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SIX MORE DIE IN HERRIN KLAN WAR
Papers Filed
for Greater
OmahaBody
Committee Is Incorporated;
Frank Judson Chairman;
Tentative Program for
Promoting Omaha.
Co-Operate With C.ofC.
The Greater Omaha committee has
heen organized. Incorporation papers
were filed at Lincoln yesterday. Frank
W. Judson, district manager of the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass company, is to
he the committee's first chairman.
The. work of organizing the Greater
Omaha Committee has been under
way for several months. It is the
outcome of a trip of inquiry made to
Dos Moines early in the year by
George Brandeis, J. E. Davidson and
E. C. Eppley. Des Moines has had
such a committee working continu
ously for the interest of that city for
IS years. The work of the DetfMoines
committee was made known to lead
ing business men in Omaha with the
final result that a group of men have
filed articles of incorporation which
formally launches the movement in
Omaha.
To Embrace Nebraska.
The committee will work in close
co-operation with the Chamber of
Commerce and other civic organiza
tions in Omaha. The scope of its
activities will not be confined to the
city of Omaha alone, but will em
brace the state of Nebraska and ad
joining territory in other states whose
interests are definitely linked with
tlie Interests of Omaha.
In addition to Chairman Judson, the
other officers of the committtee are
as follows:
Vice chairman, J. E. Davidson,
h* Nebraska Power eornpanuy.
Secretary, A. W. Gordon, Gor
don-Lawless company.
Treasurer, F. TV. Hamilton, Mer
chants National bank.
Speaking of the purposes of the
committee. Chairman Judson said:
Program Outlined.
"We will work in close co-operation
with the Chamber of Commerce, and
will support the chamber in carrying
on its activities."
"It is our aim to make Omaha a
bigger city in which to live, and to
win recognition of the merits of our
state from other parts of the coun
try. We plan to join in hearty co
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“GAS”' INJUNCTION
DENIED IN DAKOTA
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 30.—Judge
I,. L. Fleeger refused in circuit court
here today to grant to Jacob Shilling
stad, Lincoln county farmer, a tem
porary injunction restraining the
auditor and treasurer of state from
■ using state funds to pay for gasoline
sold by the state at retail.
The judge, however, granted the
plaintiff and the defendants, who in
cluded Governor R. H. McMaster,
members of the state highway com
mission, and the state auditor and
treasurer, 10 days in which to file
briefs, and said that he would make
a permanent decision with these
briefs before him.
The suit was brought In circuit
court on tho heels of a similar action
*h.v an independent oil company in
federal court.
No decision has been handed down
by the federal court. Counsel for
the defense, headed by Byron S.
Payne, former attorney general,
argued that the plalnttff had no
right to launch such an action, while
1 he plaintiff's counsel contended that
the issue Involved the entire ques
tion of the state's right to enter
private business.
OMAHAN ATTENDS
POULTRY MEETING
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 23.—Officials
of the Northwestern, headed by C.
K Vilas, assistant general manager,
of Chicago, held a two-hour confer
ence with poultry and produce deal
era of Fremont. Friday morning.
The inspection party arrived in spe
cial cars and proceeded to Lincoln
after the meeting in Fremont was
over. The party consisted of D. II.
Hooks, general freight agent: O. E.
llnllberg. superintendent of transpor
tation; C. W. Johnson, assistant gen
era I claim agent, all of Chicago; II.
E Dickinson. general superintendent,
Omaha; T. Boone, division super
intendent. Norfolk; J. L. Bennett, di
vision accountant, Norfolk.
Second Oldest Conductor
of Wymore Division Dies
Mperlal Dispatch to The Omaha flee.
Wymore, Neb., Aug. 30.—Herbert 8.
Cronkhlte, second oldest passenger
conductor of the Wymore dlvlson of
the Burlington railroad, died at Lin
coln Friday morning. W. F. Smiley
of Lincoln was the only conductor
older in service.
Cronkhlte has been in the train
service since 1887. The old railroader
was «8 years old. It was his desire
♦ o live out the time limit, of 70 years
when the company requires Its em
ployes to retire on p-nslon. His
Widow survives at Lincoln.
