ESTATE MATTER
TO HIGH COURT
Relatives of Burt County
Man Not Able to Agree
on Division
LINCOLN, NEB. — (Special) —An
appeal to the supreme court has
been filed by a number of nephews
and nieces of William Hayes, a for
mer resident of Burt county, who
died in 1928 leaving most of his
property to another niece, Mrs. Em
ma V. Osborn, a resident of Wenat
chee, Wash. The other heirs who
got nothing Instituted a will contest,
and while it was pending they of
fered to pay Mrs. Osborn $2,500 U
she would relinquish her interest in
the property. She came back with b
proposal that if they pay her $3,000
she would make the necessary deed.
This was accepted by the other
heirs but she did not supply the
deed as agreed. They brought suit
to compel performance of the con
tract, but the lower court said they
had no case.
Letters attached to the petition in
error snow that Mrs. Osborn noti
fied the heirs that her husband
thought she was giving away $7,000
and refused to sign the deed. The
heirs thereupon agreed to take a
deed without his signature. Mrs. Os
bom, in one letter, ascribed this re
fusal on the part of her husband to
“that streak of pure cussedness un
der the skin of most he things.”
NEW PLAN FOR
OMAHA BRIDGE
City Commissioner to Make
Proposal to City
Council
OMAHA. NEB—(UP)—City Com
missioner John Hopkins has furthei
complicated the free bridge contro
versy by announcing he will intro
duce a resolution in city council
next Tuescday proposing that own
ers of Douglas street bridge deed it
to the city and retain the toll for
five years, under a $1 per year
lease.
The street car company, owner oi
the bridge, would receive about
13,000,000 In five years, Hopkins
said. The bridge would be absolved
from taxes the moment it was deed
ed to the city.
It is rot considered likely owners
of the bridge will consider the prop
osition, President J N. Shannahau
recently setting a flat price of $4,
155.296 on the structure. A new
bridge would cost from $1,500,000 to
$2,650,000, depending on kind of ma
terial used, It is said.
WAHOO MAN HEADS
METHODIST LAYMEN’S GROUP
LINCOLN— (UP)— E. 8. Schiefel
bein, of Wahoo, was re-elected presi
dent of the Laymen's association
of the Nebraska Methodist confer
ence at the annual meeting here
Friday. S. W Watson, of Lincoln
was re-elected secretary and trea
surer.
John N. Dryden, of Kearney, pre
sented a proposed constitutional
change effecting the status of the
Laymen’s association in the confer
ence. The amendment offered by the
general conference was rejected and
a substitute amendment prepared by
the National Laymen's association
approved.
The lay delegates also approved a
resolution allowing the election oi
bishops in foreign countries, such as
Chinn and India, to be by their own
people, such bishop not being eligible
to serve elsewhere.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson, of
Washington. D. C.. secretary of th"
board of temperance, prohibitior
and public morals, addressed thp
Laymen Friday afternoon.
HOPE TO Kill LAKE
OF ITS ROUGH FISH
KEARNEY—(UP>—With a view to
ridding Cottonmill lake of near
Kearney of all scavenger fish, a crew
of men has been stationed here by
the state conservation department.
Work on the project is now under
way.
The state crew was brought here
through the efforts of the local
Sportsmans Ifague. It is the plan of
the organization to clear desirable
waters in this region of ail scaven
ger fish and stock lakes and ponds
with game fish.
On completion of the work at Cot
tonmill lake, the crew is scheduled
to begin operations at Blue Hole,
south of Elmcreek on the Platte riv
■er.
A new *in, over 2.0C0 feet in
length and 18 feet In depth, has
been secured for use in this area
and will facilitate the task. Fish
taken from lakes and streams are
being offered to the public for five
cents per i>ound.
ABSCONDING BANKER’S
FAMILY TO FREMONJ
BEE'.IER—Special)—Mrs. Paui
Wupper and daughters. Margaret
and Carolina, have moved to Fre
mont to make their home. The girls
have grown to womanhood here anti
both are graduates of the local high
school.
They are among the victims ot
the absconding husband and father,
who took about half a million dol
lars of the money of the community.
