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., <UP1 —
Muskrats become ’’’wrul game Fri
day morning and until February 15
may be trapped by any one posses
sing a license. Open season on ot
ter* and foxes also goes Into effect,
but because of the scarcity of these
animals in Nebraska this season is
of little importance.
The open season on muskrats has
caused less interest than last year,
according to the bureau of game
and fish at the state capitol. Al
though virtually the same number
of trapping licenses have been Is
sued. most of them were given out
earlier in the year. And very few
have been issued in the last few
weeks. Trappers, apparently were
intent upon getting animals for
which the open season was estab
lished earlier.
Last year, 7.322 trapping licenses
were soid, Frank B. O’Connell, state
game warden said today. The total
for this year will scarcely equal that
figure, he said. Whether lack of in
terest among sportsmen or lack of
animals was the cause of the de
crease. could not be determined.
Foxes In this Btate are scarce,
O’Connell said. A few may be found
In the territory along the Missouri
river and a few in the extreme
western portion of the state.
Otters are virtually extinct ex
cept for a few still emaining In
the region around the N'obrara
river.
AN ABLF SPEAKER FOR
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR RALLY
Wayne. Neb., (Special'.—
Dr, Ira Landrith, a candidate for
the vice presidency of the United
(States in 1916 and one of the best
known public speakers of the na
tion, will give the principal address
at a Christian Endeavor rally at
the Presbyterian church, Sunday
afternoon.
YOUNG WOMAN DIRECTS
NEBRASKA NEWSPAPER
Conk, Neb., -At this time
of the year when the virturei of
expensive collegiate Institutions, In
tended to fit young men and women
to take their place in the world,
are getting the lion's share of the
cheering, seems the proper place to
point out that Nebraska has one
of the youngest newspaper editors
In the world, perhaps the youngest
woman editor, and that Mary E
Blythe, who owns and edits the
Cook Weekly Courier of Cook, Neb.
is a graduate of Franklin’s school
of experience.
Miss Blythe is 21 years old. ‘She
has been virtually in charge of The
Courier since she was 14 years old
and she has owmed it since she wra?
19.
FORCIBLY TOOK MONEY
( LAIMED FOR. DAMAGES
Scott bluff, Neb., (Spe
cial)—Charged with forcibly taking
from Nick Orloff and Mac Lock
farmers, $84.45 In cash, on the plea
that it was owed to them, Henry
Bayer and Peter Fegler, also farm
ers, were bound ever to the next
term of district court under $50C
bonds each.
Cars in which the four men were
passengers collided near here. Bauet
and Fegler, occupants of one car
are said to have attacked Orlofi
and Lock and to have taken from
them the money, on the ground that
thoir car had sustained that much
damage in the crash.
KILLED 17 DUCKS WITH
THREE SHOTS FROM GUN
Blue Hill. Neb., (Special)
_The season’s retorn for the num
ber of ducks shot at one time is
believed held bv Adolph Schultz, of
Bine mil. With three shots he got
17 Canadian mallards, on the creek
running through his farm. The
duck flight this year has not been
heavy but with several days of rainy
weather there were a few flocks on
the wing.
TO CHANGE ROUTE OF
AIRMAIL IN NEBRASKA
Omaha, (UP)—Route of
the transcontinental airmail
through Nebraska soon will be
changed, planes to fly on a line
some distance south of that now
traversed. This became known when
bids were asked for lighting emer
gency landing fields. Fifteen re
volving beacon lights will be placed,
four at Intermediate landing places
at Lincoln. Seward, York and
Aurora and the others at emergency
fields betwten Omaha ar.d Lexing
ton
BUS LINE AUTHORIZED
TO ISSUE NEW STOUR
Linroln, Neb, (UP)—The
Interstate Transit lines, a corpora
tion operating busses out of Oma
ha, Fremont, Sioux City, Norfolk,
Lincoln, York, and Grand Island,
was authorized by the state rail
way commission today to issue 43,
253 shares of stock at (10 a share.
It was the first time in the his
tory of the commission that a bus
company has been granted au'hor
ity to issue stock.
The Interstate Transit lines is a
consolidation of bus lines formerly
operated by Russell J. Walsh of
Omaha and George O. Armand of
York.
STATE SCHOOLS
COSTING MORE
Nebraska Superinten dent
Prepares Budget for $146,
000 Increase
Lincoln, Neb , (Special)—
The budget of e5??>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., <UP>—
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., <UP>
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.