Beatrice — O. P. Fulton, real es
tale and Insurance agent of tlila e|ty,
who ha* been confined to his home
since last November with an Injury
To his spins received in an auto acci
dent, IS reported recovering.
Chairman of Greater
Omaha Committee
I--1
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‘U/'.oJicd^oxx^
German War Guilt
Disavowal Brings
Protest at Paris
Sharp Reply to Official Noti
fication Hinted at
French Foreign
Office.
By AMorlatfd Pr«*.
Paris, Aug. 30.—The French for
eign office In an official communique
•'protests most strongly” against
Chancellor Marx's declaration repudi
ating the German avowal of war guilt
contained In the Versailles treaty.
The communique announces that if
a, copy of the Marx repudiation is
sent France, as planned, ' the offi
cial reply that It calls for will be
sent Berlin without delay ”
ELKS BANDSMEN
TO PICNIC TODAY
The hand committee of Omaha
lodge No. 39. B. P. O. Elks, consisting
of A. V. Heckman, chairman; J. A.
Gentleman, Allen Kohan, R. D. Eb
rlght, H. G. Cox, V. G. Belknap and
H. E. Ballinger will give a private
picnic to the Elks' band and their
families at Osborn's grove on the Elk
horn river today.
Henry G. Cox, director of the band,
who has been away on his vacation
all summer, arrived home Saturday
and with Mrs. Cox will take part in
the picnic.
Dinner will be served at 1:30. About
7f. are expected to attend.
On the return home the band will
stop at Benr.ington. where several
members of No. 39 reside, and will
give a public concert in the evening.
OSTEOPATH HEAD
DIES IN HOSPITAL.
Geneva, Neb., Aug. 29.—Dr. Frank
A. Bates, 98, who wee operated on
recently at tne Mayo hospital at
Rochester, Minn., died Thursday. Dr
Dates wan prc,mtnent In church and
seieial circles of Ger.sv.i and vicinity.
He was vice president of the Ne
braska Osteopathic association and
was a thirty-second degree Mason.
He is survived by his wife, a son,
Frank. Jr., student of Wesleyan uni:
verslty at Lincoln. Ills father, Isaac
L. Bates, South Dakota, who Is 89,
was present at the bedalrte of his son
at Rochester.
The funeral will he held Sunday af
ternoon from the Methodist church.
CRASH DERAILS ,
ONE-MAN TROLLEY
A one man trolley was derailed Fri
day when It struck the roar end of
a car driven by C. A. Wlddle, Tabor,
Is., at Scott street nnd Broadway,
Council Bluffs. The automobile was
damaged slightly.
Verne Hansen, city fireman. 1800
Fourteenth street, Council Bluffs, re
ported that his car had collided with
that of an unidentified driver at
Seventh street and Eighteenth ave
nue. Council Bluffs, Friday.
Elimination of Harness
Rare* Making Fair Pay
Aurora, Neb, Aug. 30 A new at
tendance record was hung up at the
Hamilton county fair yesterday, gate
receipts exceeding those of the pre
ceding day and a year ago by more
than 8300. A alight rain last night
settled the dust without doing any
damage to the road/i and even larger
numbers ars expected In attend to
day.
The fair association was about *4.
000 In debt at the close of the fair
last year, hut officials now hope to
removs mors than *1,000 of thnt In
debtednese. The elimination of har
ness races has enabled them to cut
expenses considerably
Couple Jailed for Ride.
York, Neb., Aug. 3n. lames Can
field of Hradabaw was sentenced to
30 days In jail and hie wife to from
one to thiee months In the women's
reformatory for taking a car front
Warren Berry in Bradshaw, Th"
couple took a small sum of money
slan They Helmed they only took
the car for s Joy rids
Mrs. Dawes Lets Husband Do Talking;
Sees Honeymoon Cottage at Lincoln
A woman who lets her husband do
loll the talking Is Mrs. Charles G.
