DIXON COUNTY
TO GET GRAVE
AUen-M&rtimburg Road to
Be Treated This Fall—
Work in Prospect
Wakefield. Neb., •- (Spe
cial)—Work will begin October 1
on graveling the highway from Al
len north to Martinsburg. This is
what is ofticially known as project
No 31, and is the only remaining
strip of highway between the
southern end of the county at this
point and the county seat at Ponca.
All other portions of the road have
been graveled for some time, and
the last strip, comprising 6.1 miles
has been held up on account of
funds.
Boosters lor the finishing of the
work had given up hope of it be
ing graveled this year, and the
news, which comes direct from the
state department, is received with
delight, as the strip of highway re
ferred to becomes almost im
passable during the spring months,
at a time when it is needed most.
The dirt highway from Emerson
to the point of connection with the
Washington highway north of
Homer is being graded and will be
finished shortly, and will give Sioux
City visitors a much better road
during the coming winter.
At the same time, however, short
age of funds has caused the laying
off of some of the maintenance
men. which has caused no damage
to highways due to the prevail
ing good weather. The department
expects to have the available funds
to put them on again before bad
weather sets in.
HOTEL MAN ON TRIAL
FOR WOUNDING ANOTHER
Alliance, Neb., (UP)—
The trial of John Tschacher start
ed today He Is charged with shoot
ing with intent to kill. He Is a
hotel owner of Himingford and has
been accused of wounding Joseph
Burtle, 20 years old of Yakima,
Wash.
Burtle, according to Tschacher,
was found robbing the hotel cash
register and Tchacher said he shot
In self defense.
Burtle was carried into the court
room on a stretcher today to testify
against the hotel proprieter. Burtle
was paralyzed from the waist down
by the bullet.
BEGIN TRIAL OF FORMER
DUNBAR, NEB, BANKER
Nebraska City. Neb.,
(UP)—A jury was chosen here to
day to hear evidence in the forgery
case against Thomas Murray, form- '
cr president of the defunct Dunbar
State bank.
Murray pleaded not guilty to
charges of forging the name of
Henry Kashbohm to a note fort
$5,000.
Tile case started after a new
jury had been impaneled. The case
had been continued from Monday
when the original Jury panel was
dismissed by District Judge James
T. Begley because all precincts in
the county had ret been represent
ed when the panel was drawn.
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GREATER PART OF CORN
IS SAFE FROM FROST
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—The
greater part of the 1928 corn crop
is matured enough to escape injury
from a light frost, according to the
mid-month report of the Nebraska
bankers to the state and federal
bureau of agricultural statistics. By
October 1 more than 90 per cent,
will be past this stage
There is a great lack of moisture
throughout the state, the report said.
This condition is t’^-e everywhere
except in the northtfst and south
east corners where a majority of
counties are in good condition.
Generally, over the state, plowing
has been retarded because of the
dearth of moisture, only 42 per cent,
of the plowing for winter wheat be
ing finished, September 1. The
range is from 18 per cent, in the
south central counties, which have
been dry, to 73 per cent, in the
southeast where one county has suf
fered from excessive rain.
HUNTERS REPORT PLENTY
OF NATIVE WILD DUCKS
Alliance, Neb., (UP)_
Local hunters are finding native
ducks plentiful since the opening of
the duck season last Sur .ay. Mi
gratory ducks are expected over in
about 10 days. A large number of
native ducks hatched in the sand
hills this year.
Grouse are not so p'entiful lii the
range country and thej are believed
to have gone to the whe.-t and corn
fields on the table lands.
W. C. T. IT. WILL OPEN
HEADQUARTERS IN OMAHA
Omaha, Neb.. - <UP)—
Headquarters will be opened here
for the state campaign committee of
the Nebraska W C. T. U„ it was
announced here today by Mrs. C. C
Clayton, state president. A vigorous
battle will be staged for election
of “dry’ candidates. Headquarters
will be in charge of a chairman
who will have several assistants.
