Nebraska Newspapers

    Party Organized
in Nebraska to
Back La Follette
Plan for Full State Ticket la
Abandoned at Convention
After Hot Fight by
Taylor.
By P. C. POWELL,
Staff Correspondent of The Omaha Bee.
Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 19.—The
La Follette Independent party wai
formed here laet night by La Follette
followers following a strenuous day
during which they were obliged to
adjourn once In order to muster suf
ficient slgnAs to the party list to
make launching of a new party legal.
The steam roller of Frank A. Har
rison, regional director for La Kol
lette followers In the middle west,
worked effectively In stifling the pro
tests of W. J. Taylor of Merna and
others against placing only the names
of La Follette and Wheeler on the
new party ballots.
'"If the republican and democratic
parties are rotten at the top of the
ticket they are rotten at the bot
tom,” Taylor told his audience. "Our
congress and our state government Is
as bad as our president and vice
president. We should be consistent
In cleaning house.
Taylor Pleads for Ticket.
"How can we cuss the democrats
and republicans on the ticket In one
brlsath and vote for them in the next
breath? I don’t believe one of their
candidates are real progressive.
"I know no man can be a progres
sive who said the thing Norton did
in order to obtain tho nomination for
governor. He Issued a statement two
days before the democratic state cen
tral committee met, saying he would
support Davis for president. No man
who supports a man with the record
Davis has, can be truly progressive.”
"As for La Follette and Wheeler, I
am for them not as man but for the
principles they advocate. They will
die. Their principles will live on for
ever. We should form a party in Ne
braska dedicated to those principles
and not to those men.
Electors Named.
Presidential electors selected at the
convention foDow:
Fred Elsler, Lincoln, First congres
sional district; J. L. Beebe, Omaha,
Second; Marie Weeks, Norfolk, Third;
Harry Parmenter, Yulan, Fourth; T.
J. Ellsberry, Grand Island, Fifth; J.
D. Ream, Broken Bow, Sixth; Dr.
F. J, Wood, Barnston, and C. M.
Sullivan, Broken Bow, delegates at
large. •
While La Follette followers were in
convention today' W. H. Green, secre
tary Nebraska progressive party,
caller members of the progressive
state central committee from the
floor and asked ttsem to select a suc
cessor to J. L. Beebe, chairman. J.
M. Paul of Harvasd was chosen. No
other business was transacted.
“Silent Night” Requested.
Washington, Aug. 20.—All the large
radio stations In the world have been
requested to remain silent on August
22 and 23 so that scientists In this
country may try to pick up possible
radio signals from the planet Mars,
It was learned here this afternoon.
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CARL HOUGH HELD
FOR GRAND URY
(Continued From Paso One.)
It Is a fabrication waa strengthened
by the report of Sheriff Parrish and
state agents. «
Admits No Marriage.
Hough la also aald by authorities
here to have admitted during the trip
that he had not married Lillian Mc
Kinney as previously claimed. The
marriage story had also been scouted
after failure to And the minister who,
Hough said, performed the ceremony.
The 12 witnesses whom County At
torney Locke said he would call be
fore the coroner's Jury failed to ma
terialise this afternoon and It was
explained that prosecuting authori
ties are afraid of "tipping their
hand.”
The unsummoned wltneeees can
prove, Locke declared, that Hough
was with Lillian McKinney the day
beft/re her body was found, but he
refused to make public their namea
Hough himself was not callsd be
fore the coroner's jury and Is said to
have bitterly reeented his Inability to
tell hts story.
An analysis of the contents of Lil
lian McKinney's stomach was read
Into the record and exploded the
theory that death might have re
sulted from drinking poisoned liquor.
No trace of alcohol or of poison was
found by ths examining experts at
Iowa City, ths analysts said, and an
other of Hough’s statements failed
to stand the add test. Hough had
previously declared that Lillian Mc
Kinney joined him In drinking and
told him, when he felt 111, that she
felt "dopey."
Girl Was Strangled.
Doctors J. W. Rlmel and J. H.
Gasson told the trio of men, who later
recommended that Hough bs held,
that death came from strangulation
and blows on the head. Their testi
mony followed and corroborated that
of Sheriff Parish, who declared that
he had found finger marks on Lillian
McKinney's throat. »
Parrish described to the Jury the
broken knuckles, the torn fingernails
and the deep bruises that covered the
girl's face when her body was dis
covered.
Charles Clark, oil station attendant
at New Market, la., told of Hough's
appealing to him for gasoline and of
his story that he had been robbed
by two men. Clark had previously
Identified Hough as the man who
came to him at 6 on the morning of
August 12 with his plea for fuel.
He was unable to state, he said,
whether or not Hough was alone, as
his car had stalled two blocks from
the station.
