Today
Be Thankful We're Out.
Europe Must Settle.
Then Another War.
Lloyd George Will Tell
You.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
Unless the powers of Europe,
organized for the protection ®f so
ciety and its laws, change their
methods, disorder and anarchy
will take charge over there.
France te\ls Germany what it
must do, how many billions in gold
it must find somewhere. Poin
care delivers his usual patriotic
Sunday speech. Little Holland,
wiser, places extra guards along
her frontiers, that trouble from
Germany may not cross over.
While France tells Germany
how many billions she must pay,
Germans spend Sunday shooting
each other. Catholic south Ger
many is nearer than ever to break
ing away from Protestant north
Germany. Prince Rupprecht is
hailed king of Bavaria.
Paris, unable to see the real
danger in Germany and Russia,
worries about a few thousand
“reds” at home and is strict about
foreigners.
Sixty thousand men in Vienna,
parading in military formation, de
nounce France.
England pays out billions to the
unemployed to keep down discon
tent. It taxes its rioh men as
no other European nation would
dare do, and as this nation could
not do if it tried. (Because the
rich men would not allow it.)
But even England is far from
safe or happy. Her unemployed
daily increase in number, with
other nations unable to buy from
English factories. It is estimated
that 1,500,000 men will be idle at
Christmas. -
With paper money in the tril
lions, with false rainbow promises
about reparations in tens of gold
billions, the evil day has been put
off. But Europe must settle for
‘hat war. No nation is going to
pay the losses of any other. Ger
many has succeeded in maki,ng it
forever impossible for France to
collect what it might have col
lected with common sense at first.
And Germany has ruined itself
in the process of thwarting France.
These things Lloyd George will
■ioon be telling you in his speeches
here. -
China threatens to back out of
the league of nations, which lends
a comic opera touch. We should
have sense enough to thank Divine
Providence that we are safely out,
despite the efforts of many idiots.
And we should know enough to
stay out.
What will happen eventually?
The usual thing. Tens of millions
of men cannot be kept in perpetual
economic slavery. The British em
pire, with all its power, unable to
keep Ireland down, had to grant
freedom after a 700-year fight
Tens of millions of trained men
in Germany, Austria and Russia
will overflow western Europe.
There will come another shifting
of cards, of boundaries and of
powers.
And the* proceedings will be
'-omplicatej by communist and
other social troubles and experi
ments and by the use of fighting
machinery new to the world, mak
ing victory .depend on chemistry,
on builders of gas engines and on
poisonous gas, heavier than air.
The world is in a state of dis
cord and international hatred,
made worse by scientific knowl
edge misapplied.
The business of this country is
to protect its own, keep ready to
repel trouble from over the two
oceans, and deal with its own
problems.
We have our problems. Yon see
the governor of one state calling
out 100,000 men to keep the citi
zens from voting the Ku Kl»x
Klan into power, after the state’s
highest court authorizes the elec
tion.
This is no time for sloppy theo
rists urging this country to save Eu
rope when Europe declines to save
itself.
me Kev. Artnur vviiao, aweu
enborgian, says the Garden nf
Eden was a state of mind. So is
everything else, including happi
ness and misery. Epictetus, de
formed, and a slave, was happy.
Croesus, rolling in gold, miserable,
worried. Nothing is real. All
wealth, gold, diamonds, the sun
and stars, our bodies, represent
nothing more solid than electrons
and orotons, made of negative nnd
positive electricity, locked up in
atoms that vary in construction,
according to the clement com
posed.
Tnc elements arc interchange
able. Matter has no existence,
mind and its states are the only
real things, the real universe.
There is no big, no little, no be
ginning, no end. In fact, it's all
quite confusing.
Too many unselfish patriots are
working for the people. For every
12 taxpayers there is one man or
woman on a national state or city
payroll; 3,400,000 is the total num
ber of workers for the public..
Their salaries amount to four
thousand million dollurs a year.
In B0 per cent of rases public
.•rvice would not suffer if the
principal were dropped and his as
sistant put in charge. And the
principal would be a better man
out of a sinecure.
Prof. Snow, teacher of psy
chology at Northwestern univer
sity, says it is impossible to judge
character or ability by the face
or the shape of the head.
