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1 CITY EDITION u-i* j vnr rj no 70 OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924.* TWO CENTS'
500 SLAE® *N CHINESE CIVIL WAR
BUTLER AGAIN NAMED FOR GOVERNOR’I
Globe Fliers
Delayed at
Pictou Now
^Airmen Will Not Jump to Bos
ton Until Friday Be
cause of Damage to
Smith’s Plane.
Locatelli Has Arrived
By Associated Press
Pictou, N. S., Sept. 3.—The Amer
ican army aviators will not hop off
for Boston until Friday at the ear
liest. This announcement was made
by Lieutenant Smith, in command of
the world flight. Immediately on the
Arrival of the planes this afternoon.
Smith landed minus his rear spread
er bar connecting the pontoons, and
this damage will have to be leiaired.
Lieutenant Smith and Lieutenant
Nelson, the American army round the
■world fliers, with their assistants,
Lieut. Leslie T. Arnold and Lieut.
John Harding, jr., taxied into Pictou
| harbor at 4:38 eastern standard time,
* this afternoon, after a flight from
Hawftes Bay, Newfoundland. They
made the Journey in six. hours and 26
minutes. «
The successful negotiation of the
flight across the water from New
foundland to Pictou leaves the Amer
ican aviators with only one other hop
orer the sea—a flight from here to
Boston. Tt Is expected they will make
this Friday, with a stop for refueling
at St. John, N. B.
B.v FRANCIS J. TIETSORT,
I'nlversttl Service Staff Correspondent.
Boston, Sept. 3.—Lieutenant Loca
ted!, the Italian aviator rescued off
Greenland by the American cruiser
Richmond, with his four pilots and
mechanicians, Crossio, Marescalchi,
Rraedni and Farcinelll, nrriged here
today from Indian Harbor, Labrador,
^ " ..ird the destroyer Lawrence.
* "Their return to civilization after
harrowing experiences in Arctic wa
ters for three days off Pape Fare
well, Greenland, contributed a thrill
ing ttip. The record breaking run of
the Lawrence, which averaged for
1,216 miles through good and had
weather, 21 knots an hour to Boston,
w ,u marked by unusual Incidents.
The ship, fleetest in the United
States navy, made an hour's record
run on Tuesday of 44 12 land miles
an hour for one hour nearing Halifax,
and after leaving Halifax, came
within 51) feet of running down a
fishing schooner in the dense fog. At
midnight Tuesday the lAwrence was
stopped when a lookout saw what he
believed to be an airplane In distress
come down to the water through the
fog into the choppy sea.
Tell of Privations.
The Lawrence circled the spot and
blew Its whistle for half an hour, hut
the plane, believed to have carried
motion pleture films of the world
flight, could not be found.
It was a wearied group of corre
spondents and photographers who
left the Lawrence at Boston navy
yard, most of them having been ab
sent from the United States since
July 13. They told of privations,
hunger, dangers from raging storms
in Labrador, and of how they pursued
eeals, polar bears on icebergs outside
of Indian Harbor, snd of attacks by
myriads of mosquitoes. They brought
beck a score of young Eskimo doge,
some with their eyes scarcely opened.
Lieutenant Located! expressed bis
jfcatltude to the American navy for
his rescue and the "magnificent
tieatment accorded me and my com-'
panions by officers and by American
journalists.” He expects to receive
(Turtl (n Pare Two, I olutnn Three.)
We Have
With Us
Today
Henry Keating,
Lumber Dealer,
Riverton, VVyo.
.Sixteen years ago, at Denver, Colo.,
when W. J. Bryan was nominated
the third time, by X. J. Dunn of
ninaha, three Omaha Henrya attend
,,j that convention, One was Henry
1 ■ .ling, noiv a resident of Riverton,
\Vy«, , and visiting the folks hack in
the old home town.
Mr. Keating Is now president of
the Farmers’ Lumber company of
Riverton and he Iss a member of the
town council. The good news he
brings from bis district Is that the
cattle and sheep men have been rats
lug themselves out of the elough of
(Ifapond into which they sank In iU20.
"Sheep and cattle men are heck on
| their feel," is the way he expressed
’ it. He Mated that crops are fine and
1 t lie people generally are prospering,
II,. has been over in Chicago, visiting
a daughter. •
lb believe* that Coolldge and Dawes
w, 11 l.e the favorites this fall In Wyo
mlng. He noted Improvement* jn
Omaha and stated that the people of
I Wyoming are interested in hearing of
Ll osperlty In Nebraska, because the
Bp^ieople of tbs two states are bound
together by the ties of western good
f fueling.
