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: ; Merry Tonight.
Washington, April 13. (Special.)
-Nebraskans in the national cap
itol will tonight honor the citizen of
that state prominently mentioned in
connection with the republican nom
ination for the presidency of ' the
United States. The Nebraska State
Association is composed of citizens
of the Antelope state temporarily
rejourning in Washington lv rea
son of their employment. The as
sociation numbers among its mem-
hers officials of the government
from United States senators to de
partment clerks; it is non-partisan
and its president is John L. Mc
tircw of Nebraska.
Will Honor National Hero.
Realizing the honor conferred
upon the state by the prominent
mention of"a favorite son for presi
dent, however, the Nebraska State
association will thus publiclv ac
knowledge its appreciation of so
splendid a man; now a world hero,
and iivilJ voice its pleasure and ap
proval of the faft that one of such
distinction is a Ncbraskan.
Prnniinrnr Nehrask.ms of all no-
i litical complexions , will attend:
members of concress and officials of
the departments and diplomatic
service, will be there, many of thctn
in the receiving line with the gen
eral. It will be one of those big
se-cial events in which those who
t.ke part as invited guests do not
qualify because of the size of their
' "pile!'' Every Nebraskan will be
welcome and all will be there to do
honor to a fcllow-Nebraskau. , ,
' t Held in Hotel Washington.
The "affair will be held at the
Hotel Washington. There may be
a speech of welcome and of course
'. the general will be pressed for a re-
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ning given over to dancing and con-
versatfon.
The general's friends at home
have reason to be proud of the fact
that such an organization, strictly
nonpartisan, should be moved to do
such' honor to a fellow Nebraskan
ivhnsi". lump lias been mentioned as
! a possible president of the union.
Thayer County Schools to
emu ojjciiiny uumeai
Hebron, Neb., April 13. -(Special.)
Thayer coiinty will compete
jn the state spelling contest to be
held April 30. The county contest
will be held Aprit 24, in the assem
bly room of the high school. There
will be both an oral and written
contest, as this county is entitled
to two contestants. Hebron schools
expect to have about 14 contestants
In tho county match. ,
CREEL DEMANDS
INVESTIGATION
OF SMOOT ATTACK
Denies Irregularity in Transfer
, Of Official Bulletin to
R. W. Babson.
New York, April J3. George
Creel, who headed the committee
on public information, Monday made
public a letter he has sent to At
torney General Palmer, insisting
that Mr. Palmer investigate at once
charges by the joint congress com
mittee on printing that the Creel
committee had wrongfully trans
ferred the Official Bulletin to Roger
W. Babson of Wellesley, Mass.
Mr. Creel also made public a
fetter to Senator Smoot, chairman
of the committee, declaring the
senator knew there was no trans
fer of the Official Bulletin to Bab
son, but that the joint committee,
sneakingly worked in secret to fur
ther the demand that my testimony
would have made absurd. He add
ed that then senator "as much as
any one else,", was responsible for
wiping out the Creel committee June
30, 1919. "in the middle o its order
ly liquidation."
In his letter to Mr. Palmer.vMr.
Creel said:
"I insist that your office com
mence an instant investigation and
put myself and every record at your
disposal. I want to know from you,
also, what protection a citizen has
aeainst the deliberate slanders of a
4incniber of congress. Not only are
Senator Smoot s charges lalse, but
he knew them to be lies when he
uttered them" J
"Raising a Row" Aim
Of Bryan at Convention,
G. M. Hitchcock Says
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Grand Island, Neb., April 13.
(Special) Senator G. M. Hitchcock
characterized William J. Bryan as
one who will, if he can, go to the
democratic national convention to
"raise a row," in the course of a
speech here tonight in furtherance
of his campaign to keep Bryan from
representing Nebraska at San Fran
cisco. .
Bryan, he said, is out of harmony
with his party and would attempt to
force the convention to approve his
"hobbies," including government
ownership of railroads, which Sen
ator Hitchcock opposes.
' Senator Hitchcock said that Bryan
deserted President Wilson when he
resigned from the cabinet in 1915.
that he undertook to discredit and
defeat the president in the fight for
the league of nations an4 that he
would undoubtedly attempt to pre
vent an endorsement of the presi
dent by the convention at San Fran
cisco. "It would be a great misfortune,"
he said, "for the democracy of Ne
braska to be responsible for sending
to San Francisco as their represents
tive a man who will fun amuck in
the convention and raise a row over
the terms of the platform."