Dawes. • •
When upon her arrlvel In Omaha
Saturday evening Mrs. Dawes was
questioned about renewing old ar
qualntances and bringing up old
memories of her honeymoon spent
In Lincoln, she graciously replied
that shs let Mr. Dawes do all the
talking.
Half reclining on the couch in her
stateroom when visitors Intruded,
Mrs. Dawes arose to shake hands
and conduct them to her husband for
Introductions.
Immaculate in White.
Although traveling on a hot and
dusty train, Mrs. Dawes dressed in a
white voil finished with drawnwork
was immaculate. She wore brown
gld gloves on her hands to keep them
froo from dirt. Jade earrings and a
jade necklace added a touch of color
that set off her gray hair. She Is
quiet of manner and friendly.
Greeted by Gould Diet* at the
Omaha station. Mrs. Dawes was re
minded of the automobile trip taken
In Lincoln a few days ago with Mr.
Dletr..
"Do you remember coming- upon
that small cottage?" asked Mr. Dietz
of Mrs. Dawes.
“That’s the Cottage.”
"Yes," she answered, "wasn't £fiat
a coincidence?”
"I remember while driving along
Mr. Dawes suddenly leaned out ol
the car at Fourteenth and D streets
and asked, 'Isn't that the cottage
where we spent our honeymoon,
sweetheart?’ and you answered, ‘Yes,
dear, that's the cottage.’
Mrs. Dawes has been on many
visits to Lincoln since that first trip,
said a member of her party. A few
weeks of nearly every year are spent
there.
I’ve Had ’Em Before, Says Engineer
of Dawes Train; I’m Always Careful
W. W. Osborn, engineer of the train
whirh carried General Dawes and his
'amily through Omaha Saturday en
route from Lincoln tb Chicago, and
L. D. Deacon, fireman, said they got
no special thrill out of having such
a prominent passenger aboard.
‘Tv* had ’em before.” said Mr. Os
born. who is a wiry, tanned, tobacco
chewing man with a long, sandy and
straggly moustache and a hairy
chest.
"My Middle Name.”
"I had this Shrine special that went
out of here to Washington, and I’ve
had big men aboard my trains be
fore,” continued Mr. Osborn.
“Don’t take any special pains to
e careful, do you?’’
“Nope, always careful," said the
engineer. "I pull this train three
round trip* a week between Creston.
Ia., and Lincoln, and Careful la my
middle name."
“Daves doesn't come up and shake
hands with the engineer like Roose
velt used to,” remarked the inter
viewer.
"A Lincoln Republican.”
“No, he don't, and you can tell him
I said so if you see him," exclaimed
Engineer Osborn. "Roosevelt used to
do it and McKinley done it. The boys
liked It."
“You on the. other side politically?”
“No, I'm a republican. I'm a
Lincoln republican.”
And Mr. Osborn bit off a large
chaw of tobacco and mounted his
steed of steel which gave a couple
of toots and moved majestically out
toward the east.
Hot Dog! I’d Ruther Be an Engineer
Than Vice President—Dana Dawes
Dawes Declines
to Discuss Pact
on Wav to Home
j
‘'We Had Delightful Time
During Our Visit in Ne
braska,” Says Repub
lican Nominee.
Charles G. Dawes declined tr> dls
cuss the London reparations pact dur
Inc the few minute* he was hi re Sat
urday evening on his way home from
Lincoln to Evanston.
He explained that he had been
quizzed by representatives of press
associations and of newspapers dur
ing the day. hut would not comment
either on the Dawe* plan or the prob.
able effects on European and Ameri
can affair*, following the formalities
In London on Saturday.
The republican nominee for vice
president was more Interested In a
pile of papers than tn discussing the
Dawes plan. Across the aisle were
Virginia and Dana MrCutcheon, his
daughter and son; also Mr*. Dawes
and his married daughter, Mrs.
Erlcson.
“We had a delightful time during
our visit to Nebraska,” Dawes said.
Then he asked an Omahan how the
speech came through on the radio
Friday night.
The Dawes party arrived here at
6:10 and departed at «:H0.
