Harding Unable
to Attend Elks
Ceremony Here
Plans for Cornerstone Laying
May 26 Nearing Comple
tion—Big Crowd Is
Expected.
President Harding, whom it was
hoped to have in Omaha on May 26
for the dedication of the new Elks
club house, will he unable to attend.
The following letter was received by
John H. Killian, exalted ruler, from
the president declining the invitation:
“My thanks to you and to Omaha
lodge No. 39 for your cordial invita
, turn to the ceremonies In connection
with laying the cornerstone of the
new lodge building. I sincerely wish
T might ho with you, but, unfortu
nately for me, that Is impossible. . I
will be glad to have you convey my
best wishes and my earnest hopes tot
tlie prosperity of the lodge and order.
Most sincerely yours.
"WARREN G. HARDING."
Committees Are Busy.
The various committees having the
ceremonies of the day in charge are
busy completing arrangements. Shen
andoah, la., will send its Elks band
and a large delegation. Practically
every lodge in Nebraska and western
Iowa will have a representative del
egation at the ceremonies.
Creighton university band and ca
dets with a membership of about 400
will be in the parade, as will the Cen
tral High school cadets and band,
numbering about 500.
Omaha Elks and band, numbering
aliout 1,000. will take part in the pa
rade. Two hundred school girls dressed
in red, white and blue, will form a
living flag in the parade.
Prominent Men Attend.
Elkdom will send a number of the
biggest men In the order to aid In the
cornerstone laying. J. E. Masters
of Charleroi, Pa., grand exalted ruler,
will be here, accompanied by liis secre
tary, Roland W. Brown, and Fred C.
Robinson of Chicago, grand secretary
of the order. Past Grand Exalted
Ruler Frank L. Rain of Falrbury,
Neb., and J. G. McFarland, candidate
for the office at the convention in
Atlanta in July, will attend. A. G.
Christensen of Fremont, member of
the grand lodge auditing committee,
James T. Keefe and H. C. Haverly
of Hastings, district deputy grand ex
alted rulers, and W. J. Conway, Wis
consin Rapids, Wis., chief justice
of the grand forum, are other notables
Who will participate.
One Workman Imprisoned
in Copper Mine Cavein
Globe. Ari*., April 28.—One Mexican
miner was still imprisoned in the
Cacaus copper mine, 16 miles from
here, Jate tonight, following a cave
in at the property early this morn
ing. Orr "Woodburn, district safety
director, returned from the mine late
today and said that rescuers would
reach the entombed miner some time
Sunday. He heard the man's calls,
he said, and expressed the opinion
that he was not seriously Injured.
' 1 Four men were working in the mine
tunnel when a cave-in occurred. Of
the three who were taken out earlier
today, one was injured severely.
Alimony Agreement
Ends Separation Suit
Mrs. Eugene V. Brewster' (above)
' who named Corliss I’almer in separa
tion suit, lias made alimony agree
ment with husband. Settlement
slopped eourt hearing.
Bert Le Broil “Off*
Rubies for Life
Sale of “Great Mihok*’ in His
Offiee Brought Bad Luck,
He Declares.
Bert LeBron is "off" rubies for life
—and particularly the socalled "Great
Mihok ruby." The reason? It's a very
sad tale and it is causing LeBron much
woe and anguish. This is LoBron's
story::
Last August. Henry G. Meyers, an
attorney, and J. M. O'Connell, wealthy
1 ranch owner, met in LeBron’s office
with John Mihok. original owner of
the ruby. Mihok wanted to sell the
i stone to O'Connell.
O'Connell agreed to pay t.'.OOfl for
the ruby Jn one year, giving Mihok
his note for that sum, the note to tie
secured by a second mortgage on SO
acres of land.
But yestereday Mihok rushed into
district court and brought suit against'
O'Connell and Meyers, alleging that
the land is not worth the amount of
the second mortgage, that O'Connell
is insolvent, that the defendants have
removed the ruby from the Jurisdic
tion of tile court. And Mihok included
LeBron as a third party with O'Con
nell and Meyers in the suit.
“And I was just an innocent by
stander,” declared LeBron. "The deal
was absolutely between O’Connell and
Mihok. I had not inerterest in the
deal whatever; they Just used iny of
fice as a place to complete the trans
ection. And as for O'Connell being
Insolvent—that's ridiculous. He is a
1 wealthy man. They say that a ruby
is had luck—well. I'll say there's cer
1 tainly no good luck attached to it."
