Husband Finds
Wife Drowned in
Bathtub in Home
Omaha Woman Had Been in
111 Health—Mate Attract
ed my Dripping
Water.
Laura E. Wolfe, 70, wife of W. P.
Wolfe, retired former of Malvern, In.,
was found dead in the bathtub at her
home, 1110 South Sixtieth street, by
her husband yesterday.
lie had left her only a quarter of
an hour before to work in the yard.
Mrs. Wolfe had been suffering for
nearly five years from ill-health.
She visited the home of Mrs. Mary
Jensen, 6012 Pierce street, the latter
part of last week, and told Mrs. Jen
sen at that time that It was "her last
trip over.”
Mr. Wolfe, when he re entered the
house was attracted by dripping wa
ter. He found the bathtub overflow
ing, and his wife apparently drowned.
He called Mrs. Jensen and C. K.
Ritchie, another neighbor. Mr. Ritchie
telephoned for Dr. Impey, and later
for the coroner.
The woman is survived in addition
to her husband, by one son living on
the family farm at Malvern, and an
other son, Obray, 30, who has been
living at home.
Vote on School Tax Levy
Short of Legal Majority
Plainview, Neb.. Oct. 23.—At its
last meeting the Pierce county board
of commissioners voted to cancel the
extra tax levy of 4 mills, which the
Pierce county board of equalization
had made for school district No. 2,
through a misunderstanding of the
law. Four members of the school
board of district No. 2 met with the
commissioners and discussed the mat
ter. It was found that, according to
sections 6279-80 of the 1922 compiled
statutes of Nebraska, 60 per cent of
til votes cast at an election for an
extra tax levy was required.
The extra levy proposition received
a majority at a special election re
cently, but not 60 per cent of the
rotes cast. The board of equalization
nade the levy, thinking that only a
■najorlty vote was necessary.
A first step toward an amalgama
tion of the railway and transport
workers in England has been taken
by a joint conference of the Trans
port Workers' union and the Na
tional Union of R&ilwaymen. The
comhined organizations of nearly 1,
000,000.
A Rockefeller a-Horse
Rarely photographed, Miss Almira Rockefeller, daughter of Mr*. Wit
Until G. Rockefeller, was snapped taking part in Gymkhana at Greenwich.
Conn.
Corn in Webster County
to Yield About 10 Bushels
Red Cloud. Neb., Oct. 33—The work
of husking the bumper corn crop in
Webster county will be. well under
way by the middle of this week. Corn
has ripened without a killing frost
tvnd is in vory good condition. It is
figured the average around here w.ll
run close to 40 bushels an acre, the
yield being highest on the upland,
so much corn being washed out on
the bottom land during the heavy
rains this spring.
Farmers here are expecting 60
cents for their corn at the elevators
and 55 cents when bought in the
field by feeders. It is generally
agreed that 6 cents a bushel will be
paid for husking, but from the out
look now help will he very scarce.
Old Residents Divorced
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. S3.—HaNie
Galloway was granted a divorce from
Finis Galloway by Judge Colby of the
district court. She was awarded $100
alimony and the costs were taxed
against Galloway. The couple are
old residents of the Adams vicinity.
Hog Cholera Takes Heavy
Toll in Cuming County
West Point, Oct. 23.—Hog cholera
has been doing considerable devasta
tion among the herds of many farm
ers ovet the county during the past
few weeks. As is often the case with
such diseases, the malady has come
In epidemic form. Practically every
farmer in tho county has vaccinated
or is planning to vaccinate as soon
as possible. All those who have not
done so are urged by County Farm
Ilureau Agent Kenneth C. Fouts to
act promptly In order to minimize the
danger and stamp out the disease.
The loss to the county has been
great. One farmer near Wiener lost
f>5 head of hogs. Many heavy losses
from the west side of the river are
reported. It appears that the west
and southwest parts of the county
have been hardest hit.
Advertisements are to appear on
postage stamps in Italy. Permission
for this type of publicity Is to be
granted to private companies which
must turn over 60 per cent of their
receipts to the government.
Omaha's Annual Coal Pile
Half a Mile High
Suppose the million tons of coal consumed
in Omaha annually were dumped in a pile at
24th and Farnam Streets! It would form a
mountain of coal half a mile high.