TWO MEN ON HAY TRI CK
ARE KILLED BY TRAIN
Hastings. Neb, (UP)—
Two men were killed and their
bodies were badly mangled when
their truck was hit by a Burling
ton passenger train three and one
half miles east of Kenesaw today.
J. L. Shaneyfelt. 35 years old,
was identified shortly after noon
and his companion was believed to
be a man named Beaucamp, who
was about G5 years old.
The men were driving a load of
hay across a grade crossing when
the train struck them.
CREAMERY COMPANY MAN
DIES BY HIS OWN HAND
.Lincoln, Neb., _ - (UP;—
Nels O. Nelson, nuperlntendent of
the Beatrice Creamery company at
Topeka. Kan., committeed suicide
In a Lincoln hospital today by fir
ing five shots Into his heart with a
revolver. Officials are at a loss to
understand where he procured the
weapon. Nelson was being treated
for a nervous disease.
CHARGEYOUTHS
WITH FORGERY
Hartington and Omaha
Boy* Arrested at Piercr
Said to Admit Guilt
Pierce, Neb., _ (Special i
—Donald Martin, Bernhard Wiene
man and Marvin Taylor, of Harting
ton, Neb., and Jim Walters, of
Omaha, were arrested on a charge
of forgery.
Authorities at Creighton, Neb.,
had called Sheriff E. A. Lambrecht
to be on the lookout for the four
young men who would probabty
pass through Pierce, and asked him
to hold them. Upon receipt of this
call. Sheriff Lambrecht pasted
himself near a filling station and
lta a short time, the youths put in
their appearance, driving a dila
pidated car. They were put under
arrest by the sheriff and in the
evening an officer from Creighton
came and took them back to that
city.
These boys have given their ages
to be only 17 years old. They have
admitted that they forged checks.
It was learned that they had
also forged checks in Bloomfield,
Randolph and other nearby towns.
The automobile in which they were
riding was stolen.
PLAN ANOTHER
SUGAR FACTORY
Farmers in Cozad Territory
Will Be Asked to Grow
7,500 Acres of Beets
Lincoln. Neb., (UP)—A
sugar factory to cost at least $1,
000,000 will be constructed near
Cozad If contracts for 7,500 acres
of beets In the territory can be ob
tained, Governor McMullen was in
formed here yesterday.
J. S. Good and L. M. Arnold ot
Cozad said the Nebraska sugar
company will build the factory.
Good said contracts for the required
amount of beets for next year have
been obtained. If the contracts
meet the approval of the company
the factory will be started about
January 1.
The price offered in the contracts
with the Nebraska sugar company
meets the price demands of the
beet growers in Scottsbluf county,
Good said.
GUARANTY FUND GIVEN
ADDITIONAL DURDEN
Lincoln, Neb.. (Special)
—The guaranty deposit, fund has
been given a tremendous wallop by
reason of the failure of the three
banks in the chain operated by
Paul Wupper in northeastern Ne
braska. the total of deposits reach
ing $1,250,000. How much of this
the fund will have to stand even
tually is not known, but the short
age in the Beemer bank is expected
to run to $400,000.
The Bank of More Bluffs had
$30,000 of bad or forged notes
dumped onto It. but efforts are be
ing made by local stockholders to
make this sum good, and to re
open the bank.
Wupper also was president of the
McLean State bank at McLean.
Pierce county, owning a controlling
interest. It has notes Wupper sold
to it that may be of the same kind
with which the other banks are
loaded It has $160,000 deposits,
while that at More Bluffs had $450 -
000.
CURTIS WILL SPEAK AT
OMAHA NEXT TUESDAY
Omaha, Neb.. (UP)—
Governor and Mrs. Adam McMullen
will head the reception committee
which Is to welcome Senator
Charles Curtis, republican vice
presidential candidate, when he
speaks here Tuesday.
Curtis is to arrive from the west
at 3:25 p. m., and will be escorted
in a parade over much the same
ground as was traversed by A1
Smith to Hotel Fontenelle. He
speaks at the auditorium in the
evening.
NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY HAS
5,474 STUDENTS ENROLLED
Lincoln. Neb.. (UP)—
The University of Nebraska opened
h°re today with a total enrollment
of 5.474 students. It was 223 over
the last year's attendance and was
a record.
Students who register late rnd
registration at the college of medi
cine in Omaha tomorrow and Sat
urday will add to the total.
PIERCE ATTORNEY WON CASE
IN SUPREME COURT
Pierce. Neb. (Special)
—Attorney Douglas Cones recently
was notified by the clerk of the
supreme court of Nebraska that de
fendant's motion for rehearing the
case of Colfax County bank vs.
Frank Konvalin. Emil Konvalin
and others, has been denied. This
decision of the supreme court con
cludes a long drawn out and hard
fought case. Attorney Cones hrs
earned commendation for his suc
cess in carrying the case of the
plaintiff to a successful conclusion.
Fall Coats of Skin
Skins mat have heretofore keen used fen smart bags :>nd shoes aft
no7V being put to a new use—to provide fall and winter coats foi
milady. Here art two of the pretty creations designed for fall. Th,
one on the left is of snakeskin trimmed with nutria, that on the righ
is made of Galyack in beige. Hats match both coats.
(International Illustrated New*)
Gotham Day by Day
BY ROSS DUFF WHYTOCK
A year and more ago I made the
prediction that the flea circus was
likely to equal the record run made
by “Abie's Irish Rose.i' Now I am
convinced of the fact, for the
strange entertainment is well into
its third year and going strong.
In a Rialto ramble the other after
noon I dropped in for a look at the
educated fleas and a chat with Prof.
William Heckler, the world's lead
ing breeder, trainer and exhibitor
of Pulex irritans. The professor
also is an authority on what he
terms pulicology, or. in the vernac
ular of Broadway, fleaology.
The Hecklers, father and three
sons, are the dominating factors in
the "flea industry” of the United
States. In fact, they are interna
tional in their endeavors, for Pro
fessor Heckler has made several
world tours with his troupe of per
forming fleas and has just returned
from South America. The father
has been a flea impressario for 30
years and has thoroughly schooled
his three sons—William, Roy and
Robert—in his profession. The fleas
which they use in their exhibitions
are an imported variety, which they
breed and train in their Brooklyn
home. The “dog” and “sand’’ fleas
native to our heath are not suit
able for show purposes. It is the
human flea that the Hecklers em
ploy, and it reaches its highest de
velopment in Europe.
A flea circus requires the services
of 24 well trained insects, but for
each performer there are two
understudies ready to take to the
stage in the event of any trouble
or tragedy among the principals.
There is no trickery about the
stunts performed by the Heckler
fleas. They are trained to dance, to
juggle, play football, race with
chariots, ride and turn merry-go
rounds and do other things that
cause strong men to blink and won
der if that stuff they had down
the block was really off a ship.
“The color of a flea gives evidence
of its strength and temperament,”
said Professor Heckler, “A pale
colored flea has no vitality, while
the black flea is full of agility and
strength. A flea weighs about half
a grain and can jump three feet.
If man possessed such ability, he
could jump about five miles and
could hurdle the Wooiworth build
ing with little effort. In many tests
I have demonstrated that a flea
can lift objects 150 times its own
weight. A horse can pull a wagon
and a load three to four times its
own weight, but a flea can pull a
wagon 300 to 400 times its weight.”
No Tears Shed
Gotham is wet, almost as wet as
the Atlantic that swells outside its
portals. It hears of places here
and there about the hinterland that
are reputed to be as arid as a Sa
hara sand dune, but like a dry
voting congressman with a cellar
of “suds,” Gotham gives little
thought to the droughts that may
exist elsewhere. The padlocking
procedure of the last two years has
proved mildly amusing to the Goth
amite with a thirst. He knows too
many places where the "stuff” is to
be had to be concerned over the
closing of one or several score
speakeasies by the federal authori
ties. The latest attack on the night
An Inducement
Prom Answers.
