NO ELECTION TO
FILL CORNISH'S
SEAT TILL 1922
No Legal Method Provided for
, Nomination, Attorney
General. Davis'
Opinion.
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Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 23. (Special.)
1 No successor to the late Supreme
Judge A. J. Cornish, who died April
9, the day before the primaries this
year, can be elected until 1922, be
cause there is no legal method pro
dded for a nomination, according to
an opinion by Atttorney General
Clarence A. Davis, answering an in
quiry from the secretary oi state's
office.
Although under one section of the
law, the governor appoints a judge
to fill the vacancy "until the next
genera! election," Judge L. A. Flahs
burg will hold over two years be
cause the nonpartisan judiciary law
provides, Davis says, no method of
1 nomination alter the primaries are
past.
The attorney general also ruled
that the office for which Judge
George A. Day and VV. C. Dorsey
were nominated at the primaries, and
for which they are now running, is
the vacancy caused by the death last
Christmas of Supreme Judge S. H.
Sedgwick. Judge Day was the tem
orpary appointee to fill the place.
These candidates cannot be con
sidered for the Cornish seat, he
ruled, because they were specifically
nominated for the other place and
for the remainder of the Scdwick
trm.
He advises the secretary of state
to designate the particular office on
the ballot for which these, men are
running, so that voters will not be
led to suppose they can vote for one
candidate for each vacancy.
It is also the attorney general's
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ruling that voters cannot write in
the name of the office and that of
the candidate also. Where the bal
lot itself contains no. place for the
name of a candidate for a given of
fice, no vote can be legally cast tor
that office.
Two Sets of Triplets
Born in Dawson County
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 23. (Special.)
Of five sets of triplets born this
year in Nebraska, two have been re
ported from Dawson county to the
state bureau of health.
Two boys and a girl were born
June 12 to Mrs. Elmer Knisley, 21
years old, wife of a laborer at Far
nam. Neb. One of the girls died
July 30. The husband is 24 years
old. The couple had two children
before the triplets.
Another trio arrived June 28 at
the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Block, near Walnut, Knox county.
There were also two girls and a boy.
There are five other children in the
family. The father is 34 and the
mother 30.
Permits Granted to Sell
$1,400,000 in Securities
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 23. (Special.)
Permits to sell $1,400,000 in Ne
braska securities were granted the
past week by the state bureau of se
curities, while applications aggre
gating $400,000 were filed in the
same period. Omaha permits grant
ed include:
Orsco Building Material company,
$300,000.
Union Power & Light company,
$96,800.
Page Tree Service. $25,000.
Two Automobiles Stolen
From Streets of Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) Two automobiles, a Nash,
owned by Mr. Strohm, a farmer liv
ing near Holmesville, and an Oak
land, the property of A. T. Milburn
of this city, were stolen Saturday
from the streets in the business sec
tion here. The Nash car was found
later near the suburbs of town with
a rear wheel broken off.
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Plan to Force Wool
Market Is Working,
Says Commission Man
"My proposition to launch a
movement to increase a demand for
wool seems to have borne fruit," said
Gene Melady, South Side commis
sion man, Monday.
'"From reports retcived, there is
a slight demand for wool which
promises gradually to increase until
that particular staple is' brought up
to a fair selling price. Many sheep
men bringing sheep" to the local mar
ket have expressed to me an inten
tion to increase their sheep flocks.
"Some people decry the order of
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion in allowing the railroads to
raise the freight rates and it may
cause some worry in certain sections
of the country, but it will be a great
thing for Omaha.
"Thousands of head of live stock
that have been shipped to Chicago,
Kansas City and Sioux City from
points in Iowa, northern Kansas and
Missouri will find their way to
Omaha as the increase in rates will
compel shippers to send to this mar
ket instead of the others. It is prob
able that live stock receipts at the
local market will double in the next
year.
Gas Co. Says Must Raise
Rate or Close Down Plant
Columbus. Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) The Columbus Gas company
is facing the alternative of charging
a higher rate or closing its plant, ac
cording to statements made by mem
bers of the board of directors when
they appeared before the city coun
cil and asked permission to raise the
price of gas from $175 to $2.25 a
thousand feet.
Capture Escaped Man.
Chadron, Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) Alfred Hogan, who escaped
from Sheriff Bruce of Thurston
county while being taken to the pen
itentiary, was captured by Sheriff
Canfield of Chadron after a long au
tomobile chase and gun fight.
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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1920.
Live Stock Expositioa and
Fair Opens at Chadron
Chadron, Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) The 27th annual Northwest
Live Stock exposition and Dawes
county fair opens this week. The ex
hibition of grains and grasses of the
county will be taken to Lincoln to
the state fair in charge of the Dawes
county farm agent and the secretary
of the Dawes county fair.
