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Lee Es telle,
District
Judge, Dies
Pioneer Nebraska Jurist, Com
ing to. State in 1872, Suc
cumbs to . Attack . of
Ptomaine Poison.
1 Oldest on District Bench
District Judge Lee S. Estclle, 73,
died in his home, 4163 Cass street,
at 9 yesterday after an illness of
seven weeks, , '
He is survived by his widow,
two sons, Arthur M. and Lee S jr..
.nd two daughters. Mary Lee and
vinurca, an ot ymaha.
judge Jsstellc suffered an attacK
of ptomaine poisoning seven weeks
ago, and had been in a serious cfru
dition since. ... .
One of the oldest-jurists in the
state, Judge, itstelle lived a life of
action. lie was born in Hamilton
county, O,, December 25, 1847 and
. was educated in the public schools,
lie attended the Kingston, O.. acad
emy for two years and then enlisted
m tne first Ulno heavy artillery.
In June. 1863. he enlisted in the
One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio
infantry, but was released when his
tather brought habeas corpus pro
ceedings. - '
, Enlists in Navy.'
After the death of his father he
- enlisted in the Mississippi river
Mjuaaron and served until June 27,
1865. He lived in Kentucky and
worked in a tobacco warehouse for
a time, then returned to Ohio and
studied law; in Bainbridge, Ross
county. :
He was admitted to the bar in
Tike county, O.. in 1869. He then
taught school at Fort Dodge. Ia..
for one term, after which he went to
Villisca, la., and engaged in the law
business. He came to Nebraska in
March, 1872, locating in Red Cloud
and'remaining there until 1874. Dur
ing his stay in Red Cloud he was
elected assistant secretary of the
state senate and founded the Red
Cloud Chief," a weekly newspaper.
He also held a claim near Rrd
Cloud and lived for a time in a
dupour.
He went to Columbus, O., in the
spring of 1874, and on March 4 mar
ried Miss Mary Belle Bradley.. Re
turning to Red Cloud, he built the
coni Jrame, dwelling ,in the .owu
. ...... To Omaha in 1874.
He came to Omaha in September
f 1874 -to take a position as a rail
way mail clerk. In 18S" Judge Es
telle left Omaha for B , Neb., to
engage in the practice of law in the
firm of Osborne.j Estclle & Farns
worth. He was elected district at
torney in 1884 and was prosecutor
in some of the most noted murder
cases of the day, including those of
John Lauer and Tom Ballard. He
gained an enviable reputation as a
criminal lawyer. . '
He was appointed judge of the
(Continued ba Pe Tiro. Column One.)
Wife Dies, Mowing
Shooting in Which V
Husband Killed Self.
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, Mrs. Hattie Bumgardner, 21. who
was wounded Saturday morning
when her husband fired a bullet into
her head, died in the Wise Memorial
hospital at 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. . v ,
Bumgardner, after shooting his
bride of 10 months, sent a bullet into
hi? own hearts He died six hours
later. ' ' 1 r '
The shooting occurred in the girl's
room at 514 South Twentieth street.
A three week's separation tf the
rouple is 'believed to liave been re
sponsible for the shooting, police
say. " '''
: C. F. Leithofr. father of the girl,
arrived in Omaha shortly before the
death of his daughter. L-eithotf is
i the monument business .in Lraw-
tord. Neb. The body was taken to
Junction City. Kan., last night,
where it will be buried beside her
mother.
Leithoff told police that h$
daughter first met Bumgardner in
Des Moines. Although he had never
Seen Bumgardner, Leithoff said he
often received Utters from him.
Earl Bumgardner, brother of th
dead man, and his mother arrived
in Omaha Saturday ight. They
accompanied the body to Friend.
Neb., yesterday.
Police say no inquest will be held.
Seamen's Strike Causes
Close of Port at Dublin
Dublin, Oct. 10. Thousands of
dock workers have been diKnis-sed as
a result of the unauthorised stride
of seamen and firemen for increased
wages, begun several days ago. a"nd
the port is almost completely closed.
With the exception of passenger
service the only steamship lines
open are those to Bristol and Glas
gow. Similar conditions prevail 3t
other Irish ports except Belfast.
The Jacobs buiscuit factory, one of
the largest industries of its kind
in the United Kingdom, which has
a large export trade, has put its
workers on short time and it is re
ported may soon close altogether.
