=— The ( >maha C orning _>ee
VOL. 53—NO. 152. »:*“ L -T* V”' OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1923.* » g:„y.",V. TWO CENTS “
Iowa Farm
Bureau May
Go It Alone
State Senate Raps Discord in
Federation Over Action in
Dropping Secretary
Coverdale.
His Policies Are Upheld
Dp!i Moines, Dec. 10.—The “resig
nation" of J. W. Coverdale, secretary
of the American Farm Bureau feder
ation, may result in the withdrawal
of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation
from the national organization, it
was learned here today.
By AsNociiitiMl Press.
, Des Moines, Dec. 10.—A resolution
. im ploring the reported difficulties
IpS^^within the administration of the
American Farm Bureau federation,
which Saturday resulted in the “dis
charge’’ as he termed it, of J. W.
Coverdale of Iowa, secretary of the
federation, was adopted this after
noon by the agricultural committee
of the Iowa senate,
1 he resolution, which will be
brought up in the senate tomorrow,
declares it appears “that a concen
trated effort is being made to destroy
the effectiveness” of the federation
and to place control “in those whose
interests are essentially antagonistic
to the agricultural industry.”
( liarRPs Hurled at Sapiro.
This, it was indicated in committee
debate, referred to the alleged move
ment by a group headed hy Aaron
Sapiro, which. Mr. Coverdale has as
serted, was responsible for his "dis
charge."
Iowa representatives at the federa
tion convention in session at Chicago
Were urged to work for the continu
ance of the policies advocated by Mr.
Coverdale, which it was declared, led
to the differences among the adminis
trative i fficers. Mr. Coverdale's po
icies, the resolution declared, were
“in the highest interest of the agri
cultural industry."
Elimination of Mr. Coverdale, who
was one of the founders of the farm
liuiaou movement, would, “if permit
te<j to stand, inevitably enable his
opponents and the opponents of agri
culture to more readily effectuate
their purpose of bringing the agricul
tural industry under their own domi
nation anil the farmers themselves
to subjection.”
.Mr. Coverdale has charged that
politics had a share in the movement
to remove him from the secretary
ship. an office he has held since the
organization of the national body.
Servile Before Self.
Chit go. Dec. 10.—Organization
and ’-'!v marketrng by coopera
tion ■ ’ ■ two things uppermost
in t! rv: ds of most people as be
" ing the i( . helpful to the farmer,
said i 'i-( ident O. E. Bradfute,
Xenia, O.. in opening the annual
meeting < f the American Farm Bu
reau federation.
H<- referred briefly to "the ques
tion which is being widely advertised
as splitting this organization, 'not
how. hut who?' ”
"It is the business of the American
Farm Bureau federation to render
service to the farmer* and not quar
rel over who shall have the first op
portunity to profit either personally
or financially,” he said.
A deficit of more than $35,000 was
reported by A. B. Simpson, director
of finance.
Mr. Bradfute said that reports
would reveal a "startling deficiency"
ill the matter of forwarding dues, and
said that it meant that some county
and state bureaus had not kept faith
with the individual members, who
paid the dues with the understanding
that part of them was trj go toward
the budget, of the federation.
|^Juror, Crazed
Attacks Jiutee
O
Difusrntlng Member of Jury in
Criminal Assault Case
Believed Demented.
Lincoln. Dec. JO.—Alleged to have
1L* ome violently Insane following a
fll.Magrerntent of the jury nn which he
w i a member. Hoy Frahm in wild to
htvc attacked the presiding Judge,
t.Seorg** V OiUfin of Lexington, when
the jury brought in notice of Its die
agreement at Hldney last Friday, ac
cording to Lee Haysc, assistant at tor
ney gt ncral. /insisting at the trial.
Th«* cane was that, of Dr. Antonlus
* \ Larsen. charged with criminally
assault Ing Mrs. Katherine M. Taylor,
one of his- patients, at Hurley In June.
1112-. According to Mr. Bayne, all
of the Jurors except Frahm were ready
to aci|uit Dr. LatBen on the statutory
• lmr~' if the county attorney would
Li Ing other charges Against the doc
tor.
PoT-tmastprs Nominated.
Washington. Dec. 10.—The follow
ing Nelirraska, South Dakota and
Iowa citizens were nominated In the
sen.'ito today for poatermastershlps.