Airplane stunts, with the usual
horse races and 500 Indians from the
Pine Ridge reservation in wild west
performances, will be the features of
the sports section. The fair will
last three days.
White, and Indian Boys Are
Charged With Candy Theft
Chadron, Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) Five young Indian boys and
three white lads, accused of taking
candy, pop, tobacco and other items
trom C. & N. W. merchandise Cars
here, were arrested by the sheriff
and Northwestern defectives. The
white boys were paroled to officers
of the juvenile court, but the In
dian youths were sent to the Pine
Ridge reservation for sentence by
government agents.
Governor McKelvie Chief
Speaker at Big Barbecue
Chadron, Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) Governor McKelvie was the.
chief speaker at the Ash Creek bar
becue, an annual affair, held about
20 miles southwest of Chadron.
Roast oxen, pigs and sheep furn
ished lunch for the 2.000 who attend
ed. The governor left the same eve
ning to join Mrs. McKelvie at their
summer camp in the Black Hills..
McCook Man Tries to Kill
Self While Intoxicated
MrCook, Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial). Harry C. Edwards of this
city shot himself with suicidal in
tent while intoxicated Saturday
night. His wounds, though serious,
are not fatal.. Edwards has been
in the meat market and grocery
business here for years.
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VOLLEY OF SHOTS
IN DRINK STAND
BAFFLE POLICE
Proprietors and Two Others
Are Fined After Mystery
Shooting In South Side
Emporium.
Mystery surrounds the firing of
several shots in the soft drink par
lor of Steve Alcala, 4925 Sooth
Twenty-fifth street, Saturday night.
Officer Quinn rushed to the scene
when lie heard the shots. He ar
rested Alcata and found a loaded re
volver on him. J. R. Lope inter
fered and also was arrested, as was
John Roach, for intoxication and
disturbance.
Alcala was fined $25 yesterday in
South Side.police court for carrying
concealed weapons. Lopez and
Roach were, fined $10 each. Police
are undetermined who fired the
shots, as Alcala's revolver had not
been discharged.
Date Set For Hearing in
Bartos Disbarment Case
Lincoln, Aug. 2.3. (Special). In
vestigation of the charges filed
against K W. and Stanley Bartos,
n UDer attorneys, on which disbar
ment proceediwrs were brought in
the state supreme court, will open at
Lincoln on Seotember 14. T. L.
Geary of Grand Island will preside
as referee for the taking of testi
mony, and will make findings based
tnereon. Xhe Bartos brothers, will
be represented by Hall, Baird &
Williams of Lincoln. Jacob Baw
cett of this city will appear on be
half of the prosecution as special
counsel for the attorney s general s
office.
Teachers' Institute Opens
At Grand Island, 70 Attend
Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 23.
("Special Telegram). The annual
county teachers' institute opened
Monday with 70 teachers registered
and more expected Tuesday. Uuder
the supervision of County Superin
tendent Julian, three instructors will
feature on the program for the week:
A. W. Neale of Stevens Point, Wis.,
in arithmetic methods and picture
study; R. R. McGee of David City
in round-table measurements and
scales, and Miss Irma Costello. this
city, a specialist in primary methods
on primary reading, games and
projects.
Abundant Supply of Spuds .
Is Causing Drop in Price
"Potato prices are commencing
to hit the toboggan," said William
Lamprecht of Bloomfield Monday.
"The recent rains have done won
ders for Nebraska and the moisture
that fell in Knox county last week
did the corn and spuds a lot of good
and insures record-breaking crops
in both of those commodities.
; "The potato crop this year in Ne
braska will over-run the cellars of
every farmer in the state and the
poor consumer will not have to pay
anywhere near the outrageous price
of $6 a bushel this winter."
Johnson County Fair Will
. Be Held October 13 to 15
Tecumseh, Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the fair as
sociation shareholders it was decid
ed to resume the Johnson county
fairs which had been discontinued
several years ago. The fair this year
will be held on October 13 to IS.
New officers for the association
were elected as follows: President,
Lute Lyellr vice president, Carl
Brock; secretary, E. J. Lamb; treas
urer. Frank Dafoe: members board
of directors. T. J. Current, Henry
Lintz and William P. Kelley.
Report Will Show Money
Spent by Each Department
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 23. (Special.)
The biennial report of state ap
propriations, receipts and expendi
tures is now being made up in the
office of State Auditor Marsh, as far
as it can be .done at this time. The
report will how how much money
has been spent by each department
or institution, and whether any ap
propriation will overrun. It will
also contain data concerning tax
levies and the revenue derived there
from. Capture Marf Who Escaped
Columbus Jail on July 25
Columbus, Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) Albert G. Hild, one of the
two prisoners who escaped from the
county jail by cutting a hole in the
wall with a table knife the night of
July 25, has been captured.