Prospective buyer: But you have
only two or three houses in this new
suburb of yours.
Real estate agent: I know. But
just look at all the parking space.
Q How early were adhesive post
age stamps used in this country?
D. R. S
A. Adhesive postage stamps were
issued by sevetal cities of the United
States indeDendentlv of the ^overn
ment about 1845. Well known ex
amples were those of New York City
and St Louis Stamps of ‘.his kind
were authorized by congress, March
3 1847.
clubs has him chortling, lor thej
have been generally regarded a:
places lor the trimming of th<
sucker. Like the cabarets of ole
and many of the theaters, they an
largely supported by the folk froir
out of town in search of a "gooc
time.” They may have had a good
time, but in most instances thet
have received a good trimming as
well. The closing of the night club;
will not bother Gotham’s wets, anc
it can be set down that no tears
will be shed. The methods practiced
by many of the night-shebang pro
prietors and managers make the
name of Jesse James a synonym foi
charity. Gotham is not a bit ag
grieved because of their wholesale
closing.
Summer Loans
All the Gothamites who p.edge
valuables for small loans are not
compelled to do so because of the
baying of the lone grey wolf. In
fact, an everygrowing multitude
takes its valuables to Uncle’s place
that they may properly be safe
guarded during the vacaton or the
out-of-city periods. An official of
a large loan organization says its
vaults are made the repository for
large quantities of silverware, jewel
ry and other valuables that house
holders do not wish to take with
them to the mountains, the seashore
or to Europe. They pledge such ef
fects lor small sums, knowing that
they will be well guarded against
their return in the fall. Fur coats
and winter clothing are taken to
the pawnshop, where they are placed
in mothproof rooms for the sum
mer. How’ever, many New' Yorkers
are able to finance their vacations
by "hocking” effects that they need
not redeem until snowfall.
SEASIDE SLUMS
The owner of a two family house
in the Rockaway region has
achieved departmental fame by en
sconcing therein nine families. Bad
enough, one would say: but what
the inspectors of the tenement
house deparment regarded as even
worse was the fact that each fami
ly had a gas stove. Fire hazards in
such an overoccuppied structure
with its nine gas stoves are obvious
enough.
It might seem that on the sands
of the Rockaway there was room
enough to avoid the worst over
crowding of the densely congested
areas of the east side of Manhat
tan, but it costs money to build
seaside bungalows and seaside rent
ers are not always averse to econo
mies in space and cash. At any
rate, the six inspectors who have
been paying special attention to
that locality unearthed evidence
upon which charges have been
made against more than 200 de
fendants.
There was a time during and aft
er the war when it would have been
cruel to enforce the full rigor of
the tenement house law; when It
would have been condemning many
families to homelessness We should
by now be well past those condi
tions. Let the law be enforced; to
turn our invigorating stretches of
ocean sands into seaside slums
w'ould be an intolerable wrong. Pub
lic opinioin in Rockaways should
be prompt to demand enforcement.
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Q. Did Lew Wallace’s Prince of
India have a subtitle? M. M.
A It is listed as Prince of India
or Why Constantinople Fell.
The Scandal Dish
Prom II Travaso, Rome from Judge.
‘But my dear young lady. It Is
not charitable to speak like that of
your enemy.”
“She's not my enemy, she is my
best friend.”
Q. Are Turkey in the Straw and
Zip Coon the same? I. S.
A. Carl Sandburg says Turkey in
the Straw go?s back to Zip Coon and
eaily minstrel songs. According to
j this the version Zip Coon is older
than the n:me Turkey in the Strew.
The tune of both pieces is practical
i ly the same.
NEBRASKA WOMEN TO
ATTEND VOTERS' SCHOOL
Grand Island. Neb.,
(UP)—Women In this district will
attend a one day voters’ school,
September 27, according to Miss
Ruth Gaulke of Lincoln, executive
secretary of the Nebraska League
of Women Voters. The session will
be sponsored by the Grand Island
league of Women Voters.