JPheat Receipts Fall
to 102 Cars
Wheat receipts at the Omaha
market Wednesday were 102 cars
and com receipts, 25 cars. No. 2
hard wheat sold at from $1.12 to
$1.21 and No. 2 yellow chrn at
*1.10 1-2.
On the corresponding day a
year ago wheat receipts’ were 274
cars and corn, 48 cars, at which
time No. 2 hard wheat sold foa.
from $1.05 to $1.08 and No. 2 yel
low corn at 82 1-2 cents.
y-'
Angry Parents
Storm Chicago
School Building
Women Faint and Pupils
Trampled as Mob Protests
Against Change of
Classes by Board.
By A. J. LORENZ,
t'nlversnl Service Staff rorre,pendent.
Chicago,. Sept. 3.—The school bell j
shall not ring today!
Nor tomorrow!
Such'was the battlecry, adapted i
from McGuffey's reader, which 600
parents of the Harper school district
shouted today despite their loss of
the first skirmish—their attempt to
obtain a legal Injunction against the
transformation of a grammar school |
into a junior high school.
Their tempers bitter over the
change which they claim will endan
ger the lives of younger children,
inert and women stormed the Harper
chool this morning and again this
afternoon. Police reserves were
called out to quell the disturbance ,
which took on the proportions of a
riot.
They were swept aside by the angry
mob of parents.
Tonight police guards have been
stationed about the school and the
row of distant portable buildings to
which the change banishes the little
children.
Fear Incendiarism.
The school authorities expressed a
fear that the portables might be
burned down to prevent their use for
harboring younger children.
"We won't have our babies freeze
In the portables," cried one of the
women speakers, haranguing the
irate parents.
In the crush of the mob, women
fainted. Junior high school pupils who
sought vainly to enroll were trampled
down.
Cooler counsel, It seemed, would
prevail today when threats were
made by parents to rush the school,
rout the teachers and Install their
own instructors for elementary
grades. When a second attempt was
made to open the school to high
school pupils this afternoon another
army of parents moved on the build
ing—this time an amazon drmy.
"We will return each clay until we
win our fight.” they ahouted at Prin
cipal Walter J. narrower.
I ii J ii >i< lion Denied.
“We are going to keep up this tur
moil until the school hoard's plan Ih
defeated."
The injunction sought by the
parents against the school hoard was
denied by Judge George P. Hush this
morning, but the Jurist gave them
a faint ray of hope when he an
nounced that their attorneys might
have two more daya to file an amend
ed petition.
The feud between parents and
school authorities resulted from an
attempt to place the younger chil
dren of the dlatrlct In portable bulld
ings, using the building proper for
a Junior high school, to aid in cutting
down the shortage of achool rapacity.
Meanwhile, the children are enjoy
ing extra. holldnys, frolicking in the
school yard, their din making it Im
possible to enroll the high school
pupils in the grammar school build
ing.
Married in Council Bluff*.
Tha following paraona obtained ma
; iag* llceneea Tn Council Hluffa yeatei
.lay:
William T Sutcliffe, Omaha .21
Thelma Idee- he. Omaha 21
•Mm fCcketeln. Karnam, Nab. .24
Florence Moor**, TJothenburg. Neb
• heeler Roaenfcnuin. Kennard. Nab ....22
Dora Plerka. Bennington, Neb.is
Roy Henry. Kunaae City. M<> . ' <
Neill* Hrndrbka. Council Hluffa .21
Matthew Innater Srhonkn. S« huyler. Neb 21
i’lein M Rrhroeder, 8»hu\ler, Neb. .. 21
Oeorga Fran* la Span* *r, Omaha 2f«
J’eail opal Duncan, Mlanourl Valley, la. 21
Arthur Kent snide. Valley. Neb.22
Dorothy F. H< hraeder. Waterloo, Neb. . .IS1
lfnmer A McCrana?. Council Bluff* ....♦*
Alice Da via. Dea Molnea. la. IS
Michael o.Taaph Duhlgc. Fremont, Nab. Sfl
Anna Melntoati. Mondamin )a.*•
Kugenn Blrklar, Omaha .%.**
Anna horenaen. Omaha . 2*
t» R. Tlnkham. Omaha .