Ferry Boat Aground.
Ogdenburg, X. Y., April 28.—The
ferryboat Mips Yandenburg, mining
Fince *» tonight, wh*»n it pushed out
into the St. Lawrence.river this port,
bound for Prescott, Ont .. was located
shortly before 1! tonight hard
aground on a sand bar about a third
of a mile north of thin city. Efforts
immediately were begun to float it.!
A crew of five and 14 passengers were!
aboard.
Plot to Murder
Fascisti Leader in
Bavaria Foiled
Socialists Had Engaged Rag
picker to Slay Adolf Hitler,
Lieutenant Says—Serious
Outbreaks Are Feared.
By 1nivernal Service.
Munich, Bavuria, April 28.—The al
leged discovery of a plot by socialists
and communists to murder Adolf Hit
ler, leader of the Bavarian fascisti,
was announced by the Volkische Beo
bachter, official organ of the fascisti,
Adolf Weber, former communist but
now converted to the fascisti and one
of Hitler's lieutenants, reported to the
police that the socialists had engaged
a ragpicker named Kupfer, to kill
Hitler, for which the ragpicker was
to receive 3,000,00 marks.
Weber told the police that if a hair
of Hitler's head was touched "2.000
Jews would decorate tlie lamp posts.”
Caught between terrorism of the fas
cist! on the right and terrorism of the
socialists on the left. In a feud that is
dally becoming more hitter, the
Bavarian government seems all hut
helpless.
Despite the government’s order pro
hibiting the possession of weapons,
both sides are heavily armed. There
lias been alrendy one clash Jn the
streets during the past week, during
which many shots were fired and 10
persons were wounded. Hitler today
practically declared open war on tho
socialists and communists as a con
sequence of the terrible beating ad
ministered in the street to Anton
Drechsler. one of the honorary presi
dents of the fascist!, by socialist work
men. Drechsler is reported to have
been dangerously wounded.
It is feared! there will be a serious
clashes between the fascisti and social
ists next Tuesday when the May day
celebrations of the socialists are under
way.
Micoll to Now York,
Robert Nlcoll of Thompson, Ib'lderi
& Co., left for New York Saturday,
and while*there will' make purchases
of new county club styles and mid
summer frocks.
Day by Day in Every If ay
It Heroines Harder to
Violate ISarrotic Law
By t'nlversal Service.
Washington, April 28—Within a
year It has become just twice as hard
to violate the drug laws and get away
with it, the government narcotic di
vision announced today.
During March there were 404 in
dictments for selling drugs, witli a
conviction in each case, as compared
with 278 indictments and only 244 con
victions In March, 1322- Jail sen
tences jumped from a total of 224
years to 604 years.
"These figures show that courts
throughout the country have adopted
a policy of Jmposlng jail sentences, us
experience has proved that prison
terms ure much more effective,” said
Col. B. G. Nutt, head of the narcotic
division. The results obtained are due
to efforts of experts In the work of
drug detection,”
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VOIL
Senator Nelson Dies
Suddenly on Train
(Continued Front Page One.)
mont, would succeed to the chairman
ship of the judiciary committee.
Senator Nelson's present term
would have expired In 1925.
President Harding received the
news of the death of Senator Nelson
while attending the dinner of the
American Society of Newspaper Edi
tors and Immediately issued a state
ment saying that the Minnesota sen
ator was "a stalwart American and
performed a most useful public ser
vice with a record of great Work ac
complished."
“Senator Nelson was an Inspiring
example of American opportunity,”
.the president's statement, written in
his own hand at the dinner table,
Said. "JTe came to us in poverty
from Norway, acquired a competence,
served In the war for the union, and
had a long and honored career in the
senate, I held him in very high re
gard and deeply regret his passing."
Twice Governor of State.
Great strength, physical and men
tal, was the first thing that im
pressed one In meeting Knute Nelson,
long affectionately referred to ns the
"Grand Old Man" of Minnesota. His
ir ~---==
physique was stocky and muscular,
his head larger than lhat of the aver
age man, his features cast in a strong
mould. Ills whole personality was
suggestive of unaffectedness, breadth
of mind and decisiveness.
