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-—TY EDmoN y0L 54—NO, 86. OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1924. •* TWO CENTS ,B <F?v«h*>nli KHew'liA *' - Ij
Globe Now
Is Encircled
by Airmen
World Fliers Land at Rock
well Field, San Diego, Start
ing Plare of Their His
toric Flight.
Parents Greet Smith
San Diego. Cal., Sept. 22.—Amer
lea's round-the-world fliers returned
today to Rockwell field. Pan Pirgo,
from which they took off last March
to start on thpir globe-encircling trip.
As If to give good measure to an
achievement already heralded far and
wide, the fliers got In ahead of the
announced schedule, disappointing
part of a large crow which was as
sembling to meet and cheer them but
there was enough of a crowd on hand
to make the welcome a real one and
the aviators made It plain that they
appreciated the reception.
The announced plan is for the fliers
to resume tomorrow their trip to
wtrds Seattle, the official starting
'point of the flight around the world.
• They expect to leave for Sanla Mon
ica, at about noon.
At 10:34:48 a. m., Lieut. Lowell
Smith, commander of the squadron,
dropped the wheels of the air cruiser
on the ground of historic Rockwell
field, where the army turned out
many fliers for service In the world
war and where there still remains a
great establishment for the training
of American army aviators.
Special ora Cheer.
I/lent. Krlk Nelson, wlngmate
of Smith on the entire world voyage,
brought his ahlp to the field at
10:84:51, followed by Lieut. Leigh
Wade. 10:35.
Amid the crash of the hand, the
eheera of the epectators and the roar
of the propellers as Lieutenant Smith
taxied hla ship up to the deadline,
came a cry from the lips of Mrs. Jas
per Smith, mother of the world flight
commander. It was: “I want my
boy!”
From his seat in the forward eook
Pit Smith, his grime-covered face
eagerly acanntng the crowd for the
sight of those whom he loved best,
saw' his mother and father wildly
waving tiny American flags to at
tract his attention.
Major Shepley W. Fitzgerald, com
manding Rockwell field, sprang on to
the lower wing section. reached
t lirough the strut wires and shook
Smith's hand.
“Let me get down, major," said
Smith. "I want to get to mv mother ."
Jumping from the plane. Smith
rushed Into his mother's arms.
"My boy; my wonderful boy!" she
whispered as she kissed the flight
commander time and again. Smith’s
father, reaching the only spot on the
army aviator's face that was not be
ing smothered with kisses by his
wife, reached, his arm around both
and planted a resounding smack on
hie hoys right ear. It was more
than Lieutenant Smith could stand
and not give vent to his feelings.
Smith Weeps.
The man noted throughout the
American air service for his steel
nerve, hia stoical demeanor In the
fHce of the greatest danger, wept
softly as another mother, too. wept
for joy at the homecoming of ihe
globe airmen. She was Mrs. Hard
Ing, relief pilot and mechanic with
Lieutenant Nelson.
“Rod bless you." said Mrs. Hard
Ing ns she flung her arms around
h»r hoy's neck and kissed him. "find
has brought you hack safely to me."
Despite the triple patrol of blue
jackets, marines and cavalrymen,
Dol. Frank Lahm, air officer in
charge of the Ninth Corps area, who
, flew here from San Frandlsco to gn- t
, the aviators, and Major Fitzgerald,
had a difficult time fighting their
way to the flag-draped reviewing
aland. Lleutent's Nelgon, Ogden,
Harding, Arnold, Wade and Smith,
tha filers and their mechanicians,
with their relatives and members nf
the reception committee, finally w'ere
grouped together for the official wel
come.
York Jail Empty.
Tork, Sept. 22.—For the first time
sltie«t last Thanksgiving day York
rounty Jail Is now empty.
f —
We Have
With Us
Today
Irving Peak Johnson,
Bishop of Colorado,
Denver, Colo.
Minister, educator and now bishop
That 1» the record of Bishop John
son.
Onca Bishop Johnson was a resi
dent of Omaha. That was when Oma
ha was far different In appearand*
then It Is now. lie warn pastor of
HI. Andrew church here from 1821
to 18!M. From hero lie went to Min
neapolls end took the pastorate of
Oethsemene church, the downtown
parish there
After 12 years In that church the
bishop snswered a call to the Hen bury
Divinity school, at Faribault, Minn.,
where he was instructor In ecclesl
* • ^asttrsl history. In I2I7 h>- became
i ' ^fat.op of Colorado. He Is now here,
in that rapacity, attending the Kpla
•opal synod.
