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Farm Price
Hike Cure
for Nation
Need of Placing Products on
Same Cost Level as Other
Articles Is Pointed
Out.
Inflation Is Foreseen
By MARK SULLIVAN.
Washington, Oct. 1,—In Washing
ton last week, we came close to de
termining whether the country is to
go on toward a basis of higher cost
of living because of government
action: or to make further progress
in the direction already taken by nor
mal economic forces toward a re
duced cost of living. In the presenta
tion of the troubles of the wheat
farmer last week, and the responses
of government officials, probably the
most sigificant utterance was a sen
tence In the latter part of a state
ment given out by Secretary Wal
lace of the Department of Agricul
ture. He said:
"If, as seems evident, we admit
ourselves to be on a permanently
higher ecale of industrial wages and
consequently higher cost of produc
tion In industry as well as agricul
ture a normal relationship can be
restored only by bringing • agricul
tural prices up to somewhere near
the level of other prices.”
If we could know certainly whether
this acceptance of a permanently
higher level of Industrial wages and
cost of production represent the view
and purpose of Mr. Wallace's chief.
President Coolidge; and such of Mr.
Wallace's cabinet associates as Sec
retary Mellon and Secretary Weeks,
it would be possible for business men
to make fairly definite calculations
within their field and possible also
for political observers to make fairly
confident predictions within their
field.
Washington seems just now at the
point where It is going to decide
whether to pass into a new period of
phenomena having the same upward
effect as inflation 'on the cost of liv
ing.
Living Costs Chtaper.
As against the political forces
which make for a higher cost of
living the natural forces of business
• working In the other direction have
recently made much progress. In
oil and gasoline the agencies of over
production and competition have
brought about a reduction of some
thing like 25 per cent *in the price
to the consumer. In the automobile
work there has been the definite be
ginning of a reduction in prices.
In the building trades, which have
provided the most striking and stub
horn example of high costs, it is be
lieved by competent observers that
the beginnings of reduction are in
sight. Natural forces left to them
selves would probably pass soon into
a cycle of lowered costs of pro
duction and lowered cost of living.
But an old-fashioned person, slight
ly embittered at some things happen
ing in Washington, said the other
day that American politics consists
of a competition between organized
groups to raise the cost of living.
The coal miners who already received
the highest wages in their experi
ence demanded an Increase and by
virtue of solidarity got It.
The ex soldiers demand a bonus
and by virtue of their potency for
political action through numbers and
organization seem likely to be able
to make the politicians give it to
them.
Bonus Would Hike Taxes.
Regardless of the merit* of the
bonus It cannot be denied that the
addition of *2,000,000,000 or *3.000,
000.000 either to government In
debtedness or to current taxation
will to that extent temporarily raise
prices and increase the cost of liv
ing. The farm bloc, the railroads and
some of the tariff beneficiaries are
additional examples of the groups
whoso organized purpose in politics
is economic self-interest.
It is a common observation that
every time any business group finds
Itself facing lo'wer prices for Its prod
ucts It hurries td Washington 111 the
full expectation that It is the business
of government to furnish relief. The
oil men are the latest group to seek
an engagement with the government.
There may b« virtue in an additional
remark of the same old fashioned per
son to the effect that what America
needs is to disinfect Its politics, sep
mate the sheep of courage from the
goats of expediency and bring out the
best In the common American man,
Is a good hard knockdown fight on a
simple question of clear principle.
It has been long since we have had
such a fight. The past contest on the
league of nations and the apparently
coming contest on the international
court do not meet the requirements,
for while they are questions of prln
ciple they are too befogged by the
prejudices and the ease of incltlag
’prejudice which Is attached to any
foreign question.
There are some who think—and
think without any fear of the out
come—that such an Issue of principle
may come up in the campaign next
year In the shape of an agitation for
currency inflation. They think It pos
sible that the pressure fur higher
1 prices from this group sod that,
which so far has been happily short
of the demand forgjheap money, may
yet reach that point. It Is the nat
ural closing phase of * rising cost of
living and Inflation. Those who give
Concern to this possibility say that
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Youth Threatens to Murder Aged
Mother Unless She Buys Him Auto
Ax and Knives Found in House—“Grand Goblin”
Demands Girl and $45,000—Will Have
/ Sanitary Hearing.
Special Plupairh to The Omaha Boo.
