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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. AUGUST 7, 191. ouija board tells of 'Death mystery Contrivance So Works on the . Minds of Merrick County Residents That Authori ties Investigate. Grand Island, Aug. 6. (Special.) Have you ever read a ouija board or watched its movements in telling of a deep mystery -which has never come to light? So effectively has one of these boards worked on the susceptible in one locality that it started county of ficers to working on a case which still is unsolved. It was about ten years ago that John Bosselman, prominent farmer of western Merrick county, near Worms suddenly disappeared. Nothing has been heard from him since. At that time indications were that he had left for parts unknown and there is still no evidence to contra diet this belief, but the presumably mystic board worked so strangely on 1'iis case, and comment became so strong in that community, that the attention of Sheriff Clark and County Attorney Koss, of Merrick county, were called to it. According to the reading John Bos selman had come to his death from eating poisoned peaches and he died in being taken down, fell to the ground on some hay, and when some one dropped in at the place.Jhe body was covered up with hay until the visitor had gone. Later it was taken to a cellar and buried. So strong did this story prey on the minds of the people that the county authorities were called upon to act. Sheriff Clark, Attorney Ross, and some of the county residents recently went over to the place and dug five different holes under the eight-foot square cellar. They found no trace of a disturb- ance of the soil and with this the 'board story vanished as a dream from the minds of many. There are still some, however, who superstitiously cling to-the story and believe there might be some sem blance of truth in it. Wheat Averages 15 to 20 Bushels Per Acre in Johnson Tecumseh, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special.) H Threshine crews at work over the county report wheat, a light croo here this year, is turning out gener ally from fifteen to twenty bushels to the acre, with an occasional excep tional yield. Oats are turning out big, the crop being better than normal. The best yield of wheat to be re ported to Tecumseh up to this time was that of L. W. Hahn, who lives nine miles northeast of the city. Hahn- got an average of thirty-five bushels ef wheat to the acre from a field of twenty-five acres. This -wheat, at $2.90 ptr bushel, the offer at threshing time, would bring a total of $2,362.50 for the twenty-five acres. This is $94.50 per acre, and Mr. Harm's land is probably worth $150 per acre. To make room in his granary for the wheat, Mr. Hahn had to haul two loads of corn to market. He sold the corn at $2.12 per bushel, getting $241.30 for i the State Hospital to Dry 300 Bushels of Corn (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 6. (Special.) Three hundred bushels of corn, produced by the inmates, will be dried by the ,- state hospital for the insane, to feed the institution population during the winter months. Some of this is sweet corn, but most of it is field corn cut with the kernels still in milk. Thisjs being done as a part of the patriotic food conservation move ment, as the corn will replace wheat used in ; previous winters. In or dinary years the corn would have been sold or fed to live stock. By using it as now intended, it will re place cereals ordinarily bought. Electric fans will be used for the drying, and the corn will then Je roasted to complete its sterilization. Regular employes and patients will perform all of the labors, under the direction of Steward, Helms and Mrs. Helms. The green stalks will be used as silo material for the dairy herd at the hospital When the corn has been cut off, the ground will be sown to fall wheat. Rain Aids Johnson County Crops Injured by Drouth Tecumseh, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special.) The first good rain in several weeks fell over Johnson county Saturday night. The precipitation amounted -to a little more than an inch. That the corn in this section is injured by drouth but few refuse to admit, the question being the amount of damage. ihe teeling seems to be that this rain has been the means of saving much of the crop. The moisture is espe- riattv timplv f nr flip naefufAe wliifli were drying up. The second cutting of alfalfa hay was not as heavy as the first, but the quality is fine. Hall Would Buy Fairbury ' Bonds Paying Six Per Cent (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 6. (Special.) State Treasurer Hall wants to buy $85,000 worth of paving bonds of the city of Fairbury, bearing 6 per cent inter est and running ten years, if someone else doesn't beat him to it. The in terest rate is just 1 per cent better than the state secures on most of its investments. Fairbury reserves the right of pay ing off the whole issue or any part of it any interest date, but at that Hall thinks the bonds would pay. Board of Mediation Will. Report to Governor Today (From a Staff Correspondent. ) Lincoln, Aug. 