itiU b; OMAHA. THURSDAY. MARCH 3. 1921.
Harding to Face
Job of Settling
Mandate Tangle
Wilson Administration Will
Not Reply to League Note
Concerning Island of Yap
And Mesopotamia.
Washington, March 2. Further
steps in the controversies between
the .American government and the
allies and the league of nations coun
cil' over mandates will he left to
President Harding and Charles E.
Hughes, his secretary of state.
Decision of this administration to
take no further action was nude
known today, after receipt of the re
plies from the council and Great
Britain to the American notes on
mandates for the island of Yap, held
by Japan, and for Mesopotamia, to be
awarded Great Britain. Officials said
there was insufficient time for them
to prepare answers. They indicated
that it might he regarded as presump
tous if they acted.
"We have taken the steps to pro
tect the position of the United States
government," said Under Secretary
of State Davis," and the matter is
in position to be dealt with by the
incoming administration."
Comment was withheld by omciais.
It was evidenced, however,, that the
action of the league in postponing
consideration of the Mesopotamia
and other class "A" mandates until
May or June was received with
satisfaction.
Contention of the league that it
has no authority over the award of
class "C" mandates such as that for
Yap probably will not result in the
initiation of any new negotations
regarding this question, as the United
States has taken this matter up with
Japan.
Champ Clark, Long
Leader of Demos,
Dies at Capitol
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ciples. the Church of Christ and the
Campbellites. .
Attracted by Clark's work at
Bethany, the faculty of Marshall
college, the state normal -school at
Huntington, W. Va., called him to
the presidency at the age of 2j, and
he enjoyed the distinction of being
the youngest college president in the
United States.
Leaving Marshall college Clark'
went to Cincinnati, where he ma
triculated in the. Cincinnati Law
school, where he received his de
gree in law. Moving to Wichita,
Kan., he hung out his shingle and
awaited the first client a vain wait
oi 11 weeks.
From Kansas he migrated to Mis
souri, stopped at Louisiana and
formed a law partnership with David
A. Ball.
The practice of law was pretty
slim picking and so when he saw
an opportunity to become principal
of the high school he took advantage
of it He then purchased a news
paper, which he conducted with more
or less success for about a year.
It was about this time that he met
and married Miss Genevieve Ben-
. Z f M .i.iiiir a ctatplv
Hell VI uliun ay vv-fuhlj , ul'J
young woman of fine attainments,
who had just graduated from Mis
souri university. Clark soon after
wards changed his address to Bowl
ing Green.
Elected to Congress.
In 1892 he was elected to congress
from the Ninth congress district,
which seat he still held at the time
of his death.
In December, 1908, he was made
the democratic party leader on the
floor of the house of representatives.
He was again chosen for this place
in 1909. .
Then followed the long and bitter
fight against Cannonism in the house,
in which Clark took a leading and de
termined part. By the unanimous
vote of his party he was chosen as
speaker of the house in 1910.
The democratic presidential nomi
nation campaign of 1912 came on
while Clark was still speaker. His
own state, Missouri, had in conven
tion called for another purpose
passed a resolution endorsing the
candidacy of Governor Folk for the
presidency.
So long as that condition existed
Clark would not consent to enter the
race for the presidency, yet the peo
ple of his state clamored for him.
I ne maiier miauy him v .iv
when the state committee met and
called a special state convention to
settle the question. Clark carried 111
of the 114 votes in the state, securing
ar1 verv one of the delegates to
the state convention.
Clark entered the Baltimore con
vention far in the lead of any other
candidate. It was evident early in
the convention proceedings that on
the first ballot Clark would have a
r1r mainritv of the votes.
In 1844 when Martin Van Buren
was a candidate for the presidency,
some of the party leaders put
through a rule that required the can
didate receive two-thirds of the votes
of the convention instead of the for
mer rule of a majority. The rule
was put through to prevent the nom
ination of Van Buren. It served its
purpose and Van Buren was de
feated. . .
Old Rule Revived.
That rule has since been the rule
of democratic conventions but had
remained a dead letter for 78 years
until revived at Baltimore in 1912 to
defeat Champ Clark.
Clark maintained his majority on
nine ballots and led the convention
on 29 ballots but when William Jen
nings Bryan made his now famous
speech charging an alliance between
the Clark candidacy and the "reac
tionaries,". Clark's strength waned
and Wooorow Wilson came to the
front and was nominated.
