HUNTER’S BODY FINALLY FOUND Searchers Make Gruesome Discovery Four Days Af ter the Accident Broadwater, Neb, > (Spe cial'—Four days after he hau been klUed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun while out hunting, the body ot J Glenn Comstock 36 years old farm hand, was found by searchers near his car. He had shot two ducks which were in the truck and it is supposed that the loaded gun started to fall out of the truck which he was driving and that in reaching for it, it was discharged. Comstock’s father was a home steader near here, and later was found dead in a wagon in Kansas, under mysterious circumstances Comstock was born in Audubon county, la., March 25, 1862. He was a veteran of the World war, having enlisted at Sidney, December 14, 1017, and saw service abroad, NOW LEGAL TO TRAP MUSKRATS Annual War on Little Fur Bearers Opens in Nebras ka Friday Morning Lincoln, Neb., fnses for the state school system, presented to Gov. Adam McMullen today by Supt. Charles W. Taylor showed an in crease of approximately $146,000 more than the budget for the pres -■n biennium. About $22,000 of the increase was to be used for employing more read ers and clerical help, and $30,000 of it was requested to make effective the Mallory act, passed a number of years ago, which provided that a certain sum be paid annually to the rural high schools. The largest increase was that asked for undeP the division of adult Immigrant education, a new work ordered by the last legislature. The increase requested was $62,000 for salaries and wages and $17,000 for maintenance. A $5,000 increase was asked for ex penses of high school inspectors in normal training schools. 4 ..—-— OMAHA PLACES ARE PADLOCKED But Federal Judge Wood rough Refuses to Consider Cases Year Old Omaha, Neb., (UP)—Fed eral Judge J. W. Woodrough made short shift of the first of more than 100 suits looking to padlocking of business places and home here on ground that they were liquor nuis ances. He dismissed the first half dozen cases and announced that he would not consider any of thejn that are more than a year old. Assistant District Attorney Froe lich protested that it was through no fault of hia office that the cases were not brought to the court’s at tention sooner. The crowded condi tion of federal court docket preclud ed faster action, he said. The court remained firm and said that just becifuse a place was a nuisance a year ago this was not evidence that it continued to be such. Ten places were ordered padlocked, seven of which may reopen upon posting of $500 bond to insure against future sales of liquor. Twen ty six suits were dismissed and 51 were granted continuances. “SANDHILLS BURBANK” DIES AT ELLSWORTH, NEB. Ellsworth, Neb., (UP) Nebraska's "Burbank of the sand hills,” died here yesterday alter spending 40 years developing new plant species that would thrive in western Nebraska. Jules A. Sandoz. 71 years old. had been sick more than a year. He had been interested In horticultural work since he was crippled for life in an accident 40 years ago. OMAHA REPORTS FEWER BUILDINGS ARE VACANT Omaha. Neb., (UP)—Of the 50,000 houses and dwellings in Omaha only 1,480 are vacant, ac cording to a survey just completed by the real estate board. Tire report said this is the best showing since 1923-24. There are 516 fewer va cant homes this year than last. CLIPPING BUREAU GRAFT IS BEING WORKED AGAIN Kimball, Neb., _ (Special)— Tire old press clipping bureau graft is being worked again in this part of the country. A few weeks ago country editors were each sent a postcard, asking for a sample copy. A Denver address was enclosed. The papers received were appar ently carefully gone over and all personal items clipped. Then no tices were sent to those named in the items, stating that the clipping company had an item of personal interest to the party addressed and if 25 cents in cash or stamps were forwarded, the item would be dis patched. When the required money was sent, the person lound that the "im portant clipping” was one mention ing his name as having visited a neighbor, gone to town, or had rela tives visiting them. REGENTS WILL CONTROL SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND Lincoln. Neb., (UP)—The Nebraska school for the blind at Nebraska City, will be under the control of the board of regents of the University of Nebraska hence forth. it was apparent today. Tabulation of votes of 47 of the 93 Nebraska counties by the secre tary of state showed a majority in favor of the referendum, providir.