—
Omaha Makes Hit
With World
Fliers
Omaha appealed to the world-gird
ling aviators as a good place to stop.
They have said so.
Gould Dietz, who was an active
member of the reception and enter
tainment committees fur the army
officers, received a telegram from the
fliers today thanking him fur the kind
reception and assuring him that they
"would know where to stop next
time.”
The message was dated at Tucson,
Ariz.. arid rends:
"We all thank you for jour liospi
taltty and thoughtfulness while we
stopped in Omaha en route west. We
will certainly know where to stop
next time.”
The message was signed "Smith,
Arnold, Kelson,x Wade, Harding and
Ogden.”
Bandits Shoot
Fleeing Victim;
Held at O’Neill
Captured After Wounding
Youth, 17, in Hip; Get
$1.50 and Over
look $60.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
O'Neill, Neb., Sept. 22.—Edwin
Hear, 17, of Page. Neb., was shot in
the hip while trying to escape from
holdups while sleaJing a rido on ,an
oil train between Dong Pine and
O'Neill Sunday night. Hoar and sev
eral companions, who have been
working in the hay fields near Em
met, had spent Sunday at Dong Pine,
six miles east of Newport.
Two bandits started to work the
train. Hoar being accosted first. A
move on the part of another one of
the party caused the bandit with the
gun to divert it from Hoar and the
latter attempted to escape by run
ning to another car when he was
shot. The holdups then relieved the
others of their money, getting only
$ 1.50.
Hoar and Ms companions were
taken off the train at Atkinson,
where his wounds were attended and
the bandits were captured at O'Neill
by Sheriff Peter Duffy. When the
train airived at this point ihey were
Identified by Hoar and companions
and their guns which they threw in
the weeds along the right of way
later were recovered. Insurance re
ceipts and regular army discharges
on the two bandits gave the name of
one as George Heifner, 27, of F.owle,
Tex., 27, and the other Eurhannn
MeEllory, 25, formerly of Lincoln,
Neb.
Young Hoar, their victim, is the
son of Fred Hoar, business man of
Page. His wound Js not serious. The
bandits overlooked $00 he had con
cealed In his shoe when shot.
DAWES TO SPEAK
AT REAR OF TRAIN
Chicago, Sept. 22.—Detailed plans
for the western speaking trip of
Charles G. Dawes, republican candi
date for vice president, were being
formulated at the. headquarters of
the republican national committee
here today with a view to submit;
slon to the nominee before tie leaves
Wednesday night for Minnesota.
The trip into the far west as ten
tatlvely arranged will cover about 10
days or two weeks, starting about
October 4. and will provide for a
number of rear platform speeches.
Mr. Dawes returned from South T>a
kota declaring his readiness and de
sire to make rear platform speeches
wherever arrangements eould he
made nn his future tours.
The etates to be included in the
tour still were undetermined.
BRYAN ACCEPTS
KANSAS DATE
T.Irtroln, Neb., Kept. 22.—Governor
Bryan, democratic candidate for vice
president, will start his October cam
pujgn with a speech at Oherlln, Kan.
lie announced today be liad accepted
an Invitation to speak there October
4 st an agricultural fair.
The Kansas dale, Onvernnr Bryan
•aid, is the only definite engagement
thus far derided upon (or his cam
pulgn outside of Nebraska, where he
has been confined more or less to a
discussion of state Issues. The Ohpr
lin speech will he Bryan's second
campaign address In a bordering
state, hit* first having hen made near
Klk Point, 8. D.. on t.nbnr day.
Petition Seeks Reduction
in York County Bouri)
York, Hept. 22.—Following a poll
lion recently circulated In York
county to have on the ballots this
fall a proposal to buy ground for a
county fair, another petition I* now
Itelng i-Imitated making for a « hango
in the manner of county government
from the present representation of
20 supervisors to the commissioner
system with five men lo do the work.
York is the only county In Nebraska
having *o large a number <»f corn
mission*™.
Child Injured oil Slide.
Tectimseh. N‘;b.. Hept, 2d Ivalher
Ine. 4 year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mis. r'nrl Hrhnitrit, living northwest
«*f Tarumish, fell from s slide «» the
counlv fair here and looks her left
leg gbovg the snkls,
i
Omahajoins
Yankton in
Celebration
1.000 Automobiles and Spe
rial Train to Carry Delega
tion to Ceremonies Dedi
cating New Bridge.
