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WEATHER FORECAST ' \ /I \ T1 A "\ j /^VT} TV TTTVTX-^ THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Nebraska—Generally fair; not much B^ I I B ^ W I V B / % B B / W 1 yL t \- W M. \ 1. JL Jb s^ JL—J To believe immortality Is one ^"^4r change in temperature. / • ~ * * thing—but it is first needful to be _ _____ lieve in life.—Stevenson. CITY EDITION_, yp,, s4_m 206. ^ . TW0 CENTS- WcZl gAST* ■__ _' Cruelty to Prisoners Descri bed itness in Frolic of Texas Prisons Declares Convict W as Virtually Starved to Death hy Guard. Another Bleeds to Death B.r Afcftorintprl Pro**. Austin, Tex.. F**b. 9.—Charges that Jna Furey, said to be a noted confi dence man, who was captured by Frank Norfleet, was virtually starved to death while in the Texas peniten tiary, were made today before the Joint legislative prison investigation committee. The witness was Dr. E. '• B°az of Memphis, Tex., who was sentenced to five years for* man slaughter from Dallas. The commit tee is investigating alleged cruelty to prisoners in Texas institutions and other irregularities charged agalnsl the prison administration. Dr. Boaz said he had been pardoned by Governor Neff after serving but five or six months of his sentence. He declared that C. C. Fowler, a prisoner in charge of the insane prisoners inside the penitentiary, was in charge of Furey, and testified that Fowler gave Furey but one meal a week. Dr. Boaz said that he would slip food to the starving convicts. Beaten Over Hrad. “Did you see Furey die?” Boaz was asked. "I saw him just a few hours before he died.” Boaz replied. "What did you see?” ”1 saw Fowler put Furey Into a bathtub of ice water, head first, and when Furey was almost stiff and drowned I saw him jerked from the v iter and beaten over the head with .1 sitek of wood. He then was thrown to the floor and Fowler stomped hint.” Furey was one of a band of men ho defrauded Norfleet of $45,000 in fale Center, Tex. The reason he did not report what le termed Furey's “murder.” was be, iuse he feared he would be treated is Furey was. Prisoners, Boaz said, re severely punished for talking of vhat goes on in the penitentiary, and be cited several cases. Furey tolo Dr. Boaz, according to he testimony, that he had brought msiderable money to the prison. Furry mentioned $40,000, the witness said. One Bleeds to Death. C. F. Miller, another prisoner, was permitted to bleed to death through, i ••mistake” in treatment by the prison physician, Dr. Boaz continued. The witness also asserted he had seen a negro on the Ramsay girlson farm killed hy a guard with an iron singletree by a guard. He said that the body was thrown Into some water and it was reported that the negro had drowned white attempting to escape. Dr. Boaz in a nephew of Bishop H. A. Boaz of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Dallas, he .told the committee. The witness pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter and voluntarily entered the peniten tiary to serve his sentence. "The prison commissioners are all gentle men, hut they can't keep an eye on everything," the witness said. "1 jjpme here voluntarily In the interest of humanity to give testimony. 1 have no grudge against anyone at the prison. 1 was treated fairly throughout. The system is wrong.” San Francisco, Feb. 9.—Joe Furey, nationally notorious because of his supposed confidence game operations, is believed to Vie hurled in San Fran cisco. A year or so ago a question was raised as to whether the body here was actually that of Furey or of some other man. A police investlga lion was ordered and the body was disinterred and, according to the po lice, proved to be that of --- MILLIONAIRE DIES AS CAR CAPSIZES Sacramento, f’al., Feb. 9 A. F. Hoagland, millionaire president of the Fryac Manufacturing company, 1990 Seventh street, Rockford, 111., was In stantly killed when the ftlnchlne In which he was riding overturned at the Davis causeway near here early today, after being crowded from the highway by another car. \V. A. Brockway, Pacific coast manager of the same concern, which manufactures automobile accessories, suffered n broken arm and minor in Juries. Brockway's borne is In Rock ford. -- - We Have With Us • Today Klislia B. I>etvls, Sovereign Auditor, \V. O. \V. I.lfe Insurance Company, Kinston, N. F. Mr. l.ewls Is In Omaha on bis 60th semiannual trip here with six other auditors from all over the United States, attending conference at W. O. W. headquarters. Besides being sovereign auditor of the organization * Mr. l.ewls is stale manager of the Organization for his slate. "Business In the south I" now In s period of reconstruction," said Mr. la-wls, "from which all southerners expect to' shortly emerge Inlo greatly Increased prosperity." Short snappy stor ies are Mr. l.ewls hobby and when not engaged In busl ness he rV'votes his stalente to enter taining hie aseoclstee. He I* "Iso noesessed of marked hietilonlc ability. Millionaire to Get $2,500 From Estate of Stepdaughter Columbus, Neb., Feb. 9.