Nebraska Newspapers

    LODGE PRESSES
DEPOSIT CLAIM
Eastern Star of Nebraska
Maintains Its Right to Pre
ferred Consideration
LINCOLN, NEB-(UP) —Attor
neys for the grand chapter of the
Eastern Star filed with the supreme
court Monday arguments in sup
port of the decision of the Polk
county court that a deposit of $13,
129 and interest in the Osceola
bank is a preferred claim against
the n*mk guaranty fund.
In 1925 officers of the organiza
tion bad made arrangements with
the bank that it would pay three
and one half per cent on Its check
ing account. Receivers for the bank,
however, have ruled the la.v would
not permit interest payments on
money that can be withdrawn at
any time.
FISHERMEN LOSE CASE
IN STATE SUPREME COURT
LINCOLN — (Special) — The su
preme court entered an order dis
missing the suit brought in Lan
caster county and won there by W.
H. Miller and other fishermen who
use seines and traps in the waters
of the Missouri river, and who
asked for an order enjoining the
department of agriculture from in
terfering with their operations. A
state low prohibits this sort of
fishing in that stream, and the
plaintiffs, who say they make a
living catching and selling fish
therefrom contended that a law
made by Nebraska could not be op
erative unless Iowa, which exercises
jurisdiction to the middle of the
stream, Joined with it in such pro
hibition.
In an opinion written by Justice
Rose, the court says that the states
have no treaty right powers; that
the east boundary of the state of
Nebraska is in tne middle of the
river, and that the act of congress
granting the two states concurrent
Jurisdiction does not prevent Ne
braska from exercising criminal and
civil jurisdiction over its half nor
from enforcing a law forbidding
nets, traps and seines in that part
of the stream.
If the two states do not agree
that does not leave the river with
out police protection where offenses
against the criminal law may be
committed with impunity. The
state has the sovereign power to de
fine crime and to enforce the pen
alties inherent In a state govern
ment It says that it may exercise
its police power to protect food at
its source of supply, this being a
legislative function of sovereignty,
and it may extend that protection
to fiKh in the river up to the bor
der line between the states. When
there is any doubt ns to the exact
situs of the crime, the state that
first acquires jurisdiction may re
tain it to the exclusion of the or
der.
It follows, therefore, that the law
nought to be enjoined is valid and
enforceable, and that the fact that
in the exercise of police power
property is depressed or destroyed,
where its use, through a change of
policy, becomes unlawful, is not a
valid reason for withholding an or
der of enforcement.
ANOTHER DIVORCE IN
OMAHA HIGH SOCIETY
OMAHA—(UP)—When Mrs. Isa
bel Vinsonhaler Caldwell was
granted a divorce by District Judge
Leslie here Monday it was the
fourth Omaha society wedding to
go on the rocks inside of two
weeks.
Mrs. Caldwell charged her hus
band, John H. Caldwell, former vice
piesident of the United States
Trust company here, with cruelty.
She testified that he had on sev
eral occasions threatened her life
and that finally she was forced to
flee from him and spent some time
in a hospital because of shattered
nerves. Caldwell, who now lives in
California, did not resist the suit.
Mrs. Caldwell was given custody of
her two children.
WOMAN GOES TO PRISON
OVER LIQUOR CHARGE
BEATRICE—(UP)—For the sec
ond time within three months, Mrs
Minnie For den, 63 years old, wife of
a German tenant farmer near here,
tins pleaded guilty to a charge of
unlawful possession of liquor. She
was fined $100 and sentenced to
three months in the reformatory at
York.
The entire family was involved
in the raid in W'hich Mrs. Foren
was arrested. As a result, her
husband was fined $100; her 16
year-old son, Rankin Forden, Jr.,
was sent to the industrial school at
Kearney; an older son, John, and
two grandsons, Frank and David
Probst, will be sentenced Friday.
WIFE OF LEGISLATOR
SUES FOR DIVORCE
LINCOLN—(UP)—Trenmor Cone
of Valley, Neb., representative from
Douglas county, was made defen
dant in a divorce petition on file in
district court here, Tuesday.