Two Governors to Speak
A special train and a caravan of
1.000 automobiles will convey Oma
hnns to Yankton for participation in
the celebration of Omaha day, Octo
ber 10, the day of the dedication of
the- Yankton bridge, according to
plans now being completed by the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
E. U. Heaton, Yankton banker, and
W. O. Lusk, president, Yankton
Chamber of Commerce, arrived in
Omaha Sunday to confer with Cham
ber of Commerce bends here concern
ing the arrangements for the elab
orate program scheduled for the de
dication day. John L. Kennedy,
president of tire Omaha Chamber of
Commerce, assured them Monday
that the local chamber would make
every effort to make October 16 a
memorial day.
Wednesday .Mayor A. L. Wyman of
Yankton will present the official in
vitation of his city to Mayor 'James
i'. Dahlman anil city (•ommissioners
in* front of the Omaha city hall. He
will be accompanied to Omaha by a
delegation Of Yankton business men
including Dr, G. S. Adorns, superin
tendent of the Yankton State Hospi
tal for the Insane: C. E. Dowling,
wholesale tire jobber: A. W. Donald
son, secretary gnd treasurer of ttie
Kred Donaldson Co., Yankton's larg
est department store, and L. W.
Schaller, cattleman, superintendent of
the federal highway system.
To Entertain Visitors.
The visiting delegates will he en
tertained at luncheon by the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce and will pre
sent a unique program before that
body, depicting the history of the
bridge anil Its importance.
The Yankton bridge will open east
ern South Dakota, which contains 90
per cent of the wealth of the state,
to Omaha. This city has Invested
$125,000 in the bridge.
Eight days of celebration will fol
low the opening of the new bridge,
October 12. On Thursday of the week
Governor W. H. McMaSteri of South
Dakota will meet Governor Charles
W. Bryan of Nebraska In the renter
of the great span and formally dedi
rate the st^-urture to the interests of
the two states which it links.
There will follow a gigantic parade
and the dedication of Sunshine high
way. Thursday will he known ns
Nebraska, Omaha and Sunshine High
way day.
Itryan, MiMaxters To Speak.
The afternoon will largely be
taken over by speakers. Governor
Bryan will deliver a political address,
other speakers on the program are
Governor McMasters. John L. Ken
nedy, Everett Buckingham, Thomas
C. Bvrne and Mayor Dahlman of the
Omaha delegation.
The remainder of the day will be
spent at the amusement grounds
where vaudeville acts and other enter
tainment, including n $5,000 display
of fireworks, wilt he offered. The
giant United States navy dirigible,
"Shenandoah" is-expected to come to
Yankton for Ihe day. Attendance of
50.000 is expected In that little town
of 6,000 population.
According to tentative plans the
Omaha delegation will meet other
Nebraska delegations on the Nebras
fTurn t« I’nite Tun. < nllimn Xfioi.l
QUEBEC TOWN IS
BURNING DOWN
Montreal, Qur , Sept. 22 St, Con
tent, a small town on the south shore
of the St. Lawrence river, 10 miles
from Montreal, Is being wiped out by
Are, according to a call for help tele
phoned here today by Alleen Langlln,
operator of the St. c’ontant exchange.
She said the flames were then 100
yards from the exchange. The girl,
dressed In the night gown and slip
pers she donned to give the alar in.
stood by her post.
Humboldt Chamber Cains
I l.i Members in Day s Drive
Humboldt, Wept. 22. — Humboldt
Chamber of r'ommerr* special com
mute made a membership drive Fri
day and In about six hours' work
secured 115 paid memberships. The
rerent successful fall festival and
county livestock and poultry fair
has Inspired a most energetic pro
gram" of activity for 1925.
Boy Suffers Serious Injury.
Den I son. la., Wept* 22. Word Tiih1
gel, D year-old son of Mr. Traegei
manager of the telephone company,
while riding his bicycle, came In col
lision with a fast running automobile
driven by Andrew Mult. The lad
was thrown on the hub of the inn*
chne anti bis skull fractured for five
Inches. An operation was performed
which it Is hoped will save the boy
life,
l b-burly lo Make Tour.
Hroken I low, Nob, Wept 22
Harry It. Fleluirty of Omaha, demo
cratlc candidate for attorney general,
will apeak here Wednesday evening,
next. He la scheduled to speak st
Mason City, Callaway and Margant
during th# werk *
I
Cruelty Charged by Wife of Young
• Edward Swift in Plea for Divorce
« _
Action Verifies Rumors of Trouble Between Chicago So
cial Leader and Husband; Says He Struck Her
Repeatedly.
