvest
fields. He said he worked In the
fields clad ‘only in a pair of short
trunks and sandals. The Innova
tion, he declared, proved popular
and soon other hands followed his
example. Dunbier’s body was brown
as an Indian’s when he returned
here.
NO RESERVED SEATS AT
SMITH'S OMAHA MEETING
Omaha, Neb.. . -It will be
first come, first served, at the city
auditorium next Tuesday night when
Gov. Alfred E. Smith, democratic
presidential nominee, makes his
opening campaign address. With the
exception of reservations for the
governor's party and the reception
committee, no seats will be reserved
Arthur P. Mullen, democratic na
tional committeeman, appointed a
committee to have charge of the
auditorium during Governor Smith’s
meeting. James H. Hanley, chair
man of the committee, said in a
statement that on account of the
unprecedented demand for seats
coming from all surrounding states
It would be impractical to make
general admission by ticket.
Mr. Hanley said if persons outside
Omaha arrive reasonably early they
will have no difficulty getting seats
in the building. He suggested that
they be at the auditorium at 6:15
o’clock, at which time the doors will
open.
HOG CHOLERA SITUATION
IS GREATLY IMPROVED
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—
Much success has been obtained by
veterinarians in their fight against
hog cholera in Nebraska and the
situation seems to be well in hand,
veterinarians announced. Most of
of the cholera is confined to the
eastern section of the state, there
being very little in the northwestern
section, it was said. Fifty head died
at Bennett, in southern Lancaster
county, according to reports reach
ing here Oth*”- outbreaks were re
nted from Dixon and Dakota
counties.
CaLASS JAR BREAKS AND
BOV IS BADLY i-CT
Ida Grove, la., (Special)
—While attempting to open a fruit
jar. by means of a pipe wrench, Arlo
Miller. 14 years old, has an artery
severed in his wrist. Had his com
panions not been able to devise a
tourniquet, the boy would have bled
to death before reaching the hos
pital. Twenty five stitches were
taken to close the wound.
GRAIN THIEVES BUSY
Lyman. Neb (Special)
—An epidemic of grain thefts has
been noted in many sections of
Cheyenne county. Farmers arc
guarding their grain at night. Some
are hiring men for the purpose. The
heaviest loss reported so far is that
of the Ray Willis farm where 100
bushels of wheat was taken. Other
-esidents in the locality north of
Potter reported thefts from fields.
Since many grain sheds are full,
farmers are storing their wheat in
tne open in an effort to avoid ship*
pad* at present low Dricer.
FAILED TO STICK TRUCK
DRIVER FOR WHOLE LOSS
Pender, Neb., ^ (Special*
—A verdict of 125 1rIs returned by
a Jury in county court here to
George Beargeon. who was suing
Anton Novak for 1300 damages.
Beargeon, a fanner west of Winne
bago, claimed the loss of a steer,
damage for shrinkage to his cattle
and loss by reason of a drop In the
cattle market amounting to that
sum, due to delay in hauling the
cattle.
The hauling was done by Novak
last February, while the roads were
in bad shape. His defense was that
Beargeon rode on the first truck
and pointed out the way and that
when they came to a bad place In
the road, Beargeon got out and
pointed out exactly where the driv
er of the truck should go. He
claimed that he followed directions
and as a result the truck went in
to the ditch.
Novak claimed that Beargeon,
instead of he, should stand the loss
therefore.
TO RAISE BASS
FOR THE TRADE
Sidney, Neb., Men Lay
Plans for Big Commer
cial Project on Creek
Sidney, Neb., (Special)
—The raising of black bass for
commercial purposes is proposed by
G. P. Liebendorfer and Henry Pav
lat of Sidney and Emil Englert, of
Sunol. The farm, to be located on
the Lodgepole creek, near Sunol,
will be operated in conjunction with
a muskrat farm.
A stretch of water In the creek
where 100,000 baby bass can be
planted, will be cleared by them.
The waters of the Lodgepole are
now infessted with carp. The bass
at one time abounded there but
fishermen and cannibal fish de
pleted the supply.