6. (Special.) The State Board of Mediation will make "its official report of the labor situa tion Tuesday, when Governor Neville will be given the document. The report is believed to favor the labor side and to urge the continuance of the closed shop in Omaha, and to criticize the employers for attempting to disrupt the labor organization. Rain in York County. York, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special Tele jrram.) One ami twenty-five hun-.'ri'jdi-hs inches of rain fell here this rvrhir-g. The fall was general all over '.heU-finitv , Seventv-Finht Mpn FyaminpH f By Hall County Board Grand Island, Xeb., Aug. 6. (Spe cial Telegram.) The Hall county ex emption board had put seventy-eight of the local 160 men through the first physical examination late this after noon. Of these fifty-three passed the same ?r.d twenty-five failed. Most of the latter will be given a second ex amination. The main cause of failure was weak eyes, underweieht and flat teet. Of the seventy-eight who passed forty claimed exemption, nearly all on the ground of being married and hav ing wife and children to support, one alleging that he was the support of a widowed mother. Among those rejected after the first physical examination was Dr. J. H. Regan, who was the original medical member of the board itself and who had some months aeo been rejected wheji he offered his services in the medical corps, but was nevertheless displaced from the board because of draft age, reappointment here causing some delay. THINK ROADS READY TO COMPLY WITH LAW State Officials Following At tempt to Throw Off Two-Cent Pare Law Believe the Rail ways Will "Be Good." Jefferson County Board iFrom a Staff Correspondent 1 Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special.) That the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island railroads are ready to drop their attempt to stop the enforcement of the "2-cent fare law, because they are losing money on the 5-cent basis, is the belief of state officials, who have followed the injunction proceed ings at Omaha, where the hearing was Held last week. Traveling men and their firms, forced to pay the higher fare, are di verting ireiglit shipments to roads satisfied with th ers living equally 'distant from these Examines Drafted Men two, roads and th.e charging only 2 p-"10 pan uniting ine jarier, ana (Special I the loss of their money is beginning . . . 1 . 1 . - The strong showing made by the state, with the attorney general's of fice and the railway commission working in harmony for the first tirne in years, is another feature that is making the railroads feel that per- naps they were hasty in thinking they coma knock out the -'-cent rate, Fairbury, Neb., Aug. 6. 1 elegram.) Light-four prospective Jefferson county "Sammies" assem bled in the court room here this morn ing to take the1 physical examination It is estimated about 5 .per cent of the number failed. Drs. laylor and Potter conducted the examinations. The exemption board was swamped with claims. Approximately 95 per cent of the number summoned today claimed exemption, principally on the grounds of being married and having dependent relatives. sheriff John G. Rawles had charce of the board. The examinations will continue until Wednesday," when 252 men will be examined. Jefferson county's allotment is 126 men. No ir regularities occurred. Many Buffalo County Men Are Claiming Exemption Kearney, Aug. 6. (Special Tele gramsThe first lot of men subject to draft were examined here today. Thirty-eight men were passed upon as physically fit before one was re jected. The exemptions for physical unfitness will be very light in this county. it was stated by the officials that they believed exemptions would be filed in numbers at least 70 per cent of the young men examined physi cally today asking for exemption affi davit. Another hundred will be ex amined Tuesday arid a like number Wednesday. The county quota is 14o. Thieves Carry Away Truck Load of Loot in Arlington Fremont. Neb.. Autr. 6. (Special Telegram.) Thieves entered the John Tackrott store at Arlington early Monday morning and carried away a truckload of merchandise. The loot in cluded 250 pairs of shoes, 100 pairs of overalls and trousers, several shot guns and revolvers and a quantity of cigars. Three men were seen to drive off in the direction of Omaha by a resident wno was awakened by the truck. Omaha Man Objects to Circle Paying Attorneys' Fees (From a Staff Orrospondeiit.l Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special.) ur. i-.. llolovtchiner, of Omaha, as a member in good standing of the Woodmen Circle, has presented to the supreme court objections to using funds of the society to pay any part part of the $14,000 of attorneys' fees claimed by lawyers representing Dora Alexander and Mary LaRocca, the leaders of the faction that secured control of the society from Mrs. Em ma Manchester at the recent Atlanta convention. Dr. llolovtchiner demands an or der from the court directing the La-Rocca-Alexander faction to reimburse the circle for the legal expense in curred by Mrs. Manchester. He sug gests withholding their salaries until these funds are repaid. He blames all of the litigation upon this faction, alleging that its leaders sought to usurp powers properly belonging to Mrs. Manchester. State Receives First Interest On Librty Bond Investment (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special.) The state's first interest payment on its Liberty loan investment was re ceived today when Treasurer Hall got a draft for $885, covering the in terest on the state's subscription for half a million dollars of the bonds. The interest is for the period from May 10, when the mo.ney was re mitted, to July 17. Mr. Hall holds federal reserve bank certificates for $500,000 to exchange for the bonds when they arc readv. 