THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. MARCH 16, 1918.
Nebraska
Nebraska Sammy Hit by
German Bullet
FREMONT MAN,
STRUCK BY TRAIN,
MAY NOT RECOVER
Ed G. Hook in Critical Condition
From Injuries Sustained When
His Car Is Hit by Over
land Limited.
Fremont Neb. March IS! (Special
Telegram.) Ed G. Hook land agent
nf Frfmrtnt. is at a local hospital In a
critical condition as the result of in- j
juries sustained when the Union Ta-I
cific Overland Limited struck the.
automobile in which he was driving aty
Ames this morning. Physicians sayi
he has smali chances of recovering. I
Hook was hurled several rods and !
the automobile was smashed. He)
sustained fractures of his hip con-j
cussion of he brain and several cuts,
about the body. . He was watching a
freight train switching in ,the Ame
yard and failed to see. the approaching
passenger train.
Fire Escapes For Schools.
Deputy Fire Commissioner M. G.
McCune has recommended to State
Fire Commissioner W. S. Ridgell that
all Fremont school houses including
the new fireproof high school be
equipped with fire escapes. Mr. Mc
Cune with Fire Chief Harry Morse
of Fremont has made an inspection of
all school buildings and buildings in
the business and.f.actory districts.
I Fremont Nominees.
George Bisfer.was nominated for
city clerk on the democratic ticket
and J. E. Nelson chosen by the re
publicans at the . city convention
Thursday evening.1 Both parties
named E..N. Morse and S. S. Sidner
for re-election on the school board.
For several years the two parties have
followed a custom of fusing on school
board candidate. The membership
stands three republicans and three
democrats. :, ... . , '
' Copy of Original Flag.
A miniature copy of the ordinal
flag designed and made by Betsy R ss
has been presented to the comrrktee
in charge of the. Red Cross ac tion
sale to be held here March 23. The
copy was made by Miss Sarah W;Iion,
a f?reat granddaughter of Miss Ross,
and was bought by Mrs. J.' Howard
, Heine of Fremont at Philadelphia 18
years ago. It is probable the school
children of Fremont will take up a
' collection and buy the emblem. It is
made of silk and was sewed with Un
usually fine thread.
'! Fremonter'a Brother In Jail.
1 Dr. Fredrick K. Krueger, brother of
Rev. William Krueger, formerly pas
tor of the Salem Lutheran church of
Fremont, is in jaij at Wyandotte, Kan.,
charged with being a German spy.
Dr, 'Krueger made his home in Fre-
, mont for a short time with his
brother, when arrested he was a
professor of languages at the Midland
college, a Lutheran institution " at
Atchison, Kan. He it charged with
being implicated in the plot to cause
an uprising inIndia against Great
Britain. "
( Flowers Coming Home..
,t Mrs. Sydney Flowers and little son
' will leave Sunday for Victoria, B C,
where they will be jojned by Mr
Fldwers,.who is returning from J on
don after being discharged from the
English army for1 physical disabilities.
Mr. Flowers was "gassed" and wound
ed in the arm last July and has been
at a London hospital since. Flowers
before enlisting for service was en
gaged in advertising work in Fremont.
Cambridge School Board
ffi i Elects Corps of Teachers
, Cambridge, Neb. March IS. (Spe
cial.) Thursday the Cambridge board
o-education elected the following
teachers: C. L. Little, superin
tendent: A. C Eastoni principal; Ef
fie.V. Johnson, assistant principal;
, Mabel Correll, English and history;
' Gladys Hart,' Latin and commerce;
Pearl Wolford, domestic science; Gail
E,qlow, principal junior high school;
Ruth Burnt, assistant; Stella Bible,
penmanship; Jeanie Rankin, fourth
grade; Laura , Easter, third 'grade;
Kuby Huff, second', grade; Wauneta
Branson, , first, grade
In thc two weeks' war stamp sale
contest, just, ended, the freshman
class in the High school won by a
Might margin over the seniors, sell
ing $4,420.25. worth of stamps. The
total sale for all grades of the school
fdr.the two weeks, was $13,092.60.
Property Destroyed by
".'-; Wind in Pawnee County
Pawnee City," March 15.-(Sppeial.)