CONVICTED BOOTLEGGER
PARDONED BY PRESIDENT
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—
Glen Murray, convicted bootlegger,
who returned to Jail to finish his
sentence after a federal circuit
court decision declared his parole
illegal, has been pardoned by Pres
ident Coolidge. The pardon was tel
egraphed to Marshal Cronin late
yesterday and Murray immediately
rejoined his wife and five children
Murray, convicted two years ago,
was paroled by Judge Wood rough
after he had started serving his
sentence. District Attorney Kinsler
appealed to circuit curt which held
a district judge powerless to parole
after sentence has started.
Kinsler, Woodrough and other
federal officials here, recommended
the presidential pardon when it
was shown Murray was needed at
home to support his family.
Fortv nine other persons will be
remanded to Jail as soon as capiases
can be issued for them as result of
the circuit court’s decision.
CEDAR COUNTY FAIR
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
Hartington, Neb., (Spe
cial).—The Cedar County fair passed
off without any accident taking
the toll of a human life. However,
two accidents or tragedies occurred
that cast a gloom over the big annu
al county event. One was an acci
dent during the ball game between
two colored aggregations, the Yel
low Jackets and Scott's Giants, when
the first baseman of the former
team broke his leg sliding into first
base. The other tragedy was the
dropping dead of a famous race
horse. “Blakeworthy,” at the end
of a race in which the animal had
taken second money.
The attendance at the fair this
year broke all previous records the
second day being the largest in point
of attendance.
The hog bams were crowded to
capacity and 28 pens wc-e erected
on the outside. There were 92 pens
of hogs and exhibitors were at the
I fair from p" the nearby counties
1 and southeastern South Dakota.
The poultry and agricultural ex
hibits were the best ever seen at a
Cedar County fair.
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO
CARRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Lincoln. Neb., _ (UP)—
Passports please” may be the call
'hat will go up when a student of
’he University of Nebraska at
‘ mpts to cash a check in Lincoln
;his fall.
It was decided by university of
ficials here today that all students
vill be equipped with a "passport"
r identification card bearing his
ihotograph and a photograph of
his signature.
The cards supposedly will prevent
floaters" posing as students, from
farting charge accounts, passing
•ogus checks and obtaining stu
lent’s rates to athletic contests.
VUGUST DROUGHT CUTS
CORN CROP $61,000,000
Lincoln. Neb. _ :UP>—The
'vere August drought cost Nebraska
Tarmers more than $61.00000 In the
"om crop alone, according to com
pilations made today.
The estimated tc'al production
was lowered from 267.275.000 bushels
on August ' to 197.672,000 bushels
on September 1, a difference of 69.
603.000 bushels. The compilation
was made using 811 cents a bushel r
a basis for figuring.
'.OMAN FINED $200
ON BLACKMAIL CHARGE
York. Neb., - (UP)—
Mrs. Martha Leibold pleaded guilty
to a charge of blackmail and was
fined $200 and costs in district
court- here today. Mrs. Leiboid, who
lives at Waco, admitted she had
written a letter to William Stewart,
also of Waco, placing $150 as the
price she would tr.ke lor her silence.
She told Stewart if the money was
not forthcoming she would reveal
"ertain misdemeanors of which shr
View liim guilty.
Dramatic “Monotony”
Because he was "tired of this monotonous routine." a physi
cian in a Pennsylvania town ended his life the other day. He
had found in the human spectacle merely an unchanging series
of events, dully and uninteresting, empty of inspiration and sur
prise.
This monotonous routine—the miracle of a birth; the fearful
and wonderful mystery of our making—
The marvel of a mountain morning, of a seaside sunset, wild
flowers in a mountain cranny, of trees and clouds and rain—
The thunderous legions of the sky sending barrages of crack
ling fire into the heart of a mighty forest—
A child with eyes aglow giving to a beggar in the street the
coin that had been saved for treasured sweets—
Lovers on a park bench in the moonlight, with soft music
stealing from a nearby pavilion where dancing feet keep a merry
beat—
Men with planes and ships flinging their brave challenge at
the Poles, defying winds that blow men flat and cold that eats its
way through clothing of the heaviest skins
A doctor, slipping his knife into a man's skull and restoring
the faculty by which man differs from horses and cattle, or
straightening the limbs that cruel disease deformed—
A family in poverty lifted into the light by an "unknown"
friend—
A truck driver halting his ponderous machine that laughing
children may cross the street in safety—
A boy leading a blind man across the street, and a man who
can’t swim leaping into the surf, hoping against hope to save one
drowning—
A lad from the cornfields of Iowa and a young urchin from
the crowded streets of New York chosen to lead two great na
tional parties in a contest for the presidency—
The discouraged doctor spent too much time pondering over his
own petty troubles.