Work of Consolidating
Railroads Progressing
Washington, Oct 10. The Inter
state Commerce commission is con
sidering a tentative plan to consoli
date railroads into a limited number
of systems as required by the trans
portation act. Work is progressing
officials said, and an announcement
may be made soon. .
District Judge Who
Succumbs to Illness
Judge LcRoy S. Esteele. -
American Humane
Society to Hold
Convention Here
Child Welfare and Protection
Of Animals to Be Discussed
By Noted Members of
. Organization.
The forty-fourth annual conven
tion of the American Humane asso
ciation and its department, the
American Red Star Animal Relief.
will be held in Omaha, October 25
to 28. - ,
The first sess:on will open at the
Hotel Fontenelle October Z5 at 9:30
a. m.. Rev. Edwin Hart Jenkins giv-
jngr the in focarion. Add resses of
welcome will be made by Mayor Ha.
P. Smith, Robert S. Trimble, presi
dent of the Chamber of Cdmmerce,
and J. E. Davidson, president of tha
Nebraska Humane' society. .
The sessions cn Monday morning.
Monday afternoon and Tuesday
morning will be devoted "wholly to
problems of child protection. On
Monday night Rev. Xr. ..Charles
Scanlou, general secretary of the
Board of Temperance and, Moral.
Welfare of the Presbytjerian church,
will speak on "The -Presbyterian
Church and H.smane j Education."
This denomination has adopted a
campaign in behalf of liumane work
throughout the nation. J. ;' Ralph
Park of Pittsburgh. Pa- will address
the meeting on the-subject, "What
the Churches are Doing for the Hu-
inane Cause. Kepresentatives ot
other denominations will also speak
followed by a round table discus
sion. , . , ,
, Many other subjects relating to
child' welfare will be discussed by
prominent men and- women during
".he convention. ' . '
Tuesday afternoon -will be devoted
to visiting points' of interest in and
about Omaha and to an automobile
ride for the delegates, followed b
a banquet in the evening. ' . ,
: Tbe ' first session ;. Wednesday
morning will be devoted to animal
protection." There will be no session
in the afternoon. Thursday will be
devoted largely to the Red Star
work. . 1 ' .
Man Blinded by Girl . .
Sues for Insurance
Chicago TribuBC-Onuha Be Leaoed Wire.
Chicago, Oct 10. Julius Jonas,
shot through the temples and per
manently blinded by Pauline ; Meg
litsche, a St. Louis girl,-vritif whom
he has been clandestinely living and
whom be sought to break away
from, has brought Suit for $10,000
each against two accident compan
ies, in which he held policies. He
also holds policies in two , other
companies and expects to sue them;
J onas' was shot while he was
eep at the home he was main
taining - for the girl -and . his on-'
tention is that his terrible misfortune
is the. result of an accident, inas
much as he did not realize when
he went to the girl's apartment that
the tragedy would be enacted. After
shooting him the girl killed herself.
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Keith County Organized
For Salvation Army Drive
' Ogallala, Neb., Oct. 'lO-'-The' Sal
vation Army ' Advisory board for
Keith county is making preparations
for a fund raising campaign for the
week of October 18 to 24, during
which time-it is expected to over
subscribe the county's quota of $800
based in a population apportion
ment. Roy D. ' Eiker is president
of the county board arid Dr. C. C
Wallingsford, chairman of- organ
ization Committee. $ The headquar
ter are, in Ogallala. - - -,s
To Hold Meeting'of -
League Council Nexi3 Week
Paris, Oct. 10. The next meetir g!
of the council of the league of na
tions will be held at Brussels, Octo-!
ber 19, 1920, according to official
announcement today, , . j
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U.S. Prison
Witnesses Describe Manhan
dling of Inmates at Fort'
Leavenworth by Crews
Of Thugs.
Mutiny Forced, on Men
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Ieaaed Wire.
Chicago Oct. 10. The soviet pris
oner committee of the United States
army disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenworth had its red army just
as the regular European variety of
soviet government, the records of
the investigation by - the federal
court revealed, in further inquiry.
In the case of the barracks soviet,
its instrument of terror consisted of
slugging crews, fortified with tape,
gloves, clubs, iron bars, and, in' some
instances, it is charged, with fire
arms. Manhandlers Roam Prison.