101 Nuckolls County Men Pass Draft Examination Nelson, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special.) The military registration board of Nuckolls county, during the last three days completed examination of the registered men called to fill the first draft. The quota of Nuckolls county was seventy-six men and 152 men were called for the examination. Of the 152 men called, Elmo Els nure Phillips of Superior, had en listed in the Fifth Nebraska infantry and was under orders and therefore exempt from examination. Two were aliens and were exempted by the board on that account and two others were examined by other boards. Of the men actually examined by the local board 101 passed the re quired physical examination and will he certified as physically fit for service. Some arc filing claims of exemption on account of having dependent wives and children, but the number of claims that will be allowed by the local board will probably be small and there is a possibility that no further call will be made in this county for the first quota. The names of those that were passed by the local board as physical ly nt tor service are: Nelson William Ferdinand Togel, Edgar William Collinss. Ora Von Ferebee, Vernie Albertis AdamsOn, Elmer Alex Farver. Robert Drury, James Orville Adams. John William Kaurfnian, Henry Elmo Wehrman, Roy Frank Faw. Wilsie Everett Blunt, Fred Summers, Vernon Carl Wade, William Weaver Gates. Walter Louis Hull, Orin Lee Goodrich, Otto Sam Peterson. Andrew Block, uiarics tienry Koontz and James G. YVenrman. Hardy Samuel B. Webb. Frank Moore, Victor Whither Christiansen, Peter Emil Christiansen, William Earnest Bartcls, Ray Ernest David son, Joseph Anderson Pram, Chris Martensen'and Einer Johanson. Superior Carl Andrew Davison, Nels Fredrick Rasmussen, Wendell Clayton Real, Chris William Matthi sen, Henry Ernst Grummert, Leslie Adams, Charles Olen Ellis. Edward Raymond Winebar, .Harold Hum phrey Miller, Archie Chancy. Stephen Arthur SchwarUenback. Fred D. Grummert, Curtis Charles Smith, Ed ward Crance Wilton, Irving Rudolph Scheetz, Charles Glen Hout, Lloyd Graham Moffitt, Charley Floyd Brid well, Herbert Marion Finnell, Ralph Roland Koken, Merritt Stinson, Rein hart A.Bonow and Frank C. Reed. De Weese Lewis Oscar Walt, Frank Edward Kucera, Frank Joseph Hub! and John Drapal. Angus Bert Owen Devore. Rav Albert Kinnison and Ralph Joseph White. Nora Ralph Austin Tov. Nieli C. Andreason, Mickel Grover Corman, Peter Andersen Jensen and Lewis Earl Epley. Cadamus Elmer Henrv Hob-ii. Edward Herman Gerdes. I rvinc Don- bleday Johnston, Clark Martin Stan-wood. Bostwick--Witliam Forest Mathers William Floyd George, William Brewster Imhoff, Cecil Roy Burge, William "JohflsontRu'therford, Levi El bert. Wilton, Wtfliam Bolte, William Andrew Bishop. William Carl Stedt- On Being Natural CCE seeks like. A natural, honest-to-good-ness man don't have much time for artificial things. An' real pipe smokers take to VELVET, because it's a natural born pipe tobacco, kept natural. It takes two long years of natural ageing in wooden hogsheads to make a tin of VELVET. Nature's way is a slow, expensive way, but just compare VELVET with any of those "improvements on Nature." That's the answer. niu. Jo William Kcifer, Gcrtrand Ries. Lawrence Rudolph Frank Kukal, William Irving Norris and Clarence Kelso Dooley. Guide Rock Fdson Jerome Bailey. Clyde Leonard Roc anil Ran dal Young. Ruskin VcsJcy t. Packwood, William Rolling, Otto Rolling, Joe Sykes, Edward lrvin Maxwell, Jens Tcter Skov, Reinhold W. Vieselfeyer. Oak Adolph Henrieh Patton. Rav Fletcher, John Henry Aden, Cleve land Harrison Eller, Clarence Rov Moore and Henry G. Horst. Edgar Claud Covert Corman and Gardic Beavers. All Draft Men Called at Broken Bow Ask Exemption Broken Bow. Neb., Aug. 6. (Spe cial.) One hundred and sixty men were examined here Saturday by the draft exemption board with only eight failing to pass the physical examina tion. Everv one so far examined and passing the physical examination has. ruea exemption claims. Mngie nifiVi are asking exemption because of agri-1 cultural pursuit. Fire Destroys N. W. Chutes And Cars of Coal at Scribncr Fremont. Aug. 6. (Special Tele gram.) The Northwestern coal j chutes and two carloads of coal at ' Scribncr were destroyed by fire to-1 d(y. Spontaneous combustion is be- j lieved to have been the cause. J Removal of Tonsils " ' Fatal to Laurel Girl