The Old Giving Place to the New
For years the Londoner debated
«he problem presented by that im
portant area of his city that centers
wound Charing Cross station, the
Hungerford bridge and the neigh
boring south bank of the Thames,
rhree factors in it were held to be
axiomatic; that the congestion about
Charing Cross station had become
insupportable, that Hungerford
bridge was startlingly ugly, and that
some development of the south
shore must be undertaken that
would clear away the existing un
sightly tangle of warehouses and
buildings and a wuter front on the
lines of the Victoria embankment
opposite.
The talk went on. but nothing
was done until a dramatic an
nouncement by the municipal en
gineers that Rennie’s Waterloo
bridge, the next bridge down stream
from Hungeford, was in danger of
collapsing, aroused the public to de
mand deeds as well as words. It Is
true that the Londoner had paid no
particular attention to Waterloo
bridge before its-stability was ques
tioned. To hint it had represtnted
simply one of various means of
getting across the Thames, but now
that ho had learned that it .night
well have to be pulled down he
gazed on it with keen attention, de
cided that the artists who insisted
that it was a structure of rare
beauty were probably right and de
clared that it must not be demol
ished. So the weary bridge was
temporarily shored up, and one of
ficial committee and several hun
dred official ones sat down to con
sider how the problem of Waterloo
bridge, Charing Cross station,
Hungerford bridge and the adjoin
ing south shore could be brought
within the scope of one vast archi
tectural scheme which should not
strain too seriously the resources of
the already heavily taxed city.
At the end of 1926 the official
committee reported. It proposed
various extensive developments of
which the details are not of great
concern since no action was taken
in regard to them. Simply, the
talk continued, but no new lines.
Then, suddenly, as so often happens
in England when it seems as if a
big question had been shelved for
all time, the whole position clarified,
became actual. A new scheme, pre
pared by the ministry of transport,
appeared more than two years aft
er the inception of the old. Tire
London County council voted in its
favor, and after a few minor ob
stacles have been cleared away work
will proceed. Charing Cross sta
tion is to be moved to the south
side of the river. Waterloo bridge
will be repaired and widened, Hung
erford bridge will be demolished and
a successor erected in its place; the
south shore will get its long awaited
embankment.
Thus the new London, still fresh
from its victories over the Regent
street of Nash and Devonshire
house, marches triumphantly on
It must do so, for the motorcar and
modern invention in general have
demanded it. Yet Londoners who
grew up in that quiet, dignified,
slightly dowdy old city which began
seriously to lose it old time char
acter not more than 20 years ago,
have been a little wistful of
late at the sight of the great office
blocks and apartments houses and
wide new boulevards that have re
placed the ancient landmarks. It
may even be that, as the time ap
proaches for the demolition of
Hungerford bridge, men will stand
looking thoughtfully at the remark
able structure and say: "Well, you
know, really it has a sort of beauty
of its own. Those great squat piers
and those bold rectangles . . .
and anyw'ay I'm used to the old
thing and I don’t like to see It
go.”
Jews Have Aided
Own Poor Sincv;
Arrival in 1654
The history of Jewish charities in
New York City as given out yester
day by the Jewish Social Service
Association reveals the Jews as self
reliant citizens beginning with their
earliest arrival on this soil in the
days of Peter Stuyvesant, who was
at first unfriendly to them.
When Stuyvesant was governor of
New Amsterdam in 1654, 23 Por
tuguese Jews, refuges from unjust
treatment in Brazil, arrived in the
harbor. Some could not pay their
full passage, but the group sold all
its personal belongings to meet that
obligation so as to land solvent.
Stuyvesant refused to let them re
main, but when they appealed to
the directors of the Dutch West
Indies company, which was equiv
alent to 'going over the head” of
the governor, a historic reply was
forthcoming:
“Unreasonable and unfair to ex
clude Jews from the American
Colony . . . they shall have permis
sion to sail to and trade in Nether
lands and to live and remain there
. • . provided the poor among them
shall not become a burden to the
company or the community, but be
supported by their own nation.”
it was a sporting proposition and
the Jews met it then and have con
tinued to do likewise ever since, the
history of Jewish charities here
shows.