These manhandling crews, large
ly composed of former New York
and Chicago thugs, prizefighters and
labor gangsters, roamed the prison
yard and the unbarred and unlocked
cell wings day and night to assault
prisoners who were marked up for
punishment by the committee.
Such is the sordid story told in
the testimony unfolded under oath
before Department of Justice repre
sentatives, who carried out the or
ders of Federal Judge John Pollock
to' investigate and report upon the
operation of the prison soviet gov
ernment. Majority Intimidated.
'. Witness after witness told of the
operations of the soviet thugs and
the reign of terror they inspired
among the thousands of prisoners
in the barracks. In the final gen
eral mutiny, a number of witnesses
declared, an easy majority of the
prisoners was opposed to the soviet
demand that a general amnesty be
declared. They had seen so much
of the work of the red sluggers,
however, that when the word went
forth for all prisoners to strike,, the
majority dared not retuse the de
mands of the soviet leaders.
"Millionaire Kid" a Witness.
One of the prisoner witnesses, who
fold of the activity of Clemons Gold
stein, "former prizefighter, and head
of the -soviet -special yard.wmmh
tee, and the work of the soviet slug
gers, was Cordon Patterson, termed
the "millionaire kid" because of a
joke telegram sent to him during
his imprisonment to the effect that
he had inherited $5,000,000.
Rivalry Over Powder
Puff Causes Death of
Telephone Operator
CKcago Tribune-Omaha Bee Ijeaaed Wire.
Chicago, Oct. 10. Sisterly rivalry
over the use of a powder puff caused
the tragic death of Miss Loretta
Murphy, a telephone operator '( for
the Yellow Cab company. Her girl
ish laughter was silenced by the re
port ot an army pistol as the, bullet
pierced her heart.
She had hidden the po'wder puff
in a chiffonier in her brother's room,
thinking that would be the last place
her sister would search for it. When
her brother, Joe, had returned from
overseas service he tossed his re
volver in a dcawer of the chiffonier
among an assortment of ties, hand
kerchiefs and shirts. His sister was
in a hurry to find her powder puff
and complete her, toilet for the
morning, and she tossed the con-1
tents of the drawer from one side to j
another, seeking the elusive powder I
puff. j
- In some manner the pistol was
caught in one of the ties and was
discharged. Loretta fell to the floot
-dead, as the bullet tore through her
heart. '
Yeggmen Blow Safeat
' Murray and Take Stamps
Yeggmen blew the safe in the
Murray, Neb., postoffice at 3 o'clock
yesterday morningr and stole $50 in
stamps and 900 blank money orders.
Three men in a large touring car
were-'seen in Murray by the con
stable Saturday. ., . '
Highly Stimulated ,
Men Unable to Make
Auto Climb Tall Post
Boy I Page Mr. Volstead, whose
. act made national prohibition.'
Seven men, alleged to have
' been charged with a highpowercd
intoxicant, were searching in vain
for him at Fifty-second aud Dodge
streets early yesterday morning. ,
- In.an unknown manner, the car
in which the men were riding,
made a desperate attempt trc!mb
! a pole in ftmt of the George
Brandeis vhome iu Fairacres.
' All' the men were slightly cut
as the result of the performance.
The car was a wreck. Police were
called and arrested the men. Be-,
cause none of the men would ad
mit, being the, driver "of the car,
charge"of "intoxication and reck
' less driving," were placed against
all of them by police. '
. The men arrested gave their
namesas: George Andrews, Des
."Moines, la.; Leslie Wa'.ters, 1814
Cuming street; L. S. Daniels,
3829 Charles street; L. M. Howell,
, . 2024 Locust street; C. FoMansbee,
, 1710 Leavenworth street; Vern
(Livingston, 252T South Eighth
street, Jimmie Sage, 518 'North
Twentv-third. ,
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Ms Picked Up Here
Elizabeth Kay, 17, and Mildred
Haniil, 18, runaway girls from Mc
Cook, Neb., were taken into cus
tody by 'Police Officer McGce
upon, advice of the girls' parents.
"McCook is a 9 o'clock town and
no place for us," the girls told the
police. "All the lights are taken
dojfn, .the sidewalks taken up and
carried into stores at 9. We want
Ihe bright lights." '
An officer from McCook was
notified, and he girls will proba-'
bly be takr.i back home today.