WOMAN INJURED WHEN
STRUCK BY PLANE PROPELLER
YORK— —Mrs. L. R. Braden
65 years old, residing near York, wa:
seriously injured Friday when sht
stepped into the range of a pro
peller on a plnne as the ship ma
neuvered into position after landing
at the York airport. She was
struck on the shoulder ov the pro
peller and her left arm nearly sev
ered. Her shoulder alar was bad!:
tom, doctors said.
NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD
AT NEBRASKA STATE FAIR
LINCOLN—(UP J— Despite unfa
vorable weather the last three days
a new attendance record for tin
Nebraska State Fair was hung up
For eight days, a total of 437,060
people attended the fair as com
pared with 427,134 a year ago. Chil
ly weather Friday made the crowd
the smallest Friday fair crowd since
1921, as the number that braved the
cold weather numbered but 34,277.
CASHIER AGAIN
HELD IN JAIL
Bond Withdrawn by Old
Friends as New Discrep
ancies Are Discovered
ST. PAUL. NEB.—(UP)—Because
seven old friends, who had signed
a $10,000 bond, withdrew the bond,
Edward Buhrman, former cashier
of the St. Llbory State bank, is back
In Jail here.
Further discrepancies are believed
to have been found in the bank
records, and he now is believed to
have embezzled approximately $54,
000. A $2,000 deposit is said to have
been marked paid by Buhrman but
it never had been paid.
Buhrman was taken into custody
at Grand Island, where It is said he
was employed at manual labor. If
he cannot furnish band, he will be
retained In Jail here until the fall
term of court which opens October
28.
ANNOUNCE ITINERARY
NEBRASKA AIR TOUR
OMAHA—(UP)—Itinerary of the
Chamber of Commerce aerial good
will tour September 9 to 14 was
made public Saturday as follows:
September 9—Leave Omaha 8:30
a. m., arrive Auburn 9:15, leave
10:15; arrive Beatrice 11 a. m., leave
2 p. m.; arrive Falls City 3 p. m.,
for night stop.
Sept. 10—Leave Falls City 8:30 a.
m,. arrive Lincoln 9 a. m., leave
11:30; arrive Fremont 12:15 p. m.,
leave 2:30 p. m.; arrive Norfolk 3:30
p. m. for night stop.
September 11—Leave Norfolk 8:30
a. m., arrive Columbus 9:15 a. m..
leave 1:30 p. m., arrive York 2:15
p. m.. for night stop.
September 12—Leave York 8:30 a.
m., arrive Grand Island 9:15, leave
11:15; arrive Kearney noon, leave
2:30 p. m., arrive Broken Bow 3:30
p. m., for night stop.
September 13—Leave Broken Bow
8:30 a. m., arrive North Platte 9:30.
leave 1 p. m., arrive McCook 2 p. m.
for night stop.
September 14—Leave McCook 8:30
a. m., arrive Holdrege 9:30, leave 1
p. m.. arrive Hastings ‘J p. m.. leave
4:30, arrive Omaha 6:30 p. in.
Between 30 and 35 planes w.ll
participate in the flight. Woods
Brothers of Lincoln have placed
their six-passenger Stinson-Detroit
er at disposal of Governor Weaver,
who will accompany the tour part
of the way.
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VOLUNTEERS TO INCREASE
ALIMONY PAYMENTS
OMAHA—(UP)—Attaches in do
mestic relations court were ‘knocked
for a goal’ Friday when Dale F
Hooker appeared and asked that
the amount of alimony he is pay
ing Mrs. Hooker be increased from
$128 to $175 per month. Mrs. Hook
er complained the original amount
was too small, he said. Judge
Rhoades granted his request.
FUNERAL FOR CHILD WHO
FELL INTO HOT JELLY
ABIE—(UP) — Funeral services
were held here Saturday for the 2
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Novak of near Abie, who died
Thursday as the result of burns sus
tained a week ago when he fell Into
a kettle of hot Jelly in the kitchen
of the Novak home.
NIOBRARA BAND NOSED
OUT BY PAWNEE CITY’
LINCOLN -(UP)—At the final
band competition Friday, the Paw
nee City high school band won over
the Niobrara band for the state
championship. Pawnee City scored
94.33 per cent and Niobrara 91.16.
