Neb. State Historical Society
The Frontier
VOL. LID. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1933. No. 48
BASE BALL LEAGUE FOR
HOLT COUNTY FORMED
AT TUESDAY MEETING
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Stuart, Atkinson, Ewing,
O’Neill, Chambers and
Red Bird to Have
Teams In League.
At a meeting held at the firemen’s
hall last Tuesday, that was largely
attended, it was decided to organize a
Holt County Baseball League for the
season of 1933. A preliminary organ
ization was perfected at the meeting
Tuesday evening, which was attended
by boosters from the several towns
in the county that will be members of
the league. John Harrington, of
O’Neill, was selected as temporary
chairman and Gerald Miles as temp
orary secretary.
After discussing the advisiability
of having a league it was decided un
animously that a league be organized
to consist of the following towns:
Stuart, Atkinson, O’Neill, Ewing,
Chambers and Red Bird. The season
will open on May 7, 1933, and they
will play Sunday ball.
It was also decided that there would
be a split season, that is the number of
games to be played would be divided
with a championship team for the first
part of the season and one for the
latter part of the season. Of course
it is possible that the same team would
win both the first and second honors,
but it is hardly probable. It is the
intention of the promoters to have the
winner of the first pennant and the
winner of the second, to battle for the
championship of the county at the
end of the league season.
It was also decided that each team
was to be limited to fifteen men and
that no man could be a member of any
team representing any of the towns
unless he had been a resident of the
town for at least thirty days.
This week meetings will be held in
the various towns and each team will
perfect an organization and select a
man for membership on the board of
directors, which will be composed of
one man from each of the towns in
the league. These men will meet in
this city next Tuesday night and per
fect the organization by selecting a
permanent chairman, or president of
the League, and they will also adopt
a schedule of games at this meeting
and have everything in readiness for
the opening of the season on May 7th.
We predict that this league will be
the source of much pleasure for the
residents of the county during the
summer and the contests among the
various teams will do much to pro
mote this popular sport. Here’s hop
ing that the Holt county League will
have a prosperous season and that
many of their players will be advanced
to faster company the next year.
BIG CASE TO BE DISMISSED
According to word from Omaha the
liquor conspiracy case against Thomas
Dennison and about fifteen other
“Higher ups” in the conspiracy case
will be nolle prossed upon orders from
the department of justice at Washing
ton, according to United States At
torney Sandall.
Sandall said Special Assistant to
the Attorney General Salter was re
cently in Omaha checking up on the
case and gave him to understand that
the department probably would not
feel like spending money for a retrial
of the case in the manner the original
indictment was presented.
This will mean, Sandall said, that
the north and south side alleged con
spirators will be tried in separate
groups, leaving the alleged political
connections of the allaged rings to
go free.
Those to be freed with Dennison
probably will include Billy Nesselhous,
his former gambling house partner;
former Police Inspector Paul Sutton,
former Police Sergeant Joe Potach,
John Marcell, former south side city
prosecutor, and Roscoe Rawley, south
side political leader.
New indictments against Billy Mah
er, alleged north side rum czar, Frank
Calamia, alleged liquor king of the
south side, and their alleged associates
will probably be drawn he said.
S. J. Weekes went down to Omaha
last Monday where he is again serving
on the loan committee of the Agri
cultural Credit corporation.
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WILLIAM H. KESTENHOLTZ
William Henry Kestenholtz died at
the home of his son, Harry, southwest
of this city, last Tuesday evening, after
a short illness at the age of 82 years,
7 months and 17 days. The funeral
was held at the Methodist church in
this city at 2 o’clock this afternoon,
Rev. Mertie Clute, pastor of the M. E.
church at Inman, officiating, burial in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Deceased was born in Seneca county,
Ohio, on August 31, 1850. When a
young man he went to Michigan where
on August 29, 1880, he was united in
marriage to Miss Zetella Davis, at
Dayton, Michigan. He came to Holt
county in 1884 and lived in this city
and vicinity for many years. For the
past fourteen years the family re
sided at Inman, until the death of their
daughter-in-law', about five weeks ago,
since which time they had made their
home with their son southwest of this
city. Since the arrival of the family
in this county forty-nine years ago
they have lived in the vicinity of
O’Neill, Chambers and Inman.