Nchrnskn; Robert pease, Beatrice
August I Baumann, Brand Island.
South Dakota; Henry' Rolirer. Madl
son; Fred S Williams, Pierre; John
> I Mnl bins, Rapid t’lty.
Iowa. Roy H. ItHllrv, New I on; .1
^Pir’Cnii y Barrett. Bur.iingt on. Frank M.
Williams, Council Bluffs. Charles C
Hhrader, Iowa city; VVIIllain S. Me
Kee, Muscatine.
Curtain Falls on Vajgrt Drama
at Path Points Back to Farm Home
Community Joins in Friendly Congratulation as Little Family
Resumes Broken Domestic Threads After Popular
Verdict Ends Trial That Stirred County.
Special Dispatch ta The Omaha Bee.
Seward, Neb., Dee. 10.—In a little
white farmhouse, five miles south
east of Milford, the Vajgrt family,
cleared Saturday night of charges of
first degree murder, is busy today
picking up the threads of a happy
existence that were broken just two
months ago when the dead body of
Anton liana was discovered.
As the curtain slowly fell on the
little crosssection of life that has
occupied the stage here for the past
two weeks, it was difficult to de
termine who among the principals
were more affected by the verdict,
Borah Inquires
Into Expenses of
Farm Loan Board
Confirmation of M. L. Corey
of Omaha Vi ill Be De
layed hy Senate
Move.
Special Dispatch to Tho Omaha lice.
Washington, Dec. 10.—A resolution
calling for a complete report of exiwn
ditures of the Federal Farm Doan
hoard, stressing desire for informa
tion relative to salary increases s.nce
March 3, 1023, was passed unanimous
ly today "in the I'nited States senate.
The resolution was Introduced by Sen
ator Borah of Idahorv
The resolution also called for a
statement from the board as to bal
ances in banks and expenses of banks
in 1020. In explaining his resolution
Borah announced that in asking for
this information ho wished to estab
lish ground work for a second reso
lution which he had prepared and
would introduce.
Adoption of this resolution and sub
sequent work on the part of the Farm
Loan board which it will entail will
automatically delay any attempt to
confirm the appointments of M. I,.
Corey of Omaha. X,. .T. Pettijohn of
Kansas and Rimer X^andis of Ohio.
Activities of these me*) in creating
the position of fiscal agent for the
board at a salary of $23,000 per year
for I'. K. Xiohdell, former chairman of
the board, have been under Investiga
tion by the Nebraska delegation for
a week.
Senator Arthur Capper, leader of
the farm bloc, asserted that he would
be for anything that would force the
board to cut down the $23,000 salary
which the board acquiesced in pay
ing when such a salary was proposed
by members of the Federal Farm
lioan board.
Furthermore, Capper voiced what Is
taken to be the sentiment of the farm
bloc relative to the Corey confirma
tion when he said, "I will be guided
absolutely by the expressed desires
of Senators HoweU and Norris In
voting on the confirmation of Mr.
Corey, when Corey’s name eomes up
before the senate. ’■
Robinson and
Swanson Out
j for Re-Election
Nebraska Republican* Take
Aggrissive—J. W. Mayer,
Formerly of Beatrice, for
Secretary of Stale.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 10—Republican
incumbents of state house offices ?ire
beginning to line up for re-election.
Dan Swanson, commissioner of public
lands and buildings and D. Robin
son. state treasurer, ha>dng announc
ed today that they will be candidates
in 1024.
For the office of secretary of state,
at prevent held by Charles Pool, n
democrat, .1. W. Rryan. republican,
and former mayor of Beatrice, now
a resident her, has declared hiniM If
a candidate George Marsh, state
auditor, who is known to haviv lean
ings toward a race for congress, has
made no announcement of his future
plans and It is a toss-up whether he
wilj stand for re • lection.
Rail Executive Pie*.
Montreal, Dec. 10.—Tx>rd Shaugh
nesay, chairman of the board of <11
rectors of the Canadian Pacific rail
way, died today In his 70th year He
was taken ill suddenly yesterday.
Death was due to heart disease and
<omplicatlonH l/ord Khn iighnessy
was l>orn In Milwaukee.
Marrieil in Council Bluff*
Th*1 following persons obtained rnar
rc.ge llrtnwi in Council Pluffs y*atsr
day.
