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2 Columbus Boys Confess to Thefts That Baffled City ioYoungsters, 11 and 8, Re sponsible for 2 ^Robberies in Three Months, They Tell Police. 8|tw 1h1 Dispatch to The Oniulie Ree. Columbus, Neb., June !>.—Police today solevd the tnvstery of 25 burglaries in Columbus during the pest three months by the arrest of Pearl Shaw, 11, and Henry Ernst, 8. After being grilled far several hours 'following their capture while on one of their midnight escapades they admitted to Chief of Police Jack Lehman and County Attorney Otto Walter that they had looted a barber shop, twice robbed a grocery store, twice entered a wholesale house, removing the glass from the rear door and after obtaining their swag put the glass back carefully. The Columbus laundry was prowled every Sunday by the boys, who tap ped the till for mole and tobacco money. A grocery, a coffee shop and a butcher shop were entered four times. Thefts of pocketbooks from an automobile garage, money from teachers and watches are among the activities saltl to be admitted by the Ernst and Shaw boys. The young sters told police that they planned entrance into the buildings through windows carefully left open stnd at other places with skeleton keys. The shaw boy w;i5* captured in entering a meat market through the Ice chute, i'our awaiting police of ficers caught him. His confession implicated the other boy, who also confessed. Henry Ernst, when asked why he indulged in the midnight raids, said: “Oh it was just lots of fun—just like the movies.” Both of the youngsters come from good families and have had hood graded in school. Their activities in the past few weeks have compelled Chief of Police Lehman to put extra men on the night force. The Shaw boy at the request of his father, will be sent to Kearney Industrial ichooi. The Ernst boy's fother de mands that his son stand trial. Both »re confined in the county jail. Nels Updike to Join Party on Leviathan Trial Trip The Leviathan, largest steamship afloat, has been named flagship of the United "States shipping lines, and will shortly make a trial cruise of eix days with 600 prominent Amer icans on board. Afterward it will be placed in regu lar transatlantic service. The party, which will include N. B. tTpdike of Omaha, will leave Boston June 1* end will return to New York City June 24 after a cruise In Cuban Waters. Tex pr’ack With Carnival; / Asserted Independence ^^F_ By Associated I’m*. I'^'ftwwster, Mo., June 9—After r*uiwf consternation in Davis county, Iowa, where it broke its (■•^Settles after balking at continuing k with a carnival show, Tex, a power I ful 18-year-old elephant, returned to I Its home here. ■ Driven by Jim Cunningham, a ^trainer, on horsebaek, Tex made his Iwvay to headquarters without creating I much excitement, although it broke | eqveral farm fences. 15,000 C. & N. W. Trackmen Get Pay Boost by Pact By Aimfated I’rm. Chicago, June 9.—Approximately 15,000 maintenance of way employes of the Chicago & Northwestern rail road will receive an increase in pay ranging from 1 to 6 cents an hour by arrangements just completed and announced by J. K. Stout, president of the Unite.d Brotherhood of Main tenance of Way Employes and Kail road Shop Workers. Bush Interviews Trotzky. By Associated Press. Moscow, June 9.—Since his ar rival In Moscow several days ago, Irving T. Bush of New York lias had interviews with Leon Trotzky, com missar for war; Leon Kameneff, president of the Moscow soviet; George Tchitcherin, commissar for foreign affairs, and Maxim Litvin off, assistant commissar for foreign affairs. Bifocal Lenses $7.00 Why bother with two pairs of glasses when we can give you per fect distance and near vision in our Bifocal Lenss*t. Let ua show you the^ wonderful results obtained. If you need glosses just for reading only we can give you wonderful results with u pair of our extra large round Shelttx Spectacles or Eye Glasses for $0.00. flame Service In Our flouth Aide Store i Flitton Optical Co. (13th Floor 1st Nat*l Bank Tel. JA 1903 Tel. MA 0704 24th and N Sts., South Side Principals in Barney Google Classic and Sparky’s Sensational Finish Above—.lust before the Harney Google lianilirap. Spark Plug with Harney Google anil Jockey T. Corner. Kelon —The sensational finish of the Harney Google lianilirap, Spark Plug winning hy a neck. 2 Held in Slaying of Girl Wh ose Body Found in Culvert Youngstown,■ O., June 9.