Technical points in balloting,
nominating, and other phases will I
be discussed. Mrs. W. W. Ramsey
of Chicago, member of the nation
al board of the league will be in
charge of the gathering, it was
announced.
O. Abbott, mayor of Grand Is
land and republican chairman of
the election board , and A. E.
Joseph, democratic chairman, will
be speakers on the program.
The state convention of the Ne
braska League of Women Voters will
be held in Grand Island October 8
and 9 instead of October 11 and 12
as had been previously announced
O’CONNOR CASE
IN HIGH COURT
Three Sets of “Heirs” SHU
Angling for Estate of
Wealthy Nebraskan
Lincoln. Neb., (UP)—
The notorious O'Connor $150,000
heirship case came before the su
preme court here today. Three
claimants of the estate of the
wealthy cobbler brought their cases
before the supreme court in con
solidated form.
The cases today represent only a
small part of the large number of
persons who have claimed heirship
to the estate since O’Connor died
in 1913, apparently intestate, and
wth the dying words that he knew
of no living relatives.
One of the claims today was
brought by Elizabeth O’Connor
a second is that of the children of
Burgoyne. claiming to be a neice;
a Michael O’Connor, said be a
brother of the wealthy man, and
the third is brought by the “Beebe
heirs,’’ from Beebetown, la., who
profess to be neices and nephews.
The cases in court over the
estate all have been directed against
the state as the law provides the
property shall be given over to the
state if no legal elaim to it ic
established.
SCOLDED BY SWEETHEART’S
FATHER. DRINKS POISON
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—Up
braided by the father of Charles
Wilson, with whom she had been
keeping company, Mrs. Alice Arlund,
35 years old, wife of William Ar
lund, garageman at Nashville, Neb.,
ended her life by drinking poison
here Tuesday.
Mrs. Arlund was the mother of
three children. She has been es
tranged from her husband for sev
eral months, and had been going
with Wilson, according to the lat
ter’s father.
When she called at the Wilson
home Monday evening, the elder
Wilson berated her for her atten
tions to his son. After taking the
poison shortly after midnight, she
telephoned Wilson, who found her
body.
When found. Mrs. Wilson was
holding a school poster made by one
of her children. The poster was
labeled “Mother.”
.MARATHON DANCE HALTED
FOR AL SMITH’S MEETING
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—
Omaha’s first marathon dance,
stopped temporarily Tuesday night
to give Governor A1 Smith use of
the municipal auditorium, resumed
immediately at the close of the
speech and the competitors had
hoofed for 40 hours at noon today.
During Smith’s speech the hoofers
were taken to another hall where
they continued their dance.
Forty couples started the mara
thon Monday evening. Three had
fallen by the wayside today. The
remainder announced that they were
going to set a new world’s record
for continuous dancing if necessary
to win the prize.
The dancers were beginning to
feel the effects of their exercise to
day. During the first 24 hours many
of them did not take advantage of
the 15 minute rest which was grant
?d them every hour.
GERMAN LUTHERAN SYNOD
IS OPENED AT HASTINGS
Hastings, Neb., 'UP)—
The Thirty Ninth annual conven
tion of the German Evangelical
Lutheran Synod of Nebraska opened
nere today. Eighty five pastors from
six states were included among the
delegates attending. The meetings
will last until Sunday.
NEBRASKA CITY AND LYONS
PASTORS ARE SWITCHED
Lyons, Neb., (Special)—
Rev. W. A. Allbright, pastor of the
M. E. church here for the last four
years, has been transferred to Ne
braska City, and leaves with his
family for that place this week. Rev.
Mr. Wright, of Nebraska City, takes
harge at the same time of the pas
.orate here.
HE FLARED ARREST
Omaha, (UP)—Believing
Ills wife was going to cause his ar
rest because of continued drinking,
Frc ' Stumpfmaier, 37 years old, a
laborer, ended his life by blowing
off his hea'" with a shotgun last
night. He had been drinking heav
ily recently and his wife had quar
reled with him, she sa:d. Shortly
before he killed himself she threat
ened to report him to police and
taking her three children with her,
went to the home of her parents
The body was found in the attic o!
the st.umfmaier horn*.