—D. J. Gates of Albion, Boone county million aire land owner, has been given judg ment for $2,500 against the estate of ills stepdaughter, the late I.ila May Chapin, by Judge Lightner in district court here. Oates bad filed claims of $8,500 for money advanced his step daughter (luting several years perced lng her death. The husband and other heirs to her $40,000 estate contested the claims, maintaining the money advanced had been intended as gifts and not as loans. Trial nf the case before a Jury in district court was under way when counsel for Gates offered to settle for $2,500. The hearing was called off temporarily and settlement was fin ally agreed upon out of court. Giftes is said to own more than 65 quarter sections of Nebraska farm land, much of it In Boone and other central Nebraska counties. Ringer Defense Makes Attempt to Prove Alibi Mother of Youth on Trial for Slaying Says She Saw Him Leave Town Day of Crime. Hastings.* Neb., Feb. 0.—Attempts to establish an alibi for Donald IUng?r, 10, on trial in district court here for the murder of Carl W. Moore, Hastings automobile sales man. on October 1ft, the clay Moore disappeared, constituted the hulk of defense testimony in the case today. Mrs. llarve Breehnor, Ringer's mother, was called to the witness stand this afternoon, and testified that she saw her accused son leave Hast ings on the train on the morning of the day he is alleged to have com mitted the crime. Ringer’s sister. Bonita. 15. another witness, said that her brother and (Ieorge Bender, charged jointly with Moore's murder, and who has not vet been apprehended, were at her home the day before the salesman’s disap pearance and that they left the fol lowing morning before she went to school. She denied that she had seen the hammer which was found near the thicket where Moore’s body was found October 31, and with which the prosecution is attempting *o prove Ringer committed the crime. A brother of the accused youth, from St. Joseph, Mo., testified that Donald was with him there on Oe tober 17. The prosecution had intro duced a letter purported to have been written by Ringer to his mother, from Belleville, 111., and attempted to show that it had been changed from read ing “Just swear that I left Hastings October 20. and was in St* Joseph on October 21” to “Just swear that I left Hasting October 1ft and was in St. Joseph on October 17.” The jury was permitted to examine the letter. Ringer is expected to take the stand in his own defense when court recon venes tomorrow and his fate will prob ably be in the hands of the jury by night. MAN IS RUN DOWN; CRITICALLY HURT E<1 I.evl, 412 North Twenty-aeventh avenue, wne critically Injured last night when he was run down by an automobile driven by Phillip Soref, 1611 North Twenty-fourth street, a* he alighted from a street car at Twenty-fourth and Chicago streets. Soref told police that he did not see Levy until It was too late and then he could not stop because of the slippery condition Of. the stiroet. lie was arrested on charges of reckless driving and passing a street car while the car gates were open. laiter he was released on $2,600 bond. Levi was taken to Lord Lister hos pital where it was discovered that he had suffered a fractured skull, two fractured ribs and possible Intornal Inlories. Irrigation Project La ml Owners Form Association Bridgeport, Feb. ft.—One hundred land owner* under the Northport Irri gation project here have formed an Afttoclation to provide mean* of put ting Into effect provision* of the new reclamation relief law that was passed by congress. Mark Apanogle has been elected president and H. J. Wehn secretary* The president was empowered to a point two committee* to work with government representa tive* In classifying the land* and agreeing upon proper proportion* of payment for construction purpose*. Morrill County to Semi Exhibit to State Fair Bridgeport, Feh. ft.