Lillian l.ydlck. Omaha "I
Ifarry Pa'kal. South pnrcheater, Nab 21
Julia JCaaparek, Tiber, Neb. ■•■■20
Louie Hronda, Omaha .-2|
mien * Nsstll 11
charlaa 1 ernard Janae*n Hooper Nah. 3::
Rllaabeth Margaret Sehrlefer, L.one '.’I
charlaa Batting Council Hluffa . . '>2
Clara Hogera. Kaniaa City, Mo.2■>
Artie Rtulmaker Fullerton Neb.21
Katie ojhnaon, Belgrade, Neb. ....... D*
Henry Srhulg, Omaha . SI
Hetty Tlmmler, Omaha . ....*&
Olof Johnaon. Mlnden, Neb...».3S
Kva Jacoha. Mlnden, Neb....2S
■Ire Donelar.n, ftmaha .3“
I'llcabath Palmer, (imaha . Si
Ted Font eh. Imogene. la . 21
Julia Cumintnga Omaha IS
Harman J Qutr^in, Burlington, la. ,...33
Rather Trotter, L)ouglaa, Nai).....*7i
Riot Blame
on Sheriff
at Inquest
Witnesses Sweat Officer and
Deputies Fired First Shots
in Gun Battle in Which
Six Were Slaiip
—•
Soldiers Forestall Fracas
By Associated Pretts.
Herrin, 111., Sept. 3.—Sheriff George
Galligan and his deputy, Ora Thomas,
were charged with having fired the
first shots in the encounter last Sat
urday between his force and a group
of Ku Klux Klansmen in the early
testimony ^iven today at the Inquest
held Into the deaths of the six men
slain in front of the Smith garage.
Dave.Sisk, a witness and an employe
of the Smith garage, asserted the
sheriff and his deputy fired the shots
that killed Chester Reid, who has
been generally described as an Inno
cent bystander, but not an active
participant in the gun fight.
Sisk also testified that he saw
Thomas holding Green Dunning, one
of the three klansmen slain In the
encounter, and that this was Just a
moment before Dunning dropped from
several bullet wounds. He . added,
however, that he did not actually see
the shooting of Dunning, and that he
could not say who fired the fatal
shots at Dunning.
Contrary to the expectations of
everyone here. Herrin today assumed
an air of calmness. Sheriff Galligan
and his deputies, who yesterday said
they would come to Herrin this morn
ing “armed with machine guns, if
necessary" and would go to the Smith
garage and "get the car they went
after Saturday,” remained in Marion.
Soldiers on Guard.
A dozen soldiers wearing steel hel
mets and heavily armed were placed
all about the room and outside of the
door of the courtroom where the In
quest is In progress. Every person
entering the courtroom was searched
for arms. Inside the soldiers stood
with rifles and bayonets fixed. At
the head of the table where the cor
oner and his assistants sat and Just
back of the witness stand, one sentry
with an automatic rifle held at port
arms sat at rigid attention.
To the rear of the Judge's bench
another soldier had at his finger
tips a half dozen hand grenades.
Coroner McGowan opened the Inquest
and all of the witnesses except one
testified favorably to the Ku . Klux
Klan side.
Charles Denham. In whose car
three of the slain men—Charles Wil
lard, Dewey Newholt and Green Dun
ning—were riding, testified thnt Gal
llgan, Thomas, the thjee Shelton boys,
and Deputy Sheriff J. II. (Bud) Alli
son. rushed his car, surrounded it
and sent a hall of bullets Into it. He
said he did not see any of the men
killed, as they were in the rear seat.
In the midst of the fight, he said,
“Bud” Allison hit him over the head
with a revolver, and he (Denham)
slumped to the floor ot the can "In
a dazed condition.”
Attorney lit Auto.
“Just before I turned dowAt West
Monroe street (ttie Smith garage Is
located on this street) I noticed
State's Attorney Delos Duly and
Judge Bowen sitting In an automo
bile," Denham testified. "This womnn
here (pointing to Miss Jane 1-nsslter,
Turn *n Paflit Two, Column Two.)
BRYAN TO MEET
DAVIS IN OMAHA
I/Incoln, Neb., Sept. 3.—Governor
Bryan will go to Omaha Saturday to
meet John W. Davis, democratic
presidential candidate, lie announced
today. The governor will return to
I.lndoln witli Mr. Davis, where ttie
latter will be his guest here Sunday.