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 1.—After
threatening to kill his mother if she
failed to buy him an automobile
before 10 o'clock last nlfcht and lock
ing her out of the house, police say,
while he remained inside with a long
sharp bread knife, Frank Sparks, 20,
is in the city jail awaiting hearing
before the insanity commission.
When police took Sparks into cus
tody they,dook the knife also. At the
Sparks home there was a collection
of knives and an ax with which
Sparks is alleged to have threatened
his aged mother. Letters which
Sparks is alleged to have written to
others as well as to himself are also
In police custody. Some of the Jet
ters are directed to neighbors and
one to Sparks, who signs his own
name and then declares he is the
grand goblin of the Ku Klux Klan
for this district. He demands an au
tomobile, a certain girl and f45.000
in cash.
More Than $3,000
Damage by Flood
at Wilbur, Neb.
Blue River Has Risen Over
Fiv0J Feet and Is
Highest Ever
Recorded.
Wilber, Neb., Oct. 1—The Klue
river at this point is the highest It
has ever been and is still rising slow
ly. According to several old residents
there has never been a flood that
reached the present high water level.
There has been a total dantage of over
33,000 done to property near the river
bridge on the main highway leading
out of town east, besides unestimated
damage to crops. A raise of 13 Inches
is reported from Crete.
The water raised more than five
feet at Wilber since Saturday night,
and Is running 18 inches deep through
the Zwonachek & Akesmlt power
plant on the west bank of the river.
The power house was surrounded by
water. Employes built a dike of
Sacks of dirt and sand.
At the Wilber Country club grounds
five feet of water was running in a
swift current. Water covered the
maple floor of the dance pavilion to
a depth of two feet, half submerged
the piano and seats, and It Is said
the floor, 100 by 140 feet, will be
warped and ruined. Water also filled
the cook and refreshment stands,
ruining all utensils and supplies and
covered the alrdome half way up
the amphitheater of seats. One of
three screened and furnished cottages
used for camping In season, was
washed down the river. The gateway
and the high board fence surrounding
the grounds and the baseball park
were washed away. Water covered
the highway east of the river bridge,
five feet deep and two blocks wide,
and overflowed a concrete retaining
wall nearby. Five hundred new bur
lap sacks were rushed from the Zwin
nechek mill to the river and filled by
workmen with dirt and sand and
piled to hold back the water, but they
were entirely covered with flood
waters and washed down stream.
At the farm of Stanley Shimrada
water covered the feedyards and
stock pens and was rising into some
of the farm buildings.
The water will cause several hun
dred dollars' damage to the machinery
in the power plant, which furnishes
Wilber with light and sells surplus to
the Beatrice Power company.
The river is running full of drift
and a force of men are kept at the
bridge and the Zwonechek power
plant, trying to free the debris and
save the property. A 160-acre field
of wheat. Just coming up, Is flooded.
ViolatOrs'of Parole
to Return to Prison
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. Oct. L—Conrad Debus of
Lancaster county and Janies Wilson
of Douglas county, who have been
out on parole, will be returned to the
penitentiary for violation. It was an
nounced by the hoard of pardons to
day.
Debus, who was paroled April 12
after serving 11 months of a sen
tence of one to 10 years for auto
theft, violated his parole by passing
Imd checks In this city. He fled be
fore being apprehended, but was ar
rested by Bcottsbluff authorities on
information supplied here.
Wilson was paroled July 23 after
serving part of a sentence for auto
thpft. 'J'he board of pardons learned
of his violation when they received a
letter from Chicago authorities stat
ing that Wilson had been sentenced
to 60 days In the house of correction.
South Dakota Man Killed by
Fall on Pitchfork Handle
Volga, H. T»., Oct. 1.—Funeral serv
ices were held here for Michael P.
Mans, well known farmer of this vi
cinity, who died from Injuries re
ceived when he slipped ami fell on
the end of a pitchfork handle, which
penetrated hla body several Inches,
lie had just thrown down the pitch
fork and waa preparing to follow It
from the hayrack on which he had
been riding when he lost his balance
and fell directly on the handle, the
tinea of the work having stuck In
the ground, leaving It In n perpendi
cular position.
Injured by Train
Slterlsl llhpttrli to Tile Omtthii lire.
