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NorbeckBill
Is Rejected
in Senate
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Despite Coolidge’s Endorse
ment, $50,000,000 F arm
Relief Measure Defeated
by 41-32 "\ ote.
Only Make-Shift-Howell
Washington, March 13.—The senate,
despite President Coolidge's endorse
ment, refused today, 41 to 32, to an
thorize the proposed loan of 460,000,
ooo to farmers of the spring wheat
belt to finance their start in the
poultry, swine and livestock indus
tries.
In disposing of the proposal, car
ried In the Norbeck-Burtness bill ns
the first of several special farm relief
measures, the senate divided along
geographical rather than party lines.
The result showed 23 democrats and
IS republicans opposing, and 20 repub
licans, 10 democrats and two farmer
labor members supporting the bill.
Leaders of the farm bloc insisted
that the result of the fight for the
•Norbeck-Burtness bill did not indi
cate the senate’s sentiment toward
remaining relief bills. Many opposing
votes, they asserted, were based on
the opinion expressed by Senator
Class, democrat, Yircinln, and others,
that It was “an attempt to put the
United States treasury ino the
meroanile business.’’ and further, on
the objection that it was designed to
assist a sharply limited area.
McNary Bill Is Next.
Hhe McNary-Haugen bill, scheduled
to he the next considered, was expect
ed by the farm bloc toescape criti
cisms raised against the loan bill. It
proposes the creation of a $200,000,
000 corporation to purchase the
domestic surplus of every staple farm
product when It falls below a “ratio
price" and to sell such aurplus
abroad.
The final vote on the Norbeck
Burtness bill came after more than 1
a week of continuous debate and at- i
tempts from both sides of the rham- '
ber to amend It in Important details. .
A committee amendment, aponsored
by Senator Harrison, democrat. Mia- 1
sissippl, which added $25,000,000 for
loans to other one-crop sections, was
the first to go. Today an amendment
by Senator Byrsom. republican. New
Mexico, which would have added $20,.
000,000 for loans to banks In distressed
agricultural sections, was defeated
without a record vote, as was also a
substitute measure by Senator Howell,
republican, Nebraska.
Howell Demands Relief.
Senator Howell said he recognized
that the Norbeck-Burtness hill was
“only ^makeshift,” but insisted the
present emergency required prompt
relief. Senator Wadsworth, repub
lican. New York, asked if anyone con
sidered it possible to organize a corps
of government Inspectors “which
would he able to keep track of this
livestock, scattered over live or six
states."
"We recognize that difficulty,”
agreed Senator Howell, "and the sub
stitifte Is intended towhrow every pre
caution around the government
funds.”
Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana,
endeavored again to amend the bill
so ns to rp'quiro the secretary of agri
culture to uwmfyistlnR agencies to *u
•tervise the Joan, hut his motion lost,
34 to 3fi. As when first presented a
vote was had on this proposal, but
S**nntor Oooditjg. republican, Idaho,
-hanged- his ballot from affirmative
:o negative after the roll. call.
The contention that there was an
inalogy between the Norbeck-Burt
i#sa bill and the railroad aid carried
n the Ke -h t’mnmlns act was denied
ay Senator Class and other demo
unts. Senator Class stated he had
Jrawn tic ■ mocratlc plank which
pledged t' party ,to modification of
the transpu : t;ion act, and believed
the railroad It d been dealt with too
gen«rou*|\ "in the Interpretation of
the act," bi,t that the ground for
their eomi it. at Ion was Just.
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We Have
With Us
Today
E. C. Bennett
Of Denver, Colo.,
lintel man.
Slopping nt Hofei Eontenelle.
Mr. Bennett was born tn Janies ,
tow*, Pa., in 1877 and seven years
liter came west with hia parents and
s'dtied an a townless prairie in west
ern Nebi asks, near what Is now the
town of Big spring.
He Is exceedingly grntefnl to his
parents for this move; for Jn tfie west
he lias found not only happiness, but
success. Fifteen years ago lie etc
teic-il the hotel business and he Is
new manager of the Hotel Kefimark
In Denver.
The honors which have- been con
firred on Mr. Bennett Hre numerous.
He Is potentate of El Jebel temple of
Bib Mvsllc Shrine In Denver, and of
this office he Is proulest. lie Is also
president of the Itncky Mountain
Hotel Men's association arid treasurer
of the home which Is supported in
Denver by the National I!festers’ as
■delation.