—Morrill county will be represented by n creditable exhibit nt the state fair In Lincoln next year, county commissioner* having agreed to appropriate $500 to be used In paying expenses. Col A. VV. Atkins, Bridgeport* membei of the *tate fair board, I* responsible for the action, and County Agent K. O. Nelson will lock after details. Oil Lease* Wanted. Beatrice, Feb. ft.—It I* said that the Chamber of Commerce will soon hold a meeting to consider I be proposition of again*drilling for oil in Cage conn ty. The promoter* seek lease* on about 5,000 acre* of land In Cage county on which to prospect Dog Poisoner Sought. ('Imilrun, K(h, W ('hadron resident* arn watching for the person who ha* killed several dogs with poisoned meat and candy. Parents of small chil dren fear that their rlilldren might | rat sums of ths poisoned sweets planted for dog I / Military to Probe Cave: h - S* . 1b®3M N103« L t U i-ioJISM Formal Inquiry J ■C-.' Work and Circumstances Surrounding Plight ^ ill Be Made Today. Tests Show He Is Alive By Associated Pres*. Cave City, Kv., Feb. 9.—As prep arations got under way late today for a military investigation of the situa tion at Sand cave, where Floyd Col lins has been entomlied since Friday, January 30. miners digging a new en trance to the cave reached approxi mately a half way point. Tests with sound amplifiers indicating that Col lins lives, despite his more than 10 day entombment, revived hopes that the imprisoned man may yet be res cued alive. A military court, called by Gover nor W. J. Fields, will meet tommnr row morning at 10 to make an in quiry into recent work done and cir cumstances surrounding Collins’ im prisonment. Brigadier General II. H. Denhrrdt, who is in command of the situation, will conduct the inquiry, M. K. S. Posey, personal representa tive of th£ governor, said. All witness es available will be heard in an en deavor to get at the bottom of the many rumors? and charges that have been current here as the rescue work progressed. Hard Rock Struck. A\ night settled over the barren cou \ y hills the sappers were dig ging at around 33 feet. The test drill had reached a depth of 70 feet when the testing was discontinued for the present. Hard rock had struck at that depth. The probability that* Collins still was alive was given credence late to day when Dr. William llazlett of «’hi oago stated that Collins was alive and that he was not suffering from pneu monia. Dr. Hazlett made the statement after the sound amplifier had been attached to the electric wiring leading hack to the victim's head and a test made. ‘ The test proved conclusively that Collins was breathing at the rate of 22 to 26 times a minute,” said th** surgeon. “Normal respiration is 16 times a minute. It is natural that n pepeon gasping for breath or whose vitality had ebbed low would breathe faster. Pneumonia patients breath#* «*t the rate of 40 times a minute. Sounds Regular. “Because of the regularity of the vibratory sounds I am confident that the noifrs we heard were made by the electric light bulh raising and lower ing with Collins’ breathing. “We tried in various ways to repro duce the same sound and were un successful. The sound came with clocklike rhythm and I am confident it was respiration we heard.” H. T. Carmichael, in charge of th#* sinking of the shaft to Collins said that he had knocked on the wires in the cave with stones and had moved the wires, but received no sound simi lar to that accepted as Collins’ breath ing. Dropping of water was tried, he (Turn to Png'* Two. Column si*.) WEALTHY FARMER TAKES OWN LIFE S|M»« lnl IJlNpatnh to The Ornnhn li«*r. Clarlnda* la.. Feb. 0. Bmil Levine 44, a wealthy bachelor farmer, living near here, was found dead in hi.* home today by a brother. The man had placed the muzzle of a shotgun in his mouth and h«<! blown the greater portion of his head away. The county coroner pronounced death a result of suicide and decided that no inquest was necessary. Members «»f the family were nt a lose for a motive for the act. Levine had lieen hr good health and had no financial worries that are known. Levine is survived by one brother and two sisters. Della Omieron Trio Opens Lyeeum Courne at Aurora Aurora, Feb. U.