Fremont, Neb., Oct. 1.—An un
known negro, believed to he suffer
ing from a fractured skull, was
brought to the Fremont hoepltal
from North Bend. He IS believed to
have fallen from a freight train on
the Union Pacific while stealing a
rldf
Hotel Promoters
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Plead Guilty to
Fraud Charges
Headed Scheme That Swindled
Nebraskan§ Out of Millions
—Face Heavy Fines
or Prison.
Special Dispatch t« The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Oct. 1.—Four promoters
of the defunct Nebraska Building and
Investment company and Nebraska
Hotel company pleaded guilty before
Federal Judge Munger today to a
charge of being a party to a scheme
to defraud and using the mails to
promote said scheme. This charge
carries a penitentiary sentence of
five years or a fine of $5,000 or both.
Those pleading guilty are: Frank
E. Schaaf, J. H. Goy, E. O. Gregg
and H. L. Lohmeyer.
Judge Munger announced he would
take the sentences under advisement
for a month.
The pleas came with dramatic sud
denness when the defendants were
arraigned before the court for a trial
which presumably would occupy
days. Judge W. C. Dorsey, special
blue sky prosecutor for the federal
government, had been working on
the case for weeks and United
States District Attorney J. C. Kinsler
was expected here from Omaha to
morrow to aid in prosecution.
"he collapse of the two companies
in which the four defendants were
prime movers, entailed a loss of mil
lions of dollars to Nebraskans.
These companies sold millions In
stock for the purpose of erecting ho
tel* in Nebraska towns. A number
of hotels, at Franklin, Scottsbluff.
Columbus, Table Rock and other
towns were erected before the crash.
Hotel Fontenelle. Omaha, and the Lin
coln hotel In this city were Involved
In the many legal entanglements In
which the two companies found them
selves after the failure.
$3,000,000 Cement
Plant Going Up
Construction Work Progres
sing Rapidly on State-Owned
Establishment at Rapid
City, S. D.
Rapid City. S. D., Oct. 1.—Good
progress continues to he made In the
work of constructing the different
units which will go to make up the
state owned cement manufacturing
plant which Is being erected in the
outskirts of Rapid City at a cost of
$3,000,000, this sum having been au
thorized by the voters of the state.
The buildings alone will occupy be
tween 12 and 15 acres. The plant,
when completed, will employ 125 men
all the year around. The plant will
have three standard gauge railroad
tracks, spurs of the Northwestern
lin§, and on# narrow gauge line In
the quarry. The plant will have a ca
pacity of 2.000 barrels of cement per
clay. Each day the plant will use
about 450 tons of lime, 15 to 25 tons
of gypsum and 150 tons of shale. An
artesian well, which pours forth water
at the rate of he.tween 800 and 1,000
gallons a minute, will furnish only
half of the water supply the monster
plunt will require The remainder will
come from a large pool near the plant.
Pumps will l>e Installed and a condens
ing equipment put In to keep the
water cool.
A huge chimney now Is being con
structed. it will he 207H feet high
and 10 feet In diameter at the top. In
the plant there will he a suction tube
to take the heat from the kilns thnt
would otherwise go up the chimney
to what Is termed waste heat hollers,
where the heal will be utilized to gen
erate electricity to operate the entire
plant. Horsepower of 2,000 will he
necessary for the operation of the
plant. The state purchased a total of
188 acres of land for the plant.
Johnson County Teachers
Institute October 12-13
Tecumseh, Neh., Oct. 1.—The an
iiunl Johnson county tenchers' insti
tute will he held In Tecitmser Octo
ber 12 and 13. C. Kny Oates, super
intendent of schools at Grand Island,
will tench arithmetic and school man
agement and give two lectuiee. Mine
Edna. Bernes of the Omnlm achools
will tench both upper anil lower grade
rending mid construction. Mrs.
Bertha Ballance, county superintend
ent of Pawnee county, will have pen
manship. All will be under the super
vision of County Huperlntendent Elvs
M. McCoy of this county
Town Near
Berlin Hit
by Revolt
Insurgents at Kuestrin Try to
Disarm Garrison but Are
Driven Out—Leaders
Arrested.
Military News Censored
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Oct. 1.—A German parlia
mentary crisis is predicted today. Po
litical circles say the socialists will ;
withdraw from the government as a
protest against the manner the patty
has been discriminated against in
Bavaria, and that Chancellor Streee
mann will form a purely bourgeoise
cabinet, retaining the premiership.
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 1.—A revolutionary
movement originated by nationalist
organizations has broken out at Kues
trin, 50 miles from Berlin, says a
Reuter's dispatch from the German
capital.