Deceased leaves his wife and one
son, Harry, and one daughter, Mrs.
Anna Stover, of Chambers, to mourn
the death of a kind and loving husband
and father.
U.S. OFF GOLD STANDARD
The United States swung away from
the gold standard as the President pre
pared to ask congress today for new
powers to effect controlled inflation.
Withdrawl of gold support for the
American dollar in foreign exchanges
by the president was interpreted by his
secretary of the treasury, William H.
Woodin, as meaning temporary sus
pension of the traditional gold stand
ard basis of currency.
The immediate effect was the up
ward surge in stocks and commodity
prices and a decline of bonds and of
the dollar on world exchanges.
In his first move the president ad
roitly put himself into position to ne
gotiate for a revised world gold stan
dard by withdrawing support of the
American dollar in foreign exchanges
to combat the depreciated currencies
of the foreign nations now off the
standard. He has in mind bringing
all nations back to the gold standard
as a measure of stability but he is
considering a new standard whereby
the present ratio of 40 per cent gold
reserve for currency would be reduced.
He will insist upon common action
by all the nations in establishing the
new ratio which will permit more cur
rency to be circulated on the same
world supply of the precious gold
basis. Governors of the twelve re
serve banks reported promising out
looks to Secretary Woodin and then
studied means of pumping available
idle currency into circulation. The
governors also tackled the task of
freeing the four to five billions still
locked up in banks. Quick action ap
peared in prospect.
In his bold maneuvers in the world
of finance the president stilled for the
moment the clamor on congressional
hill for forthright inflation. He ap
peared to have won command of the
situation with his moves for inflation
that will respond to control and place
within the power of the government a
counter-deflation program.
Senator Thomas, leading advocate
of broad currency expansion, revised
his inflation bill after conference with
the president and drafted it to give
to the chief executive the power he
deems necessary to put his program
into effect. The Thomas proposal
undoubtedly will be employed as the
basis for the administration legisla
tion. His new bill gives the president
broad discretionary power to do sever
al things, including expansion of the
currency, the lowering of the gold con
tent of the do liar, the creation of a
dollar stabilization board and the ar
rangment for increaosed use of silver
through international agreement.
Rooster Attacks Woman
Mrs. Lizzie Schuneman, 63, received
a broken hip last week when she fell
after being attacked by a roster in
the yard of her daughter’s farm home
near St. Edward. The rooster flew
into her face and she fell backward
heavily. Mrs. Schuneman was taken
to a hospital at St. Edward and later
l was removed to an Omaha hospital.
ROB SOUTH DAKOTA BANK
Three men, between 27 and 30 years
of age, driving a 1933 Chevrolet coach
or sedan, held up and robbed a bank
at Kaylor, South Dakota, about 11:10
this morning of $1,800, killing one
man and wounding another man and
a woman. When they left town they
took two residents of the city with
them to protect them from the shots
of the citizens of the town. The man
killed was the son of the cashier of
the bank. The man and the women,
who were wounded were customers of
the bank. They had a machine gun
and used it to keep the citizens of the
town at a distance.
BRIEFLY STATED
Rev. M. F. Bryne, of Emmet, was
an O’Neill visitor last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Campbell visited
friends in Omaha over the week end.
Joe Zeimer spent the week end visit
ing relatives and friends in this city.
John Kellogg, of Norfolk, was visit
ing O’Neill friends the first of the
week.
Judge J. J. Harrington returned last
Saturday from a short business trip to
Chicago.
Miss Nellie Toy, who is attending
the Wayne Normal, spent the week
end at home.
Miss Claire Timlin, of Sholes, was
here the first of the week visiting Miss
Dorothy Reardon.
Rev. H. D. Johnson attended the
meeting of the Niobrara Presbytery
at Wayne Tuesday and Wednesday.
M. R. Sullivan came over from Hart
ington Saturday to spend Easter at
home. He returned Tuesday morning.
Thomas Mains and son, Robert,
drove over to Winner, South Dakota,
last Sunday and spent the day visiting
relatives.
County Attorney Nelson, of Rock
county, was looking after legal busi
ness in this city the latter part of
last week.