Mrs. Freda Cone charges in the
petition that the legislator has an
“over inflated idea of his own im
portance as a result of political
campaigns.” She charges failure to
support her properly. The twe
have been estranged for 18 months
PHONE COMPANY WOULD
GIVE BETTER SERVICE
LINCOLN— (UP) —The Lincoln
Telephone ami Telegraph company
sought authority today from the
state railway commission to offc.
a better grade of service to rural
subscribers rn a number of ex
changes. The present service costs
$1.50 a month and the improved ser
vice would cast $1.75. The ex
changes affected are at Adams
Auburn, Brock, Brownville, Burr,
Ceresco. Colon, Cook Douglas, Elm
wood, Gilead, Ithaca, Johnson. Mil
ligan, Nehauka Otoe, Peru, Ste:lc
City and Talmocige.
disarranged wedding
PLANS TO BE COMPLETED
OMAHA—(UP)—Taking no furth
er chances that his marriage plans
might hit on the rocks, Edward
Kerleschmid, Thursday, obtained a
license to wed Freda Hagel, al
though the ceremony will not be
performed until Easter Saturday.
First attempt of the pair to mar
ry went awry several months ago
when Edward was sentenced to 30
days in Jail for reckless driving,
despite his plea that Freda was to
arrive from Germany the following
day and that they planned to be
married immediately.
Mayor Dahlman finally heard of
the case and pardoned Kerleschmid
after he had served 10 days, but
wedding plans were abandoned be
cause Edward had spent all of his
money for legal advice.
Freda obtained work and togeth
er they have saved enough money
now to justify the venture. Ker
leschmid has been in this country
about a year.
DEPOSITORS TO
GET DIVIDENDS
Guaranty Fund Commis
sion Reports Payments in
Northeast Nebraska
LINCOLN. NEB. (Special) -
Several northeastern Nebraska state
banks are included in the list Just
issued by the state guaranty fund
c:in mission as those in which de
positors will receive partial pay
ments of their claims. The total dis
tribution is nearly 800,000. and rep
re*sents returns on assets collected
in recent months, and apportioned
as dividends.
A second dividend will be paid
depositors of the failed Citizens
State bank of Butte, totaling $15,
705, and representing a 12 per cent
dividend. Previous sums paid during
the time the bank was op rated as
a going concern by the commission
bring the total payments up to 34
per cent. The bank was taken over
14 months ago.
Lindsay State bank depositors will
get an 11 per cent dividend, amount
ing to $29,000. This represents a sec
ond payment, with the total at 42.88
per cent.
A third dividend will be paid de
positors in the Scribner State bank,
totaling $114,000 and being 19 per
cent. The total to date is 70.5 per
cent.
Snyder State bank depositors will
get their first dividend, $28,000, or
20 per cent. The bank was taken
over four years ago, and total
liquidation has been 66 per cent,
the remainder being paid out while
it was being operated as a going
concern.
WAYNE WOMAN DIES
WHILE ON KANSAS VISIT
WAYNE — (UP) — The body of
Mrs. Sumner Pox, 86 years o!d. who
died at Lone Elm, Kan., recently
while visiting, will be returned here
for burial.
POSTOFFICE CLERK NOT
GUILTY OF EMBEZZLEMENT
HASTINGS—(UP)—Howard Cot
tle, Nelson postollicf money order
clerk, was acquitted of the charge
of embezzling postoffice funds by
a jury in federal court here. The
jury deliberated about six hours.
THIEF EXPOSED BY TAKING
HIS CHEW OF TOBACCO
AURORA—(Special)—The undo
ing of Leon Hudson of York and his
identification as participant in more
than 40 burglaries in the last three
months came from his biting off a
plug of horse shoe tobacco.
Hudson had apparently left few
clues. He wore gloves during his
operations and the only clue was a
plug of tobacco with one huge bite
missing which had been left on the
floor of one of the stores robbed. It
left the perfect imprint of a set of
teeth.
While in jail here. Sheriff How
ard and Deputy Valentine treated
Hudson with court'sy and even
played cards with him. One day.