ARMS EMBARGO
TO CUBA LIFTED
Washington. Aug. HO.—The em
bargo Imposed several months ago to
prevent shipment of arms to Cuba
was raised today by President
t'oolldge.
The action was taken by presl
dentuil proclamation, on the basis of
official indicating that the emergency
which caused the embargo, growing
out of Internal disturbance* In Cuba,
had hnen brought tn an end
Marrird in Council Bluff*.
Th* folio*-1 tic uaraona ohulnftl r>ir
rial** Meant* i in <*oiir*c|| Rhiffa yanfarday
Nitm* and A*1dra*a Ak1
Krnnk T Kandnll. ('ouncil niuffa . 2*
Wilhalnilna I##adar, Onmht ... ...... 24
Marry Hahtnlnx. Wabash. Nab. 21
Nina MUI*t, Klmwnod. Nab. H
W. * Vun \’b r, Omit bn. **
r: l*. Kooni".. Omaha . 2<
<laor*a Roan# Pa*ala. la. 2i
I,anna Orarfeill, Prraia. I* .
Fdwln H Wood. Omaha. ... 41
Hobo Frohmer, Waslon, Nab. 2
P A Hlbv. I.inroln. Nab.23
Oblornota l)arilal*on, Lincoln, Nab. J*
) Walter Oanraa Rom*y, Omiihi . 2"
Marjotl# Rdiallrr, Omaha.... M
Harold Hugo a a. Omaha .. S3
.1* »a|a Major, Omaha. 21
Ifnrvayo M Vora Bltiffa. 2t
FCdlth J.. Woodward. Punla, !a. t|
P B. C*ampb#ll. Orand Taland. Nab., 23
I’t arl K. Bo«tk Orahd taland. N»*h... 21
rhavloa R|*a Jr. Omaha ....21
T.nrana T.atria. Omaha. .... 1*
•lamaa Ka«aal. fiiiiha ....... 21
.los**i>hln» Martak, W««ton, Nrh. 21
Parlaa Monakar, Omak* ■....••••»«. 21
Hlani'h Mi .Inin, omNba.. 21
I lirnry Blair, Omaha ..
Viola Mima, Omaha.. .. ... 31
Raymond Fdaarda, l.'nroln, Nab.,*,. '.'V
| fioaa 1‘innnn, N'rb ...,*•••• ■ 21
,lrn«» Millar, Omaha. *4
Mlldrad Hmnpann Omaha.. Jt
f. W Henry •miaha-...
I It. Tlah. Omaha . M
AIIon HaH Dmnfliaf Nan. ’’I
Cnnnia .Inrkaoti, Paivnabrnr, Nali I
lark Floy Fvftna. Brokaa Row. Nab 19
Mattta A La«, Aroktn Bow, Nab . If
sr A nrow n racea youm or iz srooa on
the platform of the laat of a string
of Pullman* being shifted In the Bur
lingtnn yards while the Nebraaka-Chl
cago limited paused from 6.10 to 6:30
Saturday afternoon.
Ho was Dana Dawes, son of the re
publican candidate for vice president.
The whole family was en rout# back
home from Lincoln.
"What do you think of your father
running for vice president?1’ the
youth was asked.
"Hot stuff!’ he replied. "I hope
we travel all overthe country- I’m
not so Interested In his being elected
but I sure do Ilk# riding the trains."
"Thst’a ’Some’ Train.”
The youth Inquired of a trainman
Just what they were trying to do.
And being Informed that they were
adding three sleepers, he showed
great Interest.
"Gee. then we ll hsv# 'some' trsln.
15 cars. Say, that’s some* train,
isn't It?"
"Think you'll like living In Wash
ington, eon?"
"Aw, I haven't thought about that."
replied the youth as he railed atten
Hon to the fact that the cars were
about to be coupled. He expressed
udmlrstion for the carefree life of
a railroad man.
"Hot Dog!"
"I'd rather be an engineer on the
railroad than vice president." he vol
unteered. "Hot dog! Think of sit
ting In that old engine and pullin' R
little lever and spinning out over riv
ers and through tunnels and every
thing. And getlng Mg pay besides.