W O W. CASE TO
HAVE HEARING
Supreme Court Soon to
Consider “Loan” of 2
Million Dollars
Lincoln, Neb., (Special)
—The state supreme court today
opened its fall session, which will
continue uninterruptedly for the
next nine months. The first and
only case up was the appeal of Wil
liam Wegner from a Holt county
district court conviction, on a charge
of having violated the law relating
to the practice of medicine. Weg
ner claims that the treatments he
gives do not constitute any violation
of the statute.
The two billion dollar case in
which members of the Woodmen of
the World secured a district eourt
order that the Globe Life company,
financed by the fraternal order re
turn that amount of securities and
go out of competition, has been ad
vanced, and will be heard early next
month. Twelve lawyers are listed in
he litigation. The officers of the
fraternal society and of the life
company are the same, and they say
that what they did in using the
money was under instructions from
the head camp.
The protesting members are rely
ing largely upon their interpretation
of the Nebraska statute which pro
vides that all fraternals are run for
the benefit of their members and
their beneficiaries, and not for prof
it, and that as they cannot do any
thing not specifically granted by
law, the fact that the head camp
voted to go into the commercial life
business, does not give them power
to do it when members protest. They
say that the real scheme is to swal
low the fraternal and its big surplus
and to center stock control of the
commercial life in a few hands.
ASK CUT RATES
HAY AND SEED
Pierce County Appeals to
Railway Commission Be
cause of Short Crops
Lincoln, Neb., " (Special)
—Formal application was made to
day by the county authorities ot
Pierce county to the state railway
commission for authority to be
granted to the railways serving that
county to make special rates on
shipments of hay and seed grain
into that section. It is set out that
the corn and hay crops are both
short, and that it will be necessary
for feeders and farmers to ship in
supplies from other sections. There
is plenty of precedent for such an
order, and it is understood the rail
roads are willing to help in the
matter. Following the shortage of
com in the central part of the
state a few years, special rates on
seed grain were made into a num
ber of counties from all sections
where a surplus existed, and it
helped the situation very materi
ally.
RAISE FUND TO SAVE
OLDEST ELM TREE
Neligh, Neb., (Special) —
Nebraska may lose its oldest elm
tree, if efforts to raise $400 for the
tree, which stands in an old In
dian camping ground near here, do
not succeed. It is said by tree ex
perts to be 165 years old.
The tree was struck by lightning
a few years ago. Infection set in,
causing the interior to begin to
rot. If the rotting can be checked,
the tree will live another 200 years,
it is estimated.
Antelope county people are at
tempting to raise a fund for doc
toring the tree. If saved it will be
dedicated as a memorial to the
American Legion.
SUPREME COURT DENIES
REVIEW IN SEVERAL CASES
Lincoln, Neb., -The su
preme court today denied a re
hearing in the case brought by the
O. M. Campbell company, account
ants, against the County of Boyd,
won by the latter. Rehearings were
also denied in Dingle vs. Gilbert.
Burt county; Colfax Bank vs. Kon
valin, Peirce county, and in re
claim of J. T. Bigelow against
Farmers State bank of Wolbach, de
funct.
MISSING WOMAN HAD
JUST GONE ON VISIT
Lincoln. Neb., (UP) —
Miss Martha F. Brown returned
here yesterday from a trip to
Hastings, after her relatives and
friends had started an extensive
search for her.
Miss Browui was known to have
been in poor health. She disap
peared without telling her friends
where she was going. When she
did not return for two days the
search was started.
DENIED DAMAGES FOR
DEATH IN SWIMMING POOL
Lincoln. Neb., (UP)—The
supreme court denied a rehearing
today in the case of Edwin Lyman
against Walter Hall, proprietor of a
swimming pool at Stratton.
Lyman sought damages far the
death of his son, who drowned In
Hall's pool, and was awarded dam
ages in the district court, but the
supreme court held Hall was not
legally at fault.