Sheriff Howard produced a brand
new' plug of tobacco and tossed it
on the table, inviting all to help
themselves. None of the others de
sired a chew, but Hudson said he
chowed sometimes. He started to
cut off a piece, but the sheriff
urged him not to stand on cere
mony, "Aw, just bite it off,” said the
sheriff.
Hudson bit. Tire bites in the two
plugs of tobacco corresponded. Hud
son was told of the identification
and admitted the thefts
He implicated Harvey Kline in
part of the work. Eleven towns were
visited by him on his depredations.
MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN
IS OPENED AT NORFOLK
NORFOLK—i Special)—The po
litical primaries ended here Thurs
day night when the democrats at
their convention renominated Paul
Nordwig. incumbent, as their candi
date for mayor. The republicans
had nominated John Dudgeon as
their mayoralty candidate.
NEBRASKA SURGEONS TO
MEET AT OMAHA NEXT
LINCOLN — • UP) — The annual
session of the Nebraska section of
the American college of surgeons
closed here yesterday after mem
bers elected officers and selected
Omaha as the 1930 meeting place.
The following officers were elected:
Dr. Max Ernmert, of Omaha, pres
ident; Dr. J. E. M. Thompson, of
Lincoln, vice president; Dr. W. L.
Shearer, of Omaha, secretary-treas
urer, and Dr. K. S. J. Hoblen, of
Lincoln, ana Dr. FYederick Lang
rinn of Omaha, counnilnrs
Progress Being Made in Efforts
To Curb Tuberculosis in Poultry
EXTENT OF AVIAN T^JBERCULOSIS
JULY 1, 1926
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While it is primarily a problem for owners themselves to solve, avian
tuberculosis in the United States is being combatted to a marked in
crease through educational literature and help from federal and state
sources. About 7 per cent of flocks tested have reacted to the tuberculin,
inserted in the wattle from a hypodermic needle as shown below.
BY FRANK I. WELLER,
Associated Press Farm Editor,
Washington.—Because the country
'is awakening to a broad education
il interest” in avian tuberculosis,
Dr. A. E. Wight, federal officer in
:harge of eradication work, believes
here is marked progress in efforts
o control a previously neglected
iisease that menaces the billion
iollar poultry industry.
Dr. Wight observes that news
papers have taken up the subject
tnd that other agencies of informa
ion are stressing the economical
idvantage of curbing infestation.
The response of the farmer and the
poultryman, he says, indicates suc
cess in an undertaking that is com
parable to the campaign against tu
oerculosis of cattle.
In many states, particularly in
the north and west where avian tu
eerculosis is especially destructive,
physical examination of farm flocks
has been made incident to the tu
berculin testing of cattle.
During the fiscal year 1D2T, in
■pections were made of more than
211,600 flocks containing about 16,
f>00,000 birds, of which nearly 6 per
cent were infected. Tests in 27
states, not including the nine
known to have a high per cent of
infected poultry, 9,300 out of 85,000
reacted.
Tuberculosis of fowls is widely
distributed over the United States.
The federal bureau of agricultural
economics says that at eastern mar
kets receiving large shipmets of
poultry from various sections, a
considerable portion of the rejec
tions are for tuberculosis. Annual
monetary loss is reckoned in mil
lions of dollars for the entire indus
try which, in the point of farm in
come, is exceeded only by dairy and
hog products.
Unless extremely valuable birds
are involved, tuberculin testing of
poultry is not advised. A quick
and sure way to control the disease
is to eliminate the older birds an- |
nually. It is pointed out that the
egg production of all flocks is great
est in their first year, and that the
largest return from sale of fowls
for slaughter is scon after the close
of the first laying period.
Since infestation does not become
| apparent, ordinarily, until the fowl
, is 3 »: 3 years old. it may develop
! insidiously throughout the entire
flock. Annual disposal of mature
birds and frequent cleaning of quar
ters will insure a larger income and
remove 75 per cent of all poultry
diseases, specialists say.
Dr. Wight makes a salient point
of the fact that tuberculosis of
fowls is readily transmitted to hogs,
and that a great deal of the disease
j found in swine is of the avian type.