<*barlca Munslnger Notfb Platte. Neb . ?•;
Leila Marlow. Oshkosh. Neb : •
Jennings Harper. Cnsper, Wvo 27
Adalnid* Weatholt* New Orleans. La
William Johnson Ontim'll II luff*
Abbis Me*klna. Council pluffs 1
Arihiir Fte*d. Purchsrd, Nab .21
Krarn Is Mcfollery. Lincoln. Neb .1 s
K«r| Hi one. Omaha. . . ?<l
Audrey Panp. Onniha . . . M
Wllllsm Oltngur Tekamah N>b vj
• tail M'fJrsH f1>k«msb Neb . 2H
Kenneth Putterfleld. fouueil Pluffs "l
i pgddat) Framont, Neb 11
Phillip HIP. Olenwond. Is 1
Viola H tililif1 Olcnwood Is . M
i' .1 Jackson. (*#nt rat Oily, Neb v»i
Lila Cooper. Stapleton. Neb 18
Hayden Jackson. Madison. Vrh ' s
liana I Alive r, Madison, Neb
1 Nf J Yandue Alliance Nab 21
ItCUsabath Wilson Alllam*. Nab.....20
the jury that gave it or the family
that it freed.
More than half the jurors were
frankly in tears, and as Judge Cor
coran concluded his short speech of
thanks to the 12 men, they swarmed
from the box to the corner of the
courtroom occupied by the Vajgrts to
extend their congratulations. As
one after another came up to shake
hands Mrs. Vajgrt tyrtuld smile shy
ly, her left hand tightly holding a
damp handkerchief that a few mo
ments before had been pressed
against her eyes.
Verdict Is Popular. *
Adolph Vajgrt, simple Bohemian
peasant that he is. was apparently
stunned for a few minutes after the
verdict was read, but he eagerly
grasped the friendly hands extended
to him. Only Alby, with the thought
of approaching motherhood ftiat no
verdict could remove, seemed out of
place in the happy little group that
surrounded her.
The only son, Frank, 14, who has
really never understood the signifi
cance of the trial, ran to Attorney
Edwin Vail, asking. ‘‘Can we go
home now?” and his wish was so
plainly' seconded by the expression
on the face of his mother and father
that kindly people in the courtroom
agreed to drive the 18 miles to the
farm that the family might spend
Sunday morning under its own roof.
As the jurors thronged about the
family one of their number, a little
ashamed of his display of emotion,
leaned over to one of the attorneys
and whispered, "We just can't help
it. We had to tell them how we
felt."
When the Jury filed into the court
room at 0:20 It was well filled, many
of the Versons present having come
at 7:30 in the morning and stayed
throughout the day. There was a
great cheer and clapping of hands as
the verdict was read, and Judge Cor
coran smiki indulgently as he rapped
for order.
Apparently no one In this attrac
tive county unit la dissatisfied with
the finding of the Jury. When the
verdict hfld hecom* generally known,
groups quickly formed, whose mem
bers expressed to one another their
satisfaction.
Attracted Wide Interest.
Bay after day the courtroom had
been filled with eager listeners and
the crowd that came" yesterday to
hear the arguments to the jury filled
the corridors and flowed down the
steps. The square and the streets
leading from it were lined with auto
mobiles. whose owners did not drive
theiii away until after tho Jury found
the Bohemian family "not guilty.”
The real sensation of the trial came
late one afternoon when Sheriff 1
X. Scott was called to the stand hy
the state to testify that he had taken
the Va.igrts in custody. * >n cross
examination, over the vehement ob
jections of the prosecuting attorney,
he told the court of the methods
used hy Constable (Jeorge Runty to
secure a confession from Vajgrt,
methods, he said, that were "so dis
gusting I could not stay In the room.”
Attorney Frank Bartos, who con
ducted the examination of the de
fense witnesses, left last night for
his home In Wilbur, and others who
hare come here for the trial are leav
ing tonight, so that for a time, this
town will retire from the calcium
glare of publicity to which it has
been exposed since No\eini»er 28.
Howell in
Fight on
Cummins
Joins Senator Norris in Vot
ing for La Follette to Head
Interstate Commerce
Body.
Washington, Dec. 10.—Senator R.
I!. Howell of Nebraska was selected
to fill one of four republican vacan
cies on the Interstate commerce com
mittee.
