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_^_j VQL. 54 NO. 89. _OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1924. * TWO CENTS1" v ■■ - ■ '
Mrs. Sweetin
Is on Verge
of Collapse
Poison Love Pact Slayer
Worries Over hat ^ ill
Happen to Her
Children.
Refuses Offer of Food
Lplf.. By Ahsorlnfpil I’rrss.
' Salem, III., Sept. 23.—The future
uf the three boys of Mrs. Klsie
Sweetin, held fn Jail here on n
charge of having plotted with the
Itev. Lawrence M. Might to poison
his wife, Anna, and her husband.
Wllford, today was the unsolved
problem that worried the prisoner
more than her imprisonment. Deep
interest has been voiced by Mrs.
Sweetln In the future of her three
boys.
t'hrlstopher C. Sweetln, her father
in-law, spent nearly an hour in her
cell last night In an effort to come
to an understanding what to do with
the chree children.
Mrs. Sweetln's apathy to food since
being In Jail here has aroused great
concern. I)r. A. Thompson of Mount
Vernon, who visited her here In jail
yesterday in regard to the woman’s
children, said last night she was on
llie verge of a nervous collapse, due
to the strain of the last two days,
especially due to the worry over the
future of her boys.
Bv International News Service.
Nashville. Ill , Sept. 25.—Rev. Law
rence Might made his fourth confes
sion today Just as the bells of the lit
tle Baptist church here tolled sum
moning worshippers to the little
edifice.
The parson. In Jail here, safe from
the menacing mobs which are his
only terror, told of his relations with
Mrs. Klsie Sweetin, who is now in
Jail at Salem charged with the mur
der of her husband, Wllford. and de
tailed the development of the "love
pad" which prompted that murder
and the killing of his wife, Annie,
l^_uith which he now' stands charged.
H» told It all coldly, Impassionately
charged the germ of murder was lm
planted by the "nagging" of his wif
and ended with a plea for "justlci
not mercy."
Blames Wife.
He stood at the bars of a cell in
the quaint old jail here anrl traced
back over his career during the 26
years of his married life. Me pois
ened the wife who had remained at
his side in days of abject poverty, to
he free to marry Klsie Sweetin, who
was his ideal, he said. He described
himself placing the deadly potion of
arsenic in his wife’s coffee and told
how he kissed Her cold lips, not in
sorrow for her death, blit because h»
could now rush to the arms of his
beloved; he was free,
"Xt would neyer have happened,”
he said, his eyes filling with tears,
"if my wife hadn't started to nag
about everything five or six years
ago."
Then be met Klsie Sweetln, IB
told of the clandestine meetings with
her and spoke of the difficulties which
a small town presented for their love
trysts. He recalled a system of sig
nals which they had thought out to
deceive the prying eyes of natives.
•’When she put her hand on her
head In church," he said, "1 was to
follow her and pick up a message
which usually breathed love and nr
langed a secret meeting for the night,
and when she passed Imr right hand
aeross her heart that meant that her
heart was for me and me alone."
"If Whs six years ago that my wife
^ became cold," the little Jockey-pas
or began his story, "the first thing
^B-.then I came home she would t * 11
^ me about the children being bad of
■f would meet me with some other
mlr.or complaint. I asked her time
and again: ‘Why don’t you give me
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We Have
With Us
Today
C. D. Anderson,
Chicago,
International Order Hallway laid
masters.
Mr. Andercon. a native of Nebras
ka. Is vice president Hnd general
organizer of the International Order
of Raidwny Yardmastcrs, and hia of
fire la at *4 Wrat Randolph street.
Chicago.
He baa the distinction of being the
eernnd boy born at Kearney, Buffalo
rounty, Nebraska, and he is proud of
bis nativity. His father, Cupt. l-’avld
A ndenson, followed I ho weetword
march of empire 65 year* ego, from
Indiana to Nebraska, making Ibo
Journey In a covered wagon. Jlo was
. the first sheriff of liuffalo county
and served in that position 16 years.
The Chicago visitor was born In
Buffalo county on April 16. 1673, dur
ing a storm which raged three days,
one of the worst in the annals of that
county. Muring his youth he worked
for a few .vers In Omaha, for I he
r Morse Coe shoe company and tali r
for the N. |t. Ch lei liter ciMiipam .
I whh h occupied the aile now used by
he Thorns- Kllpertrtck compan’
"While I live In a large city. I a'
ways «n|ov a visit lo Omaha and I
the continued growth of this
0tf, ' Mr Anderson said.