After gaining his freedom, Hild
went to St. Paul, Neb., to visit reN
atives. The officers there nabbed
him and notified the sheriff of this
county. Hild is held pending trial
in district court.
Lone Bandit Robs Filling
Station of Cash and Checks
Lincoln, 'Aug. 23. (Special). A
lone bandit held up a filling station
at Eleventh and J streets Sunday
night and escaped with over $1,500
in cash, besides a large number of
checks. The bandit forced the two
attendants into a small room, locked
the door and then rifled the cash
register.
Begin Paving at Chadron.
Chadron. Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) Work has commenced at
Chadron on paving district No. 1,
consisting of 26 blocks. The curb
ing and guttering is already com
pleted on half the district and the
bitulithic paving work has been
started.
Find Oil Indications.
Chadron, Neb.. Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) J. H. Boxley, a geologist of
the Union Oil company of Wyoming
has announced the discovery of an
oil dome northwest of Chadron
eight miles. A standard rig will be
sent here shortly to put down a test
well. '
Flour Stolen From Mill
York. Neb., Aug. 23. (Special.)
Ten sticks of flour were stolen from
th York Milling company Sunday
night. Tracks in the mud indicate
that a heavy motor car was backed
.its to the door.
OMAHA IS THIRD
CITY IN STATE IN
CENSUS GROWTH
Scottsbluff and North Platte
Lead Nebraska Cities in
Population Gain. "
Only two Nebraska cities of any
size grew faster in the lasj 10 years
than did Omaha. The census figures
are now complete enough to indi
cate the standing of the leading
cities. While Omaha grew 54.4 per
cent since 1910, Lincoln increased
only 24.9. Scottsbluff, built up by
the irrigated sugar beet industry, in
creased 295.9 per cent; North Platte
added 118.4 per cent
The following table, compiled by
the Chamber of Commerce publicity
bureau, gives the population of the
leading cities of Nebraska as an
nounced to date:
City. l2(l.
Omaha 191.5IM
Lincoln 64 184
Umnd Inland ... 13,960
Hastings 11.S4T
North Piatt ... IMS
tleatrto 664
Fremont 9.670
Norfolk I.S34
Kearney 7.702
Sonttsbluff . 1 -2
Nebraska City .. .179
Columbui (.410
1910.
124,09
43.973
10.3IS
9.338
4.793
,:i6
8,71
6,015
S.S02 '
1.748
5.48S .
5,014
In'ae.
(4.4
24.
35.2
54.7
118.4
3.3
9.8
43.8
34.3
t!5.
14.4
7.S
There will be some change in
these figures when the population
figures are announced of ork. Fair-
bury and Plattsmouth. The popula
tion of these cities in 1910 was 6,235,
5,294 and 4,287, respectively.
Poles Rout Russians;
Red Forces Bottled Up
(Continued Irom Pag One.)
Soldau and the regions occupied by
the Russians in the north Vistula
area between Thorn and Plock.
Regroup Polish Army.
The Polish forces have been re
grouped into two armies for pursuit j
ot ttie Kussians. tne northern army
under General Haller and the center
army under President Pilsudski.
The latter's turning movement con
tinues under the best conditions. The
Poles have counted more than 35,000
prisoners and 200 cannon.
General Haller's forces have
reached the line from Mlawa to
Przasnwsz and his right wing is
moving toward Ostralenka, 22 miles
southwest of Loinbza. General Pil
sudski's army has reached the line
from Ostrov to Briansk and is con
tinuing the pursuit toward Lombza
and Bialystok, its right wing having
captured Brest-Litovsk.
Reject Peace Terms.
General Budenny with soviet
cavalry around Lemberg is hasten
ing north, seeking to strike the Pol
ish rear, now 250 miles distant
The foreign office announcement
of Saturday night that Poland would
not accept the Russian soviet terms
presented to the Polish peace dele
gation at Minsk refers to those sub
mitted by M. Danishevsky, chair
man of the soviet delegation at
Thursday's session of the Russo
Polish conference. The Polish dele
gation's instructions were to insist
upon an honorable and durable
peace, and it was said at the foreign
office today that no new instructions
had been sent.
75,000 Bolsheviki Taken
Prisoners by Polish Army
By Ttia 4Mclute Preii.
Paris, Aug. 23. The number of
Russia soviet prisoners captured in
the Polish counter offensive will
amount to 75,000, according to War
saw advices to the French foreign of
fice today.