—The Christian church was crowded to hear a mtmi cal program given by the Delta Orni cron trio of Lincoln consisting of Miss M ary t£llen Bdgerton, violinist; Mi*1 Mary Creekpauin, 'cellist, and Miss Harriet Cruise, vocalist and pianist The program was the first of th« V. M. C. A. lyeeum course of four members to he given during Febru ary and f»>r the benefit of the local V. M. C. A. The second program on the evening of Lincoln's birthday, will be a Lin coin day program. York l.odjjc Holds Memorial Kite* for Mrs. H. L. Chaplin York, Feb. ft. The Royal Neighbor bulge of York held memorial services for Mrs. If. L. Chapin, whose funeral services were In progress nt the fami ly residence at the same hour. Illness In the family made a private service necessary and lodge members took this means of showing their love and esteem for their departed sister. About 75 members were present. Move Stalled to ItirreatM Alfalfa Seed Production Bridgeport, Feb. ic Arrangements are being made for meetings nt A1 lienee, iiemingford and of bar places In the valley, to devise ways and menus for Increasing the production of dry land alfalfa seed. Professor Htewnrt of the agricultural depart ment of the state university will ail dress the meetings SMASH—-l>on oil- HOSPITAL If yen flon't wftP1) ths hmksff We> »rs «m Mtithnrls*ri VtiytiMtor HsrvFs Station ami uill lias '*»» while >*»u win Troup Auto supply Co., |Q|f Farnaiu Bt—Aav*iti>» mtiit. -- A Strain and Jar Burst Small Blood Vessels in Auto Driver s Arm L----' Bridcpport, K»l>. !>.—K. V. Brown. pry man, is suffering ill liar ailment, the smsill II CQ“], s of liis arm bavin*; 0 5 -j w -» , <1 been line of strain ami ^ r cj _ _ nu an automobile. He ' le a trip to Madrid in a ieb lie was not familiar. _ . , ais, constant strain and jar of' fife machine burst several small veins in his arm. Negligence in r c* Maintenance of Roads Charged F‘’flrral Official Tells House Committee Funds Will Be Withdrawn If State Does Not Supervise. By P. < . rnWEI.lL. Stuff CorreNpondeiit of The Omuhn Bee, Lincoln. Feb. 0.—James Boyken, so licitor general of Department of Agri culture, appeared before the house committee on roads and bridges to day and Informed that committee that the Bryan administration had been negligent in conforming with federal laws relative to road building and unless ihe letter of the law was fol lowed in the future federal appropri ations for road building in Nebraska would cease. Boyken asserted that In the future maintenance of roads built with fed eral appropriations must he under supervision of the state. A letter ex plaining that state supervision of maintenance was a part of the fed eral law was received by former Gov ernor Bryan and Ignored,, according to information received by the com mittee. For two years, according to au thentic reports, the former governor should have forced counties to re ceive approval of state engineers of maintenance work in order to comply with federal laws. This year It Is a show down and it Is up to the state to take over this supervision or dis continue use of federal funds. Seeks Adequate Laws. Fnder the state supervision ns out lined by Boyken today to the com mittee. counties may continue em ploying men to maintain federal roads providing maintenance complies with federal specifications. However, un der the law'’ as it stands today, it is not the county commissioners or su pervisors who shall decide on proper maintenance, hut the state engineers. In event men employed by the county do not maintain highways built with aid of federal appropriations, the state has the power to dismiss these men and employ regular road main tenance men from outside the coun ties. , Governor McMullen has asked Boy ken to go before the committee, ex plain the situations existing and at tempt to persuade the committee that laws must be passed to em power state officials to comply with federal statutes or lose federal ap propriations for road building In the future. Boyken probably will remain In Lincoln for several days. Liquor Bill Passes House. The house today passed a bill on third reading which makes personal possession of more than a pint of liquor prlma facie evidence of the owner being a bootlegger. The vote was 7X to 11. In the 11 wrts Mrs Ma bcll Gillespie of Sarpy county. Mrs. Glare Humphrey refused to vote on the bill. Miss Sarah T. Muir of Lin coln, the third w - man member, voted for the hill. "If we would enforce our statutes on the honks bootlegging would end.” Mrs .Gillespie s.id In explaining her j negative ballot. Those against the bill are: Cald well, Dyball, Gillespie, Higgins, Keck, Hines. Korisko, mipplnger. Ogarn, G’Malley, Pollock, Stone, Tesar. The