The testimony apparently proved
sufficient for the Jury to return a
verdict finding Hough responsible for
the death, hut no motive for his sup
posed action waa brought out by
County Attorney Locke, whose case,
as It now stands. Is based upon pure
circumstantial evidence.
Unless Hough demands a prelimi
nary hearing—end It will be granted
him If he Insists, Locke said—the case
will first come before the grand Jury
the latter part of this month.
With a first degTee murder charge
against him. Hough cannot hope for
freedom on bond and will be held In
Taylor county Jail pending his ap
pearance before the grand Jury
Tonight there were murmured
threats against the suspected slayer,
but authorities here do not fear ac
tual violence.
HANGInGIS URGED
FOR BOY SLAYERS
(Continued From Fas* Oar.)
hanged st 18 for a crime he com
mitted when 17. He had pleaded
guilty.
They Wanted Money.
A list of 18 men who have been
hanged In Cook county since 1906
constituted one of Marshall's chief
points. The ages of these men ranged
from 18 to 26.
Bernard Grant, a slayer of 19. Is
now a prisoner In the Cook county
Jail already condemm-d and awaiting
execution, Marshall said.
Attorney Bachrach Interrupted
when Marshall referred to the casts
of David Anderson. Anderson was 19
when he was sentenced to death but
Bachrach recalled the sentence w.it,
oommuted to Ilfs because of his sge.
Ths motlvs of Leopold and Loeb In
slaying Robert Franks was gone over
by Marshall. Philosophy played the
smaller par*, he contended. The
slayera committed their crime "for
$10,000 In gold bills," he declared.
The dingy old courtroom was
crowded. More people tried to gain
admittance than at any time since
the trial started.
Jacob Franks, the father of the
slain child was there to hear the
demand, that the murderers be
hanged. He was seated face to face
with the slayera for the first time.
Always heretofore he had a seat
where he did not meet the gaze of
Leopold and Loeb. Rut today he
looked right at them. and they
dropped their eyes. The father
studied the countenances of ths slay
ers with a puzzled look, hut there
was no anger or malice In his eyes—
only sorrow.
I/oelt Literally Wilts.
Young Leopold was nervous—very
nervous. Loeb was calmer, but the
terrific Indictment of tbs prosecutor
had Its effect upon him, too. Ho lit
ally wilted.
Leopold asked permission of a Iwill
Iff to have pencil and paper. It was
given to him and during this after
noon lie busied hlmaelf making notss
of what tho prosecutor said.
Ixteb was Intensely Interested In dS
tails of other crimes. That was when
the prosecutor outlined hlatory, to
show there had never been a crime
In Chicago so enld blooded ae that
of tho slaying of th" little school
boy. Loeb appeared to get a thrill
out of It—unlll the prosecutor ex
claimed:
"And theso men must bang for
this crime."
Then I-och appeared to realise that
lie was the central figure, that he
was the man tho prosecutor demand
ed should puy with his Ilfs for the
"perfect crime ”
t.'hlnntown favors the Klim, with sn
eye to laundry work.—Wall Street
Journal..
Youth in Love
Kills Himself
Over Poverty
Lack of .Party Clothes for
Picnic Blamed for Dejec
tion Which Led to
Suicide.
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Penniless and lacking suitable
clothes to take his sweetheart to a
picnic, Jack Wilson, 18, committed
suiclae Tuesday night In' hla room
at 2208 N street.
The girl. Lavon Green, 17, to whom
he Is engaged, sobbed softly Wednes
day morning on the porch of her
home, 1603 Archer avenue.
"I thought I had cheered him up,"
she wept. "But I guess 1 failed."
Young Wilson called on the girl
Tuesday night.
Loved Him Anyway.
"He was terribly depressed,'* said
Lavon. "He told me that he had
no money and that his clothes were
threabare and Bald that maybe I
should go to the picnic with some
one else.
"I loved Jack and his clothes or
poverty didn’t make any difference
with me. I told him so. There were
tears In his eyes. During the eve
ning he seemed to cheer up and be
come himself once more. We decided
that he was to go to a biscuit com
pany early Wednesday morning and
apply for a Job. If he didn’t get a
Job we were going to the picnic to
gether.
Crumpled Over Bathtub.
"When he left at about 11 he called
back over his shoulder, "Goodby. I’ll
call for you In the morning.”
Miss Green Is employed at the
Grip-Bow Tie company. It was the
company's picnic which the pair
planned to attend.
The youth’s body was found at 5
Wednesday morning In the gas-filled
bathroom adjoining the boy’s room
by William Rider, a fellow roomer.
It was crumpled over the side of the
bathtub In an attitude which Indicat
ed that Wilson might have knelt
there and prayed as the gas stole
his senses from him. In his stiffened
hand was clutched the program of
the picnic.
To Wed In Two Years.