Mention of Mr. Bennett's most
recent success, however, always brings
n quh-k smile to his countenance. For
only ti few days ego, while playing
golf in Denver, he shot n hole In two
slrnjtes. And of this feat h" Is will
big I" - enthusiastically on any oc
castor ‘
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Wholesale Graft Is Featured in
Testimony at Daugherty Probe
Divorced W ife of Jesse Smith, Right-Hand Man of Attorney
General, Who Killed Himself, Describes Various
Deals Involving Bonded Whisky, Pardons
and Fight Film Permits.
Hy A*MriAlH Prw».
Washington, March 13.—Whisky
deals, deals for pardons for a federal
convict, dpals to permit illegal show
ing of prize fight films, stock deals
anil various other alleged deals of a
highly Hensational nature featured
today's testimony at the senate com
mittee investigation of Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty.
In a two-hour session replete with
thrillers, Miss Itoxie Stinson, di
vorced wife of Jesse W. Smith, "bump
er and friend” of the attorney gen
eral, testified Smith had told her that
he ami -Mr. Daugherty stood' to make
$160,000 through showing of the
Carpentier-Dempsey prize fight pic
tures. which the attorney general
would not prevent.
About Parole.
Miss Stinson followed that by re
lating ft conversation between Smith
and Joe Weber, the actor which re
lated to getting a parole for Weber's
brother-in-law, "a Mr. Solomon." at
the conclusion of which Smith told
her Weber "was awfully cheap," and
"wanted a lot for nothing.
On another occasion, the divorced
wife testified Smith turned up at
Washington Courthouse. O., just from
Washington, with 7a $1,000 bills in a
belt around his waist, but wouldtft
tell here where he got the money.
Whisky, she said, she knew had
been withdrawn from government
warehouses on permit, soon after Mr.
Daugherty took office as attorney
general, but they soon stopped that,
she said, because "they got afraid of
it.”
To Tell All.
At a dramatic moment in her testi
mony the witness called to tlie at
torney general's brother, M. S.
Daugherty, sitting as a spectator in
the hearing room, reminding him that
she had told him she had determined
to "tell all."
Miss Stinson’s testimony todsy, as
her preliminary testimony of yester
day, was replete with allegations of.
and partial descriptions, of various
deals in which she said Smith was
associated with Daugherty, much of
which could be proved, she said, b
personal papers which are on their
way here from Ohio.
M.ss Stinson's testimony started
with reference to “the Ilttly green
house of K gtreet. She said she was
not familiar with Washington and
would rather not answer questions
about it.
"It wag purely personal," she said,
"It la absolutely of no consequence."
She reiterated, however, that Smith
had told her of meetihr the attorney
general there. She said “different
senators and Important people" had
conferences in the house.
“Do you know who occupied it?"
asked Senator Moses. ,
“I think it was one of Mr. Me
Lean’s. I'm not sure about that.
Site said she did not know of the
purpose of the conferences there, but
Smith had told her the house was
used for private conferences where
they would not be disturbed.
Appointments Considered.
Department of Justice appoint
ments were considered there, she said,
and jieople making appointments went
there, she was told.
Senator Ashurst referred to Col.
James G. Da%len and Miss Stir,son
said she met him in the shack
near Washington Courthouse, which
the attorney general, Smith and
others maintained.
Hesitating. Miss Stinson said she
could “tell better later" of the confer
ences between Darden and others.
Smith had told her the attorney gen
eral and himself met in the “green
house" beeause they could meet
"privately."
Daugherty was in Columbus, she
said, when she saw Colonel Darden
at "the shack."
”1 know they had somethin* thut
thr^- were considering.
’’There was something wrong some
where,” she continued. "They did
drop Mr. Darden!"
“What brought this about was
that Darden did not measure up,"
said Miss Stinson.
Dropped Him.
’’Measure up to what?” demanded
Senator Ashurst. , #
"They dropped him," was the an
swer.
yuestloned by Senator Wheeler,
Miss Stinson answered "yes" when
asked if Smith was a partner “in
these various deals."
Of that, she said, her chief knowl
edge came from Smith. She said she
knew of a "deal" between Daugherty
end Darden of which Smith bad told
her. She said Smith gave Darden
$1,400 and he told her Daugherty
gave the sam" amount to Darden.