When the newly elected president
called the 63rd congress together in
extraordinary session in the spring
of 1913 Spearker Clark was the un
animous choice of his party for the
speakership., , . . , . .
Since that time Clark has wielded
a power in the lower house on be
half of his party but the overwhelm
ing majority of the republicans has
curUiitd. this power to its. tpipjmum.
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I Clyde Pof f enbarger
Complicity
Crowd in Court Cheers Acquittal of Last of Nine
Suspects Who Was Charged With Receiving
And Concealing Loot.
"N'ot guilty!"
' Tliei rnrH liv flip foreman
of the jury hearing the case of Clyde
Poffenbarger, the last of nine sus
pects in the $3,500,000 Burlington
mail train robbery last November, in
federal court yesterday afternoon,
was the signal for pandemonium.
Deafening applause, cheers and
whistles from the crowded court
room filled the air.
United States Marshal Nick Reed
and his deputies had difficulty in
quieting the crowd.
They even threatened them with
jail sentences for contempt of court
if they did not cease the cheering.
And quiet was restored.
Wife Flees into Arms.
Clyde, his face broken with a
broad smile, arose from his chair as
the verdict was read, and into his
arms his girl-wife fairly flew.
The verdict was given after four
hours deliberation, the jury filing
into the courtroom shortly after 3
o'clock.
The case had been given into their
hands at 11 a. m.
Freed from the worry and care
which had born down on her so
heavily ever since her youthful hus
band was incarcerated in the county
jail last November, Mrs. Poffenbar
ger, pretty little blonde, burst into
tears as ail her pent up emotion was
given free rein.
Special Board
To Investigate
Mail Accidents
House Postoffice Committee
Recommends Thorough
Probe of Use of German
Junker Planes.
Washington, March 2. A special
investigation by a congressional
committee, of airplane accidents in
the postal service, was recom
mended 'today by the house postof
fice committee in the house.
The burning to death of two pos
tal air pilots and a mechanic at La
Crosse, Wis., February 9, is the
immediate cause of the proposed in
vestigation. Other accidents were
brought to the attention of the
committee, and for these it has been
unable to get an adequate explana
tion from the postoffice department.
In an investigation of the La
Crosse accident, the postoffice com
mittee learned that the machine de
stroyed by fire together with its
pilots and mechanic was of German
build, an all-metal machine, sup
posed to be fire proof. The post
office department has purchased
eight of these machines at a total
cost with spare parts of $200,000.
Three of the machines have been de
stroyed, and the other five have
been withdrawn from service pend
ing improvements and further ex
periment in their use.
Automobile Man Sues for
Separate Maintenance
Tohn M. Onper, manager of the
Jones-Opper company, 2558 Farnam
street, automobiles, filed a suit in
district court asking the court to
grant a decree of separate mainte
nance for his wife, Grac.
He alleges extreme cruelty. He
does not ask a divorce, but requests
the court to ascertain his own in
come and decide on the amount
needed by his wife, which amount
he says he is willing to pay. She
now occupies their home at 4917 Chi
cago street and he is willing that
she continue to stay there and keep
the furniture.
They were married in Salt Lake
City in 1917. He had been married
before.
Palmer Elected Chairman
Of C. of C. Speakers' Bureau
Harry Palmer was elected chair
man of the speakers' bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
John W. Welch was elected vice
chairman and Montagu Tancock
secretary. The bureau will have a
membership of 50 men.
The bureau was organized for the
purposeof supplying speakers for
various functions at which speakers
capable of delivering an informative
talk on Omaha or Nebraska were
required.
The members of the bureau r.rc
pledged to prepare themselves to
accept calls for speeches at ?. mo
ment's notice.
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Cleared of
in Big Mail Robbery
Y0E
The little 18-mouths-old baby son
was given into the care of a friend
sitting nearby, as the girl-wife raced
across the courtroom into her hus
band's arms.
Clyde Poffenbarger is. the only
one of nine persons arrested in con
nection with the notorious mail rob
bery to be acquitted.
Ever since the time of his arrest,
he has maintained his innonence.
He was charged with receiving
and concealing $6,820 of the loot
which was found in a vault in the
outhouse in the rear of his home.