The governor* planned* this after
noon to spend his tlma at the fair
grounds and this evening Is sched
uled to deliver a short talk to the
boys attending the camp.
Prisoner Found Guilty
of Attempt to Itiirn Jail
Callaway, Neb, Sept. :i I > C
Brown wan found gullt\ In .justko
rntirf it lit] $50 on it* clmrKG of
nttrmptlnK to burn tlm JnII. H** up
poalwl. Brown ban also nppro lot! the
*t#nU»nea of $35 fine and 30 day* In
Jail for drunkenness. Many Kuriisc*.
Brown's companion, vs ns fln#d $25
and sentenced to 30 dnys In Jail fort
driinkf*nnswA.
Houses to Be Numbered.
Nebraska City, Sept. ;t \ Imm
numbering: campaign is on In till;
c|ty Tha city commissioner* *• 1 • *»'t• 1
a resolution tn cooperate with Up'
< h.'mbcr *of tYontneri •• and the po‘t.l
department In hHvliiR nil residence*
in the city marked
Canning Factory Opens.
Norfolk, Sept. 3 The rv\ ♦« i • tn
crop In this locnllty will bo heavier
than Inst your. Th« local tnnnhiR
factory has atartod operations, etn
ployiriR about 900 persons. Tb«
tomato nop hare Is ahurtei than u
year ago.
. ♦
“Pop” Geers, Veteran of Tarf, Dies
Following Accident in Sulky
Race Track Driver for More
Than Half Century Re
ceives Fatal Injuries
When Horse Falls.
Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 3— Ed
ward F. (Pop) Geers, veteran of the
race track, died here tonight from in.
juries sustained In a race at the
Wheeling state fair grounds this aft
ernoon.
Geers was injured when his horse,
My Rady Guy, fell, throwing Geers
md the eulky In a heap. Before track
officials could reach him .the horse
stepped on his chest. He was taken
to a Wheeling hospital unconscious.
Geers was in second place when the
accident occurred.
Geers, whose home Is In Memphis,
Tenn., was 73 years old. He had
been driving on the race tracks for
more than BO years and was known
as the "grand old man of the turf.”
At the bedside when death came
were Robert Neal, his nephew, and
I.afe Schafer and Reddle Patterson,
nationally known horsemen, who
have been lifelong friends.
Geers never was conscious from
U. S. Gets Praise
at League Meet
Readiness of Nation to Arbi
trate Stressed by Nor
wegian Delegate.
% _______
By Anwelated
Oeneva. Sept. 3—Prime Minister
.MacDonald of England and Premier
llerriot of France brought the weight
of the governments of the British em
pire and the French republic to the
support of the league of nations today
when they attended the session of the
league's assembly.
A great audience which filled every
Inch of space In the hall gathered to
greet the premiers and accorded tham
an enthusiastic welcome, hut did not
have the pleasure vf hearing either
speak.
The feature of today's discussion
was the laudatory remarks of Dr.
Fridtjof Nansen of Norway, concern
ing America's traditional adhesion to
the Idea of arbitration. Ha empha
sized the importance of the declara
tion for adherence to the A-orld court
of justice made by Secretary of Stale
Hughes and Indicated to th* delegates
and other auditors his Impression that
the entire force of the United States
would inevitably be cast In support of
any reasonable arbitration develop
ment as a mentis of preserving pence.
FOUR INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENTS
Nebraska City. 8epV 8—Mrs. Hen
ry Brown of this city*was quite se
verely Injured at a point near Union
when the car in which she waa riding
with her husband was stiuck by an
other car and overturned. The si
cident was caused by a huge dust
cloud.
A large touring car driven by Wil
liam Bader of this rlty overturned
Just en«t of the Burlington bridge
on the Iowa able of the river and
Miss Billie Taft of Norfolk, a pas
senger, received a badly sprained an
kle.
Paul Simpson and Ralph Hnmntond
of this city were severely bruised
when the car In whlrh they were
on their way to Auburn ran Into an
embankment and waa wrecked. A rod
nn the enr was broken, causing the
driver to lose control of the machine.
[Traveler Report* Corn
Thrifty in Three States
Beatrice, Sept. 3.—John Foster,
grain denier St Ellis, ha* returned
from an auto trip to Minnesota and
Iowa. Mr. Foster reports that corn
In sections of South Dakota, north
east Nebraska and northern Iowa
looks thrifty and hns had plenty of
moisture, but needs warm weather
until October 1 to make a bumper
crop.