In round numbers Omaha’s annual coal bill
is $11,500,000. One manufacturer alone re
quires 450 tons daily or 65,000 tons a year.
Omaha is not only a large user of fuel but
is one of the biggest middle-western distributing
points, having wholesaled $20,832,000 worth of
coal and coke in 1922.
In Omaha’s coal distribution, the telephone
has an important part. Not only is it used
to direct the 20,000 carloads of coal that an
nually move in and out of the coal yards of the
city, but is also employed by the consumer to
order his winter’s supply.
The long distance telephone, too, is used to
buy and sell coal, and to connect producer with
jobber and the jobber with the retailer.
Year by year growing Omaha consumes and
distributes moreand more coal. As Omaha grows,
the Bell System must obtain from investors
vast sums of money to provide for the addi
tional needs of the public for telephone service.
If you are not already a Bell Telephone stock
holder, we should like to have you as a partner
in the business. Just call our Eusiness Office,
JA ckson 2765, and full information will be.
furnished.
Omaha’s business prosperity is of vital interest
to us, as we prosper and grow with the other indus
tries of the city. Therefore, we are constantly
striving to provide reliable telephone service at the
lowest possible charges consistent with reasonable
wages to employees and a fair return on the value
of our property.
Bell System”
) Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
One Policy, One Syttem, Universal Service, and uiPdirected toward Better Service
Sprouse Murder
Is Outlined as
Fiend’s Attack
Robbery Given as Motive for
Slaying South Dakota
Couple With Ax in
Montana.
Bozeman, Mont., Oct. 23—Nine far
mers, a drayman, a painter and the
foreman of a cement factory, com
prising the jury in ttie Seth O. Dan
ner trial, today heard Attorney Gen
eral W. D. Rankin outline as the
state’s case a story of fiendish mur
der and robbery.
The attorney general declared the
state will Rhow that Danner not only
murdered Mr. and Mrs. John SprouRO,
who had been hs friends in Mobridge,
S. D., hut that he left their bodies
on a bed in a tent in and around
which his own barefooted children
played, and that when a faithful dog
belonging to the victims whined
plaintively, while looking up at their
bodies, he took the same hatchet with
which he had killed Mrs. Sprouse and
brained the dog.
At midnight the following day, the
prosecutor declared, Danner buried
the man and wife in a mud hole be
side the road.
The killing of the woman, he said,
was witnessed by rva Danner, the
defendant’s former stepdaughter, who
is a first cousin by blood and was
at the time of the alleged crime his
wife.
Mrs. Danner, he said, carried the
secret of the crime on her conscience
for 30 months, and then, nerved by
her fear of Danner, summoned the
courage to confess to a deputy sher
iff at Three Forks, Mont. After the
bodies were found, the attorney gen
eral told the jury, Danner, who pre
viously had maintained he bad not
seen the Sprouse family since they
left Mobrldge, made a signed state
ment to the stenographer charging
that Mrs. John Sprouse had killed
her husband and that Mrs. Iva Dan
ner had slain Mrs. Sprouse. The de
fendant then drilled his 10-year-old
daughter, who now Is resident of
Spokane, to tell the story he had
coneocted, tho prosecutor declared,
adding that the Sprouse automobile
had been sold by Danner and some
of the. dead persons’ keepsakes had
been found In his possession.
Saunders County Has
Big Highway Program
Wahoo, Neb., Oct. 23—The Saund
ers county board is anxious to grav
el the Cornhusker highway from
Cedar Bluffs on the north, a distance
of 14 miles, and Ceresco oil the south,
about 14 miles. With this accom
plished and with the addition of the
so-called trunk line, which will ex
tend from the Platte river bridge,
west of Wahoo, to the Butler county
line east, Saunders county will have
one of the best systems of highways
in the state,
Three state surveyors of Blncoln
have been engaged in surveying the
road, called the trunk line. This no
doubt determines the status of this
road, which has long been under
discussion by state and county au
thorities. and is taken to mean that
this road will be one of the seven
per cent highways recognized by the
federal government and that federal
aid will be forthcoming.
Percolator Causes Fire
Plalnview, Neb., Oct. 23.—Fire broke
out In the restaurant room of the
City hotel, which is conducted by
Charles Wax. and for a time it threat
ened to destroy the entire building.