Katherine McCarthy returned from
Nenzel, Nebraska, last Wednesday
morning and will remain at home for
several weeks.
Mrs. Larry Snell left Monday morn
ing for Genoa, Nebraska, where she
will spend a week visiting at the home
of her mother.
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Claudine Hasbrock, of Gordon, came
down the latter part of last week for
a few days visit with her cousin, Miss
Helen Reardon.
L. M. Merriman returned last Sat
urday from St. Joseph where he had
been for a load of near beer that he
distributes from this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Burge, of Omaha,
drove up last Saturday and visited at
the home of his brother, Ed. Burge.
They returned home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. J. P. Brown and Mrs. Thomas
Mains drove down to Omaha last
Wednesday for a few days visit with
relatives and friends, returning Mon
day.
Milo Hupp and Miss Winnefred,
Bogue, both of Atkinson, were united
in marriage last Tuesday by Rev. Wil
liam G. Vahle, the Lutheran pastor at
Atkinson.
Miss Bernadette Brennan and Miss
Mary Ryan returned last Friday from
Sioux City, Iowa, where they had
spent a few days visiting relatives
and friends.
D. H. Cronin drove to Nebraska City
last Saturday after Mrs. Cronin, Mar
jorie and Rirchard, who had been visit
ing relatives there the past week, re
turning home Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gallagher and
daughter, Helen,came up from Lincoln
last Thursday and spent a few days
visiting relatives and friends here, re
turning home Sunday afternoon.
Prof. Roy Carroll and Miss Zimmer
man drove to Mt. Clare, Nebr., last
Wednesday where they spent Easter
i visiting relatives. Mrs. Pete Todson,
| son and daughter, accompanied them
I as far as Grand Island, where the
latter visited with relatives, and came
'back home with them when they re
turned Sunday evening.
CHAMBERS THREATENED
WITH DESTRUCTION BY FIRE
The hustling little town of Cham
bers was threatened with destruction
for a time last Sunday when a prairie
fire raged over several thousand acres
of farm land in the south country and
came within a short distance of the
town before it was stopped.
When the fire got away u call was
sent out for volunteers and it is said
that two hundred ranchers and farm
I ers responded, but it took several
hours of hard work before the fire
was brought under control. The fire
burned over approximately 2,500 acres
of grass and hay land and destroyed
fifteen stacks of hay before it was
under control. Farmers plowed fire
guards around many of the houses and
ranch buildings, thus saving them
from destruction.
It is said that the fire was accidently
started, and when it got in the heavy
dry grass of the south country it
traveled with amazing rapidity and
only the hard work of the volunteer
fighters saved many of the southern
farmers and ranchers from heavy
financial losses.
NEBRASKA HOUSE
PASSES BEER BILL
BY VOTE OF 59-34
Eight Not Voting On Bill,
and Slaymaker of Holt
County Is Absent.
After two days of debate the Ne
braska house of representatives last
Friday advanced the beer bill to third
reading with a vote of 54 to 38.
The bill came up for third reading
in the house last Tuesday mornnig and
passed with a vote of 59 to 34. The
first vote on third reading was with
the emergency clause and that failed
of passage, receiving 58 votes for, and
39 against. On the final passage of
the bill Slaymaker of Holt was ab
sent and did not vote. The bill now
goes to the senate for action and it
will not probably be acted upon in
that body until some time next week.
It will take 22 votes in the senate to
pass the measure with the emergency
clause attached or 17 votes to pass it
without the emergency clause .
If the bill had passed with the
emergency clause and likewise passed
the senate and signed by the governor
it would go into effect as soon as it
was signed. It would still be subject
to a referendum, but beer would flow
in the state as the filing of the refer
endum would not suspend the opera
tion of the law. It merely permits a
vote of the people on the bill, which
in this case would be in November,
1934. Without the emergency clause
it will not go into effect for three
months. Should it pass both houses
without the emergency clause and be
signed by the governor there is no
question but what there will be a ref
erendum on the bill and it will be held
up until after the next general elec
tion. So there seems to be but little
hope for the thirsty of this state get
ting beer until after the next general
election—that is legally—although they
say there is a lot of it now in several
parts of the state, not excepting this
city.