DEMAND RESIGNATION OF
MAYOR AND CITY ATTORNEY
HAVELOCK—lUP) — Dissension
In the Havelock city council, caused
by the discharge of Chief of Police
Jack Williams, resulted Frida>
night in the council asking for the
resignations of Mayor Fred C. Hal!
and City Attorney Richard O. John
son. state representative.
Hall end Johnson refused to re
sign as charges of irregularities or.
the part of both officials were
hurled at them. At the end of the
heated session, an agreement was
reached whereby Mayor Hal’
would choose two men, the council
two men. and these four would se
lect a disinterested party to act as r
jury in recommending action on th»
discharge of Chief Williams.
NEBRASKA METHODIST
CONFERENCE ON AT LINCOLN
LINCOLN— (UP) —Representatives
of the Methodist ministry and laiety
were in session here Wednesday,
having opened the C9th annual Ne
braska conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church with a mass as
sembly Tuesday nigh:. The confer
ence will continue thron'T netrt
Monday.
MOTHER GIVEN CHILDREN
AFTER LONG COURT FIGET
OMAI V—(UP)—A two-year oou.t
fight for possession of two children
ended victoriously fer Mrs. Jo
sephine Kelley here when District
Judge Rhoades ruled that her sons,
Rodney, 13 years old, and Marvin.
12. should live with her.
Previously the children had been
in custody of the father, Archibald
Kelley, and were being reared by
Kelley's parents at Leigh, Neb. At
the time of their original disposition
Mrs. Kelley was not In pos.tion to
care for them.
HARTIXGTON HOME OF
LARGEST FAMILY IN NEB.
HARTINGTON—The la-gest fam
ily in Nebraska is that oi Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Feldhacker, on a farm
near here, which numbers 17 ehil
dren.
The youngest child is a son born
March 13, 1929. There are 7 sons
and 10 daughters. Three of the
daughters are married to three
brothers, Henry Foxhoven, Edwarc
Foxhoven and John Foxhoven.
The children are Bernard, John,
Wilfred, Raymond, Elmer and Gil
bert Ferdinand. Theresa. Mary, Ver
onica, Clara, Elizabeth, Roselle, Ce
lia, Agatha and one pair of twins,
Hildegarde and Florence.
A state department of welfare
shows that the Charles Eckert fam
ily, of Fremont, consists of 16 chil
dren. A Wymore family has 15, a
Broken Bow family, 14 of whom 10
are living and a Stanton family has
11 of whom 9 are living.
HIS CHILDREN
CONTEST SILL
Court Hole’s Oakland, Neb.,
Recluse Was Mentals
Incompetent
OAKLAND. NEB. — (Special) —
Four children of the late Alfred J.
Anderson, Oakland recluse who was
found dead in the basement of his
home last July 9. apparently life
less for several weeks, are contesting
the will of their father.
A will he made was denied probate
by Judge Enyart, contending that
Anderson was mentally incompe
tent.
His $12,000 estate was divided as
follows: $5,000 to a woman in Swe
den, Anna Maria Stoneja Anderson,
said to have been a daughter by a
union there; $5,000 to a niece, Anna
Swanson, in Illinois, $10 each to his
four children here. The money left
after the estate had been settled was
also to go to them.
LYONS EDITOR LOSES
FINGER IN ACCIDENT
LYONS—C. H. Walton, editor of
the Lyons Mirror-Sun, lost the little
finger on his left hand and had the
end taken off his middle finger
when his car turned over near Blair.
He was taken to Blair hospital
where his hand was dressed and,
after spending the night at the hos
pital, was able to return home.
PIERCE BANKER MUST
ANSWER TO CHARGES
PIERCE—Information has been
filed by Deputy Attorney General
Irving Stalmaster of Lincoln, in the
Pierce county court, against D. C
Deibler. former cashier of the de
funct Pierce State bank.
Deibler will have to answer two
charges He is charged W'ith willful
misapplication of the bank’s funds
to the value of $1,900, and with
making alleged false entries in the
bank’s books.
At a preliminary hearing before
Judge J. B. McDonald, Deibler was
released on a $1,000 bond furnished
by F. W. Fischer of Pierce. Deibler’s
hearing has been set for Septem
ber 20.