The insurgents attempted to dis
arm the garrison and occupy the for
tress. but the commander of the
Reichswehr arrested the nationalist
leaders and drove back the attackers.
Detachments of Reichswehr from
neighboring towns rave been sum
moned to Kuestrin, the dispatch adds,
and the troops have been ordered to
suppress the revolt ruthlessly. As a
result of the insurrection Dr. Gess
ler, the minister of defense, has im
posed a censorshp on all news of a
military character.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Oct. 1.—A censorship has
been Imposed on all military news
sent from Germany.
By Anorlated Press.
Dusseldorf, Oct. 1.—The German
version of the outbreak at a separ
atist meeting yesterday, In which *0
persons were killed and scores wound
ed, maintains that the secudity police,
whom the French hold responsible
for starting the shooting, made no
move until a civilian policeman had
been killed by the separatist "self
protection police.”
Th^ force, says a statement Issued
by the city authorities, attacked the
blue policeman, took away hts sword
and had begun to beat him when the
security police appearer. Thereupon
a shot was fired, the Germans allege,
by the separatists. This brought out
the rest of the green force and the
pitched battle followed.
Friends of the Rhineland separatist
movement had made extensive
preparations for yesterday’s meeting
and 25 trainloads of "Rhineland re
publicans” came Into the city from
various Rhineland communities,
^forming In a great procession, the
demonstrators, numbering about 15,
000, but augmented to 40,000 from
the ranks of the curious, marched
to the Hindenhurgstrasse, where the
separatist leader, Joseph Matthews,
began a speech.
He had said scarcely more than a
dozen words when several shots were
fired. As a amall group made a rush
for Herr Matthews, the security po
lice fired a volley. The shooting then
became general, causing the dispatch
of French troops to the scene.
By AimlaM Prrn,
Ally Wood, France. Oct. 1.—“The
sullen proclamation of a truce should
not avoid Is nothing; It is what she
does, that Is everything. We await
Germany's acts.”
This wag the keynote of Premier
Poincare's first Sunday speech de
livered before a large assemblage
here. "Germany has abandoned the
Idea of laying down conditions.” said
M. Poincare, “that Is well. But we
shall not have made a step townrd
the alleviation of strained conditlona
unless Germany shows a real desire
to enable results to be obtained from
the seised guarantees In the occupied
territories If she expects France to
change her policy, or If she cher
ishes the'seeret hope of obtaining ad
vantage In return for mere words
of resignation."
Bj ANMH'Int+fl rrf*«.
Cologne, Oct. 1.—An anti separa
tist demonstration Sunday drew out
a crowd of 100.000, representing all
political parties, labor unions and
civic societies, who were enthusiasti
cally determined In their resolve to
oppose hy nil means a\ their disposal
any attempt to force the establish
ment of a Rhineland republic.
Pioneer Nebraskan and
(livil War Veteran, 82, Dies
Plain view. Neb., Oct, 1.—John
Handera, S3, familiarly known as
"Uncle Johnnie," who was a pioneer,
coming here 40 years ago and home
steading a quarter section In township
38. died st the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E Cook of this place. During the
civil war he served ns a corporal In
Company E. 18th regiment. Illinois in
fantry.
Albion Man Purchases
Newspaper at Matlison
Mfcdiaon, Neb , Oct. 1 -Thf Mndison j
Star Mall ami Ohronlcl* haw bsen anld i
to Hr. Hamm of Albion, a veteran :
new»pap*r man, who will ImmodlntHy
taka personal mannir«*m*nt a* editor
and proprietor.
Auto ('rank Breaks Arm
Tecutnseh. Neb , Oct. I Mrs. James
H. Cochran broke both bones of bet
right forearm while attempting to
crank on automobile A few tnnntha
ago she fell and broke both hone* of
her left forest ;
Where Salesman Was Drowned in Nebraska Flood
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The above picture allows the spot in Lincoln creek. Just north of York, Neb., where 0. ,1. Duriek, a traveling
salesman, was drowned when his auto plunged Into the creek during the flood of September 29.
Phelps County
Observes 50th
Anniversary
J
Replira of Pioneer Town of
Phelps Center and Progress
Parade Were Big
Features.