The Wednesday morning’s edition
of the Nebraska State Journal con
tained the following account of the
passage of the bill in the house last
Tuesday morning:
“Slow or delayed beer was approved
by the Nebraska house 59 to 34
Tuesday after rejection of the emer
gency clause on first roll call 58 to 39,
nine short of the required 67. Unless
the emergency hooks on in the senate
or conference, this 3.2 beverage will
not be manufactured and sold legally
in the state for three months after
passage. It still must face the senate,
the governor and possibly the court",
and referendum.
“A 15 minute session under call
netted but two votes and with the
cause hopeless, friends of the bill
raised the curtain and transferred
their hopes to the other house. Back
ers of the legislation were not well
organized on this day of final passage
as indicated by a split on attempt to
lay over one day. Slaymaker of Stu
art, listed as friend, had been excused
for the day. He supported motion
j to advance in committee of the whole
He was the only absentee.
“On first roll call, Steuteville passed.
The following voted “no” on the emer
gency and passed with the clause re
moved; Hawk, Larsen, Lundstrom,
Meyers, Warrington.
“Meier of Lancaster sprung sbme
I thing of a surprise by casting his vote
J. A. DONOHOE IS TO BE
UNITED STATES JUDGE
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on the affirmative with the following
explanation:
“ ‘When the herd stampedes it is
better to ride with the herd and
gradually overcome the hysteria. If
3.2 per cent beer is non-intoxicating
there can be no complaint. If it is
intoxicating, our cdprts can deter
mine the constitutionality.’
“Meier is the only democrat among
the six Lancaster delegates and the
only one suporting the measure. The
two legislative women were divided,
Gillespie for and Muir against.
“A net gain of six votes for the
bill were accumulated since its ad
vancement 53 to 38 in committee of
the whole.
“Bradstreet, called out on account of
sickness in the family when the vote
was recorded in committee was re
sponsible for one vote Tuesday. Lund
strom of Phelps who previously paired
with him out of courtesy, voted
against the bill as expected. Heater,
not voting in committee, strung along
with the affirmative as did Klopping,
Meier, Mueller, Obermiller and Small
wood. Woodruff who voted to advance
voted against the bill on third reading.
“Thirty-one members took advant
age of the opportunity to explain their
votes. The record:
“For the bill, stripped of emergency
clause—Adams of Douglas, Adams of
Scottsbluff, Balder, Barnes, Beushaus
en, Bock, Bostrom, Bradstreet, Brown,
Bruveleit, Buffington, Burr Campbell,
Challburg, Chase, Cone, Crounse, Dow
ell, Dugan, England, Finnegan, Free
ouf, Fulton, Gilespie, Graff, Havekost,
Haycock, Heater, Jackman, Jensen,
S. B. Johnson, W. R. Johnson, Flop
ping, LaVelle, Lowry, Lukens, Lusien.
ski, McGonigle,McMahon, Meier, Muel
ler, Obermiller, O’Gara, Owen, Pat
tavina, Pratt, Raasch, Ratcliff, Reut
er, Rohliff, Smallwood, Tesar, Uttecht,
Webber of Franklin, Weber of Colfax,
Williams, Vance, Speaker O’Malley—59.
“Against the bill—Anderson of
Nuckolls, Anderson of Kearney, Bar
clay, Bonfield, Carman, Comstock,
Crozier, Cushing, Diers, Gunnerson,
Hill, Iodence, Lorensen, Maclay, Me
line, Mitchell, Muir, Neil, Newlon,
Nickles, Overbeck, Peters, Pitney,
Reed, Richards, Sheldon, Stringfellow,
Strong, Turner, Valder, Wells, Wood
ruff—34.
“Absent—Slaymaker.
“Not voting—Forell, Hawk, Larsen,
j Lundstrom, Meyers, Steutville, War
rington."
[repeal submission bill
PASSES THE HOUSE
By a vote of 77 to 13, the house last
Monday passed house roll 602, the
governor’s convention bill for the sub
mission of the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment. Of the thirteen negative
I votes, 11 were cast by republicans,
two by democrats, Newlon and Turner.
The Lancaster delegation was 5 to 1
against it, Meier being the only mem
ber from Lancaster that supported
the bill.