hill must now be passed by the sen ate. The senate Judiciary committee voted favorably on a Mil which per mits courts to work on all days ex cepting July 4. Thanksgiving, New Year, Ghiistmas and Arbor day. Marriage Bill Vflvanced. Aft* r a short debate, the senate advanced a bill to third reading re pealing the present 10 day marriage notice. The house has a hill set for special order on February 17. which contains the 10-day marriage clause as well as the physical examination provision, and provides that couples going outside the state to marry must undergo a physical examination l»e fnr« they return to Nebraska to live. The house judiciary committee re ported out a bill providing f,»r re establishment of the supreme court commission to aid fhe supreme court in catching up with back work The bill provides for appointment of six commissioner*‘by the supreme court. Boy Fit. inf; Charges in Court Di»a|>|ie»rft Pawnee Gity. Feb. b Judge .1 It Itnper of the district court, sitting In Juvenile court here, < oritlnued the case of Neill Johnson of this *it> against whom complaints bad been lodged for forging check* and truancy. t*» give the youngster a chance to re gain Ms standing at school and make good on his checks. When the case was again railed, James Johnson up pea red and Informed the Judge hi* sun had left home and his where about* were unknown. Ciiv RoiU-nlM-rry \rrolcd; f.iqiior Found at 111- Home York, Feb. a Guy Bosenberry of Gresham was arrested and charged with illegal possession of liquor. ^The complaint was filed following a laid at Bosenhei i > '* home, w liere a small quantity of liquor was found, ftosen berry pleaded not guilty, lie wss re leased on $200 bond and a lies ring sat tor Falnuury IN. Helen Keller Real Marvel of Century Story of Her Education More Wo tide rful Than Develop ment of Radio and Airplanes. Here to \ for Blind llv WILL M. MAITLN. Don't talk to me about the wonder* of telephony, or airplaning, or even the radio. Wonderful they are, but not nearly so wonderful as the story of Helen Keller. To mo the wonder of all the ages is the unlocking of that great intelli gence, the unbinding of the wings of that great soul. Helen Keller is one of those unfor tunates who never had a chance. Un like so many others who never had a chance, sin* made her chance. Blind and deaf at the age of 18 months, she never developed the power of speech until she was a young woman. I low did she do IK O, that’s very simple—to hear her teacher, Mrs. Annie Sullivan Macy, tell it. Helen j just put her thumb to Mrs. Macv's I larnyx, her index finger on her lips and her second finger on her nose. Then Mrs. Macy said a word, and, of course, Helen repeated it. Could any thing he simpler, sound simpler, if you know what I mean. But it took years tg teach Helen to do it. You sec that wonderful brain was locked behind the bars of silence, shut up in utter darkness. Feels You Speak. With her supersensitive fingers on mv throat and face she replied to my greetings. She frit my voice and 1 heard her voice. For Helen Keller can talk, not as you and I talk, hut so as to he understood. And how her .really beautiful face lights up when she does talk, especially when she talks about the work being clone for the benefit of the blind! Miss Keller was almost seven years old before her brain was reached and responded. She had learned to make a few sign A to indicate her wants, hut she could make no response. Then Annie Sullivan Macy took up the work of teaching her. It was almost three months before she showed signs of response Blit from the moment of that response her progress has been the marvel of mankind. In an Incredibly short time she had acquired a high school education. Then she went to Harvard and in four years completed tHe course with honors and received the degree of bachelor of arts. She i« n writer of international fame. Radiate* Happine**. That isn’t the best part of it. either. She is a charming, womanly woman. She fairly radiates happiness and good cheer, and if for a moment you feel inclined *o pity her. you soon come to the jv>int of almost envying her. She Is bubbling over with good humor. And her great ambition i« to make it possible for all who are as she once was to be as she. "He represents The Omaha Bee," said Mrs. Macy in introducing me to Miss Keller. “Omaha Bee,** said Miss Keller In her peculiar tone of voice: “O. that is the western newspaper we hear most about In New York.'