“Psychological fakers,” he calls
those who pretend to read charac
ter in fa;ea.
Yet the professor would proba
bly not deny a considerable dif
ference between the face of Rich
ard Wagner and that of an Afri
can bushman, or between the head
of Abraham Lincoln and that of
the average poor human rat sent
'o the electric chair. To claim too
much for the study of phrenology
,r physiogonomy may bo psycho
logical faking. To go too far the
other way is psychological silliness.
The face is the map of the mind
back of it. But reuding the map
la not iasy.
'Copyright. 1923.)
Norfleet Gets His
Last Bunco Man
Winds Up 4-Year Mission
With All of 6 Who Fleeced
Him Accounted for.
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Hy Aftnnrliited Pm«.
Salt Lake City, Oct. 2.—J. Frank
Norfleet of Hale Center, Tex.; who
for the last four years lias devoted
practically his entire time to the seek
ing out of men who fleeced him out of
$45,000 In Fort Worth, Tex., In Nov
ember, 1919, slept soundly and peace
ably in* Salt Lake City last night—
his chase over and the last of the
bunco men in the toils of the law.
M. P. Hunt, a salesman of this city,
just at present but formerly known
as W. B. Spencer of Texas, Is the
man identified by Norfleet as the
last of the bunco men. He is held
here by the government on three nar
cotic charges and will have to stand
trial on these charges. Hunt, or
Spencer, “had quite a chat with Nor
fleet and admitted he was one of the
men who got that $45,000,” according
to a statement made by George Chase,
superintendent of the identification
bureau here.
Indictments charging the breaking
of the narcotic laws caused the ar
rest of M. P. Hunt on September 20.
While Hunt was In custody Mr. Chase
of the Identification bureau, compar
ing Hunt with a picture and an
identification card sent out by Nor
fleet, decided that Hunt and Spencer
were the same men, and notified Nor
fleet of his discovery. Norfleet ar
rived here yesterday and immediately
identified Hunt.
By Associated Press.
Dallas, Tex., Oct. 2.—J. Frank Nor
fleet of Hale Center, Hale county,
Texas, the most successful amateur
detective of his age, so officers here
say, has at last got his man.
Fleeced out of $45,(100 in Fort
Worth, Tex., in November, 1919, for
four years Norfleet covered this
country and others tracking down and
causing the arrest and conviction of
76 confidence men.
Veteran officers and detectives here
declare the Texas ranchman has done
more to break up operations of con
fidence men in the United States than
any other man in the country.
With the receipt of a message from
Norfleet yesterday evening telling of
the finding of the last fugitive along
his trail, the Hale county man, single
handed, has apprehended all six who
were in the original group who fleeced
him.
“Caught my man today in Salt
Lake City.”
This was the brief message to
Chief Charles Gunning here, with
whom Norfleet has conferred from
time to time.
Norfleet has at times taken assum
ed names and traveled in disguise
when nearing neighborhoods where
he believed some of hla quarry were
hiding. He has been, on their trail
far into Mexico, in many parte of
Canada, In every state in the United
States save one, and in Cuba.
Of the original six who were ac
cused of staging the fake stock game
V,y which he was fleeced, the Hale
county ranchman saya that two are
now in the penitentiary, one was ac
quitted, one committed suicide, one
died of an illness, and the sixth la
now In prison awaiting trial.
Mr. Norfleet ha# considerable land
holding* in Hal*- county on tlio
plains dt Texas. He has at various
times served as a deputy sheriff in
that region.
Body of Louisville Woman,
Drowned in Flood, Is Found
Special Pi,patch to Th«i Omaha Bee.
Louisville, Neb , Oct. 2.—The body
of Mrs. Will McCarver, drowned dur
ing the rain and flood here Friday
night, was recovered at 2:30 this
afternoon at the bottom of a creek,
about two blocks from the spot where
she lost her life.
Recovery of the body brings the
total known dead to 10, with two
more bodies missing.
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Lupid Pays Profit
in Council Bluffs
Because of the Increased marriage
license*business following the passage
of Nebraska'^ new marriage law, the
office of the clerk of the district
court in Council Bluffs Is paying a
profit for the first time in its history.