Women Voter* to I,earn of
‘(irt Out iln* Vote Campaign’
The opening gun In the “(Jet Out
| The-Vote Campaign** *ponm>re«l by th«*
, League of Women Voter*, will be
fin <1 1 odnv when the 1* cooperating
organist Inn* will inert with reprr
*<Dfit(illv#M of the league nt room 816
Y. M <* A , nt .*1 oVlooJi
MI mm Hut h M< Intonli, national or
penlzer, will l*e in attendance.
Dios When Driving.
Old. N*b., Kopt. 1--H*nry Mar
■ liiard, raaldant of thl* city for tha
p.-iat lb yaara, died of h>*iirt fnlluro
whlla driving from t)rd to Krbaon
Sunday. H* »aa arooniponlrd by hi*
■ m In low. I.ynn ninkaly of lamp
t'lty. hi* non, !>‘iinl(l Montunrd, nn»l
l-M MMlar of fiumtar
-a
Ni *\V School lh •atly.
Kh Irbury. Hept. 1 The in w $200,
fooo high school liulltlliik will he com
pleted this week In time for the open
ing: of the year's work Monday. All
! teachers have beer enuused with the
exception of one In the grades Fifty
| are employed in the Fairbury schools.
"Poo Geers_ /*rt.
the moment he was thrown head first
from his sulky onto the race track.
Physicians assigned hin death to
shock and internal injuries.
Leopold to Fen
Account of Life
Slaver Will Include Frank
Philosophy on Motives
Which Inspired Crime.
By CARL W. HARRIS.
Tnternatlonsl »«« Staff Correspondent.
Chicago, Sept. 5—A story of hi«
life, to include a frank dlacuaslon of
the phtloaophy which made possible
commiaalon of the “crime for a
thrill" and which for weeks permitted
him to remain the casual spectator
at the trial for his life w hile prosecut
ing attorneys denounced him aa a
! murderer, is to be written by Nathan
Leopold, Jr.. Immediately after Judge
John R. Caverly pronounces sen
tence upon him September 10 for hla
! part in the slaying of Bobby Franks.
The book, which also will contain
| an outline of the young collegian a
I beliefs and disbeliefs, will ha offered
1 for sale to the highest bidder.
Announcement of his determination
‘ to write it. was made today and this
| plan will not be altered, he said, re
gardless of whether the decision of
Judge Caverly sends him to the gal
lows, or plaees him In Jail for life.
It is probable, Leopold Indicated,
that his masterpiece in which he will
give to the world his "sjperman"
theories, will he sold to some news
: paper and in thia connection he de
1 dared he would take Into considers
1 tlon not only the monetory offers
but €lso the personality of the re
; porter* making the offers
ROTARY OFFICIALS
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
Speeinl Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Hastings, Neb., Sept. 3. — Plans for
Increased activity along many lines
were .diet u seed at the conference to
day of Hotarv executive* of three
states. Plsti let Oovernor Rofelty
presented the program outlined by
the national president and approved
hy the national board. This calls
for a monthly letter from the gover
nor, intercity meetings and adoption
of rules for surveys, organisation of
committees, acceptance of member*
and preaentatlon of charters. The
visitors were taken on a tour of the
city this nfternoon and tonight were
guest* at a tanquet to which nearby
Rntnry clubs were invited.
(iasolinc 1‘rirp Cut
Demanded at \urora
Aurora, Neb., Sept. 3 Sontimenl
in favor of the Installation of an in
dependent gasoline station was found
|o be extremely strong at a merlins
of the chamber of commerce and un
less a lower price is granted by com
imnles operating filling stations here
action will be taken soon Rasollne li
said to lie selling at Central City foi
IS cents and In other places as low
is 10 and 11 cents. The price here
is still I? cent- at most stations.
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Hock Nlantl Knitter* •
l iirci' of rVlegwpliers
UcUItt. Nell, Sept. S KffecUv*
at oner, the Rock Islam! ♦railway ha*
ordered the operator at the station
tier© removed. It la an id the railway
has taken off 40 operator* on the Ne
hraakA division. between Council
Rlllffa and Denver, moat of them at
Mtntlona where more than one man
wna employed, th© move being a r©
trenchment in operating expense*.
(iirl Hurt ih < ,ar 1 'part.