Four Students
Under Arrest in
Probe of Hazing
North Carolina Authorities
Prppose to Punish Men
Who Participated in Un
lawful Activities.
Durham, N. C, March 2. Four
arrests had been made here today
in connection with the hazing epi
sode at Trinity college Monday in
which F. C. Brooks, jr., son of the
rtate superintendent of Instruction,
was seriously injured.
O. D. Sawyer, J. E. Harvey and
L. D. McWhorter, members of the
sophomore class, were arrested on
charges of hazing, but were released
on bond. A warrant for young
Brooks was not served owing to his
illness.
A warrant, charging assault with
a deadly weapon also was drawn
against Jack 'McClure, who was to
have been the victim of the hazing
party-had it not been abruptly ter
minated by the injury he is said to
have infiicted upon Brooks, when
he stabbed him through the chest
with a pocket knife. Other war
rants may be issued.
Foreign Trade "
" -Slumps in 1920
Volume Less Than During
1919 Despite New High Rec
ord in Values, Report Shows.
Washington, March 2. The vol
ume of America's foreign trade last
year was less than in 1919, despite
establishment of a new high record
in values for both exports and im
ports, according to the February re
view of business and financial condi
tions, issued by the federal reserve
board.
The volume of exports of princi
pal commodities declined about 9
per cent in 1920, while the volume
of imports of 25 principal commodi
ties increased only 4 per cent. The
year, the board said, saw a ten
dency toward a more balanced con
dition of the country's international
trade indicated by the excess of ex
ports over imports.
"Only through imports," the board
added, "is it possible for foreign
countries to pay us the large bal
ance outstanding. Fo this reason,
the steady declines in imports since
June, when imports were at their
peak, are not so encouraging."
Business and industry during Feb"
ruary, the board asserted, continued
in a transitional and unstable condi
tion. The movement toward better
conditions, it was . added, was not
wholly sustained early in the month,
due to changes in prices of raw ma
terials, f
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At Big Reception
Schools and Business Houses
Close as Neighbors Bid
Godspeed to President
Marion, O., March 2. President
elect Harding's neighbors in Marion
and nearby towns bade him God
speed in the task of the presidency
today in a formal farewell that
brought to the famous front porch
one of its largest gatherings.
Marion schools and business
houses closed their doors for two
hours to observe the occasion and
as the final front porch meeting
began, church bells and factory
whistles mingled their voices in a
sonorous message of good will.
As part of the farewell ceremony,
the city presented to the president
elect and his wife a silver plaque
which bore the inscription, "God's
blessing to you."
The program arranged for the
farewell ceremonies began shortly
before noon and was a simple one.
After the presentation of the plaque
a reception was held.
For, his text in the presentation
address. Dr. Thomas H. McAfee,
pastor of President-elect Harding's
church, took the inscription of the
plaque: "To Warren Gamaliel
Harding and his wife, Florence
Kling Harding, from the citizens of
Marion, in testimony of affection
and gratitude for loyal friendship,
devotion tc the public welfare, and
service to the highest conception of
American citizenship. God's bless
ing to you."
The preaJdent-elect's response was
brief, expressing thanks and ask
ing the 'support of his neighbors in
the work' ahead of him.
Beatrice Firemen Get
Exemption Certificates
Beatrice, Neb., March 2. (Spe
cial.) The annual exemption exer
cises of the Beatrice Volunteer Fire
department were held in firemen's
hall and eight firemen received cer
tificates.' A banquet was served at
the close of the meeting at which
toasts were respondedlo by Rev. J.
Franklin Hass, Mayor Farlow, J.
R. Ellis and others. Harry Leech
presided.
Fairhury Couple Fined
In Beatrice Police Court
Beatrice. Neb.. Marrh 2 (Snn-
cial.) Charged with disorderly
conduct at the Butler hotel in this
city, L. W. Colby and Bessie Ken
nally, who gave Fairbury as their
home, pleaded guilty befone Judge
Ellis. Colby was fined $25 and
costs and the woman $5 and costs.
New Trial Asked by Man
Convicted of Assault
Beatrice, Neb., March. 2. (Spe
cial.) Em Darwin, convicted in the
tljstrict court of a statutory offense
on Wilma Dructy, 15, has filed a
motion for a new trial on the ground
that one of the jurors was preju.