—Two men ami three women are being held for questioning by the police tonight In connection with the death of Miss Ib-lena Maria 1 Ir.ichmann, SI, whose mutilated body was found near here yesterday. Miss Drachniann. a salesgirl, dis appeared on the night of May 31. The body was found In a culvert. A linen duster had been wrapped tightly around the face; there were stab wounds in each breast and the left hand had been nearly severed from the wrist. Colorado Governor Is Opposed to Hangings Denver, Colo., -Tune 9.—Capital punishment for crimes committeed in Colorado will Ibe reduced to a mini mum during the administration of Governor 'William E. Sweet. The Colorado executive. In ac knowledging. protests and criticisms arising from his action commuting the sentence of John J. Jones, negro, from death on the gallows to life im prisonment, yesterday declared he would allow the death penalty to take Its course only In the most extreme cases. Bee want ads produce results. Harvard "Sheik" Is Handcuffed to Bed by His Classmates By Internal mind News N**rvire. Cambridge, Mass., June 9. — The storks employed by the Puritan fath era in administering punishment were scarcely more effective than Otto C, Yen’s iron hed. Otto, a Harvard student, appeared at a police station bearing his bed, to which he was handcuffed, on his back. He ex plained three rlassmdtcs shackled him in retaliation for his having driven girls from the railroad station to the college, leaving three college men waiting at the station in ignorance of their departure. 6 Jewish Homes Burned, Warsaw, June 9.—(Jewish Tele graph Agency I- Six Jewish homes In the village of Zegieiuwka, Volhynia, have been destroyed by tire, started by peasants, who charged that the Jews of the village had represented the peasants to the soviet authori ties as disloyal. According to stories of the (Ires printed in r.c-miierg news papers, a soviet expedition was dis patched to the village and the homes of 67 peasants were destroyed by the soviet agents as punishment. Atmindspn to Start Flight to North Poh* About June 20 Bergen. Norway, June 9.—It is now nettled (hat Captain Roald Amund sen and his pilot, Omdal, will start on their North pule flight from Wain wright, Alaska, to Rpitzenbergen on or aliout June 20. The flight is ex pected to take aliout 21 hours. % It Is thought that the greatest dan ger of engine failure will arise after the machine has passed the pole and Is approaching the edge of the polar ice north of Rpitzenbergen. If Amundsen and Omdal are forced to land and abandon their airplane, they will. If within reasonable dis tance of the ice edge, try to reach It on skis. Tim Norwegian government has as signed two naval hydro airplanes and one fishing patrol vessel to a*slst Amundsen at Spitzenbergen In land ing. Cup Shot in (inn Hattlp. Rt. Louis, June 9.—Patrolman Rich anl Fitzgerald was shot and serlouslv wounded here late yesterday In a re volver fight wdh James Gallagher, 21, who later was wounded and arrested by Fitzgerald’s companion officer. 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The verdict was reached at 6;57 p. m. The jury retired for deliberation at 3:45. Johnson was arrested by the coun ty sheriff following a shooting affair at his home, where he had been en tertaining Jurging and James Her bert, 75, from his supply of liquor. As a result of an alleged quarrel when Jurging refused to obey his hosts command to leave the house, Jurging was shot. He died five days later. The defense claimed that there were three probable causes of Jurging's death: First, there were three drunk en men in the house with a revolver and the shooting might have been accidental; second, James Herbert, the third guest, now missing, may have fired the fatal shot; third, that the alleged dying statements made by Jurging. accusing Johnson, may have been the results of a wander ing mind, Influenced by opiates, pain or the Influence of liquor. Relatives at Side. Johnson has resided at North Bend the past 25 years. The prosecution brought out that he had often been arrested for Intoxication and even since his release under bond on a charge of murder, he lias tieen ar rested on two different occasions for drunkenness and fined in both in stances. His brother. Nat Johnson, of Bait fornla, and sister, wife of Tom Fow ler, vice president of the Union Na tional bank Fremont, were at John son's side throughout the trial. The judge promised to grant leniency :n pronouncing the sentence, undoubted lv because of Johnson's sdvanced age and ill health. Punching Jaw of Man Hair Dresser If ho Bobs Wife's Hair O. K. IIy InUrnattonsil \fw* S«nif€. San Antonio, Tex., June 9.