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and powerfully built to "stand up" un
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springs, frame and brakes "are built to give
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OPEN REVOLT IN
HOLT COUNT! AT
HARRISON ORDER
Supporters of Hiram Johnson
Swing to Pershing, Fear
ing They Will Be
"Double Crossed."
O'Neill. Neb., April 13. (Special.)
Supporters of Hiram Johnson for
president, in Holt county, are in
open revolt against Frank Harrison
of Lincoln, state manager for John
son, as the result of instructions
received here from Mr. Harrison to
support the Wood delegate slate
at the primaries next Tuesday, and
to ignore the candidacies of S. J.
Weeks of this city and Woodruff
Ball of Valentine as candidates for
Sixth district delegates to the re
publican convention; Weeks and
Ball are the Only two candidates
for delegates in the district that are
unpledged 'to any candidate, and
who have promised to support the
candidate the voters . express a
preference for ' at the primary.
The Harrison instructions follow
ing so closely the attempt of the
Wood management last week to
rent the Knights of Columbus hall,
at which Senator Morris is to speak
for Johnson Wednesday night, for
the "same night and t thus prevent
the Johnson meeting, as the hall is
the only public One in the city, has
caused open dissatisfaction and sen
timent favoring General Pershing:
The leaders openly charge that
some one is being sold out. par
ticularly as letters received from Mr.
Harrison several weeks ago openly
charged that such an attempt was
very apt to. be mader by the other
candidates and to beware of any
candidate for delegate who might bej
m either a Pershing or a Wood
slate. Johnson men here fear that
Harrison has been usinjr the Tohn-
son popularity here merely as cam
ouflage for Wood. They favor Per
shing if a military man is to be the
candidate. -
Voters this week will have oppor
tunity Wednesday night to hear
Senator Norris laud Senator John
sen and Thursday night Moritaville
Flowers of California tell why he
thinks Wood would make a better
president than Johnson. Voters
cannot understand why it will take
two speakers of opposite views and
representing candidates of opposite
views to tell them to vote for one
and the same slate of delegates.
But to the Irish, who love a fight,
it is an indication of a good tihie.
Arrest Farm Hand for
Alleged Kidnaping of
Girl in Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., April 13. (Special
Telegram.) Frank Cunningham,
farm hand, was arrested near Ellis,
Neb., Monday night charged with
kidnaping Wilma Drueryv 14 'years
old, last Thursday night. The girl
returned home Monday night and
stated she had been staying with rel
atives in West Beatrice.
Cunningham, who is 28 years old.
was arrested Tuesday and pleaded
not guilty. H,is trial is set for hear
ing April 28. He was released oh
$700 bond. .
Live Stock Breeders Hold
First Meeting at Kearney
Kearney. Neb., 'April 13. (Spe
cial.) The first annual banquet of
the Midwest Live Stock associa
tion, organized some time ago to
promote interests of purebred live
stock, was attended by over 300.
Others were unable to attend be
cause of the storm. More than 250
were actual live stock raisers. The
banquet was held in the normal
school gymnasium.
Speakers were: Prof. George E.
Martin of the normal school. Super
intendent Pease of the Elmcreek
schools, Esther Stock Kroger, sec
retary of the Chamber of Com
merce; Frank D Thompson of Lin
coln, secretary of the National
Shorthorn-,. Breeders' association;
E Broka'w of the University exten
sion department, Samuel MciKelvie
and George Briggs of Clay Center,
John Claybaugh, county agent, Clay
Center, and M. J. McLaughlin.
George Burgert acted as toastmaS-ter.
Stecher Pays $114,600 for"
480 Acres in Stanton
Stanton, Neb., April 13. (Special)
The highest consideration for any
deed recorded in $tanton county for
March was $114,600 for 480 acres
purchased by Joe Stetcher.
Total transfers in thecounty for
March were $5,663,249.50, the aver
age price being $200 per acre.
MESSAGE RECEIVED
FROM SPIRIT IN
AN0THERW0RLD
Wife of Ex-Secretary of In
terior and Mrs. Harriet Blaine
Beale Publish Boot.
Clilckro Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire.