Cox Centers Fire
On Iowa Speech
Of G O. P. Nominee
"League or No League," Bat
tie Cry of Democratic Can
didate in Southern In
diana Campaign.
. Terre Haute. Ind., Oct. 3. The
issue of "league or no league," was
the battle cry of Governor Cox in
his southern Indiana campaign yes
tefdaj;;
In 14 speeches, closing with a
mass meeting here, the governor
centered his fire on the Des Moines
speech of Senator Harding.
"The senatorial candidate within
the last three days, he said, ' has de
clared oositivelv azainst the league.
I am for the league with all my
soul.
Governor Cox charged Theodore
Roosevelt with misstating that the
league could declare war and send
troops abroad. Reasserting, thav con
gress only has such authority, Gov
ernor Cox said, "some real friend
of the great Roosevelt should set
this boy right concerning the funda
mentals of the league. It is a pitable
spectacle to see this son of a great
sire shamelessly paraded before the
public. Out of respect for the mem
ory of his illustrious father, some one
should take this juvenile statesman
aside and ' in primer fashion, make
plain what really ought to be
obvious."
Blasts at the "senatorial oligar
chy," were continuous in the gov
ernors tour. He reiterated charges
that Senator Lodge tvas "the basest
conspirator in all history," and
urged defeat of senators who signed
the round robin against the league.
"Any man who signed the rou'id
ra'fi against the most huma.ie in
strument in the world does not de
Serve a place in the senate," h said,
referring to its signature by Sen
ator Watson, republican of Indiana.
The governor said Senator, Watson
was a member of the "oligarchy'' and
asked virtually all of his Indiana
audiences to vote for Tom Taggart,
democratic senatorial candidate.
Governor Cox declared that, to
day's tour was "old-fashioned Amer
ican campaigning." Cheering cowds
of farmers and town folk, including
women in sunbonnefs and men in
overalls, gave the governor warm
receptions.
The governor is to speak Monday
in St. Louis.
Absorbed In Garden
Tools, President of.
France Forgets Son
Paris,' Oct. 10. M.. Millerand, the
president of France, is a democratic
nan, and when duties of office per
mit he escapes from the capital to
the suburbs, preferring to walk or
take a street car rather than to go
by automobile. A
1 he other day m. Millerand was, m
Versailles with his family; and pass
ing by a hardware store he stepped
in to buy some garden implements.
In, order to choose the articles
with care the president, knowing the
turbulent nature of his ' smallest
youngster, picked him up in his
Arms, put him on a high chair and
told him to "sit still." Then he went
about with his purchases.
When he had bought what he de
rired, M. Millinmd left the store,
followed by the bowjng and scraping
storekeeper. But vhen the latter got
back to the counter he found M.
Millerand, jr., still sitting- obedient
ly in his high chair; having been Jcft
behind, in a moment's forgetfulness,
by his father, who. by that time, was
far down the street
M. Millerand has decided to shop
a!one in the future. ; 1
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Men's Suits to .Be Fuller,
But Hats Will Dwindle
Columbus, O., Oct. 10. Announce
ment is made that the new styles in
wearing 'apparel for tmen will be
changed to the "natural"
Designers, will produce suits pre
senting the appeararice of "fullness."
But men are beginning to quake
with fear already. They hesitate
ahouf looking in the mirror because
hats are to be "smaller." -
Hundreds Left Homeless
'.' By Wisconsin Forest Fires
, Superior, Wis , Oct. 10. Twi per
sons have been . seriously burned,
hundreds are horheless and property
valued at more than $1,000,000 has
been destroyed in the forest fires
which are sweeping Douglas county.
Scores of farms have been wiped
out and crops valued at more than
$300,000 are a loss.
Break in Schedule of Air
Mail Service in Wyoming
Cheyenne, Oct. 10. Another break
in the aerial mail service schedule
occurred, when the machine which
left Salt Lake for Cheyenne reached
Rock Springs, Wyo.. too late to
resume the flight to Cheyenne,
Vox
Believes Wilson '
jWas Misquoted
Chairman 1 Hays Cites Presi
Presidents Speech Declaring
Against foreign Alliances.
iew York, uct. iu. w. Jti. tiays,
chairman of the republican national
committee in. a statement yesterday
raised a question t as to whether
President Wilson was correctly
quoted when in May, 1914, he ex
pressed himself as against any sort
of foreign alliances for th United
States. .'.; . V- . ' r-"
Paragraphs ' in the president's
speech dealing with foreign allances
which Mr. Hays quoted are:
"There are just as .vital things
stirring now that ioncern existence
of the nation as were stirring thrn
(colonial period), 'and every man
who worthily stands in this presence
should examine himself and see
whether He has the full conception
of what it means that America shall
live her own life! Washington saw
it when he wrote his farewell ad
dress. , .