"They had a deal in an oil propo
sition out west," she said.
Smith told her, she said, that
Colpnel Darden for years “has been
trying to get through some leases
some way through Washington prior
to this administration.”
Farm Body Plans
iWheat Regulation
Organized hy Tow nships, Pro
moters Would Parrel Out
Amount Each to Raise.
Columbus, Neb,, March II.—A new
“money saving” or "money making"
movement for farm aid Is being
launched In the vicinity of Columbus.
The new movement calls Itself the
Wheat Farmers' Price Regulation as
sociation. ^
Oscar Holman, St. Paul. Minn . one
of the representatives of the new
organization, ssvs the plan is to
organize all the wheat producing
farmers in the United States into an
organization by townships, counties
and states and then parcel out to
each the amount of wheat he shall
find It necessary to raise lo keep from
over-production.
Mr. Holman, who begins his activi
ties In Butlpr county this week, said
that the fdea of the organization waa
to figure out the exact amount' of
.American wheat needed In the United
States every year to meet exact pro
duction demands and then dividing
the futur« needs of ttie nntlon In pro
portion to each farmer's acreage, di
rect him how many bushels he can
•uifely produce and yet avoid over
production.
Mr. Holman says the association
proposes to leave the amount of. acre
age to the Individual farmer, since
some soil will average more liuahels
of wheat to the acre than others, nnd
a farmer will he merely Informed
how many bushels he can safely pro
duce. He can then figure out how
many acres he needs to nlant.
Holman declared that his organiza
tion had no connection whh the Na
tional Producers' alliance, which has
1 sen organizing 9,000 farmers In this
section In nn effort to perfect a move
ment that will enable farmers to
place their own price on products or
to refuse to sell them.
Third District Nclirnekn
Teacher* lo Meet in April
flperlul IMHlmlrll to Ulp (llimlia Her.)
Norfolk, Melt., March 13. The an
mini convention of the third district
Nebraska Teachers' association will
be held In Norfolk April lo, ll and
1", according to action taken bj the
executive committee today.
Married in Council B|nfl*.
Tha following in'irrluR* llcener* wiro
K run ted In Connell llluffa yputeiiliiy:
V'iiiii* nnd HAafden< n A rfv
T W. Hlilfldt On iih« ... ik
Ann* Tubba. Omaha. ... if.
Frank Phillip*. N«wr**t|#. Wvo.2.1
Mah#*| Olaaaon. Omaha ?4
Mali Maynard. Fremont .2'
i'cell Waaenar. Wihoo . is
Fill*. Omaha .?*
Marla Nprarman. Omaha. . 2h
Tom Ba»r»1. L*Poln .22
Ifrl<*n Wlnfara, Lincoln . .. 2 1
VI rad I Fowarde. Flavalnrk. HI
t B«trn'.a llavelofk . M
nrMl* fJarrlaon Tlldan .lo
Violet Durkee. Albion ..17
Kenyon Declines
Naval Portfolio
Not Qualified, Says Iowa
Judge—Justice Vi ilhur
Considered.
Washington. March 13.—Judge Wll
Hain H. Kenyon today declined ap
pointment hs secretary of the navy.
The final answer of Judge Kenyon
w:m transmitted to President tool
idge late today after he had consid
ered for two days an offer of the sec
retaryship, made vacant early this
week hy the retirement of Edwin
Denby.
Judge Kenyon Issues this state
ment:
"A man In a Judicial position ac
quires the habit of looking at all
sides of a question before arriving at
ft conclusion. 1 am appreciative of
the honor conferred and confidence
shown In tendering me the position of
secretary of the navy.
••It Is difficult not to respond to a
supposed call to duty from the presi
dent of the Knifed States, especially
a president of the type of Calvin
C'oolldge.
•'i have not considered my personal
preferences In the matter, as I would
he willing to make any sacrifice for
ieat public service, t cannot, however,
escape the conclusion that 1 do not
imssess the qualifications or training
for t lie office.
‘Tlrtice, It seems very clear that 1
should go ny further In Its considers
tlon. It has been a pleasure and
privilege to serve with President Cool
idge. whom I esteem as olio of the
finest representatives of our rest
American life and one Imbued In puli
lie life with the same high Ideals of
honesty and clean government ns was
Abraham Lincoln."