Washington. Aoril 13. Psychic
messages from a spirit that has
never been on earth received by Mrs.
Franklin K. Lane, wife of the for
mer secretary of the interior, and
Mfs. Harriet Blaine Beale, daughter
of Tams G. Blaine, aire recorded in
a book thev have published under
the title: "To Walk With God."
Even to the titlc-the book is the
record of the first experience of Mrs.
Lane and Mrs. Beale in automatic
writing during the summer of 1919,
when both were engrossed in war
relief work and Mrs. Lane was di
recting the convalescent home es
tablished through her efforts as au
adjunct to Walter Reed hospital.
Authors Relate Experience-.
With dienitv and reverent sin
cerity the authors have related the
results of their experience, which.
after weeks Of constant effort, re
sulted in a series of "lessons and an
appendix in which is set forth with
fidelity the notes taken of the hrst
four lessons "shownig just how we
received the series, also the correc
tion and revision of the lessons
given at a later date.
It had been the idea of the au
thors when the spirit control di
rected the publication of the les
sons 'to give the conversations as
received and then put the corrected
lessons at the end. The "control"
approved this, but told them to put
the corrected "lessons' .at the be
ginning, in which form the book appears.
Entering upon the experiment
early last June, Mrs. Lane and Mrs.
Beale finally agreed to meet everv
day for two weeks at a given time
"Neither of us," they explain, ''had
ever written automatically before,
nor have we ever been able to write
alone."
Find "Control."
Using a planchette. thev obtained
at first "only circles, words and
fragments of sentences, with irrev
clant names and messages cutting
into what we . hoped vainly would
become a connected phrase." Fin
ally "on the 11th day came a decid
ed change. From the moment we
began the writing was firmer and
more impelling, and we were told
at once that whoever was using our
hands had come with definite inten
tion and meant to stay with us. We
had, in technical phraseology,
found our 'fontrol,' though we were
both too inexperienced to recogilize
it."
After perhaps six weeks the "les
sons" began and continued Until 24
had been received and recorded,
the insistent purport of w hich was
that the regeneration of the world
and the solutions of earth problems
can be found only in love and serv
ice, and the desire and will of men
to turn to God. "When that day N
comes, reads the JUh lesson, man
will be very near to God and, like
the prophets of old, he will 'walk
with God.' And so the dream of
peace on earth, good will toward
men will come to pass."
Can't Find "Frisco Pete" So
Bond of $1,500 Is Forfeited
"Frisco Pete" has made hisescap
from officers of the law so complete
that yesterday in district court his
bond of $1,500 was forfeited by or
der of Judge -Troup. His bondsman
was Rifhard R. Baxter.
"Frisco Pete," whose real name
is Henry Wegworth, was arrested
in Oklahoma City, Ok!., last Decem
ber, charged with "highjacking" the
home of Charles Storz, Eighteenth
and Wirt streets, July 19, 1919. ' ,
When Deputy Sheriff Johnson
went to Oklahorrta to' bring) hitv
back, "Frisco" jumped from the
train which was moving at a speed
of 30 miles an hour.
Discovers "Silver" Ore
. While Digging Well
Greenleaf, Kan., April 13. What
is believed to be silver ore was dis
covered in Washington county, near
here, the other day by J. F. .Mar
tin. He uncovered the ore while
digging a well.
Martin, who formerly worked in a
silver mine, declares that ore will
prove to be silver. Samples have
been sent to the state college' for a
test.
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Bryan Speaks in Wymore.
Wymore, Neb., April 13. William
Jennings Bryan, speaking in connec
tion with his campaign for election
as a delegate to the democratic na
tional convention, declared himself in
favor of an anti-profiteering plank,
in the democratic platform.
British Cabinet Takes Up
Assurances of the French
London, Apfil 13. Verbal assur
ances given by ,the French govern
ment in, answering the sixth note of
Great Britain relative to the occu
pation of German cities by the
French were discussed by the cabi
net council today. They are ex
pected to be followed by a formal
note which will mean a satisfactory
solution of the difficulty.
France is said to recognize that
opposition to its action was based
rather upon the maintenance of an
important principle than upon the
merits of the immediate question in
volved. Chicken Thieves Rub It
In Return for the Coop
Weirton, W. Va.. 'April 13.
