Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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.
Gallagher gave his address as Los
Angeles, Cal.
William V. Rtoekman informed the
officers that Gallagher had held up
and robbed him of $17 r>0
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Johnson Guilty
of Manslaughter
Verdict of Jury
Deliberation Continues Three
Hours—Convicted Man Re
leased Under $10,000
Bond—Leniency
Promised.
-ohm ltd OUputrti to Tin* Onuha Bee,
Fremont, Neb., June 9.—Andrew
Johnson, 05, charged with the hilling
of William Jurging, 37, during a
booze party at North Bend last Oc
tober, was found guilty of man
slaughter by a jury In district court
here after three hours’ deliberation.
The jury recommended leniency in the
pronouncement sentence which, ac
cording to the state, calls for not
less than 10 years to life. Johnson
was released under $10,000 bond, fur
nlshed' by relatives pending his op
pea! for a new trial, to be filed within
the next three days.
verdict Reached at G:a7.
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.
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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
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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.
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