Similar charges have been filed by
the state attorney general against
Frank Pilger, former president of
the bank. Pilger will be brought to
Pierce as soon as apprehended by
authorities.
1 FARMERS’ UNION CASE
TO SUPREME COURT
LINCOLN—(Special)—The Rarm
ers’ Union of Holdrege has taken to
J the surpeme court controversy of
i major Interest to co-operatives and
their members. The Union sold
stock that was non-assessable. Af
ter a number of years, during which
the directors gave their notes at
the bank in order to get sufficient
capital and to pay debts, it was
found that the exchange was in
solvent. At a meeting of stock
holders It was decided to dissolve,
and a resolution was passed author
izing a 100 per cent assessment on
stockholders. Most of them paid,
but 60 of them didn’t, and the di
rectors are holdingth fceksaro
rectors are holding the sack for
nearly $14,000.
In a suit against the stockholders
who refused to pay, the district
judge said that while the equities
were with the directors, who had
been induced to renew the notes at
the banks on the assurance of
stockholders that they would be
guaranteed against loss, he could
not Issue judgment against stock
that by its own terms was non-as
sessable.
The directors, in their appeal,
stress the claim of equitable estop
pel, claiming the delinquent stock
holders knew all along of financial
conditions and never objected to
increasing their liabilities.
WOULD CONVERT MILITARY
ACADEMY INTO BOYS’ HOME
KEARNEY—(UP)— A suggestion
that the Kearney Military academy
buildings be turned over to the state
for use as a home for homeless boys
or girls has been made by Judge
Easterling, juvenile jurist.
’Father Flannigan’s home In
Omaha is the one Institution to
cope with this situation.” declared
Judge Easterling, “but it is over
crowded at present.”
Thera are 40 acres of land with
the academy and a new heating
plant was installed before the school
was closed. The institution’s rooms
are equipped with benches and
desks and, according to Judge Eas
terling, is wonderfully suited for a
home for waifs.
HUGE LOCOMOTIVE ON
EXHIBITION AT HASTINGS
HASTINGS—(UP)—A monster of
the rails—the largest type of lo
comotive used by the Union Pacific
—was on display here Monday in
connection with the opening oi the
new Union Pacific freight depot.
The locomotive is 102 feet, 6 inches
in length; weighs 307,000 pounds;
and its tender has a capacity of 22
tons of coal and 18,200 gallons of
water. The engine will go from
here to one of the road’s western
divisions where It will be used on
a mountain line.
ATTEMPT MADE
TO BURN HOTEL
Kerosene Used to Kindle
Flame in Frame Building
at Hickman, Neb.
HICKMAN, NEB.—(UP)—An ef
fort to burn an old 21-room frame
hotel was frustrated late Tuesday
night when George Fumdem, on his
way home, discovered a blaze on the
back porch and threw water on the
fire.
The back porch had been satur
ated with coal oil and underneath
was an old suit of underwear also
saturated with oil that had been
set on fire.
Sheriff Hensel, of Lincoln, is in
vestigating and he took the oil
soaked underwear as evidence.
The building has not bsen used
as a hotel for some time and only
a few rooms are used as a pooi
room.
MURDER AND PERJURY
CHARGES DROPPED
ALLIANCE—Rudolph Wendt, 30
years old, former Kearney baker,
was freed on a perjury charge fol
lowing preliminary hearing in
county court here. Wendt had been
held as a suspect in the slaying of
Elvere Shaffer, 22 years old, whose
body, a bullet wound in the head,
was found lying beside his auto on
a i oad near here two weeks ago.
Lack of sufficient evidence was
the basis of a motion by Wendt’s
attorney for dismissal of the per
jury charge. The charge was hur
riedly filed against the prisoner by
County Attorney Penrose Romig
when counsel for Wendt began ha
beas corpus proceedings for his re
lease. Deputy State Sheriff E. E.
Clarke Indicated alter the hearing
that Wendt might be rearrested.
He returned to work as a bakery
here.
1 DRILLING WELL AT
RED CLOUD RESUMED
RED CLOUD—(UP)—Renewed
interest in possibility of oil in this
locality has become evident with the
resuming of core drilling operations
by the Ohio Oil company, which a
year ago drilled a test well at Riv
erton, rpar here.