G'ced.
Sent to Reform School
Beatrice, Neb., March 2. (Spe
cial.) Leo Geisler, 14, found guilty
of stealing a bicycle, was sentenced
to a term in the reform school bv
Judge Colby of the district court.
"Using Nut" Wins Fortune
Fremont Musician Invents Auto Tire Lock Now
Used by Big Companies Returns Insure Income.
Fremont. Neb., March 2. (Spe
cial.) Ray Johnson, 25, musician,
has become independently wealthy
with the invention of a simple loci
lug that prevents the theft of extra
automobile tires. It has just been
adopted by three automobile con
cerns as standard equipment and he
has already received orders for 1S,
000 locks.
Not a mechanic bv trade, but a
drummer in his own orchestra, John
son fell upon the idea when a friend
once sought his aid in attaching the
old style chain safetly device, after
he had suffered the loss of a tire.
His invention is the result of six
months "tinkering," as he expresses
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Alleged in Murder Trial
(Continued From Vrtge Oar)
Efforts he made to have her contra
dict other testimony wera likewise
fruitless. t
Miss Wortsmith testified Lawson
accused his wife of turning over
some of the money she earned by
immorality to another man.
" 'Twenty-six dollars is not enough
for a Saturday night in any hotel.'
Who's got the rest?'' he demanded
to know," she said. "Then he picked
up a gun on the dresser. 'If you
don't shoot square with me, I'll kill
you.' he threatened." I told him if
he was not satisfied to step out or
we would return home. 'One or
both of you will never leave town
alive, he threatened.
The morning of the shooting Law
son overheard the girls discussing
their return home. Miss Wortsmith
further testified.
"Jeanette said she was tired of the
life and the sooner she got out of it,
the better. 'I'm not the same Jean
ette that I was before,' she said.
We agreed to meet in Kansas City
later and go home together, but I
warned her to be careful on account
of Lawson's threat. Just then he
opened the door and walked in.
Pleads Vainly for Life.
'"I heard what you said and I'm
poing to kill you.', he announced.
'Where's my pun?' "
" 'I hid it. You wouldn't kill me.
Jack. pleaded Jeanette. 'I've got a
mother and baby to live for."
" 'I've got a mother, too.' lie rs
tortH." " 'Then win don't you go back to
her. Nobodv here wants you.' Eulalia
interposed."
The wife then went upstairs, the
witness testifi-d. Lawson followed
her and the sister below heard him
call her twice, but receive no an
swer. "Then a shot rang out," she testi
fied. "I flew tip the basement stairs,
just in time to see her falling."
'"My God, you've killed Jean
nette.' I screamed."
" T know it. and I hope she dies,'
he feolied."
Lawson then called the police, lit
a cigarette and sat coolly on a dav
enport, his overcoat over his arm,
waiting for the. police to arrive, she
said.
Miss Wortsmith charged her
brother-in-law with urging her into
a life of shame.
v "I was tired of life in the town
where we lived and he showed me
where I could see the world and
make a lot of money." she said.
Both she and her sister turned
over their earnings to him each
morning, she revealed.
Lawson himself exhibited no feel
ing throughout the long recital,
merely shading his eyes with his left
hand.
Temporary insanity and the de
fense that the dead woman held him
in her power will be established, his
attorneys announced in his opening
statement.
Miss Wortsmith will continue on
the stand this morning.
Motorcyclist Sues Dairy
For $30,000 for Collision
Robert Allen, by his father G. T.
Allen, filed suit in district court yes
terday against the Alamito Dairy
company for $30,000. alleging he was
run down by a truck and injured so
that he will never recover. The ac
cident is alleged to have occurred at
Twenty-seventh and Leavenworth1
streets, February 18. Allen, who is
36, was riding a motorcycle when
the truck struck him, he says.
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closed by a lid with a Yale lock, and
the device will withstand pounding
or misuse of any kind. The entire
affair weighs less than three pounds
and is made of bronze and steel,
with a nickle-plated finish.
Johnson receives a royalty of $1
on each lock. He is sole owner of
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to superintend production. When
asked how he happened to strike
upon the idea, he simply said, "By
using my nut."
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He Was Not Deported, But
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Order to Leave Harding
Free to Work Out Policy.