I
“Sweethearts
’Til Death”~
Hight
By Associated Press.
NasInilM, III., Sept. 25.—Tile
Kev. Lawrence M. High., held in
j jail here in eonnectiun with the
; poison plot that cost the lives of
I his wife, Anna, and the husband
of his confessed accomplice, Mrs.
Klsie Sweetin, in jail at Salem, III.,
j is worried more over the future
of three children than her im
1 prisounirnt.
“Mrs. Sweetin and I are stilt
i sweethearts and will remain sweet
hearts until deatli parts ns," the
minister said.
Jail attendants said the Kev. Mr.
Ilight was jovial and tallied free
ly.
Mrs. Sweetin’s apathy to food
has aroused concern. The only
nourishment she has taken since
she was brought here Tuesday,
was a glass of milk late yester
day.
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jMcMullen Speaks
at Formation of
Neligh G.O.P. Club
Candidate for Governor in
Tour of Antelope County;
Receives Encouraging
Reports.
By P. t . POWKI.I*
staff Corri‘s|»onilent Tlte Omuliu Bee.
Neligh. Neb.. Sept. 25.—Adam Mc
Mullen, republican candidate for gov
ernor, made a circuit of Antelope
county today ending at Neligh, where
he addressed a large mass meeting
at the auditorium.
The meeting was the occasion for
formation of a t’oolidge-Dawes club
tinder the leadership of John Mc
Allister.
According to McAllister and other
republican leadens the fight for presi
dent is between t'oolidge and I.a Fol
lette. McAllister says the democrats
have given tip all hope of carrying
the state for Davis and are flocking
either to the (,'oolldge or I.a Follette
banners.
The McMullen parly, comprising R.
C. Houston, candidate for congress,
and I.. K. Johnson, candidate for
secretary of state, was met by three
auto loads of Antelope county repub
lican workers at Elgin on the county
line. They accompanied the party
over the entire county.
The workers who met the party
were Charles Stockdale. Elgin county
chairman; I,. E. Jackson, Ray Swan
son. son of Dan ftwanson, slate land
commissioner; Guy E. Thornton, all
of Neligh; Elwell Johnson. On-hard,
candidate for the legislature; George
Sirohnt, Clearwater.
Speaks at Clearwater.
When the party left Albion In the
morning they were escorted to Peters
burg on (he county line by I,. H.
Lehr, county chairman; J. H. Pleper,
county secretary, and W. C, Weitzell,
congressional committeeman.
At Clearwater the prominent local
republicans in charge, of the meeting
were William Decamp, I>. C. Me*
t'attney, Arthur .Smith, J. F. Fnnon
and J. C. Ferguson. When the party
leached the little town of Royal they
met .(. P. Curtis, who has been the
republican committeeman for ,25
years.
Politics is his diversion In life. He
k^pt every one laughing during the
visit to Royal. One member of the
party asked hint what business he
was engaged in. ‘Oh, l keep busy
looking after the pool hall and the
church and telling C, D. Lucas how
to run the bank," he replied.
At Orchard Mr. McMullen accepted
an invitation to speak at the high
school. Dr. D. L. Fletcher was one
nt the staunch republican w-orkers
Air. McMullen met at Orchard.
When the party arrived at Bruns
wick Mr. McMullen was Informed
that the Ladle*' Aid society wished
him to speak. Mr. McMullen gladly
accepted the invitation ns one of hia
hobbies its a < Itizen Is to interest
women in polities.
Gets Cheering News.
tin every side Mr*. McMullen re*
reived cheering news concerning the
aggressiveness of the campaign be
ing waged In Ills behalf in the Third
district. The recent announcement
made by Governor Bryan that the
-late capital would cost, the people
$7,000,000 instead of $5,000,000 n* they
were promised Is causing no end of
resentment throughout this section
i f the country.
The voters remember that one of
the dozen of unkept promises made
the voters by Governor Bryan two
years ago was that lie would keep the
cost of the stute house within the
15.000,1(00 appropriation.
The official record shows that short
ly after Governor Bryan went Into
office George E, Johnson then state
engineer, charged that the state house
would cost more than $5,000,000 and
demanded an Investigation to prove
his statement. The governor imme
diately took eldes against Johnson,
defied the Johnson eliarge and stated
that the isist would he within the
a ppi oprlntion.
Prices of Hornes Rise.
f'a 11a way, N**b , 8*|>t. 2b. At the
Urittnn farm *nl*t nrar li^r^, m tram
nf horn** pnld for 12*5, A vwr pro
lb* pa me horpep would not have poM
fot ovrt *1M> M fa I fa ha\ ta prlllnr;
from $• to $10 a tun.