Chief Justice Curtis D. Wilbur of
the California eupreme court, prob
ably will be tendered the post
Chief Justice Wilbur, although
jIdentified with the legal profession
practically all of bis life, ns Judge
Kenyon has been. Would. In the opln
Ion of the president, be able to adapt
himself to the task of lalmlnlsterlng
naval affairs, la-cause of Ills neqliaint
anee with the navy resulting from
his course at the naval academy,
where he was grUduateil In Isss
Whether Chief Justice Wilbur will
take the tonal secretaryship Is h
quest Ion his ti lends here could not
answer tonight, hut It was recalled
he had declared sevei it days ago In
J.os Angeles that Inasmuch as lie was
trained 111 the naval academy to serve
Ills country ho should have to accept
If the opportunity offered.
Koh Kansas Store.
Wy trior*, N*b., March 1.1. Thn riry
priori* *tnr* owned bv F. *». f'rlhba
r r Cftwktr City, Kan , wn* frnbheri 1"
turn who *»cnp*<1 In an auto truck
fvlfh good* valued atijJ.GOO
Man Slain;
Residence
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Set on Fire
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Body of U. P. Employe Dis
covered in Blazing House at
Ogallala—Skull Crushed
by Blow.
Two Suspects Arrested
Sprrliil Dispatch t« The Omaha Be*.
Ogallala. Neb., March 13.—What
authorities believe is the murder of
John Jefferies, Union Pacific pump
ing house employe, was revealed this
morning by a fire here.
Attempt to cover up the alleged
crime by setting fire to the house In
which the body lay. is indicated.
Alex Swankuskey and his brother
in-law, Frank Heramsey, are being
held in connection with the slaying.
Fire was discovered at 6 this morn
ing in a small house in the western
part of town. The building had been
almost demolished before the alarm
was turned in.
When the blaze-was extinguished,
firemen found the body of Jefferies
lying face down on the floor. The
skull had been crushed in by a blow
from some instrument, A jug con
taining liquor was found on the floor
nearby, according to officers.
Automobile tracks were trailed to
the home of Alex-Swankuskey hv Fire
Chief George Smithey and Night
watchman Art Braman. A hammer
and a stove poker were found In
Swankuskeys pocket, according to
the officers.
Swankuskey, who was In bed, and
Frank Heramsey, in whose home two
gallons of liquor were found, were
arrested and lodged in jail.
Coroners inquest was still tn
progress at a late hour today, Th f
hammer found in Swankuskey'*
pocket was identified as one l>elong
ing to Jefferies.
Dying Statement
Altered or False,
Defense Claims
Girl Delirious at Time of
Making Charge, Attorney
for Dr. F. A. Edwards
Tells the Jury.
"The dying statement read you as
that of I .Milan Holman Is not hers,
hut that of John Yeager, deputy
county attorney—"
These words, hurled at the jury by
C. J. Southard, attorney for Dr.
Frederick A. Edwards, closed the
arguments of the day by attorneys
for both Dr. Edwards and the state,
in trial of the doctor on a* charge of
murder by Illegal'operation. In Judge
C. <>. Stauffer’s court yesterday.
Southard read charts from Nicholas
Fenn hospital on the girl's condition
on December 30 and January 5. days
on which the stale contended the vic
tim made her d\i#g statements be
fore Yeager, Emmett Rrllmhaugh, at
torney, and three attaches of the
hospital.
Claims (ilrl Drugged.
"On December 30 these charts show
the girl was administered morphine
several times nnd that In th* after
noon. according to ths observations
r.f attending nurses, was In a delirious
condition and several times attempted
to climb from her bed." said the at
torney.
"On January 5. when the statement
again was read to her gnd she was
told she was dying," continued South
ard, "the observations on the chart
show she took morphine for 12 hours
before 2 In rhe afternoon and then
again signed her death statement.
"The state contends she was normal
In mind when the statement was
given—the chart shows she was de
lllions—what ate we to draw from
that? I'll tell you. The statement Is
either doctored or It Is Iklse."
Closing Xrgiiincnls Today.