Under the direction of M. J.
Boyce, veteran well driller, an am
bitious program of core drilling has
begun as a forerunner of proposed
test wells. Activity is centuring on
leases about one mile east of Red
Cloud, and it is believed a test well
will probably be drilled before win
ter.
Independent of the Ohio com
pany’s operations, a well Is now be
ing drilled on the Price farm, south
west of Red Cloud and has now
reached the depth of 1,000 feet. De
tails of financing the independent
operations are being worked out
and drilling is to be advanced
through the fall without interrup
tion.
RE-ELECTED LABOR HEAD
BUT IMMEDIATELY RESIGNS
COLUMBUS—UP)—A fight that
developed in the closing session of
the annual convention of the state
federation of labor late Wednesday
; ended in the election of Fred Eissler,
of Lincoln, as president after Charles
Nelson, of Omaha, had resigned fol
lowing his re-election.
In the first balloting, Nelson was
re-elected by a majority of two votes
over John F. White, of Omaha. Lat
er in the session. Nelson submitted
his resignation, explaining that it
was in the interests of harmony in
the organization. His resignation
was accepted.
The action threw the convention
into a deadlock and a committee
finally was appointed to make a rec
ommendation. Eissler was the choice
Other officers also had resigned fol
lowing their election and several
others declined to be candidates af
ter they were nominated.
Those finally elected, in addition
to Eissler, are: Edward L. Simon,
Lincoln, first vice president; R. O.
Berger, Columbus, second vice pres
ident and legislative agent; William
Houghton, Omaha, third vice pres
ident: Paul Champman, Lincoln
fourth vice president; Gus Lawson,
Omaha, secretary-treasurer; Arthur
Redgroick, Omaha, sergeant-at
arms.
HE SUES TO COLLECT
INSURANCE COMMISSIONS
LINCOLN—UP)—Allegations that
Wal er J. Williams had been de
prived of renewal commissions of
$15,000 due frem the Bankers Life
company of Des Moines, la., and
that R. H. Martin and others had
induced him to drink liquor until
he was unfit to work were contained
in two suits filed Wednesday in
district court.
The suits are against the Bankers
Life company and Raleigh H. Mar
tin, of Ottumwa. la., for $35,000
damages. One was filed by Kath
leen Williams, wife of Waiter J. Wil
hns, for S10.000 seeking to collect
damages under a law in Iowa that
makes anyone selling or giving 11
nuor to another subj*et to damages.
The other was filed br Williams for
125,000 seeking to collect renewal
corr.mimirns.
Williams wa« employed to soil in
surance by Martin.
DECLARE DEATH CAR
DRIVER WAS INTOXICATED
OMAHA — (UP) — Liquor figured
in an automobile accident here last
night in which August Hebert, 1G
years old, Central high school stu
dent. was killed and three compan
ions injured, police declare.
The auto carrying the four youths
was driven by Aaron Seaman. 21
years old, who faces charges of caus
ing death while operating an auto
mobile under influence cf intoxi
cants. Seaman's car crashed into a
tree when it caroomed off a boule
vard. 1
COMMENCE WORK ON
NEW RADIO MONITOR
GRAND ISLAND —(UP)— Work
on the construction of the new gov
ernment radio monitor station is
expected to commence with S. W.
Edwards, United States supervisor of
radio of the Detroit district, here
to supervise the work, Edwards
said his assistants will be R. D
Martin and E D. Temll.
SAYS TASK IS
HOPEESS ONE
Omaha Morals Squad Head
Asserts Liquor Traffic
Out of Control
OMAHA, NEB. —(UP)— Joe Po
lach, for 11 years head of the police
morals squad, has tired of trying
to enforce a law with which he is
not in sympathy and has asked to
be transferred to another depart
ment.
Pctach’s career on the squad has
been a stormy one but he has
weathered the 11 years without re
primand from his superior officers,
an unusual record for that sort of a
position.
“I can’t say that I’m exactly in
sympathy with the Eighteenth
amendment,” Poxach said. ‘‘In fact
I’m against it. But it was my duty
to enforce all laws and I tried my
darndesfc to' enforce the liquor laws.
But it's a hopeless task. It simply
is impossible to stop the liquor
traffic which is getting farther out
of control every day.”