Sta'teG.O.P.
in New York
Pick Slate
Theodore Roosevelt, Nominee
for Governor, Pledges Sup
port to Coolidge; Woman
Named for Secretary.
K. K. K. Is Denounced
By \Morlatec1 I'ren*.
Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 2I>.—Theo
dore Roosevelt of Oyster Bay, assist
ant secretary of the navy, and son
of the late presilent, was named by
the republican state convention here
today as the party's candidate for
governor. His nomination cdine on
the first ballot, where he polled G(!G
of 1 lie S90 votes in convention, 09 In
excess of the necessary majority. The
nomination was made unanimous and
by acclamation on the motion of for
mer Governor Benjamin B. O'Dell,
manager of the pre-convention cam
paign, and Supreme Court Justice
Arthur S. Tompkins.
The remaining ticket, named at an
adjourned session this afternoon, fol
lows:
Ueutenant governor, Sepmour Row
man, Klmlra.
Secretary of state, Mrs Florence
K. S. Knapp, Syracuse.
Comptroller, Vincent B. Murphy,
Rochester.
Treasurer, I.ewla H. Pounds, Brook
lyn.
Attorney general. Albeit Ottlnger
New York.
State Knglneer and Surveyor, Royal
G. Finch, Albany.
When Informed of his nomination,
Colonel Roosevelt said:
Will Support Coolidge.
"The republican party lias done me
a very great honor and I am deeply
gratified. Our platform Is sound, con
structive republicanism. I stand on
It foursquare.
"President Coolidge bus given the
rruntry an unequalled administration.
We in this state will bend every ef
fort to hack up Calvin Coolidge.”
J«ater Colonel Roosevelt was given
a tremendous ovation when he ap
peared on the convention platform
just before final adjournment.
Mrs. Florence K. S. Knapp, the
nominee for secretary of slate Is the
first woman to be a candidate for
state office In New York on the re
publican ticket.
There wa« cheering when Chairman
Ogden R. Mills of the resolutions
committee read the plank In the plat
form denouncing the Ku Klux Klan
by name.
More cheering greeted the reading
of the plank declaring for strict law
enforcement and the enactment of
legislation necessary for such enforce
ment.
The platform was adopted by a
voice vote.
The anti-klan plank, In part fol
lows:
Klan Condemned.
"The republican party now. ns
from the beginning of its existence,
recognizes neither color, nor creed,
nor race as a test of good citizenship
or as a disqualification for any form
of national service or national honor.
It could not do this and remain eith
er republican or American. We con
demn and oppose any organization,
whether it be called "Ku Klux Klan”
or by any other name that seem* di
rectly or Indigently tl weaken this
fundamental American doctrine
cither in loiter nr in spirit.
"More over, we condemn any can
didate or party that endeavors to
make political capital out of such an
Issue, and, while posing ns Its cham
pion. betrays the cause of liberty by
a direct appeal to rnelnl and rellgioua
groupa."
The platform endorses the tdmlnls
tration of President Coolidge and
pledges the party in the state to the
support of the Coolidge and Dawes
tleket; assails the democratic adminis
tration of state affairs, characteriz
ing it ns Inefficient, Insincere and lax:
declares for n 4fi-hour week for wo
men in industry, advocates the rati
flcatlon of the child labor amend
ment to the federal constitution;
pledge* the party to determine with
the federal government the question
of ownership of waterpower on
boundary; and rommendes the pend
snz tin.nnn.noo i**tie referendum for
state park*
I.a Follettr Forres to
Prolong Western Fight
San Francliro, Cal . Sept. 2a.
F'ranrk Havenner, state campaign di
rector of the T.u Follette campaign
committee, announced this afternoon
that the committee would apply to
day to the eupreme court for a re
hearing of Its decision denying a writ
of mandate Instructing county clerks
lo forward the l,a Follette nominal
lug petitions to the secretary of state
to place them on the November bal
lot, *
The committee plans to ask the
county clerks In receive the petitions
pending final decision by the court.
Social-Fa horite* Filed.
lies Moines, Sept. 26- F. T Johns
of Portland. Ore., and Verne 1, Itev
nolds of Bsltlmore, nominees of the
Social I .a hor party for president and
vtia president, today ounllfleil tinder
stats laws for placing their names
on ths Iowa November elarllnn ballot
The American party. Secretary "f
State Ramsay sold, hurt taken out
[pspers but hart not filed «l noon.
