Nebraska Newspapers

    Spillman Suffers
Defeat in Senate;
Coal Bill Beaten
Solon* Vole Down Measure
Allowing Lities lo Soil
Furl; House Takes
Up Child Labor.
(fftfitiitutd From Pur* OmI
in establishing municipal dry goods
Stores, newspapers, groceries, bus
lines and varolus other commodities
mid necessities. The amendment was
voted down.
Intangible Itebalr Continues.
Senator John McGowan ot Nor
folk denied the bill had any polit
ical significance. He states the at
torney general asked hint liefore
election to Introduce such a measure
at l his session.
"It is probable we would never
have to put In a single station in
tile state, but It would be a club
that would keep down prices," Scott
of McCook said.
"It prices were foried down you
wouldn't affect the. price at the re.
fineries," Chambers asserted. "It
would merely cut down profits of re
tailers. To bo consistent we would
have to make appropriations to pur
chase an oil well and go Inio the
business from the ground up."
The entire morning was spent by
the senate In further consideration
of .the intangible late bill. Finally
the measure was advanced, providing
for a straight 4 mill levy and a 7(1
per cent assessment on bonks and
building and loan associations.
Whether I lie bouse will accept the
amended hill is problematical.
Hons* Vole* on Child Labor.
The lower house was the scene of
an uproar this morning when friend*
of the fedora! child labor nmendmenl
again forced the bill on the house
for the confessed purpose of placing
members "on record." The bill was
killed by a vote of fifl to 21.
Rodman, of Douglas, charged "cer
tain members are rewards and afraid
to go on record." laiter, he apolo
gised. saying, "I doubt if any mem
ber ha* a cowardly makeup."
Following are those voting for the
amendment:
P^numor* Muir
Klllfttt Munn
' <iriffin \>ubailor
John-on. Doucla** Pollock
Jnhn«nn, FHtlpfl Slop
Km «kn Tut hoy
Lawson T»*’. i
rf Adams Yowl*
Mi M a si or \\ * •*
Main Vi dnm n
Prfct^nt, hut not \oiinc:
pro wo. < * • r*
Hsrrman Vittlrr
Hunter
Bryan Men Ml* Claim*.
Poring th* last political campaign
former Governor Charles W. Bryan
marts much ado over the fact h* paid
b(* secretaries several thousand* of
dollar* less than th# previous admin
istration. Today, memhers of the
senate gasped when Senator H. E.
Goodrich of Nelson stated that three
Mryan code secretaries hsd filed
claims against the state running Into
thousands of dollars representing ihe
difference between the amount paid
Secretaries under the McKelvie ad
ministration and the amount paid
<fnlc secretaries under the Bryan atl
Jlilnlsuation.
Th* senate passed the gasoline tax
».nd auto license hills on third read
ing today, it now goes to the house.
Th# major appropriation bill was
the house.
passed by the senate yesterday after
nijmi and Is alteady in the hands of
Burlington Laying New
Track in Wymore Yard
Wymore. March 25.—A large force
of workmen Is laving a new main
I nek in the east end of the Wymore
Burlington railway yards. The im
provement will take two curve* out
of i he main line, safeguard men work
ing on the repair track, anti facilitate
movement of trains for St. Joseph
through the yard*.
Mike Bogish. veteran track foreman
of Superior, has been assigned as fore
man In the Wymote yards, supervising j
all track work, taking the place held
for the last five years hy Henry
Brehm, wfro is forced to take an ex
tended leave of absence from duly
on amount of ill health. Both Brehm
^nd Rngish ate veteran employes of
I he Burlington.
New Features Planned
for Morrill County Fair
Tlridgcport, March 25.—With more
than 13,000 In ptit-sos for races and
a revised and enlarged premium list
for stock and agricultural exhibits, the
f!es'*sr half-mile track In the stale
enlarged accommodations In the way
of buildings, a big historical pageant
depicting early history of the county
hy 200 men and women, including
some of the real pioneers, a special
building for educational exhibits by
fhe schools, and many free attractions,
(tie 1925 Morrill county fair promises
to lie hlgger, better, more lnt^reatlng
»nd Instructive than ever before. The
directors have accepted Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday, September 10,
(Tand 1* as the dates for the fair.