Nelson had a peculiar aptitude for
statecraft, evidenced by the fact that,
besides being a member of the United
States senate for more than 20 yeurs,
he was for six years in the house of
representatives, and he served in the
legislature of Wisconsin and Minne
sota and twice ns governor of the
last named state. He was frankly
and unaffectedly proud of his record
of never having been defeated for any
office for which lie became a candi
date. In politics he was a repub
lican.
Fearless and Outspoken.
In dealing with legislative ques
tions he was thoroughly fearless in
his public utterances and, in private
conferences with members of his con
stituency. was outspoken. One of
tile many laws passed largely because
of this initiative and aggressiveness
was the bankruptcy law, which, from
his active and successful connection
with it. was known as the "Nelson
cure.”
Horn in Voss, Norway, on February
2. 1843, Knute Nelson came to the
United States, with his widowed
mother when he was 6 years old, and
they found their first American home
in Chicago. Knute helped hi- mother
by Belling papers on the streets. Hater
they moved to Wisconsin and the
youngster obtained his first schooling
in Dane county, going to the academy
at Albion, Wls., where he studied for
three years. *
Served in Civil War.
In the civil war Nelson entered the
Fourth Wisconsin Volunteer infantry.
He served three years, taking part in
the capture of Fort Jackson, St. Phil
lip and New Orleans, In the siege
of Vicksburg and the battles of P.aton
Rouge, Camp Rislan and Franklin. In
the fighting at Port Hudson. Ha., he
received a wound in the thigh, the
effects of which he felt the rest of
his life. Taken prisoner, lie was kept
at Port Hudson until it surrendered.
Returning to Dane county, Wiscon
sin, after the war, Nelson studied
law and was admitted to the bar ir
1 Htj7. In 1S6M, Mr. Nelson married
Miss Nicholina Jitcobson, at Chris
tiania, Wls . and they moved to Alex
andria, Wis., which was to lie Nel
son's home thereafter. Five children
were born, but four have died, leav
ing Miss Ida Nelson the only surviv
ing child,
Mr. Nelson was elected to the house
of representatives in DS3, after he
had served terms in the legislature
of both Minnesota and Wisconsin as
stale senator. After six years in the
low*!’ house of congress lie retired
and resumed his law practice. He
was elected governor of Minnesota in
1892 and was re-elected two years
later hut resigned in 1895 to become
t'nited States senator to which office
he was re-elected In 1901-07 13-19,
Home I.ife Simple.
The home life of the Nelsons was
marked by the some simplicity ss
characterised the personality of the
lawyer and staternan, as neither the
senator nor his w ife cared for the
distractions of social activity. Mrs.
Nelson, long after her husband be
came a national figure, adhered to old
world customs of housekeeping,
among them sanded floors.
Mr. Nelson's amusements and re
creations were simple*. He loved to
b*? out of doors, but when in the
house his chief pleasure was found in
his library, where he read almost
daily, his favorite books being his
torleal. The Alexandria home is on
a large and well managed farm and
the senator was pleased if referred
to as "Farmer Nelson." He once said
he did not wish to be failed states
man and that he was a “Hayseed.”
The first bonk he ever hail was an
old school render f*>r which he trailed
a "jag" of wood. He kept that little
book all his life. Accomplished as he
was in knowledge of history and the
law, he was accustomed to say that
his best university had beei) the war
uf the north and south and the service
he saw In It.
Scottsbluff Plans
for Visit of Owsley
Special IllSpatcli to The Omaha Bee.
Scottsbluff, Neb., April 24.—Rep
j resen tatlves of North Platte Talley
I-eglon posts met here to arrange a
! welcome for National Commander
! Alvin Owsley, w ho will come to
' Scottsbluff May 23 and leave the .
afternoon of May 24. Plans Include
his reception on arrival by a com
mittee, composed of service men dec
orated for valor; a banquet In the
evening, when only exservice men
will be present, followed by a public
mass meeting, when he will apeak;
a meeting with the legion auxiliary
the following morning followed by a
luncheon, when he will be the guest
of lions and Rotariana. Former
soldiers on government homesteads,
'opened a year ago in Wyoming, hope
to prevail upon him to go from here
to Torrington by auto, visiting many
of the units on the way and studying
at first hand their problems.
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