By t'ulversal Rlnlct.
Chicago, Sept. 22.—The society
romance of Kdtvard F. Swift, son
of the millionaire packer, and his
pretty wife reached the divorce
court today after six years.
Mrs. Stvift, who was formerly
Miss Marlon Atchison of Atlanta,
C,a , brought suit against her hus
liand charging cruelty. Her mil
lionaire husband, she declared,
struck her with his clenched fist in
the course of a quarrel two days
before Christmas, 1923.
Rumors of a separation which
became rife in social circles at the
time, and which grew to divorce
talk proportions in May of this
year, when Mrs. Swift left her hus
band's home, thus were verified.
For nearly a year reports of dis
sension in the Swift family have
been current. It wq*c in May of
this year, M^s. Swift's bill for di
vorce sets forth, she reached the
limit of her endurance, and after
another violent quarrel she found
It impossible to live with her hus
band.
Young Swift, according to h!s
wife's charges, used “vile and op
probrious language,” struck her re
peatedly, and did not "conduct
himself as a Idving husband
should.”
In the preamble to her divorce
bill Mrs. Swift declared that she
had always been a "kind and lov
ing wife."
The marriage of the son of the
millionaire packer to Miss Athicon,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. H. At
chison of Atlanta, on February *,
1918. was a social event. The cop
pie honeymooned at White Sulphur
Springs, Va., and lived for a time
In New York, where Swift was sta
tioned as ensign In the I'nlted
States Navy.
Mr. Swift refused to comment on
the divorce suit today, contenting
himself with the statement, “I
have nothing to say.”
^ iscaiisin Storm
Takes 33 Lives
Heavy Property Damage;
Stock and Crop*
Suffer.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 22—Partial
restoration of wire communication to
day gradually Increased the known
toll of Sunday's storms in Wisconsin
and at noon the casualties stood at
3.1 dead and scores Injured, with im
mense properly damage reported.
By AMOt'lHted rreni.
Rhinlander. Wis., Sept. 22.—Three
persons were killed and Severn, in
jured when a tornado swept througn
the eastern pnrt of Oneida county
last night, causing extensive property
damage, according Cg incomplete re
ports received here today.
f'.rand Rapids, Mich., Sept. IS.—
Three persons were killed and i.in
Siderable property damage was done
in wind, rain and electrical storms
that followed Sunday's unseasonably
high temi>eraiires in western Michi
gan.
Matthew Slattery,?*, was killed here
when a signboard behind which he
had taken shelter was blown down.
James tlane, 65, and Dewey Shaw,
15. were electrocuted at Hart by a
power wire blown down by the gale.
By Atsirlatsi Press.
Ashland. Wis., Sept. 22.—Six dead
have been brought into this town
from surrounding territory, sll killed
in the tornado which struck the Birch
Lake country and the Marengo Val
ley Sunday afternoon.
Caldera y, Wis., Sept. 22.—Two
small children are dead, the mother
Is dying and six other persons were
Injured as the result of a tornado
that passed over this section, lietween
t’ouderay and Leamington, Sunday
afternoon.
Carried a distance of 400 feet when
thr-lr home was struck by the twister,
the two children of Mrs. Joe Patrick*
were killed while the mother is not
expected to live. She Is suffering
with two broken leg* and injuries
to her arms and body'.
MEXICAN THUGS
SLAY AMERICAN
Washington, Sept. 22.—Paul Anns
plde, an American citizen, was
killed by bandits, near Frontera.
Mexico, on September 20. according
to a telegram to the State depart
ment today from Harry B. Ott,
American vice consul at Frontera.
Anosplde wrts killed during an attack
upon property owned by K. W.
Graves of Waltham, Maas.
Mexican authorities have sent
troops to protect the property from
further attack. The American em
hassy at Mexico City has been In
structed to make appropriate repre
sentations to the Mexican foreign
offle*.
College Issues Warning
Against “Hessian Fly*’
Vinton, In., Sept. 21.—In a letter
to tha Benton county farm bureau,
the experiment station of Iowa State
rollege warned farmers against sow
ing winter wheat before the Hessian
"fly free date." The experiment stn
tlon has established observation
plants In Harrison, Henry anil Hllla
counties and from these will derive
the date on which winter wheat may
he safely sown.