A VEGETARIAN’S DILEMMA
From New York World
Sam Dooniefsky sat in the Tombs
last night slowly munching an ap
ple. In other cells along the cor
ridor prisoners were partaking more
or less eagerly of the regular sup
per provided by the authorities:
Hash, bread, tea and gelatin dessert.
But Dooniefsky paid no attention to
them. Placidly stroking his black
mustache, he reflected on his bit of
fruit and the rights of animals.
That h? is to spend the next eight j
flays in jail is not worrying Doonief- I
sky half so much as what he is go- !
ing to eat in the meantime. For
he is a vegetarian, and the Tombs
The Worst About It.
Prom the Vancouver Province.
"I suppose you and your husband
are out a good deal now you’ve got
a car?”
“Oh, yes—hundreds of dollars.”
Q. Is the Liberal Catholic church
an American institution? If not
where is the headquarters of the
body? D. F.
A. Membership in the Liberal
Catholic church is worldwide. The
headquarters of the church is in
Australia, and the presiding Bishop ,
ic the Rt. Rev. C W. Leadbeater. \
R’. Rev. Irving S. Cooper is region- (
ary bishop for the Americas. J
provides no special menus for thost
who don’t eat meat.
Dooniefsky could have dodged the
jail term if he had choosen to paj
a $40 fine imposed on him yester
day by Magistrate Brough in mu
nicipal court for four violations ol
the building code, arising from the
fact that the rear wall of a tene
ment he owns at No. 99 Stanton
street is out of plumb and therefore
unsafe.
“I will go to jail first.” he an
nounced. when Martin J. Kelly
driver of the department of correc
tion van, appealed in the detention
room with open handcuffs to take
him to the Tombs. “Sure I will
But what will I eat for eight days?
I'm a vegetarian, and have been
since I was 7 years old. I won’t eat
meat or anything made with meat
or anything that had to be killed to
produce food.
“I can't even eat the bread be
cause it is made with lard. Every
thing in those prison cBshes is unfit
for food because they serve meat in
them. See, I wouldn't even wear
regular shoes because they kill a
cow to get the leather.”
Dooniefsky. who is 43 years old.
a bachelor and reputedly wealthy,
displayed a pair of canvas shoes
with rubber soles as proof of his
sincerity.
“Nobody lives in that Stanton
street house, anyway, and I don’t
see why I should be punished," ht
protested, as he wras led away.
The fact that this tenement house
is emptv is evidence that vegetari
anism is not merely a hobby but a
religion to this landlord. Rather
than let meet-eating tenants stand
between him and his hopes of reach
ing heaven. Doonief. ky ousted them
all, March 23, and announced that
thereafter he would accept only
strict vegetarians. He has not been
collecting any rent since.
“A mamma cow or a mamma
chicken.” Donniefsky explained at
that time, “grieves over the loss of
its offspring just as much as a hu
man mother. It is sinful to kill
them. Women nowadays are all
meat eaters, so that’s why I’ve re
mained a bachelor all my life.”
Q. What is argot? D. E. L.
A. Argot is the French term for
what in English is known as slang
especially applied to the dialect c.f
thieves and vagabonds. •
Take Turns.
From the Pathfinder.
B.iones—My wife and I suffer
from alternate insomnia.
Smiff—Alternate insomnia! What
Is that?
Bjones—Whichever gets to sleep
first keeps the other awake all night.
Q. Wliat is the origin of the name
of Tolstoi's novel. The Ki eutaer
Sonata? W. D. T.
A. This novel was named from
Beethoven's Sonata No. 9 in F
Major. The composition ranks ss
probably the greatest work ever writ
ten for violin and oiano
STATE GAME WARDEN
RECOMMENDS LAW CHANGES
Hastings, Neb., (UP)—
Prank B. O'Conneli, state game
warden, recommended to the annua]
convention of the Izaak Walton
league, in session here today, that
the entire state game code be re
written. He said each section of the
law “should carry a penalty and the
cumbersome and misleading system
of having all penalties In one sec
tion, should be done away with.”
O'Connell also told the Walton
ians that game wardens in the state
should . be required to wear uni
forms; that the state should pur
chase several lakes to be used as
bass spawning water, and that nur
series should be built and the pres
ent system of nursery fish culture
continued.