Several nights ago thieves stole two"
dozen chickens, from James Brown
of this place, emptying the coop. The
next day Brown put his sign on tlie
coop:
"You're welcome to the hen
house, too."
The next night the thieves re
"Forest of Gasoline Tanks"
Fails to Excite Council
"It's time to call a, halt on decorat
ing Farnam street' with gasoline
filling stations along the curbs,"
Mayor Smith insisted at a session
of city commissioners yesterday.
He voted against a permit for the
Arnstein Realty company to estab
lish a gasoline tank at 2026 Farnam.
street.
Other commissioners were not
disturbed by the mayor's vision of
"a forest of gasoline tanks lining
Farnam street." The permit was
granted.
Unidentified Autoist Knocks-
Down Boy. and Injuries Him
An unidentified autoist knocked
down George Smith, 12 years old,
2620 Vinton street, at Twenty
eighth and Leavenworth streets.
The driver, turning the corner at a
high rate of speed, struck the boy
who was seriously injured and was
taken to Lord Lister hospital. v
sSu i turned and took the coop.
Mine Sweepers Placed
In Reserve at Portsmouth
Portsmouth, N. H.. April 13.
tight of the mine sweepers used in
the North Sea during the war have
arrived at the Portsmouth navy
yard and have been placed in re
serve. A majority of . the crews
were enlisted for duration of the
war and have been discharged.
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The Michigan primary vote, or rather
the vote of the city of Detroit, affords a
straight hunch on the political connec
tions of Hiram Johnson in the presiden
tial campaign.
A hint as to the character, of the
Johnson following was of course af
forded by the unanimity with which he
went through the North Dakota pri
maries, with the endorsement of the
Non-Partisan League, no other republic
an candidate opposing.
But it takes Michigan, and Detroit, to
change the Dakota hint into a straight
hunch. Detroit is next to the greatest
' center of radicalism in the United States.
Cleveland, Ohio, ranks first. In the city
of Detroit Johiison took a spurt with
50,000 lead on his nearest opponent,
( Leonard Wood. Outside or upstate pre
cincts were going strong for Wood, as
might be expecte4 outside of the indus
trial and radical centers.
. Drawing a straight line on the map
from North Dakota to Michigan, from
Bismarck to Detroit, forms a. perfect
connection between the socialism of the
first and the radicalism of.the latter, and
no uncertainty in either case as to ap
. proval df Hiram Johnson.
, So on the one hand we now have the
lines drawn as to who represents the ex
tremes of thought and purpose in the
United States. Hiram Johnson's lot is
cast with the cause of Radicalism, as
shown unmistakably by results in North
Dakota and Michigan. Leonard Wood
represents the highest quality of Amer
icanism, as indicated by al expressions
thus far," and by the country districts of
Michigan in which he was the favorite.
No' claims have been made for
Letanard Wood so far as Michigan was
concerned. The best organized effort to
capture the Michigan primary vote' was
made by promoters of the Lowden can
didacy, but at last reports the contest for
third place was between Lowden and
Hoover.
. When the1 smoke of the Michigan
battle clears away we shall find two
figures standing out distinctly as presi
dential contenders in the republican
convention, the figures of Leonard Wood
and Hiram Johnson, in whom and be
tween whom the issue will be inevitably .
joined. The issue will be Americanism
vs. Radicalism and it is impossible to
conceive of the possibility of a candidate
of the radicals being nominated at Chi
cago. Kearney, Neb., Daily Hub.
It may look like a'weakness, General
Wood running so poorly in Michigan, but
as a matter of fact it ought to be the
lesson that will make him stronger in
miny other states. Michigan is a hot
beti of socialism and unrest. Its principal
city, Detroit, is considered the foremost
radical city of the United States. Hiram
Johnson is the man who would have a
peculiar appeal to a state like Michigan.
He is of ,the insurgent kind. He is a
blatant opportunist, selfish and nimble,
and ever ready to jump to the side that
looks like it is going to be popular. He
knows there is seething unrest in this
country as well as the rest of the w6rld,
and he is of the kind who would attempt
to ride the flood instead of trying to
stem it. No, indeed, the action of Michi
gan in turning down Wood for Johnson
is' a distinct compliment to the kind of
an American Wood is." Michigan ought (
to make every lover, of good government '
redouble his efforts in behalf of the men
of the Wood stripe. It is unfortunate
that the several gooo candidates of this
kind cannot get together and center
their strength on one of their number
against the menace of running men of
the Johnson type. Columbus, Neb.,
Daily News.