Washington, March 2. Ludwig
Martens, former Russian soviet
agent in the United States, was not
deported but was permitted by Sec
retary Wilson to depart with execu
tion of the deporation warrant in
order to leave the incoming admin
istration free to work out its own
Russian policy.
Secretary Wilson, in a memoran
dum submitted today to Assistant
Secretary Post, declared Martens
could have prolonged his stay for
months- by instituting habeas corpus
proceedings after issuance of the de
portation warrant and that this was
obviated by permitting him to return
tc Russia at his own expense with
out its execution.
Commenting on the senate resolu
tion asking Attorney General
Palmer for an opinion as to whether
cancellation of Martens deportation
warrant through the action of As
sistant Secretary Post would oper
ate to permit his return to this
country. Secretary Wilson declared
the cancellation was made at his di
tect "instructions" and that it would
not permit Martens to return,.
"Conditions in Russia," he con
tinued, "are rapidly changing."
Prisoner on Parole
Who Offered to Sell
Body Is Rearrested
Revocation of a parole granted
F. Leon Soper last summer, after he
had been convicted of forgery, will
be asked by Adult Probation Officer
Moses P. O'Brien. Soper, according
to O'Brien, was arrested a week ago
at the Sanford hotel, charged with
the illegal possession of liquor.
Soper came into prominence some
months ago, when a prisoner in the
county jail. He wrote a letter to
officials of the Creighton Medical
school, offering his body for sale,
saying the money he would receive
would enable him to jpbtain an attor
ney to fight his case. He also
pleaded that he was a victim of
tuberculosis. ;
7Tie medical college refused to buy
Soper's body after death, but Soper
was finally released, his alleged piti
ful condition arousing the pity of
many.
"He will certainly go to the peni
tentiary this time," Probation Officer
O'Brien said yesterday.
American Legion Post
Opens Employment Bureau
The Douglas county post of the
American Legion has organized an
employment department at head
quarters in the court house. Harry
R. Weinberg will have charge and
win enaeavor to hnd places for all
ex-service men out of work. Persons
needing help are requested to tele-
pnone uouglas 5708.
Enter the Spring Suit
These Warm Days Bring Them
We, however, have been in
readiness for many weeks. We
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longest, which silhouette was
suited to the slendertype of
figure and another for the
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that you will approve of our
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Apparel Section Third "Floor.
Attractive Undergarments
Most Reasonably Priced
Bloomers, gowns and teddies of either
silk or muslin are here in great plenty.
Their designs are pleasing and the new
lower prices equally so.
Cotton Bloomers of
Windsor crepe, white
or flesh colored are
$1 and $1.50.
Sateen Bloomers,
flesh colored, a fine
quality are $2.35 a
pair.
Crepe de Chine Ted
dies, daintily lace
Harding to Waste No
Time in Tackling Job
(Continued Krom rsi One)
Mr. Denby ieartily and the retiring
and incoming naval heads spent sev
eral hours talking over the routine
of the department. They suspended
business ,long enough to appear on
the steps of the state, war and navy
building to accommodate pho
tographers and moving picture oper
ators. After several pictures had
been taken, Mr. Denby submittins
graciously, one of the photographers
asked him to wait just a minute for
another snapshot.
Just Beginning.
"Just one more and I will be
through with you," said the picture
man.
"Why, boy," said the new secre
tary with a smile, "you're just be
ginning with me."
Mr. Herbert Hoover, the future
secretary of commerce, has also ar
rived and spent the day studying
reports of the department, which
were supplied him by Secretary
Alexander. Charles Evans Hughes,
who will be Mr. Hardmg's secre
tary of state, will arrive tomorrow.
Mr. Hughes has arranged to take
the oath of office Saturday morning.
Bainbridge Colby, the retiring sec
retary, will meet Mr. Hughes at
10:30 o'clock in his office and after
the oath has been administered will
present him to officials of the de
partment. Mr. Weeks will take
over the war office at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning. Mr. Denby ar
ranged with Secretary Daniels to
take over the Navy department at
3 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
President Wilson told friends this
afternoon that he was eager to par
ticipate in the inauguration ceremony
of his successor to the fullest ex
tent possible, and weather conditions
permitting, he plans to attend the
ceremony on the east front of the
capitol, although he will not at
tempt to reach the platform in the
procession from the senate imme
diately after the inauguration of the
new vice president. If he goes to
the east front he will be taken there
by a shorter route and will be seated
before Mr. Harding arrives to take
the oath and deliver his inaugural
address.