Youths Suggest Topics
for Scries of Sermons
Terumseh, March ?5. Rev. Frank j
H- Kennedy, pastor of the Tecumseh ,
Christian church, i* preaching a aerie*
of sermon* on what constitute* an
ideal young man and an ideal young
woman. He aaked the young women
of hi* congregation to write him what
(heir idea* were a* to idealism in
voting men. and aaked the young men
to state what they demanded in young
women. Many replies were received.
*11 unsigned. The minister took
thought* expressed in these eommuni
rations for subjects to disc use.
Humholdt to Broadcast.
Humboldt, March 26.--This city will
•have Its first inning In broadcasting
Thursday evening when Frank .T. Rlst.
proprietor of the Plain view hog and
wed farm, with the nnniatance of the
Chamber of Commerc e and mualclan*.
will give, a radio program from the
Henry Field station at flhenandoah,
Ig.. starting at, 6:30.
AH V KltTINKWKNT.
Red, Watery Eyes
Tnu will h« aafonlnhcd a I. (he quick
Pamirs from slmpl# camphor, witch
Wf.al, hvdmatla. ate., aa mixed In
ijt vopllk »y« wash. On* small hoi
lit* l.«voptlk helps any ™» mr*. red
or wat.ory aye*. K,vs cup free. Shcr
nan 4 McConnell drug storee.
Branded by Jealous Husband,
She Pleads for Him in Court
V N_ :- ---
The linuiil Mrs. Theodore Wlnfree tmred in court.
Sun Francisco. Much 25.—All the
rssi of her days Mrs. Theodore Win
free will wear the initials T. W '
burned irretrievably In her back, just
below the right, shoulder. She is
branded—branded by Iter husband
but she loves hint still.
Mrs. Win free came into court and
bared the brand as proi f nf her
charges against her husband, n 21
• ear old sailor in the navy, now' sta
ioned at float Island. She said he
burned the initials Into her silky,
'•.hite, pretty skin with a curling Iron
while in a jealous rage caused hy his
Black Hills Pioneer
Kilted in \nlo Crash
Dead wood. S. D.* March 26 -Mrs
f»oruni of this city has received new -
of the death of her husband in an
auto accident near Martin, county
seat of Bennett county, in ihe Ptn<
Ridge Indian reservation. Mr. fJnrtim
tad driven from his ranch to Martini
for supplies, ftn his return, his car;
skidded land turned over into a ditch |
at. the roadside. The body was
In ought to Deadwond from (Jordon,
Neb., the nearest railroad town.
Mr. (Jorum was a Black Hills pi
oneer. having come to this section
in 1*77 He was years old end
Is survived by his wife and a da ugh
Let*. Violet, who make their home in
Deadwood. and a son. Clifford, who
operates a clothing store at LaVoye.
Wyo.
(.ollins Family t nhatmed
hy Tornado al Benton, III.
Pawnee City, March 26. Glenn Col
lins of Benton, 111., who attended the
funeral of his father. Dr. (J. \V. Col
lins, in this cjity and spent some time
visiting his sick mother, reassured
relatives here »his week that his family
was unharmed by the tornado. He
had returned home just a few days
before. •Benton lost 12 by death, and
SO were injured in the storm.
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Four Tectimseh Teachers
to (ii\e I p Their Positions
Tecumseh, March 25.— Recently the
Tecumseh board nf education re-elect
ed the entire teachinE force for the
rnmlnsr year, plvlne time for accept
snees. Omer Herrmann, sericulture
tent her: Mis* I.ils Oravatt, hlstorv;
Mias Klizabeth Varner, mathematics
and typewriting: Miss Mary Dnvey,
sixth Ktade, have declined.
Uaklantl Wins Deltaic.
Oakland, March 25. -Oakland High
school debaters defeated the I.yons
team and will debate Wausa here
Friday nlsht.
suspicion that she we intimate with
other men. He also heat her severely,
she (old Ihe judge.
Wlnfree did not deny the charges.
The court was shocked by Mrs. Win
free's story of his cruelty.
But when the court prepared to
send the sailor lo iail Ihe woman fled
to the man's side and asked for his
release.
"He did it because he loved me,”
she cried, tailing into the arms of the
man she had had dragged Into court.
They kissed and left the court room
together.
Merchants" Hall to Be Built
at Beatrice Fair (Grounds
Be* i He*. March 25 -Ground ha*
been broken for a Merchants ball at.
tha fair ground* her*. The structure
will be fiO by 100 feet, and there will
be space for booth* for about .*10 mer
whanl*. Plan* are also being made for
the co'nutruction of a new grandatand.