Bootlegger Fined.
Broken Bow, Neb,, S**pt. 22 —T^-wla
Anderson, a young man residing nenr
Callaway, wne before Justice Julee
Hautnont < harged with tha Illegal pos
eesalon and transportation of Intoxi
cating lh|iior lie plended guilty and
was fined 1200 and costs ills car
was Pontiac ited
Still Seined on Farm.
Broken Ilow, Nett.. 8«*pt. '* A
fit til fetid about 75 Kullotn of mnah
w#ra titken by Nhrrlff Till lari fend
ltoputy Hhferlff f’rablfe at a nnbhnufefe
on thfe firm nf John Tfefehoit ftfeor
AnaHmn Tfefebnn \*aa bound nv*r to
dlatrlct court In mm of MOO, furnlah
Inf * bond.
Howell Goes on
Stump Next Week
Third Party Born of Discon
tent. Says Senator Home
From Capital.
United States Senator R. B. Howell,
home from Washington, stated Mon
day morning that, in his opinion,
agriculture is the big question of this
campaign.
The senator expects to get Into the
Nebraska campaign next week, when
he will begin a aeries of addresses
under the direction of the state cen
tral committee. He will speak for the
national and state ticket^ and will
present his reuaons why he believes
it will be to the general Interest of
the people of Nebraska to support
t'oolldge and Dawes.
"The agricultural question la both
economic and political,” said the sena
tor. “The congress can help the farm
er*. For Instance, the farmers need
United State* prices for wheat thag
Is consumed in the United States.
The agricultural exports amount to
10 per cent of the crop.”
The »enator statpd that the third
party was born out of discontent and
grows on discontent, and he observe*
a continued growth of sentiment
toward t'oolldge and Dawea. He In
cludes Nebraska In the slates that
will give the republican presidential
and vice presidential candidates first
place at the November election.
THIEVES ROB ~ •
M. E. PASTORS!
The cars of clergy and laymen,
parked near the First Methodist
church. Twentieth and Davenport
atreets. were robbed while their own
ers attended the ISth annual con
ference of the Nebraska Methodist
Episcopal church.
Overcoat*, grips, tools of various
churchmen were taken from the curs.
A thief took the msrhine of one min
ister. drove it 4" mll»s and returned
it, minus a valise and overcoat w liich
It had contained. i
Rev. Roy H Cowan of Stratton.
Neb., was ihe heaviest loser. Three
hundred copies of typewritten ser
mons composed by Rev Mr. i owen
after three years of work In the It
hiarv of the Boston university, where
he has been enrolled In the school
o ftheology. were taken.
The thief also look two hags and aj
suitcase containing most of the wear-i
Ingappnrel of Rev. Mr. Cowen and
his mother, Mrs. l,»uni Cowen, w ho I
ta accompanying him.
Rev. Mr. Cowen reported his loss to
police and offered * reward to any
one returning tho sermons. He estl
mated the loss of clothing at 1400,
hut said he could not replace the ser
mons.
EX-SOLDIER SAYS
HE KILLED MAJOR
Chesterfield, **. C. Hept, SI.—i
Mortimer M. King, young cotton mill
worker, end. former soldier, pleaded
gulltv today of murdering Mat
■Samuel H. McLeary on July !. Judge
Fe.itheratone, however, directed that
a' pica of hot guilty he entered for
the defendant, the law In South
Carolina prohibiting guilty pleas In
capital cases. King and Frank liar
tell, the state rhargra, confessed they
killed the army officer 11 miles south
of Cheraw, this county, on the after
noon of July*l last after he had given
them a lift In his automobile.
Former Senator From
South Dakota Dies
Sion* Falls, H. It. Sept. 12.- Rob
rrt Jackson Gambia, former United
Shite* «en»tor from South Dakota,
dlad at hi* home here early today
Hfter a Iona Mine**.
Fugitive Hrou^hl Hark.
Auburn Neb. Sept 22 Sheriff
Davis of Nemaha count* haa return*
ed from Iteno. Ne\ . with Joe Well*,
who *jiwed hi* way out of tha county
Mil on 1 he night of Auguat ti. lie
wa* under Indictment for robbing two
hobo** in the Missouri Part ft* yards
htrSb
No Place for
J. W. Davis
in Campaign
Democratic Nominee Ground
Between Millstones of Cool
idge and La Follehe,
Says Henry J. Allen.