An engineer gets about J300 a month,
That'a what I'd like to be,"
The Interviewer leftthls interesting
youth and entered the Pullman where
the Dawes family occupied a draw
ing room and section.
At a card table sat s slight woman
In l-lack, Mrs. Melvin Erlcson, snd a
little girl of 10 In a bright red dress.
The former was General Dswes'
daughter snd the lattter hla adouted
daughter, Virginia.
Two other passengers were play
ing In the game of hearts and little
Virginia, a pretty child, was keeping
score, marking down the figures In
childish scrawl,
Mr. Dawes sat among the baggage
In the opposite seat while Mrs Hawes
reclined in the drawing room.
MEN POISONED
BY ALCOHOL
Fremont, Neb. Aug. 30 Doctors
were rushed to the pollrs station to
day to bring relief to James Smith,
05, and John McAllister, fit. after
they had drank half the foments of n
battle of denatured alcohol, despite
the warning lahle marked "poison"
and accompanied by the usual picture
of skull and rrossbones
When picked up by the police
-Smith wns described ns being "half
drunk snd half dead," unable lo gl\e
bis name nr speak coherantly. Men
were revived and taken before Judge
A. K Hame and fined flOO for l-elng
drunk.
Rail o Sri* Stolon.
Phcdton. Neb., Auk 29. A radio r#
r#|vln| a#t, four donct U batter!## and
oth#r radio #<iuipm#rtt, tv#r# Molt n
from Ih# Smith pharmacy.
A t#l#ptoor»# m##Mig# to Mamhal
Kratrrpon from Proaaor Inform# him
fhot ft rndln rtrSvIni act and four
autnmoblla tiro# w#t# «tol#n in that
villas# U#t night.
Schools in
City Open
on Tuesday
t ___________
Teachers Assigned Monday;
Two New Schools; Reduc
tion of Outside Activi
ties to Be Enforced.
Tech for Omahans Only
Thirteen hundred teacher*, aupe
visors and principals of the public
school will meet on Monday morning
at 9, In the auditorium of Technical
High school, to receive their assign
ments for the school year and to hear
some suggestions by Supterintendent
J. If. Beveridge.
The schools will he opened for an
other year on Tuesday morning, with
exception of Technical High school,
which Is operated on a quarterly ba
sis. The new quarter of this school
will begin on September 23.
Two New Schools.
The new North Hleh school on
West Ames avenue will be opened
with E. E. McMillan as principal;
Fred Hill, assistant principal, and Ira
Jones In charge of athletics. North
Hleh will have a faculty of 35. with
complete manual training and house
hold art for features. This school will
receive from eighth to twelfth grades,
being one grade lower than Central
and South High schools. The cafe
teria of North High will be In charge
cf Madeline Marr.
Jefferson school, at Thirty-eighth
and Valley streets, will be opened
next Tuesday, this being the second
of the grade schools to be named aft
er the presidents.
For Omalians Only.
Superintendent Beveridge an
nounced that no more tuition students
will be received at. Technical High
on account of the increasing applies
tions from Omaha residents. Future
entrants must be residents of Omaha.
Within a few weeks » committee of
teachers will report on the minimum
essentials which should be observed
through the grades tn the study of
srithmetls. The superintendent al
ready has announced that he will en
fort# a reduction cf outside activities
In the schools beginnilng with the
new school year.
Plans are in preparation for dou
bling the size of South High school
at a cost of approtmatelv $350,000.
The new North High school, which
will open Tuesday, la both a Junior
and a senior high. Superintendent
of Schools J. 11. Beveridge declares
that numerous calls have been re
ceived at the Board of Education of
flee from residents who believe that
the new school Is only a Junior high
school offering only ninth and tenth
grade subjects. The new Institution
will have ninth, tenth, eleventh and
twelfth grade classc*
MANY EVENTS AT
OAKLAND FAIR
Oakland .Neh . Aug. 30.—Senator I
Tapper of Kansas will he the princi
pal speaker at the 12th annual
Burt count / fair, w hich will be held j
at Oakland. September 9 to 12. Sen
ator Caprer will speak on Septem
her 1?