One-Handed Driving Lotharios Are
Curbed; ‘Use Both Arms’ Has Appeal
War has been declared on one
handed driving by the citizens’ volun
teer traffic squad of the Chamber of
Commerce, according to W. A. Kills,
assistant commissioner.
The young men who drive cars
about (he city with one hand on the
wheel and the othe*r around the
shoulders of some fair one are. If
necessary, to be haled Into court.
This sort of driving has become
more prevalent In Omaha during the
last fen’ months, and for many
weeks the conscientious traffic of
ficers who work for nothing hut the
glory have been wondering whether
to interfere.
A few of the bolder volunteer of
fleers have essayed to put a stop to
what they t«jrm "petting driving,” but
they have found It difficult. Young
nu n who ordinarily would he reason
able are different when their girls
are along. They repel efforts of
the officers with fists clenched and
much auger.
But now the officers have a new
method of approach.
"Voting man,” they have been
taught to say to the offending
Uothairo. "Young man, this Isn't
right. You aren't doing justice to
either job. You can't drive well with
one arm, and you can't embrace well
either. It ain't fair, or words to that
effect. It's unfair, in fact. Unfair
to innocent and long-suffering pedes
trians, and also to the young woman.
Give her both arms nr nothing, young
man. Don't do things half way.
Drive with both arms and pet with
both arms."
This line of approach actual!}'
w’ork11, declares Kills. Almost always
they laugh and agree to keep their
driving and petting' separated In the
future.
Capper Praises
Senator Norris
Nebraska Can Bp “Justly
Proud of Him," He
Declares.
By Associated Press,
Fremont. Neb., Sept. —Senator
Arthur Capper of Kansas, spoke here
tonight In the Interest of the Cool
hlge Dawes campaign and took occa
sion during his speech to endorse
Senator G. W. Norris of Nebraska.
"Nebraska can be justly proud of
sending to congress for so many
years, first in the house and then In
the senate, a man so distinguished by
character, conscience, Independence
and loyalty to the people of hts state
and the nation ns George Norris," the
latter’s colleague declared.
"He is held In honor In the senate
as he Is here at home among his own
people. He influences the same hy
the force of his personal character.
Rut. my friends. Senator Norris also
influences the whole country by his
ideas. To him belongs the honor of
Introducing and carrying through the
senate the constitutional amendment
resolution doing awav with 'lame
duck' congresses and making the wilt
of the country promptly effective by
advancing the date for the assem
bling of a new congress and the In
auguratldn hy a newly elected presi
dent.
"He Is entitled to the credit for
p*-eventlng the lease of the great na
tional water power at Muscle Shoals
hy a plan that was gravely defective.
It was an Important service Senator
Norris did to postpone settlement of
till* question until It can be settled
right.
"Von will re-elect Senator Norris. I
know. In my five years In the sen
ate I have served under Senator
Norris as chairman of the committee
on agriculture and am glad to give
my testimony as a member of the
committee to his great Industry and
fine leadership.”
NEW MEXICAN G.O.P.
CLOSE CONVENTION
Santa IV. N'. M- Sept. 25.—Dele
gate* to the republican state conven
tion were on their way home today
after having nominated « state ticket
and winding up the convention *t
midnight Inst night.
Senator II. O. Bnrsum was nomi
noted for re ejection nn«1 Manuel B.
f)teffi r*f Albuquerque was designated
a* the nominee for governor. Thrv
were not npjjoscd. .T. Felipe Hubbeil
was nominated for national repro
sentatlve. George K. Greece. Robert
Halley and Mrs. Blanche Gonzales
were chosen presidential elector*. The
republicans adopted a platform con
demning the Ku Klux Klan by name
and assailing the democratic admin
istration in New Mexico.
IT. P. Shopworkrrs Solicit
Shipment* at (Trautl Island
Grand Inland, Nel>,, Sept. 25.—A
local committee of the Union Pacific
Shop Kmployea' association I* calling
on (Iraml Inland shippers and solicit
Ing an Increased portion of thelr nhlp
ing. It In reported the road has snf
f. ic<i recently n lonn of 4ft per cent
In local liuninesn.