-rThe recent wind -storm caused a
gteat deal o( damage in Pawnee
county. The cupola jpi the grade
school at Pawnee City was blown
off and the top and one side of the
amphitheater on the fair grounds at
Pawnee Citv wer blown awa '
- ct,.: tu r if.-, .1 iaiV
.uiim j vim v iiiv,iuiik VI mis
county recently took three bootleg
gers to Lincoln, where they were
taken before Judge Munger of the
United States federal court, who sen
tenced them as follows: The one
from Beatrice was giveif 40 days In
jail .and -the, two from (Pawnee City
were given three and six months re
spectively, i
The senior class of the Pawnee
High school recently presented to
' the school a service flag and honor
roll. The flag has 72 stars.
Mrs. Grace Hanna Gets
i j Verdict of $1 4,000 Damages
f Kearney, Neb4 March 15. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Grace Hanna, formerly
Gracei Brown of this citywas given
a irerdlet for $14,000 in the suit against
Thomas Hanna. a wealthy Lexington
land owner. He was sued for $50.-
000 for alleged alienation of affections
of Mrs. Hanna," by her husband,
Return From School,
- Find Home In AshesJ
JSastis. - Neb.. March 15. (Special
Telegram.) The home of Dave Yeut
te'f, five" miles noth of here, was de
' jtroyed -by -fire Thursday. Yeutter
apd his wife were away at the time
J Jjeir uttle children, returning nome
ftiom school, discovered the fire. The
loss is about $1,500, with $900 insur
f v ' I
Lloyd McDaniels, Beatrice
, Boy, Commits Suicide
Kearney, Neb., March 15. (Special
Telegram.) Lloyd McDaniels, 14
years old, killed himself Friday
morning on a farm tenanted by his
lather. The lad used a shotgun, plac
ing the muzzle against his head and,
in some manner, releasing the trigger.
Death was instantaneous.
The McDaniels family resides on
Mike Ifughlin's farm, near Amherst.
In the morning the boy's mother
upbraided him over his schooling, and
the youngster took it to heart. He
managed to evade his parents and
sneak into the house, where he pro
cured a shotgun and ended his life.
No other cause could be found for
committing the rash deed.
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Conductor McDowell Hurt
In Collision of Trains
Plattsmouth, Neb., March 15.
(Special.) John McDowell, conduc
tor on Missouri Pacific freight, was
crushed in a rear-end collision of two
freight trains early Thursday morn
ing. His injuries,.. internal, are not
considered fatal. The engine of a
north boflnd train crashed into, the
caboose m which McDowell was rid
ing. The caboose was demolished.
SPECIAL SESSION
MAY BE PUT OFF
UNTIL MARCH 26
Supreme Court Delayed Hand
ing Down Decision on Law
Permitting Soldiers
to Vote. ,
(From a Stff CorrMponJent)
Lincoln, March 15. (Special.)
It is possible that the expected special
session of the legislature which the
governor had planned to call March
19 may be postponed until March 26,
as the supreme court has not yet
handed down its opinion on the con
stitutionality of the provision of the '
law prohibiting soldiers in the regular
army from voting.
Should the opinion come down to
morrow, which is probable, there
would t.ot be time to get notice to the
members of the legislature in time
for them to get to Lincoln on the day
first set. 'The executive had figured
that the court would make its de
cision in. The matter earlier in the
week, and had even figured if it came
today that there would yet be time,
but according to rumor the opinion
is being held up and this will neces
sitate a postponement of the call for
a week.
Some Worry Needlessly.
A letter comes to the board of con
trol from the State Nurses' associa
tion protesting against a movement
which has for its object a change
in the requirements necessary to be
come a registered nurse, cutting the
ageto 18 years and the time of .serv
ice to two years.
There is no cause for alarm on the
part of the association. The special
session can only enact legislation
prescribed in the call of the governor
and the executive of the state savs
there will be nothing doing of the
kind in the call.
Select District Debaters
! For Minden High Cchool
Minden, Neb., March 15. (Special.)
The final tryout debate at the Min
den High school was held Thursday
afternoon, and the following selected
to represent the school in the dis
trict debates: Ewing Rankin, Wil
lard Hague and Duane E. Richmond,
with John Houser as alternate.
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A single application of
Kesino.
usually relieves skin trouble
The moment Resinol touches itching,
burning skin, the suffering usually sltfs.
The skin rapidly loses its angry-look, the
eruption clears away, and in a surprisingly
short time skin-health is restored. It acts
erenmore quickly if aided by Resinol Soap.
Kitinol Oiatntot and Kcalnol
& conttia nothing that cent
Wort f InitiM n UndmH tkln.
They clear away ptnplca. rrdne
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lorn a BMwt vaiuabla kouahold
treatment lor tone. chaSnr.cata.
born, ale. Sold by all drutfixa.