Holdrege, Neb., Oct. 1—The 50th
anniversary of Phelps county was
celebrated for three days here, with
an average daily attendance of 5,000
peaple. Phelps Center, the hub of
Phefps county history, was rebuilt In
the auditorium in exact likeness of
50 years ago.
The business houses represented
were: A. P. Erikson’s store, Hop
wood hotel. Nugget printing office.
McOiew hang, 8. A. Drava's law of
fice, Wilcox boarding bouse, Billy
Hichardson harness shop. W. P. Nor
ris drug storer. King & Albert store,
Hymer hardware store. C. E. Han
son, implements, the courthouse and
Judge Whitcomb’s office. These
were also filled with relics and pic
tures of an early day.
Every day during the celebration
races were held, including horse
races, auto races and motorcycle
races. The ’’Parade of Progress,’’ 10
blocks long, consisting of floats, com
paring what the early settler had
to do within the way of machinery,
etc., and the way of today, was given
every morning at 11. The second
evening a public wedding was held.
Concerts were given by the Alma.
Orleans and I.oomis bands.
Freed on Charge
of Forging Will
Kansas City Attorney Wins on
Appeal to Nebraska Su
preme Court.
Special In.patch to The Omaha lie*.
Lincoln, Oct. t.—Appeal of James
K. O'Connor, Kansas City attorney, to
the state supreme court from his con
viction In district court on a charge
of entering a forged will for probate,
was sustained by the supreme court
today, and O'Connor was dismissed.
The lower court imposed a sentence
of from one to 30 year* In the state
penitentiary. The supreme court held
that the burden of proof lay on the
state, which had failed to make its
case.
Yeggs Blow Safe, Get
Loot at Geneva, Neb.
Lincoln. Oct. 1 —Tom Carroll, state
law enforcement officer, today an
nounced that robbers had obtained a
small amount of money from the safe
In the Chicago d Northwestern rail
road depot at Geneva. Neb.. Inst Sun
day night. The safe door was blown
off with an explosive. A draft for
$200 was part of the loot. Robbers
are said to have attempted to enter
a store at Sterling. Neb., but were
frightened sway by persons who saw
fhem.
Hunaivay Tram Upsets
Bee Hive; Horses and
_Two Men Badly Stung
Auburn, Neb, Oct. 1 —AVhlle
Wayne Franz. farmer, was unloading
roba at the Catholic school the
school boys kicked a football under
the team causing a serious runaway.
The loam overturned a stand of bees
that attacked them The teant and
wagon became entangled In the trees
and the bees stung the horses se
verely.
Mr, Franz and a Mr. Miller who
tried to rescue the team were also
severely atung. The men were taken
to a doctor s office where the stlnRS
to the number of fifty w^re removed.
It was also necessary to cut th* har
nets off tbs lean
Fanners Driven
Out by Floods
Near Beatrice
Many Fields Submerged and
Damage to Farm Prop
erty Will Be
Heavy.
Kperial Dispatch to The Omaha Brf.
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 1.—After a foot
line last night, the Blue river was re
ported at a standstill at 11 o'clock to
day. Water is running through the
I'nion Pacific depot at Holmesville,
Neb., and Rock cut is submerged, cut
ting off traffic on the line between
here and Manhattan, Kas. Freight
trains are being detoured to Marys
vile, Kan., over the Rock Island and
CSrand Island roads through Falrbury.
Water has broken over the dike on
the south side of the river north of
the dam and is running through Cen
ter street in Beatrice. A number of
farmers north and south of here have
moved from the lowlands. Many corn
fields are submerged and damage to
farm property will lie heavy. The
Crete dam, north of here. Is reported
out.
Beatrice Neb . Oct. 1.—The Blue
river was practically stationary here
at 8 tonight, after reaching the high
est level In years earlier in the day.
Veteran mill men would not haiard s.
guess as to whether or not the flood
had reached its crest.
Workmen were still building sand
hag dikes along the north side of
West Beatrice park. Another rise of
a few inches would flood this tract
and much more of the bottoms. Sev
eral West Beatrice homes are mi
rooned by the flood tonight. Tho
occupants left earlier. Chief of Po
lice Paul Acton hi^g closed the prin
cipal bridge here except to the most
necessary traffic.
The city water supply has turned
to liquid mud, working a great
hardship on consumers. City Com
missioner J. R Ellis urges all con
sumers to boil the water to avert a
possible epidemic.
Photographers Will
Compete at Columbus
Spfflsl llkpatrh l« The Omaha Bee.