— Punching tile jaw of a male hair dresser, who has bobbed your wife's hair and installed a permanent wave, both of which you are violent ly opposed to, is within the right of an irate husband, according to Judge Neil Campbell of the Itexar county court in a decision given here today. Judge Campbell was called upon to take sides when A. S. (iraliam, an attorney, was arraigned before liini on the charge of punching Joe Tay lor, hair dresser. The cost of per manent waves at $45 ppr wave and bobbing hair, curling hair, etc., at $1.00 per curl, also was taken under consideration by Judge Campbell in deciding that poor hubby was justi fied. Woman Loses Big Reward on Rings Enterprising Detectives Cut in on Maenner Dia monds. Because Edna Hansen, 4564 North Thirty-fourth street, is alleged to have traded a $1,000 diamond ring which she found to her sister, Mrs. Ed. Classman, Forty-ninth and Grant streets, for an $18 wrist watch, in stead of returning it to its owner, she lost her chance for a $200 reward, and the ring as well. As a matter of fact, she found two rings, both diamonds. They belonged Jo Mrs. T. H, Maenner, 5707 May berry avenue. Four days after Mrs. Maenner lost the rings, a feminine voire called Mr. Maenner and asked the amount of the reward. He told the voice to call on him. and they would talk it over. ‘‘All right," was the reply. It was then, police allege, that Miss Hansen traded one of the rings for a wrist watch and gave the other one to her sister, Bernice. Acting on a tip. Detective* Killian, Davis and Franks made an investiga tion and recovered the rings. Police will receive 570 reward and their in formant another $50. I.mine's Health Improved. Br l.WK-latcl Press. Moscow, June 9—Acting Premier Kameneff, addressing the communist party of Moscow yesterday, said that Premier I.enlne's health had greatly improved since his removal recently fr tn the Kremlin to a villa near th:s city. Heavy Rain General; Flood Menaces Wichita (Continued from Pane Onr.l here. The torrent Is said to be sweep ins the banks threatening to inun date the lowlands. Residents in the north section of the city where homes have beeh flood ed. have been warned to move to higher ground. Virtually every home in thjs section is flooded. Crack Train Ditched. ParBora, Kan., June 9.—A culvert weakened by the heavy rains gave way unoer the weight of the engine pulling Missouri, Kansas and Texas train No. 6, crack Texas to St. Louis train, near Nevada, last night, sent the engine and two baggage' ears into the ditch. No one was injured, officials said today. * Part of Denver Flooded. Denver, Colo., June 9.—Flood warn ings have been sent out as a result of heavy rains in the Rocky moun tains region, the weather bureau an nounced today. Part of Olobeviile, a suburb of Denver, is under water as a result of an overflow of the Platte river and watchers are stationed along the banks of the Platte and along Cherry creek to give warning of any dangerous rise. Three-quarters of an inch of rain fell in Denver between 6 and IX o'clock this morning and continued unabated. Temperature Falls to 6!. The weather bureau admitted that Saturday was chilly for June 9. but pointed to much chillier days. At 7 Saturday morning the temperature was 62 and dropping lower. But June 9, 1977, it was 42. In fact, temperatures in the 40's are not uncommon in June. The lowest temperature in the state Friday night was 50 at Auburn. North Platte had 59 and Hastings 55, Tornado in New Mexico. Roswell, N. M., June 9.—A tornado swept the north part of P.osrwel) late Friday, blowing dowrn several houses, barns and outbuildings, over a dis tance of several blocks, but there was no loss of life or serious injury. The wind was followed by a terrific rain storm, accompanied by hail. Floods Expected in Kansas. fly A«M>rialf<l PrfH. Kansas City, Mo., June 9.—Heavy rainfall in Kansas and western Mis souri last night today has placed riv ers and creeks in Kansas at rood stage and with a continuation of the rain predicted for today, serious floods are expected, according to reports from over Kansas. The rainfall in Kansas reached virtually all parts of the state and ranged from one to seven Inches. Snowstorm In Leadin' I.eadville. Colo., June S.— \ iie temperature hovering around SO de grees above zero. Lead vflle was vis ited by *n all-day snowstorm yes terday. The snow melted almost as fast as It fell, however, and tonight showed signs of abating. Higher up in the mounlains, where the mercury did not rise so high, the snow was net melting rapidly and the country side was clothed In white, an unusu al sight for a June day, even In this mountainous district. Officer Kills Ship Captain, Radio Man, Fellow Officer By Associated Press. Lisbon. June 9.