Beatrice. Sept I Ml«n MiUkS
I'.Ihi 1.1>urii. mem her nf h party nf »"
autolnta, Who hmtly hurt, when the
touring enr In which they worn rid*
Ing cr.'inhcd Into n ncilnn owned hy
H. t'nrlnnn, Union Pacific .igent hem,
which had hrtkn parked nt tha curb
Thu touring enr turned completely
ov»r Minn Blackburn. Who wnn In
jurad about tha hack and ahouldcra,
wna taken to a hoapltol.
•) * - W
Progressives
Act Despite
Pool Ruling
Full Slate of State Officers to
Be Put in Field- by
Using “Petition"
Method.
Objections Now Met
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Hoc.
Lincoln, Sept. 3 —For the second 1
time In 60 days the state central com
mittee of the Nebraska progressive
party today placed fan B. Butler
bf Omaha in nomination as a candi
date for governor. At the meeting
held today, W. U. Green, secretary,
stated that all legal entangle
ments which caused Charles W.
Bool, secretary of state, to refuse to
put Butler s name on the progressive
ballot when he was first nominated,
had been removed and this time Bool
would have no valid excuse for keep
ing Butler's name off the ballot.
To make assurance doubly sure
however Butler's name will also lie
placed on the ballot "by petition,”
thus making him a two time candi
date.
Butler was present when the neml
nation was made. He was called upon
by J. M. Paul of Harvard, state chair
man, for an address.
"I am deeply grateful, gentlemen,
I for this selection, and I am not un
mindful of the responsibility it places
on my shoulders," Butler said. "This
is a propitious time to put forward
the progressive thought of the na
tioti and the state, and you can rest
assured that in my candidacy for gov
ernor I will be out flat footed for
Robert M. Jjl Foilette for president.
There will l«e no riding of two horse«
on the presidential question In my.
candidacy.
To Fleet Other Officers.
"In a small way, as city commie
sioner at Gmaha, I have written and
pushed through, single-handed, some
of the progressive legislation in that
city. I forced other members of the
commission four different times to
demand and receive a reduction of
the electric light ratee in Omaha.
I also created the first municipal
coal yard in the state, although there
are others who are giving out to*£*'
state and nation that they are'the
authors of the first municipal coal
yard ordinance. The time is here,
gentlemen, for the progressives of
; i he state to gather under one banner
, and give the common people the
'legislation and government they do
serve I assure yotl 1 will do all in
my power to aid in this truly prog
ressive fight."
In addition to assuring the p**r
ing of Butler's name on the pro
gressive party ticket, the state com
mittee empowered W H. Green, the
sectary, to write to a number of
I prominent progressives and ascertain
f they will consent to become eandl
ates for state offices "by petition
The aim of the committee in tak- j
' ing this action la to cut the number
■ if votes which C. »V Pool, b "•
| Bollen. and other candidates w ho
| grabbed the progressive as well as
! democratic nomination w 11 receive by
; virtue of Butler hauling the pro
(Turn to I*. «r Two. folu«l«» <>*•«* )
TWO MINERS MEET
DEATH IN BLAZE
Butte, Mont , Sept 3.—Arthur King
and Monte Allen, miners' trapped or.
the 178 foot level of the Seymour mine
In West Butte last ntght by a fire
which destroyed the shaft house and
the engine room, were found dead by
rescuers early thl* morning. FIffort*
to revive them failed.
,tohn King, who had been working
wl h the two, fought his way to safe j
tv through the shaft at the expense j
of some burns.
Many Nebraskan* to Co
to Legion Convention
Norfolk. Sept. 3 Many member* of
the American l egion end Ameriren
legion auxiliary here ate making i
reservations on special train* at Sioux
City and Omaha which will take the |
veteran* to the St. Paul convention J
on September 10. Frank A Worner. ,
a member of the national legislative
committee, ha a returned from Bt.
Paul, where he ha* Wen working on
the housing program, and report* ar
i mgement* made to take rare of a
record breaking crowd of visitor* He
reports that the Nebraska delegation
will probably be the largest
Syracuse Paves Street*.
Syracuse. Neli , Sept 3. Syracuse
completed J2 Mocks of paving Mon
day and council pasacd an ordinance
creating an additions] district which
will give a mile and a half of paving
and connect the 11 tiding highway at
opposite corner* of the town with
hard surfaced street*
\ allc\ Fair Successful.
