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. 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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. 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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