* Of course, she could not n* p the report orbtl Mush, but her sensitive fingers did grasp the embarrassed «r. knowledgements of the reporter, and she laughed merrily. Of course. Miss Keller did not con verso with the reporter at first h ind all the tine. She conversed by way of thi hand of Miss Polly Thomsen, her vivim ions companion. That Is. Miss Polly spelled out the reporter's remarks in Miss Keller's hand, and then Mis* Keller answered orally. As Mrs. Mary told of her efforts to pene trate the seemingly impenetrable wall (Turn tn I'm*** Two. <’nhimn On#* ) GOVERNOR IOINS “YELLOW DOGS” Lincoln. Fell. 9.— A Joint Initiation • eremony wan staged In the boiler room at the a grim It urn I college Mon day evening, a number of members I of Bull Train kennel No 605. Omaha, coming here to assist Fornhtinker kennel No. 227. Ancient and llnnai aide Order of Yellow !k>gs. The de gree team of Fornhuaker kennH had • hurge of the work. Among the Initiates were Governor Vdam McMullen. Sp*'5ker Burke and several railroad officials. The annual dime and high jinks of Fornhuskei kennel will be held In machinery hall, state farm, on the evening of Febru ary 14 The promoters predict It will be a howling success Co-Operative Selling liicn-acc* Grain Price* York. Feb U *—The annual report of the Farmer*' Grain association shows that the company, which has been opri 'ting since 11*02, has ban (ilnl about S.000,000 bushels of grain Total dtvldeuda paid to stockholders amount to $45,000. nine times the original coat of the capital stock. \V. It McMullen, the manager, aaya that M Is the opinion of many farm ers that the company's way of doing business has Increased the grain price at least i* (-enta a bushel, a profit to f.i i m« i s of $100.000. two Franklin Stream* Slorkt'il \\ itli Itrook Trout Franklin. I*eh. si. Fianklln chapter • •f the Iftank Walton league received n shipment of 30.000 brook trout, which were used to slock Lovely and Slmmotids creeks neat here. This la the third shipment of game neh re* reived. I he total being 75,000. The I/auk Waltons plan to hulld a large Hah pond northeast of town and stock it with game fish next spring. • t-* Blind Marvel Here to Aid Others __—-* . ——P— —W Rum Ship Skipper Held as Fugitive Captain Captured Willi Crew After 35-Hour Battle Put Under $50,000 Bond. New York. Fob. !>.—Mark l.. <*il bert. *kipj>er of the 3J'0A- « n *hip. and form€*r president of the C5l<>l*c Steamship company, whs held in *30. 000 l>ail tod »y as a fugitive from Ju-* the. He and hi* ora? *if 21 were rip turcd last Friday night after a 30 hour battle with revenue cutters mileg off Montsuk Paint, which end ed when the Hcm^s e*d‘s masts were shot away, her hub shattered and her engines crippled. Federal Judge Hand set the ball high on t h* ronresentatlon of t>iosc rutors that G*H ert hod fie l n federal Indictment returned two ye^r* ,'~o, returned f'r eo*»srdn*cv to violate *he Honor law* thrnigh intern'Mortal rum smuggling nrsettons --nd that he also was " *nted by authorities in |»r- q^I-1 th^v u nderst furth"". fv"t r*‘M r‘ "tan raps Ira** *t el with »’b !*»• 'V. M'r«' and ntb r« “far t*- «* **-**• roll of the J » I C* • ^ » | O' •' a* r-«*s ♦ *%»-.->% f„*-> » 10 * fht r ^ rn „ „ r»*••'j p*, t*. v *nieni« rl* o' (’'« ir’* o • to d 'bno'l Jl!*~» »’ o' W"X to»d ‘''at }lorr' '* ’ a* h*ch has ho^ge the name I,"1 -nfn ■’*» * p*nr-» re ,''ntlv. r- — * d ’”00 « s of H>*oor when srb-d F’^drV. She avis failing withby * he t**" *'• n*m said nrorecutors. .and ?-**bruurh fixing tlie Brlt'ah flitg " is of Nil uniigu.an teg is! ry. nilbert’s nrevioue IrvMctment was said to h"Ve been based • n his ectlv Mies rs ’he nro*1 ,',m of the Globe steamship company. Mr-. “ ' • Married to F’-ank Bilker PtcHa. Feb o.— M«*s, Jo-cphlne Tbdwits end Frmk linker Mere mar rled nt Kan* s City, nnd left f r n month's wed!*'"’ t**1** ♦ * « New Orleans. Cuba .and Florida Mr. linker Is secretory-treasurer of lloMa nan-tfoover Commit b n company. Mrs p-w |o-d ♦ s, n' -»-H m »>Af first hu batjd Mas , ashler nt the State lank nt St"Ut Of •*»** s’ t»een employed In the Proven* Na tional hank at Kaunas City. T flf"li»n<* 1»i-taP«t*nn* Sl>m\ Crowtli of Mil ink Mi’Cool. F b, ) Ima^ise in tele phone in tallatfon the ln*t year is an other faithful Index of its growth Th» rain h is h"*n 11. making MoC«»ok second in the district, xs It lx Ornrd Island being first s-«*h t« • “ Mon* However. McCook's per cent Is ft 2 to Grand Island's 4 M C > first In the d*vtei to nr*’ "*M i of 1on*s d'-d »n<*o ''.'ills also second tn fh« district tn tops per stnMon Berwyn IVaf Night Sehool. Broken Pom . Feb. ’* \ Smith Hughes night school »»s » Berywn ami each Friday night a class Mill be conducted nt fb« <:••*» ford school house under the direction of Prof Kenneth Myers Smith Hughes extension eorker. who |s In charge of this work Hi the county Nehm-hu 'trim- Criunell. I.lmnln. »t>. 