Bruning Man Heads
Midwest Cement Users
During business session at the
Rome hotel yesterday' the Mid
West Cement Users' association
changed the name of the organization
to the Mid-West Concrete Products
association.
H. R. Park, Bruning. Neb., was
etected president; N. J. Peterson,
Omaha, vice president, and Frank
Whippennan, Omaha, secretary and
treasurer.
Directors for a term of three years
ate A. G. Swanson of Omaha, fl. H.
Allison of Salina, Kan.; J. B. Trues
dale of Glidden. Ia.; for two years,
E. L. Bateman of Bethany, Neb.; C.
W. Hood of Council Bluffs, and H.
R. Rossig of Omaha; for one year,
C. A. Brown of Fairbury, W. H.
Dougherty of David City and E. J.
Howland of Osceola, Neb.
Home builders' short courses were ,
held in the afternoon and evening
in the Auditorium, open to the pub
lic.
trimmed with ribbon
shoulder straps are
$3.5(Xand $4.25.
Crepe de Chine or
Satin Bloomers i n
flesh color are $4.50
to $8.25.
Slip Over Gowns of
white or colored
Windsor crepe are
$2.35 and $2.69.
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House Commit tec
Scores Land is in
N Urging Inquiry
Judiciary Body Declares Ac
ceptance of Base Ball Job
Inconsistent With Per
formance of Duties.
Washington, March 2. Accept
ance by Federal Judge Landis of
the position as supreme base ball ar
bitrator is inconsistent with the full
and adequate performance of his du
ties as judge and constitutes a seri
ous impropriety on his part, the
house judiciary committee held to
day in -recommending full investiga
tion at the next session of congresf
of impeachment charges made bv
Representative Welty, democrat
Ohio.
The report of the subcommittee
was adopted unanimously by the full
committee, although Chairman Vol
stead reserved the right to file a mi
nority report.
The sub-committee said thi .
charges of Mr. Welty involved "th
legal and moral character" of Judgi
Landis' alleged act in accepting
employment as base ball arbitratoi
at a salary of $42,500 a year and
that it had found "that said act of
accepting the employment .aforesaid,
if proved, is in their opinion, at
least, inconsistent with the full and
adequate performance of the duty
.' the said Kenesaw Mountain
Landis as a United States district ,
judge and that said act would con
stitute a serious Impropriety on the
part of said judge."
The report was signed by Repre
sentative Dyer, republican. Missouri,
as chairman; Representatives Hus
ted. New York; Boies, Iowa, re
publicans; Gard, Ohio, and Sumners,
Texas, democrats.
North Platte Man Shoots
Landlady and Tries Suicide
North Platte, Neb., March 2.
(Special Telegram.)-Victor Moss.
30, test board worker for the Amer
ican Telephone company, seriously
wounded Mrs. W. L. Lenton and
then attempted to take his own life.
Both are in a serious condition.
According to the police Moss
roomed at the Lenton home and had
become friendly with his landlady.
When she refused his advances he
shot her in the back and then shot
himself over the- heart.
Mrs. Lenton's husband is a
switchman for the Union Pacific
and was out of town. The Lentons
have two small children.
Army Officers Seek State
Aid for Paving Ft. Crook Road
Maj. Frank R. Weeks, engineering
officer, and Lieut. Col. H. U. Myers
of Fort Crook and members of the
Chamber of Commerce were in Lin
coln Wednesday to urge the passage
of House Roll No. 578. providing for
state and federal aid for the paving
of the road to Fort Crook.
The future of Fort Crook as an
important army post depends on the
passage of the bill, those interested
said yesterday.
Lisle Hosiery
Light weight silk lisle
hose in black, white, gray,
navy and cordovan with
garter tops and double
soles, $1.25 a pair.
A medium weight in the
same colors is also $1.25.
Out size silk lisle in black,
cordovan, navy and gray
are also $1.25 a pair.
Cards for All
Occasions
Birthday cards, cards of
congratulation, of sym
pathy, greeting to a con
valescent, and on an anni
versary. The designs are delightful
and the sentiments appro
priate. Art Dept. Second Floor.