A Message from N. P. Dodge
Father of Nebraska's Direct Primary. Makes Statement
on the Campaign in the State.
It costs money to be a candidate be
fore the people under the Direct Pri
mary. As the author of the Direct
Primary Law in Nebraska, I have had
to defend it for 12 years now. How
ever, I never try to deny its faults, but
seek to remedy them. When its enemies,
the political boss or "machine" and big
business say the Direct Primary is ex
pensive, I reply: Tes, it is, but no more
expensive than the old convention. The
only difference is the money we spend
now is the candidate's or his friends',
and we have to use it to buy newspaper
'advertising, stamps, printed matter and
, traveling expense. Under the . conven
tion plan the railroads gave passes and
mileage books to the newspapers for
advertising and their moral influence,
and paid all traveling expenses and the
hotef bills of enough to nominate their
own candidates. Yes, it cost money
then and it costs money now. The only
difference is the source of the money
and its final disposition. The old dis
position could not be disclosed. It went
into hands that were ashamed to con
fess. Our money is spent openly and
every dollar is for a legitimate and hon
orable purpose. Yes, the Direct Pri
mary therefore costs money, but isn't
it better to spend your money openry in
educational advertising, informing the
voter as to the merits and qualifications
of your candidate, than to pass it over
a table in some tel room at 2:11 a. m.,
when Senator Harding's manager has
said his candidate will be nominated?
The Pershing Campaign.
The ,peopIe who are opposing Gen
eral Wood in this campaign in their des
peration to overcome his lead among all
the candidates are now charging that
his friends are spending money.
In Nebraska the Pershing manage
ment has spent and is spending ten dol
lars to our one. I wouldn't criticise
them for the amount they spend, for I
think they are spending it legitimately
and above board, but I question their
motive or ultimate purpose. They know
General Pershing is not a serious candi
date in any state of the union not even
in Nebraska will he get a large vote.
The result will be disappointing and
humiliating to him, and why are they
thus sacrificing a national or intefn-
votes in the convention to throw a dark
horse after one or possibly two com
plimentary votes for General Pershing.
This is the whole purpose of this old
"favorite son," worn-out political trick,
and in Nebraska it was started not by
General Pershing's friends or fellow
citizens,- but by a banker from Illinois,
who was an able and successful poli
tician of the anethods used 25 years ago.
That is the only reason why the( John
son political manager has indorsed the
Wood candidates for delegates.
The people of Nebraska, much as
they revere and honor General Pershing,
are unwilling to be a party to a political
scheme to hand over their delegates in
the National Convention of some old
school politicians to be traded off at
2 o'clock in the morning for some dark
horse who was not a candidate in the
Nebraska Primaries, and they deplore
the selfishness of any man or men who
would thus use a man's name who has
conferred an honor on our state.
The issue in Nebraska is between
General Wood and Senator Johnson, and
a vote for General Pershing, however,
complimentary, is utterly wasted inso
far as having any influence in the Chi
cago convention. General Pershing
hasn't the slightest chance of being
nominated, or elected, if nominated.
Even Senator Johnson, the only real
opponent of General Wood, cannot pos
sibly be nominated. He is a stronty man,
and up to the time he fought the League
of Nations so bitterly he had an enviable
record, but no one, not even his closest
friends and colleagues in the senate
think his would be a wise nomination. It
would almost certainly spell defeat in
November for too many reasons to stipu
late, the principal one being that the
majority of people of both parties, or
each of them, want our country to join a
League of Nations to enforce peace if
possible. I don't say the League, I say
a League. On that issue alone, Sen
ator Johnson should, and will be de
feated, and there are others equally
vital. Therefore, unless you vote for
Leonard Wood in the Nebraska Primar
ies you have lost "all opportunity to vote
for a presidentaial candidate that can be
nominated or will be nominated.
Remind me on June 10, if I am not
a prophet, and finally, remember I
speak with the greatest admiration and
respect for both General Pershing and
Senator Johnson. They are both great
national hero? Why, simply to get 124 Americans, only General Wood is the
best man for this particular job, where
we need a man so badly just now and
for some time to come.
Wood or Johnson?