A program of construction of
artificial lakes in eastern and south
ern Nebraska was recommended by
the warden.
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PARDON BOARD
OPENS SESSION
Hears Pleas of 22 Convicts
for Liberty or Re
duced Terms
Lincoln, Neb.. ' (UP)—The
state board of pardons and paroles
heard today the applications of 22
inmates of state institutions. Action
on the applications will be an
nounced later.
Albert Jackson, aged porter of <
Omaha, w'ho was sentenced to life
imprisonment for killing Roy Tee
ters, was one of the principal appli
cants for clemecy today. Jackson
claimed he was a victim of circum
stances and asked that his sentence
be eommunted.
Included in the applicants today
were: Corbett Jones, real name For
est Gelontine, who was sentenced to
from one to three years, from Ad
ams county on a charge of forgery,
and John Hogan, who was sentenced
to from one to three years from
Thurston county for larceny as
bailee.
CEDAR COUNTY ESTATE
CASE IN HIGH COURT
Lincoln, Neb., (Special)
—A kin row from Cedar county
reached the argument stage in su
preme court today. The action is
one brought by Clarence E Haley,
administrator of the estate of Her
man Koch, against the latter’s -on,
Leonard. Three daughters, Matilda
Irle, Margaret Diminski and Jo.-e
phine Herber, have intervened.
The elder Koch was the possessor
of a considerable fortune gained at
farming. Before his death he tried
to make an equitable division of his
property. He gave deeds to 640
acres of land to each of his sons,
and then made a will leaving the
rest of his property to the three
daughters. When they heard about
it they protested to their father.
They pointed out that the boys
were to have the farms while the
father was to keep their property
till he died. The father declined
tc give possession of it to them,
syaing he did not care to ’’undress
himself before he went to bed.”
There was continual quarreling,
(he girls insisting that Leonard had
all the best of it. A lawyer was
called in when a particularly big
rew was in progress, and it was set
tled by Leonard agreeing to pay
$5 an acre more for the land he
get. He paid the interest on the
note given for this excess until af
ter his father’s death, six years lat
er, in 1926, and then repudiated
liability on it. He was named ex
ecutor, and aga'n the girls objected
beer use he would have to try to
collect from himself. Finally he re
fused payment, claiming there was
no consideration. He lost in the
district court, which held that set
tlement of the row was a sufficient
consideration.
CONSTITUTION WEEK IS
PROCLAIMED BY GOVEK7?OR
Lincoln, Neb., (UP) —
Gov. Adam McMullen issued a
proclamation today designating
September 16 to 22 as constitution
week.
“I urge a proper observance of the
event to the end that a more inti
mate knowledge of its meaning and
a more sacred regard for its pro
visions shall prevail among the peo
ple,” McMullen’s proclamation said.
CROFTON. NEB.. YOUTH DIES
UNDER OVERTURNED AUTO
Crofton, Neb.. (Special)
—Forest Moore, 17 years old, son of
a farmer living 10 miles north of
here, was instantly killed late Sun
day evening when the auto in which
he was riding with some compan
ions turned over in the road about
two miles north of here. His throat
was cut when he was caught under
a part of the car.
SOUTH SIOUX CITY GETS
1919 IKE WALTON MEETING
Hastings, Neb., (UP)—
Members of the Nebraska Izaak
Walton league were enroute home
today after having chosen South
Sioux City as the next meeting
place and Frank Brady, of Atkin
son. to continue as president. The
annual meeting closed with a busi
ness session yesterday.
MAYOR OF OMAHA DENIES
MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
Lincoln, Neb.. (UP)—
Mayor James C. Dahlman of Omaha
came to his own defense today in
the case against him now pending
in supreme court in which he has
been charged with misappropriation
of public funds.
Dahlman, who was charged with
spending Omaha's money for a per
sonal chauffeur filed an argument
today in which he claimed he is not
a collector or custodian of public
funds and consequently is without
power to misappropriate them.
FACES CHARGE
HOG STEALING
Man Convicted of Theft
Implicates Farmer Who Is
Held for Trial
Greeley, Neb., "" (Special)
—James Gray, Sr., has been
bound over to district court under
$2,000 bond following charges of hog
stealing. The action followed the
confession of A. E. Palmer, convict
ed of the theft of 12 hogs from the
yards of P. J. Rooney. Gray plead
ed not guilty and waived examina
tion.