Young Wilson had been out of
work since he was laid off by the
Re* Baking company three weeks
ago, according to his landlady, Mrs.
Herman Angss.
"The lad was lonely," said Mrs.
Anges. "He was making a hard bat
tle against the world. I mothered
him as much as I could and he In
•turn made me hla confidante In all
his troubles.
"Jack and Lavon have been going
together two years. They planned to
marry In another two year*.
Attended Night School.
"Jack only got. as far a# the 10th
grade In high school before he had
| to go to work. He attended night
school In order to get hla diploma."
The youth's mother, Mrs. B. Per
ham. Is seriously 111 In New Tork.
Jack's sister, Neva, also !s In New
York. Word of the tragedy has not
been sent to the mother for fear that
the shock might cause death.
The dead boy'e stepfather. Ruffle
Perham. a Des Moines contractor, has
been notified.
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Tha vulon clear* with passing yaara.
And foolish aeara our youthful fear*.
—Buatar Bear.
Th* Wisdom of Ac*
Buster Bear had preserved his self
respect. He had preserved It in hi*
own eyea. H* had preserved It in the
eyes of Farmer Brown'* boy. And he
knew that If any of the little people
of the Green Forest or the Green
Meadow had happened to be looking
on he had preserved It In their eye*.
Who has no self respect will have
very little respect from other people.
The respect of other people la sure
to be given to one who keeps self
respect. It had taken Buster Bear a
long time to find this out. Yes, sir; It
had taken him a long time. But be
had found It out. and could you
have seen him slowly and with dig
OWENWISTER
—who wrote “'Tke
irginian now
presents “Captain
Quid.”
o. o. McIntyre
—tells all he knows
about that tragic,
comic, shrinking
violet, “Tke Chorus
Man.”
ADELA ROGERS
ST. JOHNS
— the storu of tke
first taste of fear of
a screen idol who
fights against mid
dle age.
In September ’
(osmopolitan
*__ Out Now
nlty moving away from the berry bueh
where he had unexpectedly come face
to face with Farmer Brown’s boy
you would. I am eure, have had the
greatest respect for Buster Bear.
Farmer Brown's boy hadn't moved.
He had stood perfectly still until Bus
ter finally disappeared In the bushes.
He had been tempted to yell at Bus
ter to try to make him run. But he
hadn’t done It. He had keep his
mouth closed. You see, he had under
stood just how Buster felt.
"Buster remembers.” thought
Farm^ Brown's boy. "the first time
we met here in the Old Pasture and
how he ran away In such fright that
he didn't even see where he was go
ing. That was because he was young
andfooUeh. Now ho is older and wiser.
1
Buster had gone only far enough lo
get out of sight.
much wiser. Down In his heart he la
still a little afraid of me, but he
doesn't Intend thnt any one shall know
It. The old rascal is pretending that
he doesn't know I am anywhere
about. He Is anxious to get away
from here, but he Isn't hurrying a
step. He knows that I am watching
him, and he wants to make me think
that he doesn't care a flip of a paw
about me. He wants me to under
stand that he respects me and my
rights, and that he expects me to
respect him and his rights.
"I suppose some people wouldn't
stay here a minute knowing that
there Is a fully.grown Bear In the
Old Pasture. But I know that I have
no more fear from him than I would
have If he were miles away. He has
shown me that as plainly aa If he
had said so In so many words. Poor
old Buster! He had set his heart on
those berries. I could see It In his eyes
when he was heading for this bush.
But I was here first, and so these
berries are mine. Anyway, there are
plenty of other berries for Buster.”
So Farmer Brown's boy resumed
his picking, and it wasn't very long
until he had his pail full. All the time,
without appearing to do so, he
watched for another glimpse of Bus
ter Bear. But he didn't get one. He
neither saw nor heard anything more
of Buster. But he knew that this
didn't mean that Buster had gone
back to the Green Forest. He sus
pected that Buster wasn’t far away.
He had a feeling that though he didn't
see Buster, Buster saw him. He was
right. Buster had gone only far
enough to get out of eight and then
had hidden where be could watch
Farmer Brown's boy but be unseen
himself.
Just as soon as Farmer Brown's
boy Btarted for home with his two
pails of berries Buster resumed his
feast. He wasn't in the least nervous
or upset. Once he would have been;
he would have kept looking to see
If Farmer Brown's boy was returning.
Age had brought wisdom and under
standing to Bueter Bear.
(Copyrlsht. 1IJ4)
The next story: "Reddy Fox Is Re
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Nftbiu«kd ® Power €.
Checkers Urge
New Method in
City Accounts
Report Says No Ledger Show
ing Assets and Liabilities
Is Kept; Tax Books
Unsatisfactory.