The sollcitorn urge that n« the
Union Pacific has n Grand Island
payroll of 1.004 men. with a total la
Imr Item of JJfl.1.2r,n In August ami
that It In entitled to n much target
share of the total tonnage than In
now given, ninee the Burlington has
no material payroll here. It Is add
ed that the Union Pnctflo pays $«0.f>00
taxes In Hall county, $23,250 of which
goes to the schools
Former Planivirw Resident
I)ir« in Colorado Hospital
Ft. Morgan, Odo,, Sept. 25 Fred
Warmer, Hu. it resident of N«*w Hay
m*r, 25 miles north of here, where
he was In the real estate and ln*ur
anu business, clI In the hospital
here after un Illness of five weeks
I 1* is surv ived by ids wife, two son*
.nd s daughter Burial will take
(•lit «*• Friday in t he «<*metei\ lit
I'lalnvlsw. Neb . where Wanser lived
fur nvtr " * year*.
Fair mi al l.oup City.
l.oup I’lt v, Sept. • Slier limn
( nuiUv fate in in session thl* week
I'srfe* t weather and roads have 4*'iu
Lined t»» mike the nit end* nr# Mrge
The swine exhibit is exceptionalh
good.
La Follette Men
Barred on Coast
*
California Court Rules Elec*
tors Must Operate Through
Political Convention.
San Francisco, Sept. 25—Thirteen
presidential electors, named by peti
tions of California voters and com
mitted to support the candidacy of
Robert M. 1 .a Follette stood barred
today from tho ballot »t the general
election In November as the result of
a -1 to 5 decision of the state su
preme court yesterday.
The decision of the supreme court
was based on the finding that a
presidential elector Is merely the
agent of a political party, operating
solely through a political convention
as sort of messenger and therefor*
cannot he placed upon the ballot by
Initiative petition Ijpt only through
the agency of a party convenUon.
Aroused by the decision, 1a Fol
lette supporters In San Francisco to
day were discussing measures which
might overcome the legal handicap
placed upon their candidate by the
court. In Los Angeles the I,a Follette
organization Is resolved to start s
movement to recall the Justices who
wrote the majority opinion.
As far as the general election was
concerned. La Follette headquarters
today urged their supporters to vote
for the socialist party electors
"named on the ballot under that des
ignation, who will he pledged to cast
their votes In the electoral college
for La Follette and Wheeler."
RAIN AND SNOW IN
WESTERN MONTANA
Helena, Mont., Sept. 25.—A com
parattely heavy rainfall, turning to
.snow In tha higher altitude* by
temperature* only sllghllv above the
freezing point, became general
throughout western Montana this
afternoon, according to reports re
ceived by the t'nlted States weather
bureau here.
The storm was reported as rapidly
extending from the continental divide
mat ward, with from two to four
inches of snow In Ihe mountain
passes.
Threshing, at its |>eak In numerous
western counties, will he delayed for
the remainder of the week, te|>orts
Indicated, with the precipitation
scheduled to continue tonight. Wire
and railroad service was reported a*
unaffected.
CONTRACTORS IN
OHIO INDICTED
Columbus, <>, Sept. la.—The fed
oral Jury In session today returned
Indictment against Hose, a Cleveland
and Milwaukee contractor, and two
of his employe*. Kawren.-e C. Wil
liams and Albert .1, Phillip*, on
charges of wholesale theft of govern
ment property at Camp Sherman.
Chllllcothe. O.
The Indictment charged the three
Jointly "unlawfully, knowingly ami
wilfully did steal, take anil carry
away certain valuable property of
(he I'nlted States at Camp Sherman
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Insurance Agents Off
on Free \ acation Trip
Ibirtingtnn. Neb., Sept. 2’» Lltmi
llenrv of thl* plate, who won n free
irip In a aaleatnen ronteat of the
Traveler*’ !n*ur«nre company, ha*
loft for Quebec ami other point* In
the en*t Me and other aaleamen
from Nebraska and South TAakotn
loineda a party of 17 representative*
from l\anoA* City at Sioux City, la .
n< 1 proceeded w11it them to Chicago
m«t Niagara Fall* on their way to
Quebec, where the Traveler*' Inaur
ilire convention Will go by *tearner
to Portland. Me . and then vlalt New
York and Waahlngtnn. I> c . before
returning home The vacation trip
rover* a period of three week*
Slule to 1’av Delit*.
Sa\ * (Ihicken Thief
Loup City. Sept, 2f». Ie**e |\ Hoyle
of Marard pleaded guilty In diet riot
court to two charge* of chicken *te«l
ln*t It wae i hnrged that Hoyle, a
■ ill\vh\ track worker, took chicken*
front right farmer* near Litchfield
»nd gold them In that town. Me t*x
plained that he had debt* and hoped
tn pay them In that manner Judge
M C. Moatetler *#nten<ed hilt to a
term of from one to three year* In
*hf *inta rtfcimatory.