9 1’nlvnuliy of N» UinnkA Un«kiM bwll t on nt ilrfr.iie.1 Urlnnrll tonight. H'» to .'9 Srlmol Head Ke-F.lectrd. 4 Prankllft, Krh. 9 Franklin sohool N»» rd fut* i-p-pIpi'Um) 8ui>prtnl#m1piit K. U, Trump for th« comJn* yt*r. tf/e/'en. cfretfer (Lerr) • and viA^Thomson \lx/ve: Helen Keller left! talking tv if li her secretary, .Miss Polly Thomson. The conversation is b> the •ign language friun .Miss Thomson's hand to that of Miss Keller, the lat ter making her remarks orally, lie low: Mrs. Vnn Sullivan Mary, who lias been Miss Keller's teacher and companion for 38 years and lias taught the deaf, blind and once dumb girl to speak. Lawyer May Evade J w Questions on Oil jCanadian \ttorncy Invokes “Confitl me With ( lient Lavs In Dodjie Is.sin*. Toronto. Out., Feb. 9.—H. S. Osiert I president of the Continental Trading company, Palsy appealed to the appe* late division of th« Ontario supreme t ourt in his effort to evade answering questions before the United Stales commission which ta investigating Canadian ramifications of the Teapot Dome c ase. Seeking t.i establish that $90,000 In Liberty bonds passed from Sinclair oil interest# through th- '"continental into the hands of Albert Kr.ll. forme* United St *tes se< re ary of the interior, the commies on cm ask~d t taler a law Iyer, to teil for whom he acted when I ho Incorporated the Continental com ipany. Osier declined to testify on the I ground that be would he violating con Aden c # the law permits to exist l>etween an attorney and a client. The United State* commission ob tained front Justice Kiddle last De |c?mb*r an or*l#r demanding that the | head of the C intmental and his asso ciates rep.pp«nr for examination. f talers appeal toiky was Imsed again on the rlchts of attorneys and olient In the United States he sab* the grand jury system permitted in jftuirv into anything authorities deemed necessary, but a British sub i.'kct had a primn facie right to keep his affairs private unless charge* for [ maUy were i’id'nc Inst h m. IV'win on the appeal was re j served 4 “BOY PANDITS” ADMIT 7 CRIMES Four "hoy bandits ndmltte l i ■ po lire Monday that they hid burglm*' ij:*d seven Omaha h*»mes in the past two weeks and had stolen electric light and plumbing fixtures worth more than The hoys were arrested by Detec | five* Munch sod tb i alek! who hav** l»een working on a series of recent burglaries They are t’llfford Hovce. 16. and his brother. l*»nald. 11. of 3324 Cumin** street Willie Collins. 3312 North Twenty-ninth street ml John Funks. 16 3310 North Twenty fourth street When questioned ,«t the police *! » flop the lion's admitted recent bur Hilaries at the following homes North Twenty-seventh avenue. «C4 North Twenty seventh ave . e North Twenty fifth *t 1416 she wood avenue 1414 Shuwo d avenu^ 3211 North Twenty fifth street. and 2211 Finney street. I ndt-rlaking Monopob Kffpi'lcd at ( olumlm' Columbus. Feb S A local husi ness deal, whereby, Henry Cuss 1r.. purchases from his brother, Sam. the undettak ng department of the Henry Orss A Co, furniture business and consolidates it with the funeral hum# which he established is month.** ago. took effect Monday. This o'n solid*tIon leaves the only* one uitdet taking establishment in Columbus Box Hutto .‘isrimltitral ition I rtT ol 1 t«-bt Hi Mk< !«'!( Krli * Hi’V HulH County Agricultural »**o< atb»n is en tliely out i f debt, act itrdinc to report of Secretary \V. I*. Spencei It « raid to l»e the only county fair a* (•delation in the valley that has this distinction. IVcsident C, \ Newh«:r\ and all old directors were re-elected, npd fdans discussed for a bigger and letter fair. The Weather I --/ Fe»- ?4 h«<ui* »n<||hi 1 p m 9 BrsipItitHtn tuck*** Aiut hupdtMthr T«lt»l, H mw.-# .tanuary 1 • n «trfi* tsn» > ft t k Hiwtrly Trnt|HTHtM*-r«, !• W.!• t p m ..... t* ft * m J4 J p. m M T s niS T Ip m ...... s4 ft s m ft 4 p w ........ t ?. I a W». .It I p tt* ....... 34 1ft • m IT ft p «%,„S.i It ft m.? p m. •»••••«, t II noon ••••••••.24 I P mi>«»«....»