The building* will be completed in
time for the fall exhibition.
Frank Melcher Acquitted
nil Wife Desertion Charge
Madison. March 23. -Fran k
Web her. former Nor folk busines*
man. vrt* acquitted of th** charge of
wife deaertlon by County Judge K. I..
Rerker.
jf)il Suit Defense
Closes Its Case
^ ith Littleton
'Defender of Newberry and
Thaw Tears Into Argu
ment of Government
(loti tisel.
Hy the \eenelntod rre*«.
Cheyenne, Wyn., March 'Jfv.— Fir
ing its last ami avowedly Its biggest
sun point blank at the legal armada
of the government In the Teapot
I in me lease annulment suit, Jhe de
fense--Harry F. Sinclair and the
Mammoth Oil compan \—ekieed its
ease today with the. argument of
Martin VV. Littleton, noted attorney,
defender of Harry K. Thaw and
Truman H. Newberry.
Littleton, speaking in a crowded
courtroom, started out wit 11 ingrati
ating words hv thanking Federal
Judge T. Fluke Kennedy for his
consideration and complimenting I
counsel for iltc government, Owen J.
Roberta and Atlee Pomerene, for
"making the most of the govern
ment's ease.'’ He thep tore Into *he
argument of Roberts, who had con
tended mainly t'Jiat the terms of the
Teapot lease were incompatible with
the terms of the law under which it
was permitted.
Outers ait Two Points. ^
For one hour and 3d minutes he
talked—sometimes iri a conversation
al tone and at others in the mentor
ian voice of an orator, jlis argu
ment was centered on two points in
the case. The first was on Ihe con
tenllon of the government that if
the terms of the lease were enforced
in the matter of exchanging crude oil
for fuel nil in storage tanks. It would
he illegal because It would have suh
verted the power of congress In its
light to make appropriations of the
navy. He further attacked the. gov
ernment’s argument that the ex
change of crude nil by the navy for
fuel oil constituted a sale and that
|therefore the proceeds of such sales
should, according to law go into the
tteasurv of the I’nited States.
IJtfleton's second point was oh the
principle of law which requires the
presumption of good faith in all ^
transactions and It was here that he
used oratory. He maintained that
the court. In order to stiataln the
government s < barge that bonds from
Sinclair eventually found their way
into the hands of former Secretary
of the Interior AH*ert R. Fall, would
have (o assume'' a connection he |
tween Fall and the Continental
Trading company, and then “infer"
that any honds Fall may have re
< elved Which had been held at one
time hv Sinclair, had some wrongM!
connection with the leasing of Teapot
' Dome.
Case Finds Today.
Littleton criticized the government ,
for "coming into this court ssklng -
equity and then failing to do equity.' i
referring to Ihe failure of the plain-1
i tiff to introduce the testimony nf
Rear Admiral J. K. Robinson, chief
of navy engineering: and H. Fuater
Rain and A. W. Ambrose, of the
bureau of mines, all of whom upheld
1 t he Sinclair lease as s good bar
■gain for tire government, and whose
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Accused Slayer, on Trial for Life,
Chats With Mother in Courtroom
H« International Nrw* Sere lee.
Phoenix, A fix., March 25.—The
striking picture of an alleged bold
bandit, on trial for murder, who Alls
in cdurt visiting with his mother rath
er than listen to court proceedings,
was presented here today at the sec
ond day of the trial of Bill I^awrence
of Oklahoma. •
Mrs. Lawrence, part Fherokee In
dian. came here from Oklahoma to
attend the trial of her son for the
murder of Officer Haze Burch, shot
and killed last February. I^awtence
spent the entire day yesterday whis
pering to his mother.
As the trial opened today the prose
cution had scored an important vic
tory. Superior Judge M. T. Phelps rul
ing that statements of Blirch made
to officers while lying mortally wound
testimony the defense used in the
case.
•| never could and T never will he
able to understand why they pilloried
the admiral for two days on the stand
—an officer of the fighting forces
who was attempting to serve his
country in the best way he knew
how—who harv the courage to de
mand a full measure for the navy In
order that it might he properly for
t ified.”
When Littleton finished, court ad
journed for the day. The case will
end tomorrow with the presentation
bv Roberts of his final argument for
the government.