Packers who have been paying a
premium for hogs from areas free
of bovine tuberculosis, now are ask
ing that the avian type be elimi
nated, too.
Federal Farm Facte
A valuable result of farmers' co
operative marketing organizations,
according to C. L. Christensen of
the United States bureau of agri
cultural economics, is the improve
ment in the quality of farm products.
"Co-operative associations,” he says,
"have brought the producers’ point
of view into marketing and have
brought a knowledge of market de
mands back to the producer.”
The better qualities of tobacco,
despite the increase of more than
24,800,000 pounds in cigar leaf
tobacco over the 1927 production,
are bringing better prices. Cigar
leaf tobacco in 1927 brought 21.7
cents a pound. Last year it sold
for 22.1 cents a pound.
The most dreaded of all animal
diseases, the foot-and-mouth dis
ease has been reported in a herd
of hogs near Whittier, Cal. The en
tire herd of 3,500 swine were slaugh
tered and buried by government
and state veterinary officials in the
hope of srtopping the spread of the
plague.
The United States Forest Service
receives annually about 14.000 to
15,000 letters applying for jobs as
forest rangers, an average of be
tween 40 and 50 a day. The forest
service staff is made up of about
900 rangers, with a turnover of no
more than 50 a year.
Of a total of about 590.000 square
miles of land in Alaska, ihe United
States bureau of biological survey
reports that nearly 350,000 square
miles are available for grazing. This
land now offers forage for reindeer
Looking Backward.
From Time.
Despite general acceptance of
Chicago’s late Thomas Chrowder
Chamberlin's planetesimal theory of
earth’s origin. Oxford's Herbert Hall
Turner opined that science can
never tell the earth’s beginnings,
nor the universe’s. So look forward,
said he. “Time’s arrow points one
way—to the future. It is a vain
hope that we can ever learn cf the
beginning of things. Tc quote A. S.
Eddington in his recently published
Gifford Lectures, it is as vain as it
would be to expect all the monkeys
in the world pounding on all the
iyuEwriter keys in the world would
Biggest Butter and
Egg Man Re-Elected
C. J. Eldredge Is the world's hig
hest butter and egg man. He was
recently elected president of the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange,
which last year did a business of
nearly $400,000,000 in the sale of
butter and eggs. It >s his fourth
term.
herds totaling between 500,000 and
600,000 head, in addition to sheep
deer, caribou and moose.
Steam flows into atmosphere at
the rate of 650 feet a second.
duplicate all the books in the British
museum.”
q. Name the actresses that .vere
famous for their interpretation ol
Ibsen roles. J. S.
A. Fru Hennings was the first ac
tress to act the role of Nora in a
Doll's House. Mrs. Fiske, Mme
Dues Mary Shaw. Mrs. Patrick
Campbell. Mme. Naaimova, and
Carlotta Nlllson all were known in
Ibsen roles.
How is Madame Curie's name
| pronounced? M. E.
A Curie is pronounced as it
1 spelled Koo ree. giving the oo the
I same sound as in the word cook.
GRAPE JUICE SALESMAN
PAYS HEAVY FINE
GERING— Advertising California
grape juice proved a costly pro
cedure lor E. A. Childers when ar
raigned in county court on a charge
o 1 advertising a new process for
the manufacture of liquor. He also
was displaying posters and other
advertising matter explaining fur
ther the process he was trying out
for the thirsty.
The product, the state charged,
was supposed to be grape juice but
was guaranteed to ferment into al
oohol shortly at ter a patent bung,
which was placed in the keg for
shipment, had been removed.
Childers was given a heavy fine
and costs.
STOPS PAYMENT
ON HIS CHECK
Aftermath of Poker Game
Promises to Be Carried
Into Courts
HEMINGFORD, NEB.—A check
for $1,000 given after a poker game
while he was intoxicated is causing
trouble for Dan Slattery of Har
rison, Neb. Attorney S. L. O'Brien,
of Alliance, has filed suit in county
court i recover that amount. The
check is said to have been given
by Slattery to E. M. McFarland. It
was endorsed to O'Brien before it
was cashed. Payment on the check
had been stopped. O'Brien seeks to
recover from Slattery and McFar
land.