™ for transferring control of the in stitution from the state board of control to the regents. ELECTION LAWS NEED CHANGING Nebraska Legislature Will Get Approval to Relieve Congested Conditions Omaha, Neb, (UP) — Agitation for better election facili ties can be expected at the ne*i session of the legislature as result of congestion encountered in moct Nebraska precincts in last week's elections, it was predicted here to day by Election Commissioner Mc Hugh. McHugh pointed out that present machinery for polling and counting the vote is entirely inadequate. Sim i’ar reports come from outstate, the Fremont Tribune in a lead editorial declaring that Fremont is entitled to more polling places. Voters In most Omaha precincts were forced to stand in line from half an hour to two hours to exercise their rights to the ballot. The same conditions prevailed almost everywhere throughout the state and is due to the limits placed by present law on number of booths to a precinct as well as number of workers to tx employed, McHugh said. Election machines may be the solution, he said. In one precinct here 1,081 persons voted. Counters did not finish tallying in many precincts here until Wednesday afternoon. NORFOLK MEN CHASE COYOTES WITH AIRPLANE Inman. Neb., . (Special)— Andrew Risser, pilot, and Len Man delke, student pilot, of Norfolk Neb., yesterday chased wolves for six miles through the hay country south of this place in an airplane. They bagged one of the largest wolves ever seen here and took their trophy to Norfolk. DARROW AND OMAHA RABBI HAVE DEBATE Omaha, Neb., (UP)— Clarence Darrow, Chicago criminal lawyer, debating with Rabbi Fred erick Cohn of Omaha here last night, likened man to a machine and declared that faith is the de stroyer of truth. Rabbi Cohn, in answer, declared that while Darrow's machine argu ment might be right, Darrow had not yet lound out what made the human machine run. The only difference between the two in their argument, Cohn said, was the one word, “soul.” DESPONDENT WORLD WAR VETERAN ENDS OWN LIFE Omaha. Neb., . (UP)— Despondent because bad health con tracted in the army during the World war, Robert Merritt, shot and killed himself here last night. He left a note for his wife and one for his father, M. P. Merritt, oi Oklahoma City. YOUTH ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING RURAL TEACHER McCook, Neb.. (UP) Chester Pierson, 18 years old, is in jail here, having confessed, It is said that he attacked Miss Vivian Ault, a rural school teacher. The attack was made Monday af ternoon after the school children left the building, Miss Ault told of licers, who arrested Pierson yester day aiter tracking him through a cornfield to the home of his par ents. Pierson threatened the teacher with a gun, she told officers, and tied her hands with a belt from her dress. FORMER FREMONT MAN AGAIN GOVERNOR OF UTAH Fremont, Neb.. (Special) —George H. Dern, former Fremont boy, but lor 30 years a resident cl Utah, was rc-eleeted governor of Utah on the democratic ticket by a majority of around 2,000 in the fact of a republican landslide that car ried every other Utah G. O. P. can didate into office. TREASURERS HAVE NO RIGHT TO MAKE REFUNDS, LEARNS Schuyler, Neb., (Special) —County treasurers have no auth ority to refund to truck own ers until the legislature authorizes them, County Treasurer Sedlacek has been advised by the department of public works at Lincoln which sent him a copy of a letter to the Platte treasurer. It was art*, —need that seme Nebraska county treas urers had been making the refunds in accord with a recent supreme court decision. The letter read, “It has oeen re ported by the counties adjacent to Platte county that you are mak ing refunds to truck owners since the dccis.cn of the supreme court affecting farm truck?. At the re quest of several county vroasurers interested from various pans cf (lie state. I took this matter - p w"h the attorney general who ad.ised that in his opinion and in view of the fact that remittances cf the state's share had been made, he would not advise that any attempt be made in the way of refund? un til authorization might have been given by the next legislature." HIS NECK BROKEN AS CAR GOES INTO DITCH Slayton. Minn., (Spe cial)—John P. Ruddy, a farm hand, 49 years old. was instantly killed Sunday night when the car he was in skidded into the ditch a short distance weat of Currie. At the ccrcnors inquest it was disclosed that his neck wtbs broken. He came here several years ago from Lyons, Neb., and letters from relatives, in 1922. at that place were found in his trunk. The bet';- is held at the undortak.ng parlors hero awaiting '.uformaticn from relatives RlCCESRFUL WITH OIL ON SANDHILL ROADS Ellsworth, Neb., — A road surfacing experiment on the Potash highway near here In which an oil mixture has een spread over the natural sand apparently has proved successful, and according to engineers here, will solve the prob lem of building good roads ia the