Receipts now exceed expenses about
$300 a month, in spite of the fact that
an additional clerk has been employed
to handle the Increased business. Al
ways, heretofore, a deficit has existed
at the end of each month.
Last year this deficit totaled
$1,086.33. To’tal expenses for the year
'were $8,644.83.
Receipts for last month were 2,360,
according to Roy Hardesty, clerk of
the court.
ZR-3 to Cross *
Ocean in 2 Days
Will Be Put in Mail Service
Between New York anti
London. .
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, Oct. 2.—Rear Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief of the bu
reau of aeronautics of the United
States navy, announced today that
when the ZR-3, under construction
In Germany, was completed, it would
be put In mail service, between New
Tork and London on a schedule of
two days. He added that the next
long flight of ZR-1 would be from
Lake Hurst, N. J., to Panama and
return via Cuba.
Civilian aviation must be Increased
to Insure a sufficient number of
naval aviators In case of war. Ad
miral William Moffett declared in a
paper prepared for the annual meet
ing of the air Institute of tho na
tional aeronautical chamber of
commerce.
Admiral Moffett asserted that "If
war were declared tomorrow we
would be In a pitiful plight as re
gards numbers of effective air craft,
and said that the navy has under
way plans for the creation of reserve
naval aviation units In each of the
13 naval districts of the country.
The United States Is far behind lr»
aviation progress, MaJ. Gen. Mason
M. Patrick, chief of the army air
service, declared in an address at
the annual banquet of the National
Aero congress, being held In con
junction with the International air
races, here last night.
"America was once first In the air
when two of her gifted sons, the
Wright brothers, taught the world
to fly," he said. "But now we are
woefully behind and other nations
are taking the place In the develop
ment and progress of aviation that wo
should have and rightfully deserve.”
Referring to the Arqerlean Legion’s
proposal for a limitation of air arma
ment, Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett,
chief of the naval bureau of aeronau
tics, declared that such a proposal
would hamper tho development of a
vehicle useful to civilisation. He said
that the matter was considered by
both the army and navy at the hmiut
tion of arms conference at Washing
ton and It was decided that. If this
were carried out It would sound the
death knell for American ablation.
Widow Fears
Mate’s Slayer
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Story of Feud Told on Stand
in Council Bluffs Mur
der Trial.
Mr.*. W, E. Zimmerman, widow of
XV. E. Zimmerman, farmer, former
ly living near Neola, la., w’ho was
slain June 6 by Walter I>. Bardsley,
living across the road, has always
been afraid of the Bardslcys, and is
still afraid, she testified Tuesday
morning in Council Bluffs district
court.
Bardsley is on trial for the alleged
murder of fcitnmorman, pleading self
defense.
Mrs. Zimmerman was the first wit
ness to be called by the state. She
testified that on the morning of the
shooting, Bardsley came out of the
weeds across the road from the Zim
merman home with a rifle in his
hands.
Calls to Husband.
Zimmerman was in the front yard
of his home.
"I've got you now.” Bardsley said,
according to Mrs. Zimmerman's tes
timony. She called to her husband,
and Bardsley fired. Her husband
dropped.
She tried to get a doctor by tele
phone, but was unsuccessful. She
ran to the home of a neighbor named
Podey, she said, and made the call
there. Zimmerman was dead when
the physician arrived.
Picks Up Pistol.
Mrs. Zimmerman testified that her
son picked up un automatic pistol
from beside the body and handed it to
V>r. She took it in the kitchen of
the farm house, where the sheriff
later found it. She admitted that with
the aid of her son. she moved the body
a few feet from the spot where it fell,
before the sheriff arrived, to get it
out of the sun.
She also admitted searching for
shells, but said she found none, and
denied that her husband fired a single
shot.
E. E. Cook, civil engineer, took the
stand to identify maps and plals of
the spot, where the shooting occurred.
W. R. C. Mynster, photographer, iden
tified photographs of the spot.
Members of Jury.
Members of the jury which is trying
the case, include Emil Hayden, XV, C.
Gallup, C. E. Fellingliani, V. E.
Cooney. M. B. Grout, Erwin Cham
bers, F. H Wallace, Charles Johnson,
Fred >S. Gray*, Harry Pfeiffer, R. A.