CASS PIONEER DIES
AT PLATTSMOUTH
Platt smnuth. March ?V—fleorge
\\ . Shrader, ('ass county resident
since 1855, died here Sunday.
Shrader was horn in Virginia, Au
gust 10. 1836. and at the opening of
the civil war gave up his school
teaching career in Missouri to enter
the southern army..
In 1884 he came to Mills county,
low'H. settling near the old town of
St. Mary, opposite the mouth of the
Platte river north of this city. The
following year he came to (’ass coun
ty. For a time he was in the
freighting business between Rock
Bluff, the thriving river town now
long in decay, and Denver, and later
engaged In farming.
Up and his wife celebrated their
50th anniversary May 9. HHl. and
March 23, 1923, the wife Suffered
fatal injuries in the tornado which
did much damage at the Shrader
home. •
Mr. Shrader was a member of the
Nehawka Masonic lodge, and the
funeral Wednesday was In charge of
Plattemouth lodge No. 8. A. F. and
R. M. He js survived hv eight chil
dren, with whom he had made his
home since the death of hia wife.
Barr Trark to Br I.aid Out
on York County Fair (.round*
York. March 25.—The county farm
and fair ground purchased recently by
the York county supervisors have
been rented for the corning year.
Forty acres will be seeded so that
when the county is ready fo takp
charge the ground will he in eondi
tion for a half mile race track. Ad
ditional buildings necessary for the
fair grounds and county farm will be
constructed next >ear.
ed after the shooting, might ho con
aldered part of a dying declaration
! despite the fact that Burch did not
die until almost 24 hours later.
The fate of the prosecution rest
entirely on admission in evidence of
such statements, since in no other
fashion may the crime be fastened on
the Lawrence brothers.
Babe Lawrence, heavily handcuffed,
was removed from the court room to
day following granting of separate
trials to the two brothers.
A pair of handcuffs, which the state
will Haim belonged to the slain offi-i
cer, may form the chief link In the
evidence against the Lawrence Voth-i
ers. The handcuffs were found in I
possession of the brothers the dH\j
ifter Burch was killed, it was claimed I
by the state.
Pawnee Roads
to Be Improved
Application Made for Funds
for Graveling and Grad
ing Project*.
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Pawnee t'itv. March 25.—The state
engineers’ office at Lincoln will soon
receive, a resolution from the Pawnee
county tMtard making application for
the graveling of 151* miles of federal
stale highway east and west through
this city. The resolution was drawn
up at the commissioners’ meeting
here this week.
It is pointed out In the letter that
Pawnee county’s share of the division
of taxes receivable under the proposed
gasoline tax law will he $80,000, and
that the county now has to its credit
in the state highway fund $29,250.58.
State Engineer Cochran estimated
the expense of ihe project at $48,000
to $50,000. In case the application is
acceded to, the * ommissioners desire
to use the remainder available, or
some $60,000, to finish grading the
federal highway through the county.
Uncompleted portions of the toad are
six* mlleW east of Table Hock to the
Richardson county line, and a stretch
of 18 miles from the Gage county
line to eight miles west of here.
The commissioners are making plans
to proceed with the work in the
event the*resolution Is favored by the
state highway commission, and work
would start In a few weeks if the ap
plication is approved.
Pawnee county has no graveled
roads at present, ami the prominence
of the l«HiiI hlghwav influenced its
choice as the first road to he sur
faced. The 15 12 mib« were raised to
grade and built according to state
and federal speel flea t ion f several
yearn ago bv convict labor, and the
surveying at that time of the rest
of i he road would expedite the pro
posed project.
Local mad men indicated that the
graveling would probably !►* handled
on a contra* t.
Birkenhead to
Cowans’ Defense
in Scandal Case
Former Lord Chancellor De
clares IS ar Leader Was In
capable of Actions At
tributed to Him.
By ROBERT 4. PRKW.
I ntversill Sen Ice staff f«PTMpnnili nt. .
London, March 25. — "Human
strength and human frailty must lie
measured In the balance."
Karl Birkenhead, secretary of stale
for India, and one of the most bril
liant intellects In the country, has
lens to uttPr this aphorism today re
garding l he Dennistoun case. The
case |s pot yet terminated, the Jury'
still considering, at the instance of
Justice McCardie, a number of points
in dispute, hut lyird Birkenhead is In
dignant at the evidence tendered re
garding Sir John Cowans,
"Odlus stipulations and debasing in
ducements have been placed in the
mouth of Sir John Cowan." he says,
referring to the allegations that the
great quartermaster general pur
i hased Mrs. Dorothy Dennistoun at
the price of soft jobs for her hus
band.