The fair Is expected to be the
biggest ever held In Burt county and
a record breaking attendance is an
ticipated. Barnyard golf, sometimes
known a* horseshoes, has been add
ed to the program. In addition to
rhe horseshoe tournament there will
be a tennis tourney and a baseball
tourney.
The cattle, horses, sheep, hogs and
poultry department* report big ent^
lists. A big exhibit Is expected in
the women's department.
Ten thousand prizes will be given
to children on School and Educational
day, which Is the first day of the fair. I
BANDIT RELIEVES
WOMEN OF GEMS
Mr. and Mr*. Lelbowlti. 3122 Myi j
tie iv#nuf, and Mr*. A. Symona of
Chicago lout almoat $2.^00 in diamonds
Inft night wh*n n masked bandit held
them up after they had driven up to
thefr garage In the rear of the Lelbo
wit* home
I^elhowitx end Mrs. Symona were
ordered from the car and the bandit
took from Mrs I .elbow It x a 1.37
carat diamond ring and a platinum
wedding ring valued at $ 1,000 and a
threegtone diamond valued at 1^00
from Mrs. Svmone
Mrs. Symona atived her wedding
ring through her Inability to draw it
from her finger.
l.elbowltx la a Jeweler at 21S South
Fifteenth afreet.
Former Omaha Fisherman
Injured in Colorado Crash
Sp#*« Ini t>l«|Niti'h to The Omaha II*«
Fort Morgan, Colo., Aug. 30.- -
George V>nder, 4(1, formerly a fiaber
man on the MUeourl river at Omaha,
waa aerlouely Injured near here
Thursday when the rar which he waa
driving ran Into a ditch and upset.
Wender wap on hia wav to the rnoun j
I talna w here he flahe* durlnr the
summer.
Mali) Strangles in ( t ilt.
Tecumach. Neb, Aug. 10 \do1ph,
S month* old baby eon of Mr. and
Mr*. Rieka fUeken, liv ing near \ c*tn.
waa strangled to dr'ath when he
naught hit head between tha bars of
tha crib.
It Seems Getting to Be the Habit;
‘Pa’ Dempsey, 67, Weds Manicure, 26;
Hoke Smith, 69, Weds Secretary, 28
frCre gMS>ST HOKE^MTTM ]
Unite Smith, former I'nited States senator from Georgia and secretary
of interior In President Cleveland’s cabinet, now 69 years old. has been mar
ried in Pelham Manor. X. Y., to Miss Marie Crawford, IS, of Cnrdele, Ga.,
his secretary until recently. Senator Smith was a widower with several
grown children.
— ■ ■ — - --— _ --1 — ■ 1 - - s
I_I
Hiram Dempsey of Salt l<«Ue City weds Miss I^ttie Btasingame. Hiram
is 67; liis bride is 16, and a former manicure.
Speech at Omaha
to Launch Davis’
Campaign in \S est
Democratic (.arulitlate for
Presidency Scheduled to
I alk Here Sep
tember 6.
Chicago, Aug. JO.—John W. Davis,
democratic presidential candidate, will
opsn his western campaign with a
speech at Omaha, Neb., at S p. n>.,
September *, western campaign head
quarters announced here tonight. His
second address will tie at Denver,
Colo., at S p. m . September 11.
Mr. Davis' chief subject in his
Omaha speech will be agriculture it
was announc-d,. while at Den\er he
will give bis attention to conserva
tion. re-tarnation, mining and allied
subjects.
Denver will ruatk the western
terminus of his first wesiern trip,
latter, he plane a wide swing wiliiih
will take him to the Pacific coast.
The Itlnenary stso provides f ir a
visit o\»r Sunday with Charles W.
Bryan, Itis running mate at Lincoln,
Neb. The two leaders will take ad
vantage of the opportunity to confer
on thp campaign with especial at
tention to the west,
POLICE STOP ~
GASOLINE THEFT
*l>#rial lhwpatrh to Th# Omaha 11*#.