Senator Howell was oije of the five
republicans who voted for Senator
I.a Follette, Insurgent leader, as chair
man of the commission, thus dead
locking the senate today and forcing
the question over until tomorrow.
New chairmen of senate committees
were selected by tho republicans as
follows:
Finance, Smoot, Utah; jtMlclary,
Branilegeef Connecticut: naval, Hale,
Maine; mines, Oldie, Nevada; post
office, Sterling, South Dakota: pub
lic lands, Lenrodt, Wisconsin; privi
leges and elections, Spencer, Mis
souri: territories, Johnson, California;
patents, Ernst, Kentucky; Indian af
fairs, Harreld, Oklahoma; civil serv
ice, Stanfield, Oregon.
Senator Lodge 'of Massachusetts,
the republican leader, retained the
chairmanship of the foreign relations
committee and Senator Lcnroot, Wis
consin, Willis, Ohio and Pepper,
Pennsylvania, were appointed to fill
the three vacancies. Senator Ship
stead, farmer-labor, Minnesota, was
given a place on the committee, and
the democrat vacancies were filled by
Robinson, Arkansas; Underwood, Al
abama, Walsh., Montana and Owen.
w republicans were placed
on the finance committee they are,
Reed. Pennsylvania, Elkins, West
tVginla, McCormick, Illinois, Ernst.
Kentucky and Stanfield, Oregon. The
two new democrats are Harrison of
Mississippi anil King, Utah.
Senator Cummins of Iowa, presi
dent pro tern of the senate, remains
as chairman of the interstate com
merce committee, with Senator 1j»
Follette of Wisconsin, recognised
leader of the republican insurgents,
as the ranking member. The four re
publican vacancies on this committee
were filled by the appointment of
flooding. Idaho; Cnuzeni, Michigan;
Fi-ss. Ohio, and Howell, Nebraska,
'.'he five democrats on this committee
are Pittman, Nevada; Bruce, Mary
land; Dill. Washington; Wheeler, Mon j
tana, and Mayfield, Texas.
Senator Johnson, farmer labor, of f
Minnesota was given an extra place |
created on the agricultural commit j
tee. ,f which Senator Norris of No
braska Is chairman. Senator Johnson !
also was appointed to the claims, In
teroceanlc canal and manufactures ;
committee. Besides foreign relations, j
Senator Shipstead was placed on
patents, pensions and public build
Ings.
Bridge Nears Completion.
Alma, Neb.. Dec. 10—The new
river bridge. Iieing built at a cost of j
$35,000, over the Republican river j
south of Alma, will to completed by j
the middle of the week and ready for |
use. The old bridge was washed out 1
during the high waters and floods
last May.
ISUNNY SIDE UP
H. C. II.. writing from Nicholas
Serin hospital, inquires: **lx a hull
head a young catfish, or is a catfish
an old bullhead?” Doing an enthusi
astic nature lover this question
intrigues fne. Search through wev
oral hundred volumes of supposed
authority falls to reveal any definite
information Must Inquire further.
Have catalogued this query along
with others of similar nature which
have worried me for years. Where
do a snake's hips begin? Does a
ftohworm think? Do goldfish sleep?
Which was first, the hen or the egg?
It H. <\ H. acuires any definite In
formation, will he please write again.
“Anxious'’ write* to know If 1
have ever heard of a case of blood
poisoning from the use of a lipstick.
Ib»ape< tfully referred t*» my es
teamed co lalKtrer, Martha Allen
I have, however, heaid of some few
e.uses of heart failure being super
induced by the use of a lipstick
Judging by (he samples of silken
hosiery displayed in the Christmas
show windows, Santa Claus Is going
lo have a sizable Job filling them.
Another New Ycur's day I* ap
proaching rapidly. And I ran iem* m
her tin* time when a lot of fellows
allowed that the proper way to wel
come the day was to keep tji* bar
lx»y mixing Tom and Jerry* while
we 1 mean the\ —had to ti*e lul*erl
eating oil on the elbow* to Keep them
from l*e« omlng so unolled that they
•iquenked. Hut a New Year’s day of
that kind seems to have disappeared
50 or 60 year* ago Anyhow It seems
that long.