Oolumus. Neb . Oct. 1.—A contest
between two tennis of the convention
attendants to ascertain which can
produce the best photos in a given
length of time will be one of the In
teresting features of the annual
meeting of the North Nebraska Pho
tographers' club which opened in Co
lumbus today and will continue two
days
Following the annual banquet at
the Federated church tonight, mem
bers of the club attending will be
divided Into two teams. One will
go to the Fennel studio and the oth
er to the Prlddy studio, where they
will take a certain number of pho
tographs and develop and finish
them all In the same evening, doing
all the work hy artificial light. The
results will then tie submitted to a
committee of judges for decision ns
to the best. Quality workmanship ts
one of the things being stressed In
the convention discussions
1 ecumseh Woman to Attrinl
P. E. O. Meeting at Spokane
Terumseh, Neb.. Oct. 1— Mrs. G. J.
riubelmsn of Tecumser Joined the spe
cial trsin psriy of members of the
P. E. O. at Mneoln for the trip to
Spokane. Wash , to attend the au
preme grand chapter meeting. Mrs.
Kubelnmn represents a group of four
chapters. Including that of Tecumseh
Five Pullmans filled with members
from the east passed through Tecum
seh.
Institute at Geneva
Geneva. Neb, Oct. 1 -A successful
teachers' Institute wna held here, con
ducted by Miss Elisabeth Kchelkopf.
superintendent of schools of Fillmore
county. On* hundred teachers wet*
registered and the sessions were at
tended by a number of visitors, in
eluding pi eminent sducator
Livestock Men to
Have Counsel at
Hearing on Rates
Hugh Lomoster Will Repre
sent Their Interests When
Case Comes Up at
Washington.
Lincoln. Oct. L—Hugh Lamaster, !
special counsel for the state railway '
commission, on the staff of Attorney
(General Spillman, will appear for Ne- :
iiraska livestock men in a rate case ]
hearing before the interstate com- \
mere? commission at Washington this
month, it was announced today.
Members of the railway commission
are harred from appearing for state
shippers because they will be sitting
with interstate commerce officials od
the case, hut the department has pre
pared exhaustive data which will bo
available to La master and shippers'
representatives.
Work on the case has been in prog
ress in ih> offices of the state railway
commission for more than two years, i
and in the opinion of C. A. Randall,
railway commissioner, the case has '
received more attention than any oth
er of a similar nature that has ever
1-een before the commission.
Fremont School Girl,
15, Missing From Home
Special Ilispatch to tla Omaha Bee.
Fremont. Neb.. Oct. 1—Marjorie
Lutes. IS. a student in Fremont Junior
High school, daughter ot Mr. and
Mrs. Luther W. Lute* of this city,
mysteriously disappeared Sunday
afternoon.
The mother believes an Omaha
woman, recently divorced, enticed the
girl from home Her daughter, she
said, had apparently been dissatisfied
at heme and but a short time ago had
threatened to leave. A desire for fine
clothes and other luxuries the family
could not afford. Mrs Lutes said, ere- j
ated the girl's desire to run away.
Sunday afternoon, in company with
two other girls, she left the house
without saying where she was going
One of her companions stated that
the Lutes girl stopped to talk to some
man. That was the last time she was
seen here The girl had no money,
as far as the parents know, and no
clothes besides those she wore.
Grade Crossing Wreck
Claims Fourth Victim
Nebraska City. Neb., Oct .1 —Lloyd
Willeta, 3. died here at I o'clock today
from Injuries received In a crossing
accident Saturday evening This
makes four victims of the wreck The
bodies of Mrs M illets and three other
children, Clifford, Kverett and Lloyd,
will t»e sent to the home at Sloan, la
for burial. Leonard, the fourth son
Injured a! the some time. Is still in a
hospital, but IS expected to recover.
Potato Hearing Will Re
Held at Kearney, Nel>.
Lincoln. tVt. 1 —At the request of
potato growers located around Kear
noy. the ratlw.ty commission has
changed the location of its hearing on
potato rates from Lincoln to that
city. Hearings will also he held at
Scottshluff and Crawford.
Shippers of potatoes are protesting
against an Increase in the minimum
rate prior to October 1 because pota
toes are tender and easily damaged
at that time. They have no objection
to an increase which would take effect
after October 1 of each year.