TAKES 30-YEAR LEASE
ON PENDER, NEB., FARM
PENDER —(Special)— A 30-year
lease has been given by Miles M.
Tyrell of Lincoln on his 160-acre
farm two miles south of Pender
to John Lushion for $1,000 a year.
A provision also provides for the
upkeep of farm buildings and
fences. Lushion was on the farrr
this year.
AURORA, NEB., YOUTH
DIES IN TRUCK ACCIDEM
OMAHA —(UP)— Body of Bal;
Van Berg, 18 years old, was taken
to his parents’ home at Aurora
Neb., Friday for burial. Young Van
Berg was killed when a heavily
loaded truck he was driving went
through the railing of the bridge
over the Elkhom river, 20 miles west
of here Thursday evening. Ira
Smith, his companion, was unin
jured and was able to swim to shore
after the truck had landed in the
river.
Smith said he and Van Berg had
lost much sleep during a trip here
from Aurora. He had just relin
quished the wheel to Van Berg and
was sound asleep when the accident
occurred. He believes that Van
Berg dozed at the wheel or that
a brake on one of the front wheels
which had been causing trouble had
buckled, throwing the truck against
the bridge railing.
POISON DOSE FATAL TO
NIOBRARA YOUNG WOMAN
OMAHA—(UP)—Despondent be
cause she had lest her position as
housemaid, Emily Hofacka. 21 years
old, took poison here, Thursday
dying in a hospital some hours later
The girl came here from Niobrar
Neb.
'KOFTON FARMER FOUND
DEAD IN FIELi
CROFTON — (Special) — Gabriel
Dolphin, 52 years old, who lived on
a farm nine miles south of here, was
found dead in a cornfield near his
nome, Monday afternoon. He had
taken cows to the pasture in the
morning and when he did not re
.um home at the dinner hour a
.search was made. Funeral services
were held at Bloomfield. Tuesday
The widow and eight children sur
vive.
ONGRESSMAN HOWARDS
SON VISITS OLD HOME
COLUMBUS—(UP)—Closer trade
relations between the United States
and the countries to the south are
being promoted rapidly with the
establishment of regular air trans
portation service between this coun
try and central and South American
countries, Findley B. Howard, cus
toms advisor to the government of
Guatemala, said Thursday.
Howard is having his first vaca
*ion in 10 years and is visiting his '
arents, Congressman and Mrs. Ed
ar Howard. He will represent the
Guatemala government in Wash
ington in November at the Pan
American conference on port for
malities, customs procedures, etc
His trip from Guatemala City was
made almost entirely by airplane.
• TTTLE CROP DA-MAGE
FROM COLD WEATHER
LINCOLN—(UP)—The unusually
.ong cold spell for this time of the
year did but slight damage to the
crops while the rain that fell dur
ng the period was of great value in
(preparing the ground for fall plow
T.g, th? weather bureau reports in
the weekly weather bulletin.
“The rains have placed the soil in
excellent condition for fall plowintr
which now is beginning to proceed
rapidly." the report states. “Corn
was improved somewhat by the coot
and wet weather and prevented
from drying too rapidly. Corn now
needs two or three weeks of moder
ately warm and drv weather to ma
ture to the best advantage.”
TRAIN CREW SAY MAN
LEAPED ONTO TRACKS
OMAHA—UP)—A coroner’s Jury
returned a verdict here holding that
C. L. Schiefelbein, 56 years old.
whose body was found after it had
been struck by a Burlington train
south of town, had committed sui
cide. Members of the train crew
testified Schiefelbein had leaped in
front of the locomotive.
Members of the dead man’s fam
ily refused to accept the verdict and
said they would demand another
investigation.
OMAHA DIVINE '
SEEKS DIVORCE
Evangelist and Political
Leader Makes Charge of
Extreme Cruelty
OMAHA, NEB.—(UP)—Rev. J. I*
Beebe, well known evangelist and
political leader, Monday filed suit
for divorce from his wife to whom
he had been married 34 years.
Charging extreme cruelty and in
compatibility, Reverend Beebe said
he had withheld the suit for many
years because of their children.