After tending the advertisement*
calling attention to th« "n led tits
net essltl»v*” for the baby, 1 am Im
pelled to wonder how tin* missus and
I rvn managed to rslr** eight «*f
them In tin* old-fashioned way It
may he that 1 am taking to much
credit to myself In this particular,
but 1 claim that I have some tight
In point to the double quartet four
; b#*\. ami foui gills -with put dutiable
| pride.
The arrest of a man whose peculiar
gait attracted the attention of a prohl
hltlon sleuth, who later discovered
that the peculiar walk was caused by
the pedestrian having s Itnttto of
hootch strapped to each leg, was
merely a new angle of an olil and fa- ■
miliar problem. A peculiar rolling
gait In former days win Indicative
of the possession of one or more
bottles, but not strapped to the legs
Wondering now if this is to l*e a ,
green Christmas nr. a white Christ
mas. Can remember when most folk
believed that a green Christmas made
n fat graveyard. I*»n't know ns to ,
that, but do know' that a white Christ
mas looks and feels more like Christ
mas. While constitutionally nppos«*d
to damp feet, and inclined to grumble ,
if the weather is bad. still 1 i pcogn /e
what a white Christmas means to the
kiddle*, so am willing to put up with
wet feet and snuffles and other din
comforts. !k»y, page the Weather
Man and put In nn order for Christ
mas snow. %
Hereafter, when l am assigned to
sotns church or attend on my own
motion which f often do I am go
injf to w.i\e aside the gentlemnnly
ushers ami find my own sent t'nllk*
most church attendants I do not seek
n seat In the rear of tie* loom; mith
er do I seek n middle place H in mv
custom to go right down to the front,
say nltont the third row, where I ran
look right up Into the puncher s face
and get the expression thereon. For
something like 30 years 1 have been
trying to flguri out why the chutdi
member who always buys a dose up
sent nt the theater usually nits nw iv
back at chureh. Hereafter, should
church ushers nolo Hi* arrival of it.
man somewhat past middle n; quite
gray, wearing tortoiso shell *pe> m moI
a hand-me-down suit somewhat writ!
kled. h!s oriii at tied in in amatoinMi
wav nnd his shoes built f< r i mfott
and nOt* fni Inoks they will please
stand aaidc <*» eln miiiliiri the ur J
11 \ n I right down to tin ftonl4
W. M M. |
And the First Thing He Tackled Was the Lock
on the Chicken Coop
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NEBRASKA NEWS NUBBINS
COLUMBUS—The Business Wo
men's club will present nn English
[May, “Wappin’ Wharf.'' at the North
pera house, I>eceml>er 12 ar.d 13.
BREWSTER — George Klinspahr
ihipped nine dressed turkeys. wt Ight
182 pounds. to the Philadelphia
rhank^Riving market. Turkeys were
luoted at 60 rents a pound in Phila
ielphia the day the shipment was
made, but Klinspahr noticed that the
market collapsed before hi# bird# got
here.
GRAND ISLAND—Mrs. Jennie
Boyle sued Dan Bushhausen for 126.
>00 damages alleged to have resulted
rom lluuor supplied by Bushhausen
o plantiff# husband. The defendant
u«tt!ed for $1,000 and the case was
Usvnissed.
SYRACUSE—W. A. Cotton is
>erhap« the oldest 1>ank president in
he United States. He has celebrated
»!# 01st birthday. He was one «»f the
•riginal foumlers of the First National
wnk of Syracuse, and the #«»le aurvlv
»r of the Inoor |K>rator#. The bnnk
•elebrated it# 40th anniversary' on
December 1.
M EBNA—The little son of Mr. and
dr# Ernest Kmhree went to the home
»f his grandparents to spend Thanks
riving, lie played with a lawn mow
•r he discovered in a shed. By prompt
ictlon the surgeons saved four and
hree-uuarters of the fingem on the
ad s maimed hand.
O NEILL—James Connolly. who
>wns the ghost light farm near O’
Nelli, has received « letter from a
.nn Angeles oil ami gas company ssk
ng him if ho will consider nn offer
*f fM>n an acre for the strip of low
ahd where the ghost light* made
heir appearance
PETERSBURG—Albert. 12 year old
i->n of Mr and Mrs. Albert Hhefrl.
sms Instantly killed when thrown
Yum a hotss. The lad s neck was
"u oken.