Yeager, In his remarks to the jury
at the close of testimony stressed the
point that no Instrument In the case
taken from the t'hllds residence nt
412 North Forty-eighth street, a!
Icgcd to belong to Dr. Edwards, was
used for anything hut treatment of
women's allmemts,
Dr. S. McCleneghan, who testified
most of Wednesdnv. was recalled to
the stal’d to describe use of certain
instruments found in the grip
Moth stste and defense Attorney*
xx ill make dosing ai guments today
and ths case probably will be In I hr
hands of the Jury by afternoon.
Xdinlts Operation.
Dr. Edwards mounted tlm witness
stand yesterday morning amt ad
inltted that be performed an opera
lion on the glib
He denied, howevci that the opera
lion was ll I eg i I as charged In the In
diriment returned against him
Ilia testimony was to the effect
that the operation performed Is
countenanced hi legitimate medical
practice
Dr Edxxarda t cell fled he found the
girl n victim of late hours and other
excesses, but that be advised her that
by submitting to a minor operation,
and with proper rest and treatment,
she xvould be restored to' normal
liealt It
lie testified that lie accepted a $50
fee from the girl.
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Court Order Halts
All Drilling Work
on Teapot Dome
Government Wins the First
Round in Battle to Regain
Oil Leases by Securing
.Injunction.
Cheyenne, W'yo., March 13—All
drilling opemtions of the Mammoth
Oil company on the Teapot I>ome
oil reserve are halted and the opera
tion of existing wells is reduced to
the minimum deemed "necessary to
prevent loss or damage," under the
terms of a temporary injunction
granted today by Federal Judge T.
Make Kennedy, at the reuuest of the
United States government.
Judge Kennedy appointed Head Ad
miral Joseph Strauss of the United
States navy and A. K. Watts, vice
president of the Sinclair Consolidated
I Oil corporation, as joint receivers to
take charge of the properties and sell
oil from producing wells pending the
| final settlement of the government”*
sujt for annulment of the lease of
the reserve t ollarrv F. Sinclair and
the Mammoth Oil companv.
I /ease Cancellation Sought.
Itesldes the temporary injunction
end receivership the government in
its complaint asks that the court
enter a final decree cancelling the
leases and contracts, returning the
properties to the government and *n
[forcing accounting.
No date wits set for further heat
ing on the request for a final decree,
[opposing attorneys taking the stand
[that the Involved nature of the action
made It impossible at this tin»e to
jsay when they would he prepared to
continue the rase Judge Kennedy
granted the defendants 30 days to
tile their pleadings m the case
IHpe Lines Lxclinled.
Pipe line and storage facilities of
the Sinclair Pi|>e Line company and
the Sinclair Ur ude Oil Purchasing
company located on the Teapot lVnne
reserve are excluded from the control
I of the receivers, unless further « ofirt
[orders are issued
The formal older as amend# <1 In
minor particulars was signed by
Judge Kennedy Lite this afternoon
Under the order as amended the
Steak. Clroweis National hank #»f
h'heyenne Is named as depository f*»r
funds coll#‘ft««d h\ tiie receivers.
(ioliimbu* Police Fnforre
R#'|(iilatioiiH for Mca-lc'
Columbus. N# h, Match 13- Hoard
of health authorities and polio*' are
(lamping the lid down on bonus
where the measles epidemic Is prev
alent and the houses remain unpin
carded. One arrest has bo# n made
and one fine assessed In police court
Jake Schneider, a baker, was fined
In police court for failure to notlfv
authorities that his children had the
measles According to Chief of Po
lies Jack Lehman. Schneider did not
summon a phvaldan to attend the
children.
The Day in
Washington
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Federal Judge \V. S. Kenyon de
clined appointment a* secretary of
the navy.
The house ways and means com
mittee ordered the soldiers* bonus
bill reported. •
The ship liquor treaty with tireat
Itrituin. aimed at rum smuggling
was ratified h> the senate.
Representative Sydney Xnclerson.
republican, Minnesota. announced
lie would not mpI» re-elect hm.
Secretary Mellon gave more testi
mony Indore the seriate finance
r < intuit tee in regard to the tax bill.
The senate defeated the Noiberk
llurtness bill designed, to help farm
era diversify their crops.
Former Senator Phelan. (alifor
nia, appeared Indore a senate coin
mitten* and gave hi* views on Japa
nese immigration.
* Internal revenue rflHcUl* were
Miminoncd for questioning lonior
row in the senate’* investigation of
their bureau.
Prohibition officials said they had
a < I cor case against the liritish
steamer Ordutia. seized yesterday at
New York.