Palmer’s confession said that he
and Gray were both intoxicated
when they committed the theft, af
ter talking over the robbery. Pal
mer said that he and Gray made a
total cf $673 on three loads, each
containing 12 hogs.
Gray, a farmer here, denied the
charges, which created a sensation
in the community.
RAILROAD EMPLOYE
KILLED BY ENGINE
Norfolk, Neb., (Special)
—Emil Betchon, 01 years old, lamp
tender for the Chicago North West
ern railroad for 13 years, was fatally
injured at 10:50 o'clock this morn
ing when a switch engine hit him
while he was cleaning a lamp in
the local yards. He died while be
ing taken to a hospital.
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
DENTISTS AT NORFOLK
Norfolk, Neb., (UP)—•
Between 65 and 75 dentists from
Nebraska met here today for the
annual meeting of the Northeast
Nebraska Dental association. A busi
ness session was held this morning
and a general discussion was held
this afternoon.
The list of speakers included Dr.
R. H. Miller, of St. Louis, Mo., and
Dr. Roy Ralston, of Omaha. The
officers of the association for the
past year include Dr. W. H. Miner,
of Norfolk, president, Dr. L. A. Bur
gess, of O’Neill, vice president, and
Dr. McMasters, of Wayne, secretary.
WALTON LEAGUERS HOLD
STATE MEET AT HASTINGS
Hastings, Neb., (UP)—
Nearly 700 delegates representing
Nebraska Izar.k Walton league chap
ters gathered here today for the
annual two day state convention. A
dlversified program, including
speeches, business sessions, enter
tainment and sporting contests had
been arranged by the local chapter.
The chief speakers on the program
were Dr. G. E. conerra or tne
state division of soil conversation,
who talked on outdoor conditions
in Nebraska, and Prof. Clark Mick
ey of the state university on the
Missouri river drainage district.
A trap shooting contest was held
yesterday afternoon, as well as bait
and fly casting contests.
OMAHA NATURAL GAS
FIGHT GOES INTO COURT
Omaha. Neb., (UP)—
Opponents of natural gas took their
fight to the courts today when Mrs.
Edith W. Holmes, member of the
Omaha Women’s club, asked for an
injunction to restrain the Metropol
itan Utilities district from entering
into a contract with three Texas oil
companies to furnish the city with
gas from the Texas fields.
Cost of constructing a pipe line
from Texas to Omaha will not ex
ceed $6,000,000, Mrs. Holmes con
tends, whereas the companies are
selling $30,000,000 worth of bonds.
She fears eventually membership
with the companies securing higher
rates through court procedure.
Mrs. Holmes also questions au
thority of the metropolitan district
to call a special election to vote on
$1,500,000 bonds necessary to make
the change from artificial to natur
al gas.
PROSECUTE DRY AGENT FOR
ASSAULTING POSTAL EMPLOYE
Omaha. Neb., (UP)—
The question whether a federal li
quor informer is a “stool pigeon”
or an “undercover agent” will be
threshed out before Federal Judge
J. W. Woodrough soon.
Charges of assaulting a postal
employe were filed against Robert
P Samardick. prohibition officer
of the federal enforcement service
here Monday by Assistant U. S.
District Attorney William Frcelich.
Samardick is alleged to have at
tacked George B. Shufelt, head of
the special delivery department of
the Omaha postoffice. when Shufelt
referred to William Bausnick, one
of Samardick's “aces,” as a “stool
pigeon.” Tire alleged attack took
place last September, Samardick.
according to the charges, entering
Shufelt’s office and dragging him
outside to "fight it out.”
A report of the affair was sent to
the postmaster general at Washing
ton and nothing more was heard of
it until District Attorney J. C.
Kinsler received instructions to
prosecute Samardick.
MAY NOT PROSECUTE
WOMAN WHO LEFT BABE
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—No
criminal action will be taken
against Mrs. Emma Preston, of Ne
baska City, who is reported to have
confessed to abandoning her 3
weeks-old baby on the porch of the
James Ford home here. County At
torney Henry Beal indicated today,
providing Mrs. Preston reclaims the
infant at St. Catherine’s hospital.
If Mrs. Preston Is willing, Mrs.
Ford will legally adept the child,
| she raid.