LYONS Merton Farnam. aged 7
.vent hunting with Kenneth Smith,
xnd Axel Helesresen. l*»vs a bit oldei 1
rhe older boys were armed with .22
nlll*er rlfbs Merton was shot In the
lead, but will recover.
SI DEW The delegation from'
Sidney to tlie state firemen's meet ;
Ing at Beatrice will mike nn effnri
[o Merino the l!>2f» convention.
MINATARK The farm home of
Ed Myers, just south of town, was
Iolall,\ destroyed l*\ flic. Great dlf
flculty was *■ vpetlenced Ip getting
iho small children out of the house,
the ffro breaking out shortly after
midnight
I'HOETON A party of small N'\n
g itheiml about the slaughter house
[•> hale some fun One boy bad a
argot r fl Leon Elwell was rushed
lo n hospital with a bullet In his
load It Is Still t hoi o. as tlie sail
'eons < mild not locate It, hut the hoy
Is recovering.
KEARNEY- The oldest structure
v Ih* cil \ has Just I ho*'* it «i'*i kwl
l» mi* originally a blacksmith shop!
tu| tnativ years ago wms ar«*ii|i1el b\ |
Elide |tub French * »f 1st** year# it j
is# been h stole*** house • A portion j
of the structure was made of white
pine board* front IS Inches to two
feet wide. H feet long »nd without
i.not or blemish. Dr. Munn. the own
er. will use these earn pie* of pine
for interior decorations In his new
home.
PENDER—Another shipment of
dairy cattle from Wisconsin is ex
pec ted here during the week. The
cows are being purchased by the
Thurston county farm bureau.
SCOTTSBtX’FF— Former Chief of
Police P. .f. McSween. who recently
suffered a stroke of paralysis. Is
slowly recovering.
II ARHiaur It G—Sheriff I’at
O'Grady of Banner county is still
confined to a hospital in Ktmball.
He Stiffeied a stroke of paralysis
two months ago and is still helpless,
though gaining In bodily strength.
MADISON—Joseph I.indtner fell
20 feet from a ladder while repairing
a barn. His foot caught in a rung
as he w is falling and the ligaments
in the ankle were torn loose.
WAl’S.V Some excitement caused
in Watisa by the visit of I,. M. Van
Horn of Mexico City, who said he
represented a company proposing to
build a railroad from Mexico City to
the Canadian line, following the sur
'ey made years ago for tfie Norfolk
A Yankton road. whteh passes
through this town.
BIEVKR CREEK—Th* delegat.on
that called on Governor ftry an in the
Interests of a state aid bridge across
the Platte river st Silver Creek, re
pirts that the governor promised the
bldge h» soon as funds are avsllahle
SIDNEY Slim’' Weir sentem-ed
to 3n da vs tp jail for intoxication, has
been paroled by Mayor W H. Roger*,
on condition that he go from hi*
home dire t to his shop, and from
hi* sjtop direct to his home, and re
port to the mayor or chief of police
any and ail parties who offer to
give, e<-ll or obtain for him a drink
of intoxicating liquor.
DALTON—School has reopened
after being cloned for a time on ac
count of danger pf an epidemic of
scarlet fever.
OAKLAND—Three citizens of Oak
land who had pawed the three »core
and ten mark, died within the week
They were Jonas Peter Anderson, for
mer state senator, aged 81; Mrs. Oscar
Rolin. aged 7S and mother of 10 chil
dren. and William Miller, former state
senator, a native of Alsace-Lorraine,
aged 72.
GORDON—Burton Goddard has
loaned a number of lake* in this vi
cinity and will raise muskrats He
is now engaged in fencing in hi*
muskrat farms with woven wire.
RANCRt'FT—William Zuhlke sus
tained a fractured leg when a load
of hay tipped over on him. He was
taken to a hospital at West Point.
Mr. Zuhike is 75 years old.
Nebraskan Keappointed.
Kansas City, Mo.. Dec 10—Mead
1. McClure has been reappointed
chairman of the hoard and federal
agent of the Kansas City federal re
serve bank, according to word re
ceived today from Washington by
W. J. Bailey, governor of the bank.
Kher lioid of iVntral City. Neb. was
iwappotnted deputy federal reserve
agent.
Double Barreled Fiction
Another Serial Novel Star Ik Today
No, the “Pelham (’ase” is not endtbi, but The Omaha
Bee is now giving its readers two stories at once.