Government
Ownership
Uneconomic
—Coolidge
President Denounces Theory
as Encroachment Upon
Constitutional Right
of Individual.
* -
Would Not Limit Courts
fly AaiMMTated Press.
Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—Proposals
for government ownership of rail
roads and other public utilities were
denounced here tonight by President
Coolidge as “uneconomic” and “en
croachment s upon our rights.”
Speaking at exercises commemorav
ing the 150th anniversary of the
meeting of first continental con
gress. Mr. Coolige also renewed bis
assault on suggestions to limit the
power of the supreme court and
urge that the people resist encroach
ment upon their rights and liberties
guaranteed by the constitution.
“if we wish to maintain what our
fathers here established.” he declared,
"we shall do well to leave the pen
pie in the ownership of their prop
erty, in control of their government
and under the protection of their
courts.
It Is diffh tilt, tHe president said
referring to government ownership of
railroads “to reconcile the American
ideal of a sovereign people capable
of owning and managing their own
government with an inability to own
and manage their own business '
Ownership Means Tax Hike.
Furthermore he declared it would
mean a loan in public revenue esti
mated at $600,000,000 a year with a
resultant increase in the tax on farm
ers of from 3 to 40 per cent.
Mr. Coolidge devoted most of his
address to a discussion of early his
tory of this country and the birth of
the constitution after the organisa
tion of the first continental congress.
Referring to the deliberation of this
congress the president asserted that,
”if we could better understand what
they said and did to establish our free
institutions, we should be less likelv
to be misled by the misrepresenta
tions and distorted arguments of the
hour, and bo far better equipped to
maintain them.”
He drew a lesson from the declara
tions of the congress as showing the
superiority of moderation and can
dor aver violence and deceit in seek
ing a solution of difficult public ques
tions.”
People Must Control.
The constitution. Mr. Coolidge point
ed out. ’’is a device for maintaining in
perpetuity the rights of the people,
with the ultimate extinction of all
privileged classes.”
“I have mentioned the desirability.”
he continued, "for the people to keep
control of their own government and
their own property, l*»cau*e I l>elie\e
thnt is one of the American ide »le of
public, welfare in harmony with the
efforts of the first continental con
gresn. They objected to small infrac
tions, which would destroy great prin
ciples of liberty. Fnleaa we can main
tain the integrity of the courts, where
the individual can secure his rights,
any kind of tyranny may follow If
the people lose control of the arteries
• Turn t#» Three. ( olnmn Sri.)
TWO MEN KILLED
IN POWDER BLAST
Hl*b*c. Arix . Sept. I.V Two men
ai* *akl to have been killet in an n
ploainn at the Curtl* plant of the
Apache powder plant near Renaort.
late this afternoon, according to
meager Information received here.
The cause of the blast and the Iden
tity of the men have not yet been
learned.
Sitpen isors Hold Hearing
on Tuberculosis Tax Levy
Glenwood, la.. Sept. 25.—Prominent
m*n from all over Mill* county, a ma
jority of farmer* and cattle miner*,
attended a meeting at the courthouse
here, at which the supervisor* heard
petition* fer and against the levying
of a 1 12 mill tax for the purpose of
attempting to eradicate tuberculous
from Mills county cattle. The debate
was quite spirited. The hoard took
the matter under advhaement and
will report a* a date unfixed.
Forty Students See
Boys l ight to Death
R» Intermit inti* | New* Sen Ire
Washington. Sept 2R.—F.dward
Robertson, Ifi. 1* dead, and Charles
K. Cooper. 15. la **rlou*l\ wounded a*
a result of a knife battle in front of
a class room of 40 pupil* at Ann
at rung High school here today
Robertson and Cooper, both colored,
engaged In an argument over a seat
In the class room and before anybody
could Interfere whipped out knlvc*
and began slashing each Other.
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ber / f
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Tot*|, a Tot * | ettue January I. it it',
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WORLD FLIERS AT
SAN FRANCISCO
Crlssy Field. San Fra nelson, Sept.
25.—Lieutenant Wade landed at
Crlssy field at 4:02 p. m.
Ily AiBuilatcd I’reM.
Crlssy Field, San Francisco, Sept.
2).—Lieut. Lowell II. Smith and
Brik Nelson made a bird-like landing
at Crlssy Field In the San Francisco
iVesidlo today after a flight from
Santa Monica, which was marked by
the forced landing of the third round
the-world plane at South San Fran
eiso.
It was expected that this airplane,
which is piloted bv Lieut. Leigh
Wade, would arrive within an hour.