Fremont, »b . Aug. SO. — Insisting
that "California * not cracked all It's
cracked up to he" (Stover Fordwell.
stranded touriat, fined $5.00 for at
tempting to atcal gasoline, aold hi*
car to a wrecking company here for
$20 in order to pay hi* fine.
Fordwell with a companion, Pat
Kellogg, run out of ga* when they
arrived at Fremont from th* wept
cna#t rn route to their home* tn the
en*t. The pair were a Treated when
they were caught trying to drain
oasoline fmm a ga* tank on a taxi.
Police gave them petmiaalon to find
work in order to pay their fine* and
retrieve their car. Fordwell dlapoaed
of hla «ar for $20 nnd bought hi* re
Inane from the police.
FAMILY IN AUTO
HAVE CLOSE CALL
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 30—Clarence
Perkin*, wife anti two children of
Grand Fork*. N lv, etiroute to Au
burn, Nth. by auto, narrowly #*caped
tit nth when their big touting car
plunged off the Golden rod highway
two mile* ea*t of Fillev. Mr. Perkin*
w*i» attempting to pa** a team.
Mr. Pei kin* w .i» cut. acvcielv by
piece* of gin** from the windshield
and the younger of the two children
tecelvrd t broken arm, broken •boul
der and poa* 1 hie internal Inurle*. Mr*
Perkin* and the other child were
thrown clear of the machine, which
wa* tmdly Ntnaahed.
Fremont—-Itagtatr‘a Hon at Mu’
land college will begin on September
*. Ilr. »t. F Krueger, president. *n
nounced upon hla retttrn from a vaca
lion trip to Minnesota.
Ad-Sell League
to Open Season
on September 8
Program of M ell-Known
Speakers; Senator ^ . N.
Ferris to Talk Next
Monday.
The greatest series of speakers that
the club ha* ever offered is promised
with the opening of the Advertising
Selling league season. The first din-,
ner of the new season will be held
Monday evening September f. at the
Burgess N'ash restaurant.
Senator Woodridge N* Ferris of
lytchlgan win be the speaker. He
will st>enk on "Human Values ” Sena
tor Ferris, president of the Ferris
institute of Big Rapids, Mich., Is
one of the foremost eduestors of the
country.
He was twice elected governor of
Michigan and recently chosen sena
[ tor. He waa the only democratic
governor of Michigan in 35 years and
the only democratic senator from
Michigan In 70 years.
Some of the other prominent speak
ers promised are:
Capt. Jrvlng O'Hay, humorist, trav
eler and thinker. “Laughter and
Life.” September 15; eg-Oovernor
Henry J. Allen of Kansas, September.
70; Arthur Helror, "A Raid in
Psychic Fakery." September 7S; "Gat
tling Gun, Harry L. Fogieman.
sale* instructor of the Thomas
Cusack Co.. Chicago, from whom a
return engagement has been sought
for two years, rVof S. H. Clark of the
i'nlverslty of Chicago. "Kmotional
Knvlronment In Business.'
SHAVER’S WIFE
RAPS C. W. BRYAN
Fairmont. W. Va . Aug SO.—In a
letter which she declares "is not ln-|
| tended to be a political article, but a!
patriotic endorsement of national de
fen«a day." Mrs. Clem L. Shaver,
jnife of the chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, condemns
the pacifisi movement and aay, "the
I best w ay to prepare for peace is to
show the world that we are ready
for any emergency."
At one point in her lengthy letter,
1 which was addressed today to the
Fairmont West Virginian. Mis.;
Shaver refeis to t'harles W. ltrjan. ]
democratic vice presidential candi- j
dale, as a "well known pacifist" and
arks why "Mr. Brysn continues to
p.ck at and harp upon the coming!
obserxance of national defense day.;
insisting upon designating It a ' mill
tarintlc pro|riw.,H
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Troopers
Patrolling
City Streets
Sheriff and Deputies Barri
caded in Hospital Follow
ing Fatal Daylight
Gun Battle.
Fresh Outbreak Feared
B>- A«*oflHt«<l PrfiM.
Herrin, III., Aug. 30.—State troops
patrolled the streets of Herrin tonight
following a renewal ot klan and anti
klan rioting here today in which six
men were killed and at least five
wounded, one dangerously.