Republicans against the bill were:
Carman, Comstock, Cushing, Gunner
son, McBride, Mitchell, Muir, Overbeck,
Reed and Valder. Muir of Lancaster
declared the people themselves can
'■ call a convention, if they wish to re
peal the eighteenth amendment, and
are not dependent on thelegislature.
The bill now does to the senate
where it will be acted upon this week.
The bill provides that delegates be
elected from each representative dis
trict, at the regular election in No
vember, 1934. Candidates on each
side of the question will be voted upon
at the primary and at the election
there wil be but two candidates for
the honor of representing the county
in the convention; one of these will
favor repeal and the other retention
of the eighteenth amednment. If the
candidate favoring repeal is elected
he will go to Lincoln early in Decem
ber and cast his ballot for the repeal
of the amendment; if the candidate
favoring retention of the amendment
is elected he will go to Lincoln and
cast his ballot in favor of the reten
tion of the amendment. If a majority
of the wet candidates are elected the
convention will vote the repeal of the
amendment; if a majority of the dry
candidates are elected the convention
will vote to retain the amendment. The
wet and dry question, as far as Ne
braska is concerned, will be settled
prior to the convening of the next ses
sion of the state legislature.
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Name Given To Senate
Saturday and Passed
By the Judiciary
Committee.
CONFIRMATION
HELD CERTAIN
Last Saturday President Roosevelt
sent to the senate the name of James
A. Donohoe, of this city, to be United
States district judge for the district
of Nebraska.
The senate judiciary committee re
ported the nomniation back to the
senate unanimously and there is no
doubt about his confirmation as soon
as the sente meets in executive session,
either today or tomorrow. Shortly
after confirmation Judge Donohoe will
move to Omaha where he will at once
enter upon his duties in the federal
building, succeeding Judge Woodrough,
who has been promoted to the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Uonohoe has many friends,
among the members of the bench and
bar in the northern part of the state,
as well as among the laymen, and they
all tender hearty congratulations on
the honor that has come to him. There
is hardly a young lawyer, when he
graduates, but has the hope in his
heart that he will some day sit upon
the United States district court, but
very few ever have the ambition real
ized, as the appointments to these
positions are for life, which necessar
ily cuts down the number appointed.
Judge Donohoe has lived in this
city and vicinity all his life. He has
practiced law in this city for nearly
thirty years and during that time he
has made an enviable reputation as a
man and a lawyer, with few equals in
his chosen profession in this section
of the state. He has had a very large
and lucrative practice and while the
acceptance of the position will cause
him financial loss the honor of being
sought out among all the members of
the bar of the state for this position
makes the acceptance of the position
almost imperative.
The writer has known James Dono
hoe since he was a little boy and has
always admired him for his ability
and fidelity to duty; he is an excep
tionally fine trial lawyer; a student of
the law and with a mind well trained
and capable of grasping all the fine
points of the law in the many legal
questions that will come before him in
his new position; an orator of rare
ability and with a heart that beats in
sympathy for the downtrodden and
oppressed. After an acquaintenance
of half a century with Judge Donohoe,
and with a personal acquaintenance
with about half of the members of the
bar of this state, we know of no man
who will make as worthy a successor
to the popular Omaha jurist who has
been advanced, Judge Joseph W.
Woodrough, of Omaha, than James A.
Donohoe, of O’Neill. Congratulations,
James. O’Neill, Holt county and the
entire north half of the state are
proud of you and of the fact that you
have been selected to this important
and honorable position.
BREAK INTO SAUNTO STORE
Some person broke into the Abe
Saunto store last night. Entrance was
effected by breaking out one of the
glass panes in the sky light and drop
ping to the floor of the store. In
coming through the broken glass of
the skylight the marauder evidently
cut his hand as there were drops of
blood on the floor and on some papers
on the desk in the rear of the store.
Mr. Saunto had a table loaded with
clothing under this skylight, but re
moved it further back yesterday, so
that it was not directly under the
skylight and the burglar had to drop
about ten feet from the top of the
skylight to the floor. It is thought
he may have injured himself in this
fall. Mr. Saunto says he has not been
able to determine whether! he got
away with any goods or not, but the
chances are that the fellow injured
himself in his fall and was glad to
get away. He left by the rear door,
both of which were wide open when
they opened the store this morning.