Ord. Neh . 8#pt. 3 Valley eount>
fair prtA wl u flnom la I auerraa. For
two or thr*# y#ar* prrvloualy th# fllr
had h#on a loalng propolittoti flnan
dally. Th# manager* ar# preparing
for a bigger and h#tt#r fair n#it
ytar.
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DETECTIVES PROBE
‘DROWNING’ CASE
Binghamton, N. V., Sept. 3.—De
:ectlves have begun an investigation
of reports received here that Dr. Mar
shall J. Thompson, 30 years old, of
Mobile, Ala., who was believed to
have drowned in Silver lake, near
here, had been seen in California. Dr.
Thompson's cap anfi his overturned
canoe were fround on the lake last
July, but the body was never recov
ered, although the police searched for
several days.
Labor Federation
in State Endorses
La Follette. Slate
.
State President in Bitter At
tack on Defense as
“Scheme to Rouse
Savage Instincts.”
By AmorlRted PrfM
Hastings, Neb., Sept. 8—The Ne
braska atate federation of labor un
animously endorsed the legislative
and political program of Senator Rob
ert M. La Follette and his running
mate. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, in
dependent candidates for president
and vice president, and heard a bit
ter attack on the war department's
plans for National Defense Test day,
September 12, by N. W. Stewart,
state president, at the 17th annua!
meeting of the organization here to
day.
President Stewart's denunciation of
Defense day. which ha characterized
"a new scheme to arouse the savage
Instincts in man" and "an effort to
drum up the war spirit." cams during
his annual report to the convention
"The p»ae« movement In this eoun
try is again in danger,” he said.
"Those ablaze with dollar patriotism!
and craving huge profits have]
thought of a new scheme to arouae j
the savage instincts in man.
"The w-ar department has decreed
that we shall have a general moblll
ration day on September 12. General
mobilization day is plainly the gi
gantic publicity scheme of 'he war
jingoes who control the war depart
ment. It is simply an effort to drum]
up the war spirit.
frees Summed of I'nion Tabcl
"Rut it is hoped that the American
people will not fall for this publlcl'y
iwiddle of the militarists. All we^
want is to forget all about w ar and I
W let alone to rest in peace for all
time."
r rogress In eliminating the 12-hour
day In state institutions has been
made in the last year, according to
Stewart's report. He also told the
‘-■invention that endorsement of the
Midwest I,abor News of Omaha had
i ren withdraw n been se of allege 1 red
propaganda and articles derogatory
t,. the American Federation of I^sbor
He urged support of union label
league* as means of promoting union
mods goods.
Referring to child labor. President
Stewart sold:
"Child labor slavery in industry has,
become a well-organised system under)
our capitalist regime, the incentive of j
which is cheap labor. The shackling ;
of innocent children with the chains)
of wage slavery by unscrupulous em
plovers Is one of the darkest blot- |
upon a society calling Itself civIHcd." |
He recommended the federation
urge the stats legislature to ratify the ,
national child Inbor constitutional
intendment, asserting “the people of
the United States ars the masters of
both congresses and court*, not to
overthrow the constitution but to:
overthrow the men who pervert the
constitution.”
"Open Shop" Denounced.
The pun shop" was also do
noifnced. “With all the eils that »ur ■
round it, it has almut run its course,"
be asserted "The idea of labor orga
nintion has come to stay. Better feel I
ing and a clearer spirit of understand-1
Ing exists between al! branches of the
labor movement."
President Stewart said he would of
fer a resolution on workmen s com
penaation which he has prepared to j
the executive committee for consul ]
oration, to simplify the working of
the present state law. which, h* said.)
Is now needlessly complicated.
Committee* appointed Included: ;
BesoUwlon*. I S. Betzer, Tdncoin, I
chairman. Otis Ketchum. Omaha, O.
K. Gray, Omnhn: law* and const :tu
tlons Frank Mansell. Omaha, chair
man: union label. O K Gray. Omnlia. ;
chairman. 1. S TUtzer, Idm-oln, sec
retary. O F Smith, Lincoln
131 Old Settler* Register.
Aurora, Neb.. Sept. 8—On# hundred
and thirty one old art Mere who came
to thle county more than 40 veare
•yn were re*1atered at the Hamilton
rountv fair laat work and will aaalet
with plana for lha Pioneer Pajra oele
bratlon here Ortoher R 10.
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Battle Now
Raging Over
15-MileLine
More Than 1,000 Wounded
in Addition to Those
Killed; Artillery Active
Along Fighting Front.