"Those of us who were his friends
I now that whatever his faults may
ha\e been, he was simply incapable
of using her. No one attended or
could have attended the trial in his
interest and none of the parties car
ed * brass farthing about his reputa
tion.
My advice is to believe nothing
of conversations which depend upon
tiie *\idenee of n slngb- and deeply ^
interested witness, tbit duty is •‘•ll ‘ 1V*^^
to watch the Interests and safeguard
4the reputation of the soldier who is
nowr dead and who greatly loved and
greatly served his count r>.''
The fact that the former lord chan
cellor, who heads the empire judi
ciary, should rush to defend Sir John
Cowan’s memory even before tits
jury in the case is discharged, re*
fleets the Intensity of feeling #which
the Dennistoun case has aroused.
The proceedings today were entire
Jy of a legal character.
Lead Instructor Win
Mu-ic Composition Pri/c
Lead. S. D., March 2.1.—George Me. *
Kay. director of instrumental muGo^
of the Lead public s -bools, has re
ceived word that he is one of six
to be awarded a trip to Rochester,
N. V . as a prize in the muric com
position contest conducted by tho
Kastman School of Music.
Mr. McKax « production is a
symphony to which he has given the
title. 11 Krom the Black Hills." It was
composed during his residence in
Lead With five other prize winning
productions, it will be played at a
publi'- concert by the Rochester Sym
phony orchestra, in April.
Banner (minty Hogs Sold
al Record Price at Denver
Bridgeport. March 25.— Banner coun
ty hogs established a high record price
at Denver by the -ale of a carload for
H. L. Wyatt at $13.85 per 100 pounds.
There were 73 hogs in the shipment,
raised on the Wyatt farm near Harris
burg.
Relief
in
every
)0r 5oothinq And HeAlinq
Don't be left out of thinqs
because of a bad skin.
The Resinol treatment makes
poor complexions
clearer-lovelier
Ask the
friend who has
[ tried it
is still cheap |
We ai.l know that Coffee has
gone up in price, just as almost
everything else has done, but th£
important thing to remember is
that Coffee—the best of drinks
—still costs very, very little.
' * Even at present prices the
average cost of Coffee for your
/ home is only l*/j cents a cup—
^ a trifling sum indeed when you
consider the pleasure that is in
it and the zest that it adds to
your whole day.
j
i As a matter of fact, the price
of Coffee has gone up less in the
last ten or twelve years than
ham, or lamh, or shoes, or rent,
or some other staples.
At l'/j cents a cup, the cost of
Coffee is only 1 2ft or 1 4ft or
even 1 SO of the total cost of your
average meal at home.
Where else can you buy as
much genuine satisfaction for so
very, very little? What else can
you buy that means as much to
your enjoyment of breakfast,
luncheon and dinner?
JOINT COFFEE TRADE
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
64 W«tcr Street, New York
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Smart New
Bow Pumps
I This fashion of wearing step-in street pumps
with a grosgrain ribbon bow to make them the
more feminine is developed with medium round
toe, block heel, and light sole. Tan naco,
brown kid, and black kid.
ji
9.00
- Maidn Don Out—H’. f. A Fond Sale
^/.ornpsori Ed hr,
Presenting an
Important Collection
Of New
Fur Jackets
for Spring
’95'"J195
The new furs, the new modes, the new shades, all of
which have created a_*udden widespread vogue for
the fur jacket to be worn this spring season.
Golden Susliki (sand weasel) jacket, with beige fox collar 195.00
Cocoa American Broadtail jacket, tuxedo effect, with stand
ing collar of beige squirrel ..195.00
Baron duki (Russian Hamster) jacket with red fox collar 195.00
Cocoa caracul jacket with blond fox collar 125.00
Brown caracul-paw jacket with matching fox collar 95.00
Silver rat jacket, rosewood wolf collar.. 95.00
Chokers 15.00 to b5.00
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Stone martpn, baum marten, squirrel, and fox in all the newer
shades offering a comprehensive assortment.
■ ■ “ Where. One Buys Furs With Assurance''
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tractive Exchange Offerings Everv Day in
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