"It was not merely because of
passing and transient circumstances
that Washington said we must keep
free from entangling alliances.
: "It was because he saw that no
country had yet set its face in the
same direction in which America had
set her face.
We .cannot form alliances with
those who are not going our. way
and in our might and majesty and
in the certainty of our; own purpose,
we need not and we should not form
alliances with .any nation in the
world.
Those who are right, those who
study their consciencesin determin
ing their policies, thoso who hold
their honor higher than their ad
vantage, do not need ajliances. You
need alliances when you are not
strong and you are weak only when
you are not true to yourseli.
"You' are weak only when you are
in the wrong; yoi, are weak only
when you ar afraid to do' right;
you are weak only when you doubt
your cause and the majesty of a na
tion's rhight asserted."
May Of fer Emergency
Ships to Foreigners
Washington, Oct. . 10. Sale of the
government's emergency-built fleet
of wooden -ships to s foreign buyers
was under consideration at the ship
ping board, but definite action prob
ably will be deferred, officials said,
until President Wilson appoints the
new board created by the merchant
marine act. ,
Built .at an estimated cost 6f $170
a deadweight ton, three attempts to
sell the shipsv to American buyers
have resulted "in only four offers
the highest at about $12 a ton for
the fleet of 285 steamers, aggregating
more than 1,000,000 deadweight tons.
The .only alternative left, it was as
serted, was to dispose of tham
abroad.
Sale to foreign buyerswould re
quire, under the act, approval of five
members of the shipping boanl.
Grain Car Shortage Is
. Acutein Keith County
Ogallala, Neb:. Oct; 10. (Special.)
The Keith t County Community
club has dropped all other activi
ties for the, present andjs devoting
its efforts to obtaining relief from
the shortage, of grain cars. The
county has harvested the heaviest
wheat and corn crop in its history,
but fs faced with financial disaster
in many quarters if cars are not
furnished withy which to move the
, . iv . 1. f. 1
crop ana convert irsinio casu. land
ing orders for Irom 60 to "0 cars
a week are met with-1 deliveries of
from one to five cars and some of
j. these not in condition to be used.
Pop Versus Vox
tObTOTfcM: 1930: By The Chleaco Tribane,f
Will Leaving Fortune
To Welfare Worker
Bares Shattered Love
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee aed Wire,
- Boston, Mass., Oct. 10. Coinci
dent with the announcement that
Capt. ' Rdbert B. Stein, formerly
of Inwood, Long Island, left prac
tically all his estate of about
$250,000 to 20-year-old Louise
Simons, a social welfare worker
with the Associated Jewish chari
ties here, she revealed that the
gift was made after a. broken troth
Letween them, , and a subsequent
estrangement between the girl
' and her family, as the result of
her engagement with Stein.
Fonner Iowa Girl
Swallows Poison
Denies Attempt on Life After
Police Find Note Indicat
ing Suicide Planned.
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Denver, Colo., Oct. 10. (Special
Telegram.) Leaving a note that
she was tired of life, but denying
that she 'attempted to take her own
life, Mrs. Grace Wilson, 19, former
ly iof Avoca, la., called police after
she had taken poison. Physicians
say she will recover.
The note found by police on their
arrival read:
"Good-bye, C'&rence. For rea
sons I have grown disgusted and
discouraged with life. Here" is
hoping you find a good, true-companion
and pal. A pal is what I
longed , for and needed."
Police say the girl wife told them
she felt ill during the night and
without turning on the light went to
her medicine chest and took three
tablets which she believed to be
medicine. When her illness increased
she turned on the light and found
she had taken poison and immedi
ately called the police.
In discussing per act Mrs. Wilson
said, "I wrote that note last
February just after Clarence, my
husband, had left me lying in bed
sick. Then I wanted to die and
even thought seriously of commit
ting suicide. Nothing was furthc
from my mind last night."
Clarence Wilson and his child
wife came to Denver in October,
1919, from Avoca, la.'