Sacrificed Like Greeley
“There is a pathetic side toethc
presidential campaign that makes it
one of the mos t Interesting since
Horace Greeley was sacrificed. It is
the figure of John W. Davis, caught
between 'the nether millstone of Cool
idge and the grinding upper millstone
of La Follette.” This is the observa
tion made In Omaha Monday by
Henry J. Allen, one time governor of
Kansas and editor of the Wichita
Beacon. Mr. Allen was in the city
to address the Ad-Sell league and dis
cussed politics with friends at his
room at the Elks club.
“It is a real grinding process that
is going on in American politics,”
said Mr. Allen “New issues are com
ing to the fore as a result of our tre
mendous Industrial development. They
have not yet definitely expressed
themselves. That will take several
more campaigns. At the moment,
however, these issues are feeling
blindly for a voice and this accounts
for La Follette.
“In this struggle there is no real
place for a middle ground. A11 that
expresses Its progress through mov
ing forward from a conservative base
firds It voire in the republican party
and its candidate in Coolidge. Those
who are reaching out for a change—
though as yet they do not know
definitely what sort of a change they
want, nor why—finds their voice in
the Ia. Follette movement.
Ilavis on Middle Ground.
"Between these two Is Mr. Davis.
All that is conservatively progressive
in the democratic platform and the
democratic candidate, is also in the
republican platform and in the repub
lican candidate. All that is radical
In tha democratic platform and in its
candidate, all that there seeks for a
change, is in the Im Follette platform
and In Iji Follette himself, and many
things etill more radical. How can
there ha a place for Mr. Davis in
suo ha situation? lie sees his party
support crumbling under him and
going over to I -a Follette. He is
striving with a desperate sort of
reach to call tt back by attempting to
play the radical role.
"Therein is the pathetic side of the
campaign. John W Davis, in the
essence of his makeup, in his experi
ence, hia training, his fine learning,
looks nut upon the world through es
aentially the same glasses «s Mr.
Coolidge. It it a regrettable thing
that so fin* a candidate as Mr. Davis
should be moving toward the sacrl-l
ft, e. lint it is so Fat# has played
a shabby, trick with him. He is as
much out or place fighting with a
radical appeal, to win back his lost
flock, as would be the man with a
gold mounted horn in a band of bat
tered old Instruments, such a* we
used oo see in the streets tn the little
old German band.
Will Carry South Only.
"The consequence of It all Is that
Mr. l>avta will probably be able to
carry the solid south, but nothing
else beside. In nil of the industrial
slates, tn the east, tn the border
states In the south, the vote* of Hie
industrial workers will go to I.a toi
lette. These votes might have been
carried by McA,1 oo. There is nothing
tn Mr. l>»vis' appeal to such voters
that they do not find for still stronger
reasons in La Follette. McAdoo s
platform would doubtless have been
(Tarn to !*«*• Two. (ol until One t
RADIO WARNS OF
BURNING BOAT
Halifax. N. S. Sept. 22.—Hadio
warnings to all shipping to give the
burning oil tanker Ivor a * Me berth,
a a a terrific* explosion probably would
precede her plunge to the bottom,
were went ot»| today by the Haltlc
American steamship Lithuania. which
wna speeding toward Halifax with the
crew of the doomed tanker.
Stale Road Committee Vi ill
He Named Next \\ eek
hfftlnl IMapntrh In The Omaha Ilrr.
Norfolk, Neb , Sept. “2—\V. 11 |
BUkeman, president of the Nebraska
flood Hoad* association, announced
her# trvday that a stata commission
to control roads in Nebraska will be
definitely decided upon at the meet
In* of the association at Hastings
next week.
Scout* to Exhibit Pel*.
Columbus. Nsb . Sept. 22 Bach
smut of the four Boy Smut troops
In Columbus will bring ons exhibit
or mors of birds or pot stork to the
poultry snd pot stock dlx'islon rxhthl
tlon of tbs Mid Nebraska sxposltlon
which opens hsrs for four da\ s Tus*
day. A special prim Is bring offarsd
to tbs troop bringing the gisatrst
number of pels front Columbus slonr
Man Found Dead on Hoad.
Humboldt. Nsb.. Sspt 22. Jos*
Flsld. unrnsrrlsd, about Sf> years of
ags, was found dead In tbs road a
short dial a ms from the farm horns
of Frank lisvsll, thrss miles south
sasi of this rilt tls was suhjsct to
apllsptlr fils, and II Is supposed hr
f*U In such a matins, aa to cause
• Kooatlon.