Slattery in answer to the petition
.'•ays he was induced to join the
poker game after he had taken a
quantity of liquor and was not re
sponsible. He says McFarland in
duced him to give the check so they
could recoup money lost by playing
together.
The case will come up coon in
county court.
OMAHA GROCER ATTACKS
NEBRASKA DRUG LAW
LINCOLN—(UP)—Prosecuted for
selling aspirin tablets when not
a registered druggist, Henry Geest.
Omaha grocer, attacked in supreme
court Wednesday the constitution
ality of the law under which he was
arrested. He was acquitted by a
jury and the state appealed the
case.
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT
A. R. DAVIS FUNERAL
W A Y N E—Wayne Presbyterian
church could not accommodate all
who gathered Tuesday to pay trib
ute to A. R. Davis, about 2,500 be
ing present from Nebraska, Iowa
South Dakota and Colorado. Many
stood outside in a drizzling rain. A
wealth of flowers helped express the
sentiment of the host of friends.
Masonic grand lodge members
and many ether Mascns. about 400
in all, were here to honor Ne
braska’s former grand master.
O. A. King of Denver, close friend
of Mr. Davis here in the early days
lauded character and friendship ol
Mr. Davis. Grand Master Frank
Woodland of Omaha spoke of the
deceased as an attorney and point
ed to him as embodying true ma
sonry. Rev. Fenton C. Jones, pastor
of the church in which Mr. Davis
was active, spoke. Masons conduct
ed the rites at Greenwood cemetery.
Members of the local lodge were
pallbearers.
Davis was killed last Thursday
when his car was struck by a train.
UNDER WATER 10 MINUTES
BUT IS REVIVED
LONG PINE—After he had been
under water for 10 minutes, Willard
Wheeler, 10 years old, was pulled
from a millpond here, and was re
vived by artificial respiration after
1’0 minutes’ work.
Wheeler and Clement Ashbaugh
fell in while trying to pass on a
narrow pier while fishing. Ash
baugh could swim, and getting out.,
called Jim Kurtz, Edward Traut
man and Isaac Peterson from the
power plant.
Wheeler was pulled out with a
rake. Dr. I. I. Boehr, who was
called, said the work of the three
men had revived the lad after an
unusual length of time.
INDIAN PRINCESS SAYS
SHE IS FAR FROM “BROKE”
OMAHA- —Princess W a r
Hoo-Chee broke? On the contrary
the Cherokee herb doctor and
•'foreseer” here for the last decade
is getting along quite well, if one
could judge her wealth by her re
splendent attire in which she ap
pears oh the streets.
This was the princess’ way of
denying a report that she was down
and out. She lives in a six room
apartment here.
Clothes? "Do these look like I was
broke?” she asked, fingering a gold
threaded coat which she said cost
$700.
”1 got diamonds, too. I won’t tell
how many. And I got lots of land—
70 acres in Oklahoma, 240 acres in
South Dakota, and horses and cattle
land in Florida.”
DYNAMITE STOREHOUSE
IS USED AS TARGET
WAHOO—(UP)—A search was
being made today for the small boys
who recently have been shooting at
a dynamite shed, with .22 caliber
rifles, in target practice. The shed
Is Isolated about a mile north of the
town. Although its walls are riddled
with bullet holes, apparently none
of the shots struck the explosive.
SCRIBNER EXPLOSION
VICTIMS ARE RECOVERING
SCRIBNER—While the Red Cross
drive for finds is getting started,
victims of the Scribner dynamite
blast are ~e ported recovering satis
factorily.
Several ot the injured will be dis
charged from the hospital this
week, it was :-aid, but others will
require hospital care for weeks or
months.
No reports have been made on
the reiief fund drive, except that
several hundred dollars has been
taken in at Scribner.
GAINS LIBERTY
THROUGH RUSE
Omaha Shoplifter Imper
sonates Another Prisoner
and Secures Release
OMAHA, NEB—(UP)—An al
leged shoplifter booked as “Pat
O’Leary’ pulled a fast one on the
jailer at the city jail Friday. Ar
rested Thursday “O'Leary” learned
that Charles Padgett, a fellow pris
oner was to be released after serv
ing a short sentenced for drunken
ness, Friday morning.