\ federal grand jury began con
sideration of c harge* developed by
a < hhago grand Jury in regard to
misuse* «»f congressional iutfiiencr.
The army hoard investigating
military prisoner* indicate** in It*
prediminary report it would recoin
inend clemency in .1 con*iderahle
number of eases.
Moiisiderntion of the nomination
of Samuel Knight to In* oil counsel
in tin* Standard Oil company of
( alifoi nia c asts was postponed in
definitely by the oil ecntiniftee.
The M’liMe oil committee delxed
into the smiling of marine'* t«» Tea
pei Dome, examining \**i*tunt
Secretary If esexelt and Major Ken*
iral l.ejctine, comma ndnnf of the
marine corps •
The senate committee imesf{gat
ing \tf«M'iiey f teiiera I Daugherty
had another seusatloiial session,
deicing into ''deals'* alleged by
Koxie Stinson, divorced wife of the
late Jesse \\ Smith, the attorney
general’* "bumper and friend."
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t’ri-on on Korjser> ( liars'*'
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in ilisti iri ....mi. \nt.in 1*. i. ,'lidii»kl
nf itn.-ir Aufitnn w i. Hnutrin'i'.l In n
trim nf from two tn f|vt* yo.irs In lb.
■'Uitn I fm imiini y Ht l.iiicnhi lb i n
i-boiokl \vn* cbury. I with f. iuinx „
chock \ fn\v tuooth* ngO bn |,|, |,|.',l
Kiitlty t,, «t mn n nn fun,I t hin k .oul
win filial Mott.
I’ri tnonl Man Named C.oml
Hoad- Hml> I* i«'l«l St'rr*'lar\
Sprrlul 11 >t« h lo The Omuhid I lee.
Norfolk Neb. Mnt'h 13 Frank 11
Heels of Fremont. Neb. was elected
field *e« rotary of the NebrasVl Hood
Hoads association, succeeding P. K.
i’lenient.* of ^Lincoln, who has re
|Signed.
Health Courses
in School Urged:
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Program Moans Dropping of
Traditional Subjects. Teach
ers' Association Told.
Lincoln, March 13-—Addresses on
st hool taxation and financial prob
lem*. and report* of officers were
he;ml l>y the Nebraska State Teach
ers association at the business meet
ing Thursday. Part of the morning
program was taken up by a trip
through the new state eapitol, con
durted by Oovcmof Jlrvan.
The speaker* were: Suj>erintendetit
R. \V. Krotsinger of Franklin, t.\ Hay
Gat* s of Grand Island and J. A
True of McCook.
A program of health education
tbit really function* was urged by
Mr. Gat** The *i»eakcr said that
adoption of these aims means great
change* in th# traditn nal school.
It mean* that we must eliminate
from the curriculum everything
which does not make a difference in
the conduct of the pupil, even though
that subject matter has been sane
tinned by tradition. It mean* that
vo mu*t indue# those item* in the
elementary school which constitute
the fact* of life a* the masses live it
even though the.*# facts have never
been taught In school before.**
“If we are to face squarely the
problem of school revenues." Superin
tendent True toll the convention, we
must first of all face the problem of a
revised tax system."
Mr. True would abandon the per
sonal property tax "because it does
not tax a man according to hi* ability
to pay ami merely afford* a screen
behind which wealth is hidden from
the assessor.
Minur.oia Si't'il Potatoes
\re Ho.' rived at Rcarne*
Kearney Neb . Mat ch ! .“> Th
Platte Valley Potato Growers' asso
datum ha* received the first shipment
Af seed potatoes from Minnesota, two
fxirlotd*. The shipment is made up
«'f Irish Gobblers and Karly Oh os. the]
former *el»tng at $1 W per bushel, the ;
lattgi at $1 W The *« e.i ts s.xwf t' ;
be of exceptional quality this year.
It appears certain, at this time,
tlmt there wlU not l>e an increase In
the potato acreage of the Kcamo
district. Last v»ar about 3.€00 acre*
were planted in this area, a* com *1
pared to oxer r«.o00 the prexdous sea
s<'ii. \ sh.-tt p break in the market. I
which carried some of the smaller]
grow* r* under, result*'*! In a consid I
crable reduction of a*axMgy 1 >«: xeai.j
bringing tt about to noimal.