$1,000 Asked
for Dog Bite
In Suit
Ted Acton la a grocery clerk.
And Ted he aive. »a>« he:
"That there don’t give no dog a right
To be a biting rne."
A dog at Thirty.first and Caai.
(Ain*! Alack! O Jly!)
Ftan out and •tllrret.dllouely
Frit Ted right In the thigh
It's nearly press time, so the rest
of the story must he Jotted down In
prow. Ted filed suit in district court
Monday against Mrs. Clydia Porter,
widow of Dr. Ira C. Porter, asking
J 1,000 for his physical injuries and
mental agony while the dog was
under observation for 10 days to de
termine whether or not it was mad
lie says the dog hit him when he
went to the Porter home, Thirty-firs^
and Cass streets, to deliver groceries
June 2$. The wound was cauterized
five times. __
G. 0. P. Caravans
Touring State's
Third District
Candidates Covering Week's
Schedule; McMullen Chief
Speaker at Columbus
Rally.
By r. ('. 1-OHEUi,
>*»ff Correspomlrnt of The Omaha Pee.
Columbus, Neb., Sept. 22.—Two
rain vans of republican candidates for
state offices started Irom Fremont
today for a week s Invasion of the
Third congressional district. One
auto load consisting of George A.
Williams, candidate ror lieutenant
governor, and L. B. Johnson, candi
date for secretary of state, visited
Scribner, Snyder, Dodge, Howell,
Clarkson and Leigh during the day.
The other auto carried ri. O. Tay
lor, candidate for state railway com
missioner; K. C. Houston, candidate
for congress; C. D. Robinson, candi
date for state treasurer, and Dan
Swanson, candidate' for state land
eommbuiioner, to Ames. North Beni.
Rogers, Schuyler and Richard. The
twp caravans met here tonight for
a big mass meeting at the Frankfort
square.
Adam McMullen, candidate fer gov.
emor, met the candidates tonight and
made the principal addicss at the
meeting. Tomorrow Mr. McMullen
will head a caravan which will deliver
speeches at Duncan. Silver Creek,
Clarks, Fullerton, Palmer, Chapman
and Central city.
Bryan Promises Scored.
Mr. Williams will join Mr. Taylor’s
caravan. The candidates in the latter
caravan will speak during the day
at Monroe, Oeonee, Platte Center,
Humphrey, Creston. Lindsay, New
man Grove and Madison.
lairge crowds met the speakers at
.all towns during the day. Every
where tVie candidates were told that
Interest In politic* is increasing and
that as the campaign grown "the
fallacies of the Bryan-Nortoa claims
and promises'' are becoming more ap
parent and are arousing a determina
tion to place the entire list of repub
lican candidates In the state house
this year.
Adam MhMullen Is too honest a
man to tell you, as certain candidates
do. that they can reduce your taxes,"
William* told his audiences.
Make Real l'roniise.
"lie knows, and he knows you
rralLe, thst the gneernor can t re
duce tail's ns certain candidates
claim can l<e done and has been dene.
It is the legislature that makes
the appropriation. It was the last
legislature that made the reductions
in appropriations, not the governor.
Tru*. the governor can prepare a
budget but it is up to the legislature
; to either Increase or decrease that
i Midget. The legislature two years
ago reduced the budget made by the
governor and then he come* out and
tells vOu that h* made the saving.
"The republican candidates make
no promises that can't be fulfilled.
We say we will do everything In our
power to reduce appropriations and
run the government efficiently and
well. That'.s all any honest candi
date ran promise."
AGENTS UNCOVER
BIG BOOZE PLOT
New Orleans, lai . Sept. St.—Dry
agent* today seired . thousand* of
case* of liquor at Manderville and
Bayou tau-omhe. across latke Pon
chartrain from New Orleans, and tin
earthed, they *atd, a rignr.tlc con
spiracy to *hlp liquor by carload* to
[the large cities In the south and mid
dlewest.
Krnc»t Prieto, wealthy sportsman,
prominent member of the St Tam
many parish law and order league
and parish political leader was ar
rested. Agents said they found thou
sand* of bottle* of wine tn the More
room of hi* general store at Mander
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Widow oI
His Victim
Is Arrested
Methodist Minister Confesses
She Was Companion in 11
lieit Love and Accom
|*1 ice in Death Plot.
She Is Carried to Jail
Br Uni vernal
Mt. Vernon. 111., Sept. 22.—Pr
Lawrence M. Hight, Methodist minis , j
tpr, confessed tonight that Mrs. Elsie
Sweetin was the accomplice In crime
as she was his companion in unlawful
love.