“Padgett,” called the jailer.
“Here,” responded "O’Leary," not
ing that Padgett was out of earshot.
The desK sergeant turned Pad
getts belongings, including $4 and
a gold watch, over to “O’Leary,”
who immediately departed. Padgett
was released several hours later
when investigation disclosed he was
not “in” on the deal but he is still
looking for h’s money and watch.
FOUR WILL GO
TO CLUB CAMP
Club Boys and Girls of Ne
braska to Be Represented
by These Winners
LINCOLN. NEB.—(UP)—Eleanor
Dixon, of Blair, Marguerite Yost, of
Red Cloud, Clarence Norris, of
Weeping Water, and Louis Miller, of
Sidney, will represent Nebraska
boys and girls club work at the
third national club camp at
Washington D. C. next June, it was
announced at the state club office
of the extension service. The four
won this right on their former club
record, their leadership of club
girls and boys, and a story of ex
perience. Each is still active in 4-H
club work, as a member, leader or
both.
Miss Dixon was the Nebraska
style show champion at the 1927
state fair, the national champion
clothing judge that same year at
Chicago, and has twice been a
winner of news writing service.
Miss Yost has been the leader
among the girls of her club and
also of another group of younger
girls in 1928. She has always been a
winner with her exhibits of sewing,
cooking, and room improvement
products, was secretary of the baby
international, a club fair at Red
Cloud and has a local reputation as
an orator.
Mr. Norris has been an outstand
ing poultry club boy of the state for
several years. He has a long string
of wins to his credit in comoetition
at local and state fairs. With an
other boy he represented Nebraska
and the United States at the world
poultry congress in Canada in 1927.
As assistant local leadnr he helped
train the 1928 grand champion
farm demonstration team of the
state.
Mr. Miller was the local leader of
the only wheat club in the state hi
1928 and had to adapt some general
material to the needs of his young
members. He has been a member of
the com club, of Cheyenne county
for two years, on three winning
booths at the fair. At present he is
attending a short course at the
college of agriculture on a Union
Pacific scholarship.
HATCHERIES CAN BUY
EGGS OF ASSURED QUALITY
LINCOLN—<UP)—With the ac
credation of 100,000 Nebraska hens
through the state poultry improve
ment association, it becomes pos
sible for hatcheries to buy eggs they
know will produce uniformly good
chickens, and the quality of these
eggs is certified to the world mar
ket.
This result has been achieved by
the state association since its or
ganization shortly after the state
fair of 1927. From only a handful
of accredited hens, which is the
title that puts them into the better
class of Nebraska hens because they
have been selected for all those
qualities that a good hen must have,
the organization approaches the
1929 hatching season with 100,000
chickens and 5.000 males on the ac
credited list. The subsidiary organi
zation, the Nebraska accredited
hatcheries, includes 17 chick fac
tories with a combined capacity of
700.000 eggs.
BUS LINE OWNER WOULD
ISSUE 510.000 STOCK
LINCOLN—(Special)—Mrs. Ida
Bartunek, owner of the Pioneer Bus
line of Norfolk, was before the state
railway commission asking for au
thority to issue $10,000 of corpora
tion stock. The commission was in
clined to question very much wheth
er it could, under the law. authorize
that amount of stock in view of the
showing of assets made.
Mrs. Bartunek has been operating
four lines, one of them between
O’Neill and Sioux City, and has $6,
900 of her own money invested in
equipment. These cars have been
run a considerable number of miles,
and the commission asked for in
formation as to their present value.
HATRED FOR CATS CAUSE
OF SELF DESTRUCTION
OMAHA—(UP)—His hatred for
rats kept by a roomer at his home
was held responsible for the suicide
Friday of P. A. Nelson. 75 years old.
Leaving a note charging that the
cats ruined his home. Nelson turned
on the gas and was found died sev
eral hours later. He was the 20th
=u:cide of 1929 in Douglas county.
Relatives explained that Nelson
made no objection to the cats while
sober but when intoxicated disliked
them intensely