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Customer?
Find Bodies
in Bakery
Husband, Enraged Over Hii
Mate’s Divorce Suit. Shoots
Mother of Three
Through Heart.
No Witnesses to Tragedy
Enraged because a petition for
divorce had been filed against him,
Edward Weaver, 35, shot and killed
his wife and then shot himself in the
head shortly before 2 yesterday after
noon. Ehe shooting occurred at'the
Purdy bakery, 2414 Grand avenue,
where Mrs. Weaver was employed as
a elerk.
When A. Barnhart. 2569 Brown
street, and J. T. Halsey, 25*6 bla
street, entered th» bakery a few min
utes after the shooting to make a
purchase, they found the two bodies
lying on the floor in pools of Mood.
The body of Mrs. Weaver was be
hind the counter and that of Weaver
was in the center of the room. The
woman had been shot through the
heart.
The revolver, a 36-raliber police
positive, was on the floor by Weaver.
Four of the cartridges had been ex
ploded and two were still loaded.
Husband Furious.
AVeaver. according to Mrs. Peter Ol
son. cousin of Mrs. Weaver, had be"n
furious when he learned of tfie peti
tion for divorce filed 1 y his vv ife tv n
months ago. He had often declared,
she said, that lie would kill his wife)
if she attempted to obtain a divorce.
A Reparation was all right, he had
said, hut he did not believe in divorce.
When nothing was done after the
petition was filed Mrs. Weaver dis
credited the threat*
Mrs. Weaver called her couain
shortly after noon yesterday to sav
that Weaver had telephoned her an.l
had asked for th" a Idress of her at
torney. He said he wanted to pay
her $4b ordered as temporary' alimony
by the court.
She told him that he knew where
the attorney was aa well as she. '
Mrs. Olson said. "I was busy {lath
ing the tie by and asked her t. n-l{
later. Fhe said she would because
•here was a lot more to ted. Th« next
I heard was that she was dead."
No Witnesses.
It is believed that Weaver called
to make sure that hi* wife was at th«
l-akery. then went to the dare and
shot her. No one was :n the place
at the time ,
Mrs. f. H. Fratt, C41S Ijtrimcre av
enue. also employed at the bakery,
had seen Weaver hanging about and
was alarmed. She told Mrs. Weaver,
but Mis. Weaver refused to accept
her fears.
It w is Mrs Fratt who railed police
when she heard the shots In the
bakery. The jiolii-e di-1 not arrive un
til the Indies hr-t 1-eer, die ,-vered by
customers.
The Weavers had been married for
If* years. They leave three small
children, John. S: Ihvrothy. T. and Ed
win. The children are living at
the home of Mrs. Olson.
Although the children were told of
the death of thefr father and mother,
they failed to grasp the signifirame
and were playing in the yard at Mrs.
Olson's a short time after the shoot
ing.
The bodies vve-n removed to the
.“t ick funeral par.ors. where they are
to ive held (lending funeral arrange
ments. *
Fullerton Man
Attempts Suicide
Death of AX ifp Leaving Him
Seven Children Is Reason
<ii\en for Vet.
Polun bus Neb.. March 1* —The 1c*
of lus Wife three weeks ago mid*
John Yell; M, Fullerton i\eh» farm
er. despondent enough to attempt to
take h * own life Yelli is In Ft
Mary s hospital In a critical ,end.(pm
ifter swallowing po son. while he liv
in led during the n.ght at the homo
of v'harles Kul.i
The man was visit »s in the Kutv
home according to Dr. I* v'. Voss, the
attending physician, and played cards
With friends until he ret red Yelli
v a* found In his Fed at S a tn writh
ing in convulsions
W hen A elli recovered cons. iousnes«
he admitted taking the poison. Dr.
i css believed Yelli is depressed hv
the loss of bis wife whose death co
lored In .“t Mai >s hoap.tal here
ill-out tiller weeks iso Mrs Yelli left
even motherless children, the young
r*t of whom '* about It weeks old.
Parish Reward* Paster
l>\ Huihling Parsonage
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m.Mi M;i ssYr. w ill ho t wo^n r#*1 1n
;x material way this* «prInK h\ mom
h#r# « f Immanut I Gorman M isorn
Synihl l.uth#r.m church thsvutsh th*'
erection of new ivn^'nap' It i» to
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