sandhills. The Lakeside-Ellsworth extension of state highway No. 2 has been prepared for the final covering ol gravel, but probably will not be finished until next spring. The gravel will be put on over a mixture of the natural sand and oil and state engineers were confident that the road would be one of the most permanent in the state. WILL EXPLAIN TO DEPOSITORS Guaranty Fund Commission to Answer Citation in Thurston County Lincoln, Neb., —The state guaranty fund commission has pre pared for filing in the district court of Thurston county, its answer to a citation why it does not pay any or all of the amount due depositors in a failed bank at Rosalie, whose claims have all been adjusted and approved. In effect, the answer Is that it does not have the money. The answer to the citation is to be filed by the secretary of the state banking department, who is chairman of the commission, and will also contain the information that a partial payment will be made as soon as money comes in from a special assessment, totaling $700,000, that will be levied upon the solvent state banks within the next few weeks. Since the commission ran out ox money enough to pay all claims In the order in which they were put into judgment, it has followed the policy of declaring a dividend, when assets of the failed bank have been collected. In this case there Is no money on hand from that source. Whether there will be any money paid on the special assessment Is a question. At the State Bankers’ association meeting, a number of bankers signed an agreement to contest the legality of the assess ment in the courts on the ground that it is a tax on capital stock that is not constitutional because it takes their money without due process of law. The case in the Thurston county courts opens the possibility of a test of the law itself. The statute provides that depositors shall be paid in full out of the guaranty fund as soon as they have proved their claims, but as there is no money in the guaranty fund, the lawyers wonder what can be done about It. These claims all draw 7 per cent., and the interest on w>at are now due and unnald will take at least a fourth of tffe regular as sessment raised yearly. ONLY TWO POLITICAL PARTIES IN NEBRASKA Lincoln. Neb., (UP)— Nebraska has become a two-party . state, it appeared certain here to day, with the recording of first of ficial ballots from last week’s elec tion. The socialist ticket received only scattered recognition, the first of- I ficial returns showed, and there was virtually no question that the party will fall short of the 10 per cent, of the total vote that is nec essary to retain it a live party. This will leave only republicans and democrats on the state ticket. If the socialist vote runs under the 10 per cent, mark it will be nec essary for supporters of the party to hold a eonvention to reorganize before socialist candidates again can appear on the state ballot. ELOPING COTTLE IS FOUND IN CALIFORNIA Neligh. Neb., (Special)— Sheriff J A. Sutton received a message from the police department of Los Angeles, Cal., to the effect that Garth Landis, who is said to have married Lora May Britll, 14 years old, cf Neligh. is under arrest on a charge of stealing an automo bile. Last week the Los Angeles police sent o mec«aes to Neligh ask’ng ♦ hat Sheriff Sutton arrest Landis who was thought to be on his way to Neligh to kidnap a young girl. The tip c"-ma too late rs Landis and the girl had alreadv left Neligh. Humors e.rp that Landis and the r!rl were married at Central City about November 1, instead cf at Norfolk ns it was first reported. When Sheriff Sutton received the fr Landis’ -pres' T*-*. o. W Cunningham, mother of the girl, left for Lo3 Angeles to. get her daughter, hop Inc to be able to bring her back ta Neligh. YSTRONONY PXOHE^SOR OF MINNESOTA U. DIES St. Paul, Minn.. — Francis P. Leavenworth 63 years old professor emeritus of astron omy at the University of Minneso ta, died hers, Monday night. Prof. Leavenworth completed 35 years of service as a member of the faculty last year. FOUR CARLOADS OF TURKEYS SOLD 6Y FARMERS Morrill. Neb. (Special)— Pour carloads o* turkeys have been told by growers cf the North Platte valley to Swlit and company, the highest bidder. For No. 1 hens and young toms, 38cents a pound was paid, 28cents for No. 2’s and 31’4 cents fer old toms. Mere than 9.000 turkeys were listed. They will be dressed on the farms bv the ra sers and vhll be de 'ive*rri this week The raisers ex pect to hare about 10 carloads for the Christmas market. HIS WIFE NOW SEEKS DIVORCE Woman for Whom He Killed Another Man Asks Her Freedom _ Madison, Neb., (Special, —Suit lor divorce has oeen tiled here by Mrs. Clara S. Wehenkel, wife of John Wehenkel, who is in jail