Laurel. Neb., Aug." 6. (Special.) Miss Esther Ittcr died here today in the office of a local physician while undergoing an operation for the ton sils. She ws 21 years old and the only daughter of Nels Utter, a promi nent farmer near town. A srMMEB TONIC DRINK. Horafnrd' Arlil Photphat. Healthful, and most mrefbl to the tat. Rfroihes and Invlroritlps. Use It in plar of Ifimons. Adv. Brante Stores rw X 'mm . M I hit lfrstrn- m IVU1 0 IIVU- y) ing skin with i Resino The -moment that Resinol Oint ment touchei itching skin the itch ing usually stops and healing begins. That is why doctors prescribe it so successfully even in severe cases of eczema, ringworm, rashes, and many other tormenting, disfiguring skin diseases. Aided by warm baths with ResinolSoap, Resinol Ointment make a sick akin or scalp healthy, cuickly, easily and at little cost. Realnot Ointment and Ketlnol Soap alio (ready help to clear away pimplet and dan druff. Sold by all drugf iin. T A Sale of Notions And Sewing Needs We are offering just a few interesting items from cur immense stock, at a very low price. Good Shell Hair Pins, box, at A 3c Ball Shape Button Molds, dozen, at 34e Oil Cans, each, at sc Knitting Needles, for Red Cross work, per set 7c Soft Face Chamois, each, at 3C Middy Laces, all fast colors, each 5C Children's Skeleton Waists, 2 to 14 years, each 19c Shoo Trees, pair, at , 5c O. N. T. Crochet Cotton, ball, at 8Jic 50-yard Spools of Sewing Silk, spool, at 3e Auto Faco Veils, all shades, each 50 Moth Proof Bags, 50c and 75c size, each 35c Kid Curlers, all Bizes, dozen, at lOc 12-yard Bolts of Rick Rack, white only, bolt, at 18c Shopping Bags, black and brown, at, each 10c Fast Colored Cable Cord, 12 yards, for. . Sc Long Shoe Laces, pair, at 3C Bathing Garters, all sizes, pair, at lOc Emeries, for sharpening and cleaning needles (limit 2 to a cus tomer), large 25c size, at, each : ., 5C Main Floor Misses' and Children's Footwear Our Basement Shoe Dept. Offers For Tuesday 500 paira Children's Mary Jane Pumps, ankle strap, patent and dull leather; sizes from 8 H to 1 1 and 11 to 2, at, the pair, 98e Misses' and Children's White Canvas Mary Jane, ankle strap, . stitch down sole; sizes from 5 to 11, at, the pair 49c Misses' and Children's Mary Jane Pumps, in white kid bronze and black kid; sizes from 4 to 8; hand-turned soles; at pair. . 98c Children's Barefoot Sandals, in white leather and brown calf skin ; stitch down sole ; sizes from 1 V4 to 1 0, at, .pair ........ 49c Batement. Imist ffTpk Affik There Being Iff b-s 4 None Served S A 11 Just Made in Omaha The Great Teetotaler's Beverage Willow Springs Beverage Company Douglas 1 306 or Douglas 21 08. I A grain of gold out weighs the biggest soap bubble ever blown, an' a grain of truth has mo weight than a bushel offiction- watfr j 'ji 1 1flm$& iwr '1ffiffa&& it Our Inferests-Your Interests In a previous article we asserted that it is our plan to become YOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY in fact as well as in name. This was no business-seeking moonshine no airy persiflage. We meant exactly what we said and the time has now arrived to prove it. We said we want to take you into partnership to make OUR INTERESTS, YOUR INTERESTS OUR PROBLEMS, YOUR PROBLEMS. We meant all that, , too. ' Before the appearance of this article users of electric service will be in possession of a descriptive circular and letter inviting them to purchase Nebraska Power Company 7 cumulative pre-, f erred stock at par, dividends payable quarterly. This is not a stock jobbing campaign. It is the desire of tho Nebraska Power Company to make financial partners of its pa trons by enabling them to invest as little or as much as they see fit in its business. For those with small capital this is indeed a splendid opportunity to secure a liberal interest thereupon. It is to these that this offer should prove particularly attractive, since the stock will be ready for disposal in small denominations. That the most modest stockholder and the proprietor of the largest industry shall be equal partners in our concern is the earnest- wish of YOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY. , When you arc financially interested in a proposition you are likely to feel a proprietary interest also likely to feel that you and other persons similarly interested are co-workers to a common end that you will rise or fall together. If that is not PARTNER SHIP I JT. FACT, then we have need f a dictionary. Y'ou will discover a genuineness and frankness of this offer upon consulting the officers of the Nebraska Power Company or Burns, Brinker & Company, 449 Omaha National Bank Building, who will be glad to acquaint you with full particulars of the plan. You will also, find that you are regarded as a partner in spirit be fore you actually become a partner in fact. This should interest you. Electricity is a very essential factor in our daily lives nowa days, and its fullest advantages are certain to redound from this new partnership, into which we trust you will see fit to enter. NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY Your Electric Service Company"