It was this forbidden love that was
the motive for poisoning Wilfonl
Sweetin, husband of the woman, ami
Mrs. Hight. wife of the minister.
Early today Dr. Hight confess,- :
to the double murder, but swore on
ihe Bible he had used in his pulpit
that the woman was innocent. To
night he broke down when Dr. C. V
Hall, presiding elder, visited him In
his cell at the county jail here an,,
demanded that he tell the truth.
"It's no use shielding her any
longer," cried the minister. "God
knows she Is as guilty as I am. She
poiapned her husband with arsenic
I purchased for her."
Deputy Sheriff Holcomb flashed,
word of the confession implicating
Mrs. Sweetin to State's Attorney
Frank G. Thompson. The state’s at
torney ordered the Immediate arrest
of the woman.
Two Deputies Carry Her.
Mrs Sweetin had to be carried to
the sheriff s office by two deputies
Site had broken down completely ami
was In no condition to be questioned
at length. Sheriff Holcomb declared.
A crowd of villagers from Ina fol
lowed the automobile bringing Mrs
Swe'tin to Mt. Vernon, but no'at
tempt was made to molest the sheriff *
party.
The minister told of the love pact,
of the plot to poison Sweetin and Mrs.
Hight. He said:
1 was madly In lov* with Mrs
Sweetin and she seemed to be with
me. Several weeks ago we made an
agreement to kill Sweetin and my
wife. After he died I poisoned Ann .
my wife, Klsie and Iwere then gor
ing to leave and get married.” •
Tonight there were rumblings of
mob violence. The authorities fear
an attempt w-ill be made to lynch the
minister and possibly the woman.
.tail Is (iuarded.
••Surround the jail with all the
guards you con muster." wras the o
der issued to Deputy Sheriff Holcomb
by State’s Attorney Thompson.
Sinew the arrest of th# minister
Saturday, threats have been lncreas
ing against him. The authorities fear
his latest confession involving the
woman will so inflame the popula- e
Ithat summary punishment will b« at
tempted.
This is in the rent of the Ku Klui
I Klan country—and it is *alJ the Rev.
' Mr, Hight was a klansman. There is
; .longer this same klan will take ver.
' geance.
A confession from Mrs. Sweetin i«
! expected. She has been confined t»
her home at Ina. III., near here. •
, was at lna that Hight had his church
! -a typical country Methodist church
' with a membership of some S*0 or 4<-.
plain ountry pec pie. They had ever
faith in their minister. I* was hat
for them to believe he coulA he guilty
I of the charges.
Sentiment Chances.
"It can t he true—his enemies have
started this." was the comment at
rust. Rut tonight the tide ha
turned, they believed the ministri
guilty and there were in the little'
knots of people who gathered to dir
cuss the affair not a few who urg-'t
that the law should not he allowed to
take Its course—that quick punish
inent wai n^ctwiry.
When Hight confessed early tod.se
after being questioned all night, the
authorities were satialled he had not
told the truth, lie doggtdlv admlttel
ha had administered poison to Sweetin
and then to his wife but mads th
feehle excuse that they already wer
very ill and that he poisoned them to
‘put them out of their misery."
The minister stuck to his story until
Dr Hall, the prsldlng Mr. confronted
him this evening. Dr. Hall s first act
was to demand that Hight surrench
ills church papers This he did unde
protest. Then the presiding elder de
manded that he make a truthful eon
tension.
Might Breaks Down.
‘ Lawrence, ’ said Dr. Hall “To
know that you have not told the truth
Why don't you tell everything* *
The minister broke down and wee
for a few minutes, then admitted that
his first confession was not otnpkte
and told of his levs pact with Mrs.
Sweetin, and of her being Involved tti
the murder plot.
Voder the law lltght and Mrs
Sweetin stand equally guilty. Roth
can he sentenced to hang.
State's Attorney Thompson eaid
earlier In the day that he would not
demand the death penalty for lllght
out of respect for the church. But
the latest confessi-n Is expected to
cause him to change his attitude an ’,
demand the ex'rente penalty Th- •
appears to b* no . maturating cltvuot
stances
The M.-i \ Of the ci me .It ..od to
gather hv the authorities, shows th»t
Rev. Might l<ec«me infatuated with
M>e Sweetin, a member of hie ton
negation Their friendship iwatn u
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