Powers Ready to Land
Huang Tu, China. Sept. 3—On a
15-mile front extending on either side
if this little Chinese village, }.he long
imminent menace of civil war be
tween the provinces of Kiangsu and
Jheklang flamed Into action today
with the result that nightfall found
500 dead and more than 1,000 wound
•d strewn over the countryside.
As the heavy firing of the after
noon dimmed Into Intermittent artil
lery exchanges with nightfall, the
Chekiang forces who are defending
ihe Shanghai district against the st
ack of the forces representing Kiang
su. claimed a slight advantage, placing
their total dead at 100 as against a
oss of 400 for the Kiangsu attackers.
The fighting today was mostly con
fined to artillery, neither side ap
parently being anxious to engage the
ither at close quarters for the pres
ent. The Chekiang forces claimed
that nine Kiangsu field piece* had
seen silenced in the artillery duel.
Feverish activity behind the Che
Iciang lines was reported tonight.
Troop trains and munitions are being
rushed to the front. Thousands of
:oolies have been Impressed a^p-labor
Satalllo^s to carry supplies and am
munition up to the troop lines.
Red Cross contingents are busy
establishing field hospitals and treat
ing the wounded eg they struggle
back from the battle line.
A grim feature of the busthng ac
tivity fonight was the arrival of hun
dreds of new coffins on a special
train._ They were of elaborate make
and within a few hours after their
arrival 50 had been filled
Shanghai, Sept. 3—Telegrams re
ceived tonight at- Chekiang head
quarters from Canton and Mukden
indicate the opening of hostilities at
Huang Tu between the rival forces
of Kiang and Chekiang provinces
may be the spark which will set all
China aflame.
Canton reports that Dr. Sun Tat
Sen. ru*er of South China, is organ.x
ing an expedition of 10/>00 for an Im
mediate drive northward.
Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war
lord, la reported moving a big force
southward beyond Shang Hal Kuan
for an attack upon Wu Pei Fu g Chi
hli forces. Wu Pei Fu has been sup
porting the Kiangsu movement to re
gain Shanghi. and Chang Tso Lm is
believed seizing the strategic moment
for another dnve to secure control of
Pekin.
The foreign settlement remained
quiet here tonight. The French vol
unteers were called out late today
and preparation* for the defense of
the settlement are going on quietly.
Two hundred Japanese marines are
expected from Japan tomorrow
aboard the cruiser Tatsua to rein
force the International forces now
here.
B> I nlo-tMl Serr-iee.
Washington. Sept. 3.—Hostilities
broke out between rival Chinese mill
tary leaders today within 15 miles cf
Shanghai, according to a report mad"'
to the State department this aft t
noon by Kdwin S Cunningham.
American consul general.
French naval forces, Mr. Cunning
ham asserted, were to be landed in
the French concession at Shan gh
In the evening, and American. Brit
ish, Italian and Japanese contingents
In the harbor were preparing to lar. i
forces to protect the foreign seitb
ments if necessary.
BROOKHART WONT
STUMP FOR PARTY
Be* Mottle*, la. Sept 3—Sen.it
Smith W Brookhart will not take p it
In the campaign in Iowa on 1-eh.vlf
of the republican national tt -jet, but
will *!ve his attention *Mely to hi*
own ram pa ten for re elect ion acccr.
in* to an announcement by the etate
republican headquarter* here today.
The headquarter* in cha-ce f B B.
Bumqutet, etate central committee
chairman. I* arranging speaking en
gagement* for g •verncr of the proer
nen? repuhllcan* of the state
I'eachrr Pif« in Prr«t*nr«
’ of Sundiy Sfliool l la -
I'reightorv Neb Sept K 1
Witwrer. TI. died here ju»t after he
had finished teaching hi* Sunday
school das*, expiring with a Bible in
hit hand Heart ttvuHe was the cause
of death
Colfax Fair Oprne.
I ehigh. N-!' Sert TI e OM I
county f*lr opened tcslay with an tm*
men** display of Itveetock and agri
cultural exhibits Lehigh won a bait
game wuh Madison by the eccj-* ,f
I t« 1 Batteries were, l^elgb. Bolen*
and Lit tl*man; Madison Kline an I
Nealy.
Hunter W mimlni.
Kwln*. Neb Sept s hn Van
derehick who wa* hustling .lack rab
bit* in company with Anton Nekolit*.
was accidentally shot in the shoulder
and above an eye The wounds are
tied senou*.
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