Vs far as known his plane was un
damaged.
In anticipation of a possible rush
the field had ti^en heavily policed by
both the military and city police
guards, l'pon landing the flyers
looked tired and they were much be
grimed from the difficult passage
over the Tehachapl. The planes after
cireiing the field once, alighted
gracefully and taxied up before the
reviewing stand.
The flyers later left their cockpits
and were received by Mayor James
Holph, fnlted States Senator Samuel
Shortrldge and other notables.
Dawes Declares
La Follette Hit
Constitution
< 11ur}i«‘- Senator Willi ict to
( Mtiain Socialist Support;
Sa\ e West Has No
Radicalism.
My \k«ot iH(t‘d I’rt-M.
Aboard Dawes Special En Route to
Minneapolis, Zumbrota, Minn., Sept.
25 —Senator La Follette, Independent
< andldate f.ir president, was charged
I by Charles O. Dawes, republican vice
presidential nominee, in a series of
Minnesota spee< he* today with hav
ing attacked the constitution of the
fnlted States in order to obtain so
cialistic support."
"Robert La Follette in order to get
tit* socialists, massed behind the red
flag. Into his commission had X> at
tack the constitution of the I'nited
i States." Ihtwes declared. "That
doesn't go out in this section of the
country for there Is no radicalism in
the west. What they call radicalism
in the west is merely a desire to im
prove conditions "
Dawes made this declaration In an
I address at Rochester and continued
the attack on lot Follette as he trav
el's! northward toward Minneapolis
j with read platform speeches listed for
Zumbrota, Red Wing and South St.
1 Paul.
Rochester Crowd ( beers
The crowd at ^Rochester cheered
I when the speaker declared the voters
i in Minnesota this fail hod their choice
between the "constitution of the fnit
ed States, the American flag and
President Coolidge on one hand, and
La Follette standing 6n the sinking
sands of socialism on the other."
The nominee declared an issue was
presented In the coming election, an
issue which he said was greater thar.
j tile world court, the league of na
■ U ns. or the federal budget- "the
j issue of the constitution of the fnit
ed States, which is being attacked by
i Robert M. La Follette and his heter
ogeneous collection. ’
Pointing to the declaration in the
i I„t Follette platform for congressional
l veto of judicial ile isions and rteclur
! ing it woirlil put in jeopardy the in
tiienuble rights guaranteed under the
| federal constitution, Dawes asked:
I What kind of government would
| thf*. be. if congress could pass a law
j telling you where to go to church’
I anti some one in the crowd answered,
| N’o government at all ’
The alternative of "Coolidge or
chaos." was presented by Dawes In
j his speech at Red Wing, where he
pictured triumph of the Ia» Follette
j movement and asked:
( indulge nr (’haos.
"Then w hat kind of government
j wl>l we have, what kind of a life
will we lend, what will become of
wages, what "ill become of business.
! "hat will become of the price of farm
| products, if this attack on the govern
ment of the I'nited States succeeds*
Chaos"
Mention of the name of President
| Coolidge drew applause from the
crowd at Red "Ing, Dawes declaring
The people don’t resent doctrines
i"lth which thrv mtv not Individually
agree, if they think that the man who
j » preaching to them islieves what he
| says and cares as much about the in
| tcrests of the people as they do them
I selves That Is one reason why Cal
vtn Coolidge is popular in the fnit
e.l States The hope of the count))
lien In leaders like Coolidge, who
Stand up for w hat is rig lit and trust
to tile eventual aupport of the people
Instead of > ieldtng to the temporal \
disapproval of the people.
The attack on the La Follette can
dldary was continued by Dawes in
speaking at a hastily arranged g ith
eting of packing house and sunk
vards employes at South St |’Jlt;
where again he piesented the nltet
native of "Cooildgo or Chaos
I lionets Speaks at Vlhion.
Albion, Neb Sept I ,1
Thomas, demootailo candidate foi
1 lilted States senator, spoke to a
i "mall Katherine at the distil, t court
! loom here The greater portion of
| his remark* vveie devoted to eiitarv;
| Ing oti what he railed the 'epl ahle
! condition of the farmers He itfit not
| mention »n; landnlate foi president
Kidnaped
Child Loses
Life in Sand
Body Found in Dune* Wlirrt
Slayer Buried It After
Choking Her to Death,
He Tells Story.
Guilty Plea Expected
It> f nivrr»Hl >errlrf.