"Now that my family has grown
up, I see no reason for further de
lay,” he said. “As a minister I regret
exceedingly that this step is neces
sary.”
Mrs. Beebe has returned to her
home at Orleans, Neb. A property
settlement through which she re
ceives a Colorado farm was decided
upon before the divorce action was
filed.
Beebe said he intends to continue
to live here and keep up his activi
ties in church and civic affairs.
HIT AND RUN DRIVER
LOST HIS FALSE TEETH
OMAHA—(UP)—All police have
to do to identify a hit and run driv
er who crashed into a parked car
here Sunday night is to find the
dentist who made the man’s set of
false teeth. Following the accident,
Harry Belmont, whose car was
struck, found the teeth in the street.
They evidently had been jarred
loose by force of the collision.
BUS OPERATORS WARNED
ABOUT SPEED LIMITS
LINCOLN—(UP)—To obtain bet
ter co-operation between bus opera
tors and the state department of
law enforcement in observing high
way laws, a joint meeting was held
with the railroad commissioners
here Monday.
Buck Taylor, of the state highway
patrol, warned bus company repre
sentatives that he would hold all
busses being driven beyond the
speed limit. This would mean the
detaining of the passengers until the
driver was fined or exonerated on
charges of law violations.
To obviate this, it was suggested
that the arresting officer notify the
bus company which would see that
the driver would be at the place of
trial. Commissioner Charles Ran
dall also suggested that a small
bond be placed with the state by the
companies in event the driver left
the state.
STUDENTS OF TODAY NOT
SO BAD AS POINTED
LINCOLN—(UP)—In the face of
what papa and mamma may have
heard, university students are an
earnest, hard working lot, accord
ing to Miss E. Ruth Pyrtle, presi
dent of the National Education as
sociation.
It’s the college student with a
silver spoon in his mouth who wor
ries professors, Miss Pyrtle said. His
cup runneth over and his desire to
drink of the nectar of wisdom may
be repressed by more material
things, she hinted.
The “silver spooned” student is
the net result of papa's pampering
pocketbook plus that dilemna of
deans—the boy, the girl and the
motor car—in the interpretation of
Miss Pyrtle.
“Perhaps there are some students
with hip flasks, in contrast with
the students of yesterday.” Miss
Pyrtle hazarded, “but it must be
remembered that hip flasks weren’t
necessary in preprohibition days.”
Big games, big crowds and big
football bruisers of colleges hold no
big menace in Miss Pyrtle’s views.
“Clean, wholesome recreation is the
salvation of the race. Athletics are
not overstressed, if the negative
commercial part is eliminated.
"Gambling and similar vices
should be controlled, and then there
can be no fault to find with col
lege athletics,” she said.
DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND
BOY EXPERT WOOD CARVER
OMAHA—(UP)—Clarence Good
ard. 20 years old. who is deaf, dumb
and blind, is enroute, unaccompan
ied, to Watertown, Mass., where he
will enter Perkins school for the
blind for advanced study in wood
carving.
Goddard who has been deaf and
sightless for 10 years, wras one of
the most accomplished pupils at Ne
braska school for blind At Nebraska
City. His wood work, carved at the
school, has won many prizes at
midwestern fairs. He was brought
here by Superintendent N. C. Ab
bott of the Nebraska school and
placed on an eastbound train.
ALLIANCE—(UP)—With the sea
son opening next week, duck hunt
ers are preparing for a successful
season as game has been reported
as being plentiful.
Many large northern ducks are
reported to have come to this sec
tion and are around the large sand
hill lakes in the west Nebraska range
country. Local hunters are all set
to bombard the mallards and teal on
the morning of September 16.
Quite a few grouse are reported
in the hills east of here and hunt
ers will be tempted, but they must
pass up this phase of the hunting
pastime as there is no open season
on grouse this year.
MEMORIAL PLACED
IN RED CLOUD PARK
RED CLOUD—The most recent
addition to Hardwick park here is a
large monument erected as a me
morial to soldiers and sailors who
died in the World war. Located just
back of a large lily pool and foun
tain in the center of the grounds it
gives a finished touch to the ap
pearance of the park and empha
sizes the landscaping.
The monument is of Bedford stone
seven feet high and three feet wide,
with a bronze memorial tablet.