The fire department's quick action
extinguished the blaze without much
damage. The fire was caused by the
bursting of a big perceh ’ r.
COFFEE
-the universal drink
The Executive Says:
“Coffee is the greatest drink in
the world for business men. I
drink it in the morning, of course,
and again at four o’clock. Great
idea! I do more work now from
four to five than I used to do all
afternoon.”
Six Rules
For Making Better Coffee
1—Keep your Coffee fresh
- 2—Measure carefully
3—Use grounds only once
I 4--Boil the water
5— Serve at once
6— Scour the Coffee-pot
The planter* of Sao Paulo, Prazilt who produce more than half
of all the Coffee u*ed in the United State*, are conducting this
educational work in co-operation with the leading Coffee
merchant, of the United State*.
.foint Coffee Trade Publicity Committee, 64 Water Street, New York
COFFEE ~ the universal drink
Ex-Premier Has
*
Support of Klan
klnx Backs Lloyd George in
Aim for U. S.-Britain
Peace Pact,
I}? Inti-nimlonal New* Sm-\Ice.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 23.—A message
to David Lloyd George, wartime pre
mier ot Great Britain, visiting the
United States, pledging the support
of the Ku Klux Klan in a movement
to prevent one white race from war
ring against another, was made pub
lie today.
William Joseph Simmons, signing
himself "Emperor of the Invisible
Empire," wrote I.loyd George that
tl»e klan would support him in a
moverm nt to unite the English
speaking nations in a campaign
against war.
The klan, Simmons' message said
in part, “has, for part of its pro
gram of service, unification of the
two white English-speaking nations
of the world. Neither the league of
nations nor the international court
can accomplish and secure the endr
so earnestly desired. A simple come
pact between sovereign nations, dis
similar In color, creed and Ideals, can
not be maintained,
"Your country (England) and my
country (America) must be linked to
gether by the ties of blood, of sym
pathy, In order to preserve our
Anglo-Saxon civilization and to save
the world from a recurrence of war.’’
The premier made no comment on,.
Simmons' message. In answer to al.
Invitation to visit Atlanta, Oa., Lloyd
George replied to the klan leader, ex
pressing regrets that Atlanta wa«
not on his Itinerary.
YOUR FEET
—How do they feel?—How dc they look?
Eyes turn away with a glance of indifference from odd shaped shoes, run-over heels and
bulging counters. More than likely you are not at fault. Perhaps the bone structure of
your feet is misaligned, causing your ankles to lean, arches to fall or callouses to form
on the sole of your foot. Perhaps in your search for relief from hurting feet, you were
at an end in knowing what to do. You resigned yourself to “unbecoming,” odd-shaped
footwear in the hope of some relief. You made that sacrifice.
How needless—that’s all unnecessary today. You can have foot relief—absolute
comfort in any style footwear that meets with your tastes. There is a modem way, the
which enables you to have absolute relief
from your foot troubles and keep in style.
Merely the adjusting of all-leather Wiz- ,
ard devices which fit as comfortable as h
insoles in your shoes. The bone stmc- [
tureofyour foot will be held in alignment /—
and your fat will function with freedom
and grace. So natural that you wonder C
that it was not thought of before. \
Special Foot Service \
ALL THIS WEEK \
Just step in our Foot Relief Department
Without obligation or the slighest incon
venience to you the foot relief expert, who
has made footcare and footwear his life
work, will adjust the proper Wizard de
vices in your shoes. Take a few steps—
no longer do you feel any pain It’sgone!
Instantly you have relief—and relief that
is everlasting.
Burcess-Nash Company
•EVERYOOOYfe STORE*
Read 700,000 Books!
More than 700,000 book* were
taken for home use from the
public library here during
1922, smashing to bits all pre
vious records.
In 1883, when the library was
located on the second floor of
a building at 15th and Doug
las streets, there were only
4,000 books available. It was
the dav of the flickering can
dle light and the oil lamp.
With the arrive! of electric
illumination, reading was
made easy and as a result the
reading public increased
greatly in size.
✓
The cost of electric illumina
tion for reading is but a trifle
because of Omaha’s excep
tionally low rate. To bum an
electric lamp, correctly for
reading, for 7 hours costs you
only a penny.
Omaha has one of the lowest
electric light rates in America.
. Omaha Is a Great Place In Which to Live!
Nebraska ® Power ®.