Chicago, Sept. 23.—Peter Vergolini,
a steel plant worker, confessed today
that he had kidnaped and killed little
Anna Tomriscich, 10. three days ago.
Vergolini t> » the child In his car
and drove to the sand dunes where
he choked her to death and buried
the body in the sand.
He was apprehended early today,
confessed and tonight was rushed to
Crown Point, Jnd,, where a grand
jury is expected to Indict him for
murder in the first degree.
The details of the crime are like
the details of scores of other similar
crimes. Criminologists were not so
much interested In the details as in
the criminal. Vergolini stands out in
bold contrast with Nathan Leopold
and Richard Loeb, who killed little
Robert pranks and were sentenced to
life In the penitentiary. He stands
out In bold contrast to the Rev. Law
rence M. Hight and Mrs. Elsie
Sweet in, who slew their mates at
lna, III.
Education Involved.
When Leopold and I.ocb were in
the spotlight as the arch criminals
of the period, students of crime and
criminals pointed out that these
youths were college bred but had not
received proper moral and religious
training. That accounted for their
crime. Clarence Harrow, the crim
inal lawyer, used It as an argument
In his plea for their Uvea.
But the theory' that religion and
moral training would stop crime was
rudely upset when the Rev. Mr
Hight made his confession. He was
a minister—a teacher of religion and
morals—yet he confessed he had poi
soned his wife and had Induced Mrs
Elsie Sweetin to poison her husband
Love was the motive—love for Mrs.
Sweetin.
N'ow comes Peter Vergolini with his
confession. Vergolini Is an ordinary
laborer, a poor man. an uneducated
man. But his crime, like that of
Leopold and Loeb and that of Hight.
had one distinct similarity—he didn't
think he d ever be caught and '.f
caught, he would deny it—nobody
would ever make him tell. So thought
Leopold and Loeb; so thought Hight
and Mrs. Sweetin. Rut poor Vergo
lini confessed just as had the others.
Finally Tells Story .
Vergolini was picked tip as a sus
peet by the authorities last night, lb
was questioned all night long, lie
persistfd in his Innocence Then us
dawn was breaking, with sleep hang
Ing heavy on his eyes, he broke
down and told It all.
"I picked up Anna In front of her
house Monday night." he said. "We
drove to the Sand Dunes—I choked
her. When she was dead I dug a
hole in the sand and put her in
face down. 1 didn't think she would
ever be found."
How like Leopold and Loeb' They
hid little Robert Franks' body In a
railroad culvert and "thought the
body would never be found." And
Hight poisoned his w.fe and bu
her. and Mrs. Sweetin poisoned ho
husband and thought the world
would never know. And above ah.
they would never tell. Rut like A or
colinl, the uneducated laborer, they
told
Vergolini's crime was in Indiana,
near Gary, just across the Illinois
state line. At Crown Point, where
the grand jury is hearing his ease,
it was cxpeoVM h:s plea of guilt'
would be before the court this wee»
and his punishment f.xed at cither
death or life In the penitentiary.
200 Iowa Baptists \ttend
('om ontion at Shenandoah
Shenandoah. la . Sept li.—About
;o« Baptists of southwestern lowr*
are attending the annual convention
of the naan. la!ion here The Intro
duetory sermon was given Wedttf*
day afternoon lp Ho\ 1. 'V. Ro*s
of Siiinrv ami the annual sermon
by Re\ Richmond Smith of Red Oak
Wednesday tight
"The‘i*hrlst and the Truth,** s
pageant. which is s s> nops-s of the
work of the Raotist Publication s ,
cien. wr.s given Thursday night
under direction of Mrs Alexander
Holer!son A supper for young peo
pie will be Friday night feature
\tluniie K ( Member*
Furnish ( ar> for Masons
At la ml. . la . Sept If, The Kir
tier*, if any ever existed, between the
Knight* of t'oiumbus and Maaoni -
Ivviles were shattered Thuraday here
when memlcrs of the Athletic oourr
oil of the Knights of v'Allimt'u*
placed ii automobile* it the service
of tin- Mcs.-nic committee m Oonnec
Uon with the second annit.d |>|em,
here of the Southwestern Iowa
\ ot k Hue ass.v-l.oloti
Npm Pastor at (ileiiwnntl.
tllenwood lx. Sept Hex .1 H,
Frtedltne, . ,»ioK pom Hamburg. U ,
to take l' T Holcrts' gva«tom e at
Oienvxisvt, will pieaeb hu e>*t ■«..
j men here next Sundax Hex Mi
RtxherU Will have eh*' *e of the Red
l font t|* ) rhureh.