A report of the examination of the
record* of the municipal department
of accounts and finance January 1,
1921, to May 31. 1924, contains vari
ous recommendations for Improving
the accounting methods of the city.
The audit was made by John M. Gil
christ company by direction of the
city council.
The report contains these state
ments:
“No general ledger is maintained
in the comptroller's office to reflect
the assets and liabilities of the city
of Omaha. Certain subsidiary books
are maintained, supporting part of
the assets and liabilities, but they
are under no control so far as totals
are concerned.
“The expenditure ledger as main
tained by the comptroller's office in
reality shows only balances which
total in amount to the treasurer’s
bank balances and securities on hand,
no segregation being made to show
how much of the balance is available
in cash or securities."
Comptroller Says Impractical.
Commenting on the report, City
Comptroller Charle* W. Stenicka stat
ed that hi* office maintain* a general
control ledger, but added that it 1*
not practical to maintain a record in
total of all uncollected taxea which
now extend over a period of 21 years
With reference to tax collections,
the report adds: “The books are
footed as to the total tax assessed,
but credit* are never footed nor is
the outstanding tax ever balanced or
placed under control.”
New System Recommended.
Revision of keeping accounts of
the sewer bond fund is recommended
with this statement:
"No true history of the amounts
appropriated or expended can be de
termined from the account. Two ac
count* should be maintained. No
record of unpaid bills or retained per
centages can be ascertained from this
account."
Comptroller Stenicka, who took
charge a few months ago, stated that
the sewer bond fund has been brought
under control. He also stated that
he has revised the methods of keep
Ing accounts of park bond fund and
is now revising the intersection fund
accounts.
The auditor noted that the area sub
way tax is now treated as a license,
whereas in reality it is a rental or
lease. He recommended that the coun
cil should each year pass a levy tax
ordinance and the tax certified to the
treasurer as any special tax and thus
entered on the hooka against the
property.
No Coal Yard Inventory.
The municipal coal yard balance Is
given as $1,144.66 as of May SI, 1924,
but no record was found of inventory
of coal on hand or of Indebtedness not
vouchered for payment.
Instances are cited of erroneou*
transfer of funds and of instances
where funds were not reimbursed, all
bookkeeping Irregularities. The re
port states that bond redemption fund
has not received Its due share of
prior years’ taxes, as they were cred
ited to general levy fund and later
transferred to sinking fund. It Is also
stated that the auditors were unable
to obtain records to establish proper
accounting points of contact between
the comptroller’s office and the city
engineer in matters pertaining to pav
ing and curblfig special assessments.
Treasurer Not Advised.
Referring to the fund to pay war
rants, the report states that no trans
fer was made of uncollected or out
standing taxes of annexed territory
at time of annexation.
"It is our opinion that the treas
urer has not been officially advised
of the consolidation, directing him to
transfer on his records the village tax
as a part of the city." the report
reads.
It Is also noted that no Interest was
allowed for the use of $50,000 public
comfort station money to finance pav
ing work In Gilmore avenue and Leav
enworth street districts.
The report will be submitted by
Mayor Dahlman to the city council
next Tuesday morning.
IOWA THRESHER
LOSES ONE LEG
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Breda, la., Aug. 20.—H. C. Von
Gian met with a serious accident on
his farm near Breda. The belt on the
blower of the threshing machine slip
ped and In some manner wrapped It
self around his leg, twisting his left
foot completely off.
He was taken to St. Anthony hos
pital at Carroll, where It was found
necessary to amputate the leg be
low the knee.
Babies Swelter;
Need Cool Milk
South Omaha Youngsters Givo
Show to Help Free
Fund.
Arlmnwlrdged . tl.itt.SS
Thirteenth nnd J Children ...... 1.M
Mr., Mary M. Jenklne. 4S08
Furnam ... .
A Friend or Humanity .. l-JJ
Goldie Weber. Fairbory. Neb. ... 1.00
Total .iTirTis
Only $5.20 added today to tha Free
Milk and Ice fund.
And the temperature sweltering.
And more than 100 babies In homes
of dire poverty requiring $20 to $30
worth of milk to sustain the delicate
spark of life in their bodies.
Dear readers, surely you are not
going to turn a deaf ear to thetr
appeal.
Some children gave a little show at
Thirteenth and J streets and gave
the proceeds, $1.20, to'help feed thes*
babies.
People who give discover that it
Is one of the greatest pleasured of
life and brings with It untold bless
ings.
The fund appeals to you—you. in.
the name of these babies.
Address *‘Free Milk and Ice fund/”
care of The Bee” with check or cash.
Or bring it to the office.
Lucy Page-Gaf?ton Dies.
By A»*oriftted Pre(M.
Chicago, Aug. 20.—Miss Lucy Paga
Gaston, founder of the National Anti
Clgaret league, died today in a Hins
dale hospital.
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