Most of the 35,000 prisoners al
ready counted were captured in the
territory northwest of Warsaw, in
cluding the Danzig corridor, .by the
army under command of the French
general, Billotte. This army now is
most effective and is composed of
German-trained men of Posen.
Cut Off Retreat.
Another Polish army under com
mand of the French general, Henry,
is striking toward Bialystok from
Warsaw, cutting off the bolshevik
retreat.
A third Polish column under Presi
dent Pilsudski already has passed
Brest-Litovsk, cutting oil the bol
shevik Galician army.
The French foreign office an
nounced today that General Wey
gand now is chief of the Polish staff,
with full power, and that most of the
1.000 French officers in Poland are
actually participating in the fighting.
Rout Is Complete.
Polish peace delegates at Minsk
have reported that the soviet repre
sentatives are increasing in severity
the published peace terms, demand
ing now that 200,000 Polish workmen
be given the arms the bolsheviki
hope the Polish army will lay down.
Soviet Russian armies which in
vr.ded Poland and threatened to
capture Warsaw appear to be on
the eve of complete disaster, says
the Warsaw correspondent of the
Matin. He quotes General Wey
gand as saying Poland will be the
"grave of three-fourths of the bol
shevik army." The correspondent
declares the bolsheviki will soon be
forced into a hurried general re
treat, and that discipline has broken
down in their ranks.
Poles Warned Not to
Advance Cross Pact Line
Washington, Aug. 23. Poland has
been cautioned by the American
government not to permit her armies
in their present counter offensive
against the Russian bolsheviki to
advance beyond the ethnographic
boundaries of Poland.
Informal representations on the
subject, it was stated officially today,
have been made to the P61ish gov
ernment through the American
charge at Warsaw.
The attitude of the United States
with respect to the invasion of Rus
sian territory was made plain to Po
land formally in the United States
note on the Polish situation ad
dressed to the Italian ambassador.
Great Britain has joined with the
United States in the endeavor to
prevent a second violation by Po
land of Russian territory, officials
said, and unofficial advices already
received contain assurance of the in
tention of the Polish government to
heed the advice of the United States
and Great Britain.
The English Universitv of Birm
ingham has been given a fund to pro
mote scientific researcn in relation
to motorcycle
Cox Charges Will Be
Probed by Senators
(Continued From Tag One.)
ber of meetings before the presi
dential conventions and the commit
tee at its meeting here today to de
termine what shall be done under the
senate resolution instructed me to
wire you.
"1 note from the newspapers that
at Wheeling, W. Va., in a speech a
few days ago vou state, according to
report of the K'ew York Times, that
'he charged that certain interests
were banded together to buy the
presidency and that millions had
been contributed to the campaign
fund of the republican party with
sinister intent.' And agaiii 'their
check books are ready and open and
hundreds of thousands yes, mil
lions have gone into the republi
can treasury to buy an underhold
on the government' And also that
' a powerful combination of interests
is now attempting to buy govern
ment control. They are raising mil
lions and millions of dollars in a
campaign fund.'
"I do not know that you were cor
rectly quoted, but. if you were, we
want this information. I assure you
that the members of this subcommit
tee will go to the bottom of any
charges of this kind and if this is
the situation, we want to thorough
ly investigate it.
"I am sure that as a good Amer
ican and that as a candidte for the
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sist us andwvould not make these
statements wpthout evidence to sup
port them.
"The committee has adjourned to
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Arrest Omahiin on Charge
' Of Illegal Possession
York, Neb.. , Aug. 23. (Special
Telegram) Flotyd Thayer was ar
rested and tinfdVM'H) Monday morn
ing, after bcing discovered in his
room at Hotel WcClond with two
suit cases containing 20 quarts of '
whiskv. Thayer registered at the
hotel Monday morning from Omaha.
Robbers in Taxi Escape
With Payroll of $18,000
New York. Aur. 23. Robbers
seated in a taxi to-day held up and
robbed two eniplop-es of the Ham
mmirl Tvnewriter company, of the
weekly payroll of $18,000. Detec
tives commandeerern amomooues ana
gave chase but failed to catch the
bandits.
Buildigs Torn Down.
Beatrice. Neb., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) A number of old frame build
ings in this city covndemned some
time ago by the statte fire warden
are being torn down.
The August Linen
Sale Offers
Towels
75c Toweling for 59c
Heavy Irish linen crash
toweling, regularly
75c, Tuesday, 59c a yd.
65c Huck Toweli,
Tuesday, 45c Each
Linen weft huck towels,
hemmed and hem
stitched, exceptionally
fine for 45c each.
65c Turkish ToweU
for 45c Each
Heavy ribbed Turkish
towels of excellent
quality.
Linens, Main Floor
Other values in fine lin
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for August sale prices.
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