Enthusiasm Reigns
Quring Ball Games
Base ball fans attending the world
series contests in Cleveland can show
no more enthusiasm than was ex
hibited at the Auditorium yesterday
where results were shown on an,
electric score board. Partisans of
the two teams excitedly cheered
their choice and at critical times half
of the audience was on their feet.
With peanuts and pop the audience
appeared perfectly at home and did
not forget the base ball custom' of
standing at the beginning of the
seventh inning. The board is oper
ated every day during the series aud
nearly 1,500 men and women
watched the electric lights flash the
plays as they were, made in- Cleve
land .' '
The Weather
Forecast
Nebraska: Fair Sunday, becoming
unsettled Sunday night, with prob
ably showers by Monday; cooler
Monday.
Iowa: Fair Sunday and Monday,
probably increasing cloudiness, be
coming unsettled at night; not much
change in temperature
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Cox
Takes Gay Life in
Place of Fortune
Lure of Bright Lights Causes
Girl to Forfeit $25,000
In Reformatory Now.
Hazel Bender, 17, had the choice
of giving up fluttering around the
bright lights or renouncing right to
a fortune of $25,000, to be given
to her when she attained her 18th
birthday.' The lure of the gay white
way . was, too enticing and now she
has forfeited the promised fortune
and her merry whirl has carried her
within the'-confiirement of the Gen
eva reform school.
Her name, according to Mrs. Hel
en Bender, 2416 South Nineteenth
street, who adopted Hazel, is not
the one she is known by at present,
but is Gurelda Mack. The girl's
mother died and tfce father disap
peared when she was an infant.
After shifting around to several
homes, Hazel finally wound up as" a
ward of Mrs. Bender, who sent her
to school in Chicago. A year ago
Mrs. Bender called her back to Oma
ha, needing her care. The fortune
was , promised by Mrs. Bender's
uncle, as a reward to the girl for
her service. But her new apart
ments seemed dingy and stifling to
Hazel and the lure and dazzle of
the lights beckoned to her.
Now she has neither; her fortune
nor her gay life.
Lieutenant Colonel
Is Seriously Injured
While Playing Polo
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 10. With the
victory won and only a few minutes
to play, Lieut. ; Col. F. B. (Spike)
Hennessy, Camp,Jackson, S. C, was
thrown from his pony and dragged
across the field during a polo game
with the Camp Knox team. The of
ficer's head struck the side boardi
of the field and he was unconscious
when taken away. At the camo
Knox hospital it was thought that
the injuries were serious, but
whether the skull was fractured has
not been ascertained.
The poney of Maj. George Gay,
Camp Knox, collided with Col. Heu
nessy's mount and that officer's
steel helmet fe! upon his pony's
headcausing the animal to plunprc
and throw his rider. Col. Hennessy's
home is in St. Louis.
The Jackson team won, 12 to 0.
and clinched the polo championship
of the fifth army corps area.
Two Men Offer to Sell Ears
To Rich Cuhan for $10,000
Kansas Cityi Mo., Oct. 10. Two
more young men have offered to sell
an ear each to Frank S. Quesana,
the young Cuban who recently of
fered $10000 for a loose ear.
One living at Funston, Kan.,
wrote the International News Serv
ice: I have one too many cars con
sidering the price offered. Where
shall I mak delivery?"
Another living in Osawotamie,
Kan., wrote: "In a small town it is
possible to hear enough, with one
ear, so I'll sell either of mine for
$10,000."
'Join League or Arm for War,
Is W arning of Roosevelt
Kansas City, Mo., Oct, 10. Amer
ica must join the. league of nations
or be prepared "to arm to the teeth,"
Franklin D. Roosevelt declared in
two addresses here. "Any other al
ternative is impossible," he added.