Stella Dallas
/?// Olive //iggin Front y
• .
The story of a marriage between a man of education and
breeding and a woman untutored in the fine points of
good taste, crude and intellectually undiscerning, hut
generous at heart, fan such a marriage succeed? V hat
is its effect not only upon Stephen and Stella Pallas,
hut upon their strange, beautiful child, Laurel?
There is a Stella Pallas is every community. She is a
part of every city, town amt village where there is a
Main street and social harriers How often are these
women misjudged? How many are wrongly condemned?
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Troops Are
Massed at
Tampico
Federal Soldiers Being Rein
forced in Vera Cruz and *
Present Front Near
Fa Barca.
Quiet Reigns on Bordet
By l niver-aj Service.
Mexico City, Dee. ]0.—With BCtua
fighting raking place “on the front"
in the vicinity of La Barca, where
the advanced lines of Gen. Enrique
Estrada are stationed and where nu
merous volleys were exchanged. yes
terday between federal troops and
the rebels, large reinforcements for
the national forces are being hur
ried In that direction.
Both President Obregon and Secre
tary of War Francisco Serrono con
ferred throughout the night with
General Amaro, military commander
of the troops at Nuevo Leon. After
the conference Genera] Amaro was
appointed commander-in-chief of all
the forces to be sent against the
rebels under General Estrada, who
ts declared responsible for the whole
state of Jalisco being m open re
bellion against the central govern
ment.
General Amaro will be assisted by
columns headed by Gen. Lazaro Car
denas and Gen. Luis Guitierrez. who
now form the vangnard of General
Amaro's army.
With the revolution spreading to
several garrisons in the great Tam
pico oil fields, the leaders of the re
volt, under the Sanchez De la Huerta
banner, are now hopeful of gaining
complete control of the vast petro
leum l>e!t before the federal forces
and mobilize effectively to overpower
the rebel movement.
Souder Jury
Is Completed:
Trial Opens
Police Data in Courthouse
Arson Ca-e Pre>ented l>y
Attorneys for
State.
North Platt*. Nob, Deo. 19 —Tri
of S. 11. Souder, former Lincoln
county treasurer, charged with arson
in connection with the burning erf
the courthouse here and destruction
of records, got well under way this
afternoon with the completion of a
Jury and the opening statements of
Attorney George N. Gibbs for the
state.
The entire jury was obtained from
outside North Platte and is composed
as folic war 1. C. Mitchell, S'apleton:
Karl Fear, Wallace; Ppense Wood.
Wallace, Fred Swanson. Lincoln
county; G. Gutheriews. Lincoln coun
ty; John Witt. Lincoln county; Frank
O. Donald. Sutherland. J. H. Howe
Wallace: A R. Leavitt. Btgr.eU; Bert
McGregor, Sutherland. Harry Raster.
Wellfleet, and J. N. Barrton. Somer
set.
Depletion of the regular panel Sat
urday afternoon, when court recessed
over the week end, necessitated call
ing of additional talesmen this morn
ing Three were selected from emong
these tomake up the jury
In his tw-o-hour sj'eeoh to the Jury
in opening the prosecution. Attorney
Oibts charged Souder with firing the
Lincoln county courthouse the nighr
of Sunday, April *9, or the following
morning
He told of the finding of missing
records m the office of the county
treasurer the morning of the fire
hv Roy Wilson, chief of police; re
lated the discovery of only a tin box
in the time safe in the eoursty vault
and declared the box contained but
IS cents and two warrants.
OIbhs said the tax receipts of the
date <f April IT were found In the
room A the judge of the district
court several days after the fire
Records missing from the office of
Souder. according to Gibbs' state
ment to the Jury were two 1911 tsx
lists, one town lot real estate book,
two persona! tax itsts books gnd two
personal tax lists all of the year 1911:
one oitv personal tax hook of 1910.
school ledger, general ledger, voucher
or warrant record, road ledger,, daily
balance book, cash book., tax sa’e
register, hank ledger and warrants
checks and counter hooks, all of
which were dug frott the debris hv
the auditors of Krf *t and Krnst
later.
He erid a total of it other ho-dts
are missing tie*idee JSo.OOO in scour,
lies, most of which were certificates
’ f deposit, all of which hs.l been de
stroyed except one which the banks
would still ovsh.
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