•J4 Farmer Boy Arrested as Bank Bandit ! Son of Wealthy Merrick Conn | ty Resilient Captureil Two Hours After He Holds ( p Rank. Entire Loot Recovered -v Chapman, Neb., Feb. 0.—Arthur Klingbeil, son of a wealthy Merrick county farmer, today went in search of excitement and a quick road to wealth. Hi* search wap but partially suc cessful. He found the excitement, but the mad to wealth was blocked by two policemen. Klingbeil borrowed bis father’s au tomobile. went to Chapman, wher^ he robbed the Farmers’ State bank of $7.SO in currency, escaped toward Grand Island and then fell an easy victim to Chief of Police Campbell of Grand Island and a plain clothesman. The young ba.idit had traveled 20 miles over muddy rutted roads before tie was captured near St. Libory. Ail of the loot from the bonk was re covered. Lock* I p ( ashler. Klingbeil, unknown to Vernon RJ< e. cashier of the Farmers’ State bank at Chapman, entered the insti tution ard asked permission to work at a desk. A customer was in the bank at the time and for several minutes Klinp beil worked at the desk. Then the customer left and the cashier went into the vault. A> Rice stepped from the vault Klinpbeil pushed a revolver against his siue and ordered him to "pet hack inside.' Klingbeil then locked tht vault door, sr<*nped up what currency w is in evidence, ran from the build ing. leaped info the automobile which he left parked nearby and escaped. Two Posses Formed. Livid .M a gnu son was standing ■ the street at the time and hi* suspicion* were aroused by the ae lions of the youth as be escaped M gnuaon went, into the hank, bui i by that time Rii-e had released him j self from his prison by means of at inside combination lock. The alarm was given and poss * were farmed. Two of the posse* left Chapman and a third left Grand Island. Chief of Police Campbell did not ae J c ompany «ither of the posses. bu« ! proceeded al»ng a back road in com hianv with the plain clothesman. They I met the fugitive, ordered him to sur render . nd then took him back to Grand Island. Klingbeil offered n« retfistnee. I «giini Card Identifies Him. When the chief examined the re ! vplver which Klingbeil carried he die 1 • overed <*ne exploded shell. A fbr ther investigation convinced him. he j said th.:t the shell had not been fired | today. ldentift* tion of the bandit was I established by an American Legion car l which he carried in hi* pocket. Me did not deny the Identification, MAN ARRESTED ON FORGERY CHARGE 'l*ri :'*I ( ahle Oh{Mtfh to Tlie Omaha IWr. !*• Tirp. Neb. Fob. i».—Juke Stur *« n. v: > nrer. attired in overalls an>l hlnu»e!f of? a« a ftsrm hand vas arrested vest entity on the charge I.»? forgery, after having passed sev I er 1 < !' ■ ' < drawn on the First Na ! t tonal h.*nk at Wymore. Neb., «>n merchants hire. He piloted uot guilty* In county con t i*-day and was remanded to the '■uutody of the sheriff until the date »»? hi*1* preliminary henrink. w* rhimt ! Kansas City as his home. like E«nu. Hvatrlre l»ny, *l.o ! * harin'! with forsery. was Ix'Und over [ tn thr i 'iurt and yu released | .in lmn.1 of IS',n IVput) Clerk Seriously 111. Chirlrs Ijicv, deputy clerk of the tVuncil Id off. district court. wa* taken seriously jil Monday mornini! with r; y*:’ In. and Is 1 nflncd to his home on Jjnden avenue. Summary of the Day in* Washington The senate rethorlrod an fnnuii e | into the taUei "tobacco trust Pullman surcharges were upheld by the interstate Commerce commission. Investigation of the General Kiev i H i. company was ordered by the senate Secretary Wo ks made recommend** thwta for Chicago's withdrawal of Hake Michigan water. The senate foreign relations com* 1 mtece coimldered the Turkish tr^ity at a brief Noasioti Th* h*'asv agricultural committee j’n>ar.j 1 hi \irws *>f member* Preet | d< nt Cnmidgr s .Agricultural j skin The ”• i'.tina! « ? ■! Chut lo* Ik. W.<r • reo to Ixe at tornex general w?.» die I eussed by the somite Judiciary omt 1 mlt i ee The Van Sxxeringen railroad dation proposal came before the la tentste C Mnnu'W d nttrissieti as at explanation of .% plan to build next Ultra in Ohio A Imtist >uh»'oi;nniMce divided exi ■ den re it had revcixed doe* mu I rant Impeachment of Federal Judge j Haker of the northern Went Virginia ; district l Vi ,'Uon of Sec re tr> Weeks on th« [retention of (big*diet* General Mitch ell as assistant chief of the array aii ! x ire e ill not he made. U n *» i learned, until the house count*;ie» [ conclude* lit InvtttlfaUoft