here, awaiting a second trial for murder. It was on his wife’* ac count that Wehenkel killed the late Albert Carrico at Tilden. Carrico was said to have won her from her husband. Wehenkel was once convicted and given a long prison term, but the supreme court awarded him a new trial and he wa' brought back from Lancaster to Madison, to await the fall term of district court. SOCIAL WORKERS OF STATE ARE MEETING AT OMAHA Omaha, Neb., Four hundred social workers from all sections of the state are here for the three-day session of the Nebras ka Conference for Social Work, which opened Sunday. District Judge L. B. Day, of Omaha, elected a justice of Nebraska suprefhe court last Tuesday is president of the con ference. A. M. Cameron of Ne braska university is secretary. According to Lincoln Frost, secre tary of the state department of public welfare and chairman of the legislative committee, the next ses sion of the legislature will be asked to extend a revised and uniform juvenile court law to every N«.bra.c*'u county. At present only Douglas and Lancaster counties have juven ile courts. The legislature also will be asked to increase mother's pensions from $50 to $75 per family and make licensing of children’s boarding homes compulsory. DARROW AND OMAHA RABBI ARE TO DEBATE Omaha, Neb., (UP)—AT* thur F. Mullen, Omaha attorney and democratic national committeeman for Nebraska, will preside at the de bate between Clarence Darrow, not ed Chicago criminal lawyer, and Rabbi Frederick Cohn, at the Oma ha Auditorium tomorrow night. Darrow, an agnostic, has the af firmative of the question “Is Man a Machine.” Rabbi Cohn, noted Jew ish orator, will attempt to refute his arguments. Mullen, a Catholic, Is a personal friend of both debaters and agreed to act as chairman for that rea son. A great deal of interest is being taken in the debate by persons of all shades of religious belief and every seat in the Auditorium is expected to be filled. OMAHA LIVESTOCK SHOW WAS FINANCIAL FAILURE Omaha. Neb, (UP)—The political campaign was blamed for the financial failure of the first an nual Omaha livestock and horse show, by Ak-Sar-Ben officials here today. While the show was a de cided success from an exhibitors’ standpoint, it was a “flop” as far as paid attendance was concerned. Notwithstanding the financial de bacle the show will be repeated next year, directors said. They predicted better success next year, holding to the belief that interest in politics this year was so great that people were giving no consideration to any thing else. ! RAILROADS WON’T PAY 1 FOR CLEANING STOCK CARS Lincoln, Neb., (Special) —All Nebraska railroads have asked the state railway commission for authority to inaugurate a system of charges for cleaning and disinfect ing livestock cars. They insist that these are items of actual out ol pocket cost and that they should be reimbursed for this other than out of rates, which are none too re munerative at the present time. No charges are now made. The com panies want $2.50 for cleaning and disinfecting single deck cars and $4.00 for doing the same work on double deckers. LIABILITY COMPANY TO APPEAL FROM AWARD Wayne, Neb., (Special)— An appeal to the higher court was taken by the insurance company which recently was ordered by the state compensation commission to pay J. W. Baker, local fireman, who was injured 18 months ago while coing to a fire, $15 per week for six weeks, during which time he was totally disabled. The action of the company wa: called “unreasonable” by Mr. Baker who S2id he would not press his claims farther as the expense would more than offset any reward. A question has been raised here as to the advisability cf continuing the expenditure of several hundred dol lars annually by the city for the protection cf firemen, as a result cf this attitude. SAUNDERS COUNTY MAN NEBRASKA HUSKING CHAMP Nebraska City, Neb., —Jce Sudick cf Saunders county repeated his victory of 1926 and again took state championship honors at the annual cornhusking contest here Saturday. Sudick husked 25.28 net bushels in 80 minutes—the period of the contest. The runnerup was Otto Sorenson, Washington county, with a record of 24 92 net bushels. TOWN OF CARROLL. NEB.. AGAIN HAS NEWSPAPER Wayne, Neb., (Special) —After being without a paper for several weeks, the Carroll News was introduced to Carroll citizens last week, when the first number of the weekly was published. H. M. Woolman. who has had sev eral years cf experience in the news paper field in the western part of the state is the editor. The Index, which for many years was published :n Carroll was dk:continued last rummer by Mr. Dawson, editor of the paper two ysars. FREMONT TO STAGE BIG ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION Fremont, Neb., (Special) — Fremont’s biggest celebration of the year will be on Armistice day. Three bands, including the 17th Infantry band, thousands of Legion men. three drum corps and dozens of floats are to have place in the pa rade at noon. The parade it is said will be two miles long. Provision has been made for parking 2,500 auto mobiles for the fireworks display In the evening. Former Senator Gil bert M. Hitchcock of Omaha is to be the sperker of the day Youth ful orators from all over eastern Nebraska will compete in the pa triotic oratorical contest. TO DECIDE ON CHAMP HUSKER Nebraska Contest to Be Held Saturday—Twenty Seven Men Entered Nebraska City, Neb, _ (UP) —Nebraska cornpicking champions will gather tomorrow morning on the John McCarthy farm near Ne braska City to decide who will rep resent the state at the national cu test this year. Twenty seven, repre senting the fastest compdekem in the state, will work for one hour and twenty minutes to see who can gather the greater number of pounds of corn on the cob, free from silks and husks. Judging from the reports of county contests, held in the last two weeks, Oto Sorenson, champion of Washington county, is favored to win. His record of 24.46 bushels has not been surpassed. But records of county contests will probably car ry little weight in the contest to morrow. The crop throughout the state was in poor condition and some of the county contests did not allow the contestants a chance to prove conclusively what they could do in a field of excellent corn. But they will have their oppor tunity Saturday. The field chosen for the contest was in perfect con dition and was judged the ideal field for the competition. Incident ally, the field is of white corn and this will be the first championship contest in which white corn was used. Sorenson’s record was not only the best made this year, but w>as al so higher than the record of 23.32. bushels which Hilmer Swanson of Saronville, set in the state meet last year. And it was better than the mark which Swanson made in the national meet when he placed third Sorenson comes from a family of corn pickers with known ability. Last year three Sorenson brothers were champions of thro# counties and finished fifth, sixth, and sev enth places in the state meet. In 1926, Otto wras runnerup in the state contest and placed fourth in the na tional meet. Swanson, the 1927 champion and his running mate, Joe Kort, Antel ope county, who finished seeoad in the 1927 meet and sixth in the na tional contest, will be entered in the race. Officials said recently that competition will be unusually strong and new records will probably be made. FORMER CLERK FACES EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE. Bartlett, Neb.. (UP) — Henry Pletcher, for 10 years county clerk in Greeley county, faces charges of embezzelment. A war rant issued yesterday charged him with taking $11,345 of county funds during his term of office. The pilfer ing had been going on during Plet cher’s entire term of office, it is al leged. He resigned his office last October 12. KILLED BY FALL AFTER GETTING ELECTRICAL SHOCK Tecumseh, Neb., (UP) — Carl Blinde, 20 years old, was killed here yesterday when he struck* an electric wire while trimming trees. He was shocked and fell to the ground. The fall fractured three 'ibs. one of which punctured a lung causing death within a few hours. SIGNS REQUISITIONS FOR THREE PRISONERS Lincoln. Neb., (UP>—Gov ernor McMullen signed two extra dition papers today for prisoners ranted in other states. Deputy Sheriff Herzog of Yuba aunty California applied for per ni icn to take Ray Gassart to Marysville. Cal., where he is want 'd cn forgery charges. Gassart is :ow held in Falls City Officers from Christian county, IM ouri, requested custody of Fred die McCoy and Loyal Mitchell who ore being held at Allen. Neb. They .re wanted in Missouri for attempt ..g to pass forged checks. LYING SCHOOL AT FREMONT TO CONTINUE Fremont, Neb., (Special) — " A Beesmer, head of the Beesmer 'lying school, announced that all of the old pupils would stay and wo new ones had enrolled and that he school without doubt would con tinue. He has ordered a new plane to replace the Paige that was tatally leetrcyed when it fell with Adolph Pavel of Clarkson and Johnny Se ville cf Walnut, la., two weeks ago. JEW HOTEL AT WAYNE TO BE FORMALLY OPENED Wayne, Neb., . -Wayne's •-cw hotel, the Stratton, will be crmally opened November 24 A dinner is planned for stockholders md their friends November 23. and V. R. Davis will officiate as toast master. The formal banquet for the pub ic will be held November 24, and ^resident U. S. Conn, of Wayne Normal, will preside. The building las been completed and Manager i O. Stratton now is furnishing it.