Ellsworth and Bert L. Sheeley.
W. E. Mitchell is assisting Flank
E. Northrop, county attorney, In the
prosecution cf the case, while Harry
L. Robertson, his son, Paul Robert
son, and John O. Bardsley of Neola,
uncle of the defendant, are counsel
for Bardsley. Opening statements to
the Jury- were made yesterday after
noon and thd first state witnesses
will be Introduced this morning.
The Jury will be kept together din
ing the course of the trial, according
to Instructions of the court to Bailiff
Bee M. Shubert. It will be quartered
at night in the Grand hotel, where
L. II. Bird and XV. A. Tittsworth.
deputy sheriffs, will assist the bailiff
in guarding the members.
Three-Year Keud.
The death of Zimmerman followed
a three-year feud between the two
families, which began in April, 1920,
with the sale ot a sow to Barasley I
by Zimmerman. The former claimed
that the animal was not up to regis
try.
In November. 1920, Bardsley was
shot by Zimmerman, who claimed
that the former was attempting to
poison a well on the Zimmerman
place. Bardsley was tried and ac
quitted on the poison charge and later
sued Zimmerman for $30,000 on a
slander charge. He lost the suit.
On June 26,t his year, Bardsley and
two of his seven children were com
ing down the road In front of the
Zimmerman place, when the shooting
occurred. Bardsley killed his neigh
bor with bullets rom a hlghpowered
rifle which he was carrying. He will
allege self-defense, according to the
opening statement of Ills counsel.
The defense alleges that Zimmer
man was urmed with a .44-caliber
automatic pistol, which he carried
j for two years, and that ho stepped
behind a tree on the morning In
question and fired the first shot In
tho duel which terminated In his own
death.
Bank Clearings for
September Gain
While bank clearings for Septem
ber showed a gain of $1,681,966 over
August, 1923, the month did not com
pare as favorably with September of
1922. when bank clearings were $173,
156,366 as against $138,338,502 for
1923.
According to figures received from
the Nebraska Bankers’ association
by the bureau of publicity, both Au
gust and September of 1922 were
higher in bank clearings than the
same months in 1923.
Bank clearings of September, 1922,
were more than $14,000,000 higher
than those of the last month but
hlsiriess experts declare that business
conditions in those months last year
were superior to those existing In
August and September of 1923.
That business i« on the upward
trend and will continue better from
now on is evidenced in the substan
tial Increase of clearings over Au
gust.
Centra I High Class Officers. !
Harold Parker was elected presi
dent of the January graduation class
of Central High school Tuesday; Doris
Prohaska, vice president: Dorothy
True, secretary, and Paul Mitchell,
treasurer.
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Throng Mourns
Shotwell Death
Brothers Are Pallbearers at
Rites for Omaha Lawyer
at All Saints.
One of the largest funeral* in
Omaha In many years was that of
Franklin Shotwell, prominent at
torney, held at All Saints Episcopal
church Tuesday afternoon.
Both rch and poor attended. State,
city and county officials and employes
were also present. In the throng could
be seen many faces of laboring men,
many whom Mr. Shotwell had be
friended.
Mr. Shotwell. who died Saturday o£
cerebral-apoplexy, wan carried to his
final rating place in Prospect Hill
cemetery by his brothers, Abe V.,
Fred W., Klever Charles E. and
Koss L. and a brother-in-law, W. C.
Lambert. • t
Ulahap E. V. dhayler conducted the
rhiirvh services while the Omaha Elks
took charge at the grove. The beauti
ful gray casket was banked high with
flowers.
The Shotwell family lias received
telegrams of sympathy from persons
throughout the country.
Honorary pallbearers were John E.
Wakefield, M. J. Greevy, John L.
Kennedy, Mayor James Dahlman,
Frank Howell, Myron Learned, A. W,
Jefferis, Judge William C. Dorsey,
Harvey Newbranrh, W. W. Jlougland,
Judge Charles Leslie and Judge
Andrew Morrisey,
Happy Hollow Club Hills
Washed Out by Downpour
Contrary to earlier reports, offlcln'^
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The greatest damage was the wash
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were formed. These hills have to
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