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Citizens Are
Urged tc
Keep Order
Civil Authorities Increasi
Strength to Prevent Trouble
at Election Today on
Legislative Rights.
Governor’s Defeat Seen
By Amocliited Preen.
Oklahoma City, Ok!., Oct. 1,—Mili
tary forces of the state will not Inter
fere with tomorrow's special election,
Gov. J. C. Waltfm declared in a for
mal statement early tonight.
The governor denied the statement
attributed to him yesterday that the
entire national guard would be mobil
Ized to prevent the election. He
called upon all citizens of the state
to preserve peace tomorrow.
The statement addressed to "the
people of the state of Oklahoma and
all peace officers of the state" fol
lows in full:
"It has come to my notice that
rumor is now being circulated that 1
will interfere by means of the mill
tarv to prevent or obstruct the pre
tended election advertised to take
place tomorrow. October 2, 1523.
"This is to advise you that the mil
itary forces will not intervene in this
pretended election and I hereby re
quest all citizens of the state to pre
serve the peace and good order."
Sets N^w Klection I>ate.
Governor Walton tonight issued a
call for a special election December 6
next on the initiative proposal which
would empower the state legialaturt
to convene itself to consider impeach
ment charges against the executive.
“If the majority of the people wan*
to amend their constitution so as tt
enable Ku Klux Klan members of the
legislature to impeach their governot
and thereby remove all legal restraint
| on the lawlessness of the klan. then
i I submit I don't want to be governor
I End will advise that we acknowledge
the sovereignty of the emperor of the
invisible empire," Governor Walton
declared in a formal statement made
public simultaneously with the call
Preparations for the opening ol
polls in virtually all parts of Okla
homa moved apace tonight, as the
hour for ar. election unprecendenteo
in the history of the nation drew
near.
Court action, sustained by the
force of arms borne by citizens who
volunteered for serviee under regulat
county authorities in several in
stances, carried forward the prepara
tions for registering the will of the
people as to whether the state legis
lature shall be empowered to meet
to consider the official acts of Gov
ernor Walton without the sanction of
the executive.
Governor's ( nury Opposed.
Taking up the challenge of the
I Governor that he w ould place Ci.Ol'O
'special slate police at the pedis to
I morrow to prevent their opening, op
ponents of the executive staged a
i hasty campaign to override his per
ogatlve to stay th election, and with
the authority of an official opinion
I from Attorney General Short, hold
i :ng the governor without power to
change tbe date of the election, they
obtained front the state at large tu
j day an express., n of sentiment on
, the part of citizens and officials that
'constituted a strong denial of the
I executive's course.
Sheriffs throughout most of the
state augmented their forces bv dep
utizing hundreds of citizens who of
fered their services, and tonight bal
lot boxes from one end of the state
to the other were being guarded by
men w ho had taken up arms by the
authority upon which the governor
had announced he would rely to
block the election.
Ernest Grainger Held
for Trial, $5,000 Bond
Lincoln. Oct. 1 —Krnest Grainger,
charged with manslaughter following
the death in an automobile accident
near Lincoln of Car! J. Springer and
Kdnn Moorman, popular University of
Nebraska students, was bound over
to the present term of district court,
after waiving preliminary hearing to
day.
The two students were killed at the
beginning of the university year when
the car in which they were nd.ng
w-ith Grainger turned turtle Tl-.e
ride followed a fraternity rushing
party. Grainger was released under
recognlaance bond of J.'.tXtO.
'-"Trusty” Trios to Hit Cop.
Salem. Ore. Oct. 1—W. M CTvs
by. a convict trusty from the Oregon
state penitentiary, was lodged in the
city Jail yesterday to answer three
traffic violation charges growing cut
of hts manipulation of one if the pri
son trucks on a principal street here
Crosby is charged with speeding the
truck at the* rate of SO miles an hour
through traffio, driving without a
license and careless and reckless driv
ing. The latter chsrge is based on
the statement of the arresting motor
cycle officer, that when he command
ed Crosby to stop, the convict tried
to run him down.
Kn«ln*> l . S.
Sheriff Mike ITn.lrcs will reoeix*
M.7»S »:> for ft c ling federal priscne* *
in the county **11 fhr the month* of
July. August and September. A hill
for tin* amount wn* presented to lit*
VtiHrd Staton marshal s office Mon
day by a ileputy from lh« sheriff *
office The hill* arc p i wilted u
suveinment "