Vbecause 31 nations already in the
league will not consent to abandon
it an experiment with some untried
plan." -
Mr. Roosevelt spoke today in Sc-
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.io., coining to rvansas i.uy
by airplane. The trip of 87 miles
was made iu about an hour,
Bat Grimes
Out of Box
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In Fourth
Wamjisganss' Triple PIay.J
Twelfth in History of Big
League Base Ball
Play Today, , .r:
Bagby Hurls Good Ball
Cleveland, O., Oct. 10. In a base
ball game erupting sensational,
unique and thrilling plays far beyond
the wildest dreams of an imagina
tive fiction or scenario writer, the
Cleveland Americans defeated the ,
Brooklyn Nationals, 3 tol, in the
fifth contest of the world's series
here this afternoon. An unassisted
triple play by William Wambsganss,
a native, son of Cleveland, and homo
run by Elmer Smith and Jim Bag
by, were a trio of individual feats
which formed flashlight photographs
on the Drains of the fans which no
future diamond battle can erase. '-: ;
The victory broke the existing tie" ,
between the pennant winners of the
two major leagues, and tonight $
Cleveland is confident that the first ,
American league" pennant. ever won
by this city will be overshadowed
by the great glory ,of the world's
series (banner to be flung to the
breeze next spring. . '
Triple Play a Record.
The Brooklyn Robiris, crushed by
the two terrible catastrophes of Sat
urdayt a,nd today, are clinging des
perate'ly to the hope that Sherr?d
Smith may be able to check the sav
age batting onslaught of the Indians,
but the home team and fans declare
that nothing can stop the rush of the
Clevelnders, 'riow that they have
solved the mystery of the Flatbush
hurling , staff. The caliber of the
play may be gathered from the fact
that two world's records were es-'
lablished during the 1 hour and 4,
minutes in which the tribe r of
Speaker tore great handfuls of plum
age from the stunned and helpless
Robins. Never before in the history
of the world series had a triple play
been made by one player. .' "
A home run with the bases full is
also an innovation in the modern
history of the super-series, yet both
these records were made todav with
a second home run, four double pals
and a score of other fielding and
battinir features which would hSVc
hiin aretaimed ' as thrillins durinjf hh
me course oi a nonnai .worm scries ,
conflict. ,
Twelfth triple Play in BalL
There was something uncannily ,
local about Wambsganss' triple. The
Indians' second baseman was born
in Cleveland in 1894, and after learn
ing the fundamentals of the national
game at Concordia college, 'entered
the professional base ball tanks.
After a comparatively short period .
of minor league experience with the
Cedar Rapids club"f the Central
association, he came to the local
team in 1914, and has since been a
fixture with the Indians. Thit i a
native born ball player of Cleveland
should have made such an unusual
play, is a coincidence, but that a pre
vious similar play should have been '
made in the same park 11 years ago,
savors of. something beyond coin
cidence. - - '
But 11 times ih the records bf the
American pastime has an unassisted
triple been accomplished. Of the
feats, but two were previously
scored in the major leagues.
It was Neat Ball of Cleveland
club of 1909, who swept three op
posing , players out on a similar
handling of the ball. During the ,
game between Boston Red .Sox, and
the Indians, played on July 19, istahl
was on first and Wagner on second '
and McConnell at bat when Ball
accomplished the play.
, Makes Grandstand Catch. ' '
Today the stage setting was much
the same. Both Kilduff and Miller
had singled to center in turn at rj-.c
beginning of the fifth and Avc.rc
perched on second and first, re
sepctively, when Pitcher Mitchell
came to bat. The Brooklyn hurler,
who had previously relieved Grimes
in the box, drove a hot liner nigh
and to the left of second base.
Wambsganss leaped into the air and
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Boy of Five Burns
Playmate to Death
When Refused Candy
Chicago Trlbnns-Omaba B Leased Mire. .,
Chicago, Oct. 10. Robert Scanlon,
S, was turned over to authorities of
the juvenile court with instructions
to make a thorough investigation of
his share of the burning to death af
Dorothy Noble, 4. Tittle Dorothv
died Friday. Neighbors gave
the following account of the tragedv.
Dorothy was sitting on the rear,
steps of her' parents' apartment.
She had two sticks of candy. The
Scanlon'boy came down the stair
from an upper apartment and asked 1
for one of the pieces, but the babv
refused to give it to him. He had
filched a box of matches from his
mother's pantry and threatened to
burn the baby's fingers unless she
yielded the candy. .Then he lighted
a match and applied it to her fingers.
She began crying and pleaded
with him not to burn her. as It
hurted." 1
"Well, give me the candy then,'
he insisted; but she still refused.
"All ridit then. I'll burn you uo."
Robbie told her, and he struck an
other match and applied it to her
filmy little dress
Neighbors ran out, but the baby
was s-o badly burned that her liij
could not be saved. She.related tlitf
entire incident before the diad, ..
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