—The second officer of the steamship Brave Coeur is un der arrest at Oporto, according to a message received here, on a charge of killing the commanding officer of the vessel, the wireless operator and another officer, and wounding a seaman and a passenger while on the high seas. The shooting wns done with a re volver. After running amuck the of ficer took refuge In his cabin from' which he was taken .by the police when the vessel arrived at Oporto. The prisoner put trp a severe strug gle with the police and attempted to commit suicide. The Brave Coeur sailed from Hamburg June 1 for Gal veston, Tex. Latest shipping regis ters name Captain Kelme as her com mander. Pulp wood Is on Fire. By International Mew* Seerlee. Quebec. June 9. — Fir* which threatens to destroy 16,000,000 feet of pulpwood is raging at Port Alfred, 12 miles front Chicoutimi. A de tachment of Quebec firemen with steam pumps and 2.000 feet of hose has left for the scene to aid the fire fighters. Helicopter I p 15 Minutes. London, June 9—Rising vertically to a height of 20 feet and hovering for a quarter of an hour under per fect control, is the accomplishment of a new. helicopter built for the British government by Loui* Bren nan, famous Irish-Austraiian. The Convenience of Daylight Shopping —was never better demon- | j strated than during the elec tric light shut down Friday. Thompson-Belden customers continued their buying un interrupted and were able to make their aelections un hampered. Thompson, Belden & Co. The Beat Place to Shop After All “By the Dozen” “If you please,” said she, when buying Sonia hair nets to last her for the trip. Single mesh, 35c a dozen; double mesh, 45c a dozen. Washable Gloves —that can be easily kept immaculate will make the traveler partial to the 16-button Kayser silk gloves shown in white and fashionable light shades at $2.50 a pair. The Veiled Lady —is the well groomed lady when jaunting about in a motor, sight seeing or shopping. Che nille dotted veiling in pretty two-color combi nations is priced 75c yd. Easy to Pack —and light to carry are these smart “stubby" styles in women’s rain or shine umbrellas. Desir able street shades in a good quality of taffeta, $10.00. Plenty of Them —is the vacation idea in handkerchiefs. So she wisely lays in a goodly supply of plain linen at J2Vac or lawn in white and colors at 5c and 10c ( each. Minerva Yarn — and your knitting needles ran convert idle moment* on the veranda into a pretty sleeveless sweater. • ^borapBon ^ (Da Clothes May Not Make the Vacation —but the wrong ones can spoil lots of the fun! Choosing the right clothes for a vaca tion is quite as essential as picking the best route or the right hotel. So, whatever your plans, consult us as to the correct clothes and insnect the iolly vacation togs we are pre pared to show you. Summer Frocks Whether it be a tailored linen for morning wear, a crinkly silk for sports or a frilly organdy for tea time, she who demands in dividual charm in her vacation frocks will find a satisfying selection here. Priced $15.00 to $$5.00 L The Official Uniform —of the vacationist might almost be said to be a handmade blouse, a pleated sport skirt and a bright colored sweater, so universally are they chosen as a part of vacation ward robes. Handmade blouses in batiste, voile or dimitv, $1.95 to $10.50. Silk or wool sweaters. $2.95 to $35.00. Silk sport skirts, $10.00 to $19.50. Beach Attire * —should include a pi quant cap or bandana and rubber beach slip pers in your swimming kit as well as a smart bathing suit. Good look ing models in all wool Jersey, $5. ( The Long Trail —afoot or motoring—is the sure road to happi ness when one is clad in carefree khaki. Norfolk iackets. $3.00. Middies. $2.50. Knickers, $3.50. White Footwear —when it takes shape in white kid oxfords with cutout saddle of straw berry red suede reminds „ one that vacations also bave their dressy mo ments. Triced $10. A Hosiery Tip Like the motorist who equips his car with all new tires for the tour, the wise vacationist will outfit herself with Thonipson-Telden R pe dal silk hose and thus re duce the chances of ho sierv blowouts to a minimum. $1.95 a pair. Sizing Her Up —bv such trifles as the sort of handbag she car ries causes the lady who I travels to rejoice in the ouiet sophistication of the black silk bag with Jovelv mounting which she has chosen here for $5.85. Don't For get The jrift for your hostess. Cold cream and plenty of beauty aid* te repair the * damages ef sun, wind and water. . THE BEST PLACE TO SHOP \FTFR ALL