By International Area Swire.
Herrin, 111., Aug. 30.—Blood flowed
again today in "Bloody Williamson
county," when six men were killed
and at least three others wounded
In a fresh flare-up of the Ku Klux
Klan "war" that ha» stirred the
county repeatedly in the last two
years. •
Four klansman. one deputy sheriff,
and a bystander lost their lives, a
court bailiff is dying and at least two
other men were wounded.
The dead:
Deputy Sheriff Bud Allison.
Green Dunning.
Chester Reid.
Dewey X’ewbolt.
Charles Willard. z
Otto Roland.
The known wounded are: Carl Sh -1
ton, shot In arm: Herman Chcmeister,
bailiff in the Herrin city court, ex
pected to die.
Sheriff George Galllgan, first re
ported as wounded, was found unin
jured at the hospital, at the bedside
of Chemeister. Gailigan said he was
waiting for troops to arrive.
Sheriff Tells Story.
His own version of the shooting at
the John Smith garage, where the
killings took place, wes told as he
watched at the bedside of the dying
man.
"Deputies Bud Allison. Ora Thomas
and the two Shelton brothers and 1
want to John Smith's garage, on in
structions of States Attorney Delos
Duty, to secure an automobile In
which Jack Skelcher, alleged assail
ant of S. Glenn Young and wife, was
shot and killed last February. The
court had ordered the car taken to
Marion and sold at auction there.
""’hen we entered the garage a
number of kiansmen were there.
"We saw X'ewbolt sitting In a
chair, with four revolvers In his lap.
A* h# spied us he seized one of his
weapons and fired at us. Deputy
Sheriff Allison dropped, killed In
stantly.
Fifty Shots Fired.
"We returned the fire and other
kiansmen in the garage Joined in
too. Fifty shots were exchanged.
"I understand a number of armed
kiansmen from Marion are coming
over tonight. I hope It is not true.
But I am prepared for them. They’ll
wish they had not come."
An ominous hush hung over the
town of bloody history tonight, as
It prepared again for the march of
soldiers' feet and the tense peace of
martial law. The few men who were
seen on the streets carried guns
openly, or in bulging pockets.
Reports of 13 other men wounded
In the fighting today were not con
firmed.
Today 's outbreak is th# latest of a
series that have marked the long
record of the county and made it
known throughout the state and
country as "Bloody Williamson.”
In 1SS1 the m.ners and mine own
ers had trouble. The miners objected
to Importation of foreigners to man
the mines. Ill feeling brewed Into a
hatred that flared up suddenly into
a bloody clash. In w hich 33 men were
shot to death, their bodies mutilated
and then piled along one of th# main
highways leading from th# town of
Herrin to the mine fields.
Troops Re-tore Order.
Then, last winter Ku Klux Klan
members and others declared they
were going to clean up the county of
bootlegger* and moonshine makers.
A clash followed. Several jwsons
were shot down In the s’.reets. Troops
went to the seen* before quiet w.is
restored.
Again last February there was a
sudden reopening of the winter af
fray. A constable was shot to death,
several persons were wounded. An
attack was made on a hospital where
several wounded were being treated.
Windows were *hol out, door* splin
tered and the lives of a score of pa
tients endangered. Again stats
troops w-er* sent down, this tints to
the number of several thousand. For
days, machine guns and soldiers car
rying bayonet-tipped rifles were at
principal street Intersections In th*
main part of the business district
Personal appeals by General Fore
man brought the warring faction*
together finally in a strained truce
that had been effectual up to por e .
weeks ago.
Fremont—Ov er 300 attended the
annual picnic of the Knights of
Pythias of this district held at the
Pcthlan |vu k, west of Fremont.
State officers present were Grand
Chancellor Via ud J. Sherman of
Hastings and Past Giand Chancellor
F S FJewlck, Lincoln. Dele* a tier a
of Knights and Pyth an Sister* from
lodges at "ahoc Schu-’er, Hooper.
Tekamali. "altlUU and Deo*tup sera
in attendance^ -
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