Fred Fulton's Brother
, Now Firing on Railroad
Beatrice, Neb., . March IS. (Spe
cialcial.) Henry Williamson topped
the market Thursday at Kansa u.ty
with a carload of Hampshire horfS, re
ceiving $17.50 per hundred. last
week he sold a load for $17.30.
The Henry Mcjunkin 80 acres of
land sold yesterday at referee's tale
for $16,000. Mrs. Mcjunkin wa the
purchaser. The land is located near
De Witt.
Earl Fulton of Wymore, who has
been traveling with his brother, Fied,
the heavyweight pugilist, has quit
the fighting game for the present and
returned to his home at Wymore. He
is now employed as an extra fireman
on the Burlington.
Delbert Potter, science teachej and
assistant coach at the high srhool
here, has resigned his position nd
left today for his home at Odar
Rapids, la. He expects to enlist toon
in the army.
The Athenian Forensic club, an or
ganization of girls at the high s:liool,
this morning presented the schtol
with a service flag containing 104
stars, which represent the numhei of
young men graduated from this school
who have entered the service as sol
diers. There is one gold star Jn the
flag, representing Robert Kirkpatrick,
a member of the Beatrice High school
foot ball team who enlisted, and died
last fall in California.
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HENSLEY NAMED
TO COMMAND BIG
BALLOON SCHOOL
Native Nebraskan Chosen by
War Department to Supervise
Great Work in California;
Brother in Omaha.
Lieutenant Colonel William M.
Hensley, jr., is to organize and com
mand the new training school for bal.
lpon observers, soon to be established
on the "Lucky" Baldwin ranch near
Los Angeles, Cat.
Lieutenant Colonel Hensley, the
youngest offictr of that rank in the
United States Varmy, is a native of
Nebraska. He was born at Columbus,
where his parents still reside.
He was commissioned second lieu
tenant in the 13th cavalry upon his
graduation from West Point, pro
moted to captain in the 15th cavalry,
and, as colonel and chief quartermas
ter in 1915, was sent to organize the
Philippine National guard.
In 1917 he received his commission
as mamr in tne aviation corps, ana
was placed in charge of the Fifth
balloon squadron at Fort Omaha.
His brother, James W. Hensley, is
now a second lieutenant in the avia
tion school at Fort Omaha, and his
brother-in-law, Dr. William R. Neu
marker, is a major in the medical
corps at Camp Dodge.
The Califronia school will in no
way be a competitor of the Omaha
balloon school and will have no
tendency to lessen the importance of
the local fort, which is the most im
portant and the largest balloon school
in the United States.
Hambel Heasty Writes
v Of Tuscania Experience
Fairbury, Neb., March 15. Spe
cial.) Hambel Heasty. who wa on
the Tuscania, writes his parents in
Fairbury an account of the sir.tc'i g.
"The boat in which I was to ie?ve
the sinking ship, capsized, spit' ng a
dozen of us in the water." he wtes.
"We floated around for three and a
half hours before beng picked up" He
praises the people of Ireland for he
treatment accorded the boys.
Suspect Beatrice Couple
Of Selling Banned Books
Beatrice, Neb., March .(Spe
cial Telegram. H. C. Harriman and
wife, who are quartered at the Bur-
wood hotel, were taken m custody
this afternoon by local officers, sus-
oected of being connected with t
same organization which has been
selling the "The Finished Mystery."
one of the late Pastor Russell's
books.
United States Marshal Flynn of
Omaha was notified and ordered the
officials to hold the couple until a
federal officer could be sent here to
investigate.
The officers found one of Pastor
Russell's books jn the room' occupied
by the Harrimans, who have been
selling them about town. They have
also been selling phonograph records
on one side of which is a hymn and
on the other side a sermon by Pas-
tor Russell. The Harrimans made
a statement in writing, maintaining
they are legal citizens.
Thelma Richling Is First
In Declamatory Contest
Spalding. Neb., March 15. (Spe
cial )The declaratory contest of the
current year was held Wedn?day
night at the Presbyterian cLuich.
Thelma Richling won first with the
dramatic reading, "The Soul of . the
Violin." Jane Fox second with
Kipling's, "Ballad of the East and
West,,r and Bessie Gross thM in
"Dicky and the Little God." ThVma
Richling will represent the Spa'd'ng
High school at the north Nelraika
High school declamatory contest reld
at Wayne, Thursday, March 28.
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1 white, flesh and maize.
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