THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 23. 1921.
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Bomb Suspects
Break Silence
Under Grilling
Two Additional Member of
"Sluggers Gang" Confess to
Chicago Outrages More
Arrests Promised.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha lire l.d Wire.
Chicago, May 2.', With startling
information in their hands as the
result of new confessions by two
members of the "bombing trust,"
which is charged with bombing
scores of Chicago business houses,
the police scoured the city in search
of new suspects.
Members of a second band of
master bombers are said to be known
to the police. Their arrest is prom
ised. Revelations which will, clear up
several labor murders and tear the
veil of mystery from scores of
bombing outrages which have gone
t npunishrd, arc expected before the
investigation is 24" hours' older.
The two who confessed today, fol-
lowing a long grilling by Chief of
Detectives Michael Hughes and
Fist Assistant States Attorney Ed
ward S. Day, are James Sweeney,
said to be the real leader of the
hombing squads, and Harry Rartlett.
Roth told of several bombing ex
peditions in which they participated.
Habeas Corpus Thwarted.
Their confessions came just in time
to .thwart the efforts of rive of the
nine men held in connection with
the bombings who sought release j
on writs of habeas corpus. Judge !
Sullivan refused to release Thomas ,
T. Corcoran, a business agent of lo- I
la! 4!.', Engineers' union; Albert
IVterson. a business agent of local '
401 of the same union and sam
Gibson, said to be a dangerous rad
ical, member of the I. W. W., and
a slugger. Charles Bordgen, another
suspect, and Joseph Bangora, an or
ganizer and said to be the driver of
bombing cars, were refused their
freedom bv Judge Michael McKin
ley. In opposing the writs. Assistant
States Attorney Charles Wharton de
clared that the investigation was so
big and so vital to the welfare of the
3,000,000 people in Chicago that the
police should be given more time.
Asks for Guard.
Andrew Jer'r whose confession to
Chief of Police Fitzinorris Friday
uncovered the operations of the labor
terrorists, today asked the police for
a bodyguard to protect him from
sluggers still at large. Three heavily
anned men were assigned to watch
him day and night. A guard was
also placed around his home.
Bartlctt was the first to break
Under the grilling of the police. He
admitted he had participated in sev
eral bombings and verified much of
Kerr's confession.
Sweeney, known to the police as
"the swaggering slugger," is said to
have collapsed under questioning by
Chief Hughes and Assistant States
Attorney Milton D. Smith. Chief
Hughes refused to verify this, but
said Sweeney admitted that the
gang of sluggers with which he
worked would bomb any location if
Ri.vcri the price. Sweeney is said to
Jn'ave implicated "Con". Shea, labor
leader, who. is till, being sought.,
Chief Fitzinorris declared he would
not be surpvised if Sweeney's jn
fession would clear up more than one
murder which has been committed
during the labor feuds.,; -
Hays Takes Trip
Over Mail Route
Postmaster General Flys to
New York With Brigadier
General Mitchell.
( birKo Tribune-Omaha Bee lMd Wire.
Washington, May 22. In line with
his general policy of learning every
thing about the mail service at the
jource, Postmaster General Hays
iook to the air today, flying to New
York over the Washington-New
York air mail route with Brig. Gen.
Mitchell of the army air service as
his pilot. .
The postmaster general was driven
over the route in an army plane in
stead of a" regular mail plane, the
trip having been planned for a double
purpose. One was the postmaster
general's desire to go over the air maif
route hi person and the other, was
General Mitchell's purpose to dd the
same thing in view of the plan for
the army to take over the postal air
service, which is under considera
tion. Reports received here say that the
trip was accomplished without un
due incident and that both the post
master general and General Mitchell
enjoyed it. '
'Mr. Hays wants to learn all about
the postal air service and has ideas
concerning its development For one
thing he believes it should be ex
panded to a nation-wide service and
that to accomplish this it should oe
taken over bv commercial com
panies, just as the railroads now
carry the mail, the rail mail. The
postal service in Mr. Hays' opinion,
offers a fruitful field for development
of commercial aviation which could
be drafted .into the national service
in time of war.
Eastern Star at Kearney
Installs New Officers
Kearney. Neb., May 22. (Special.)
Tuscan Chapter No. 35, Order of
the Eastern Star, installed the fol
lowing officers: Miss Bessie Manuel,
worthy matron; C. B. Manuel-,
worthy patron; Mrs. Clara McCune,
associate matron; Mrs. Mable Bower,
secretary; Mrs. Caroline Herman,
treasurer; Mrs. Julia Noyes, conduct
ress; Mrs., Grace Lett, associate con
ductress; Mrs. Gladys Beeman, mar
shal; Mrs. Mctta Ayres, warder; Dr.
C. L. Ayres, sentinel; Mrs. Nancy
M. Smith, chaplain; Mrs. Daisy Ny
strom, Adah; Mrs. Ethel Webbert,
Ruth; Mrs. Henriette Nelson.
Esther: Mrs. Leah Inks, Martha, and
Mrs. Ellen Ballah. Electa.
Postoffice at McLean
Entered and Pouches Rifled
Randolph, Neb., May 21. -(Special)
The postoffice at "McLean was
broken into and mail pouches rifled.
If is not thought that anything of
value was obtained.
Father Walks 1,000 Miles
In Effort to Cure Baby
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Los Angeles, May 22. A remark
able case of parental devotion was
dtsclosed with the arrival here of
James F. Watkins, an electrician of
Vallejo, Cal., who pushed his 11-months-old
son more than 1,000 miles
in a baby buggy over California
highways, in a successful effort to
save its life.
Watkins' wife died of bronchial
pneumonia early in March. Doctors
tod him his little son, James F. Wat
kins. jr., or "Buster," as the father
calls him, had contracted pneumonia
germs and that if he were kept in
the open air, he had a bare fighting
chance to live.
The farher started out from Vallejo
and for eight successive nights held
"Buster" in his arms. The baby grew
better as the strange journey con
fined from northern to central, then
to southern California. Watkins
journeyed as far as San Diego, and
had proceeded as far north as Los
Angeles, when a number of "movie"
stars took up a collection and pro
vided him with enough to rest a
while and seek a job.
C. of C. Body to
Take Up Safety
Traffic Work
New Committee, Headed by
H. A. Abbott, to Carry on
Program Started by Volun
teer Traffic Cops.
The work of the traffic safety com
mittee and volunteer traffic police
has been taken over by the Chamber
of Commerce and after June I this
work will be under the direction of
the new traffic, safety committee,
headed by H. A. Abbott. The action
was taken at a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Chamber of
Commerce Saturday afternoon be
cause of the broad scope the "safety
committee intends to cover. The or
ganization will now be known as the
traffic safety committee of the Cham
ber of .Commerce.
The committee will be composed
of the following: H. A. Abbott,
chairman; Alvin F. Johnson, Dr. C.
W. Pollard. Tohri A. Rine and . Vic
tor B. Smith, representing the mu
nicipal affairs committee ot the
Chamber of Commerce; A. C. Scott,
Omaha Manufacturers' association;
V. A. Pixlcy, Omaha Auto Trade
association; F.. L. Nesbit, Omaha
Automobile club; W. S. Stryker, As
sociated Retailers; Ernest Buffett,
Retail Grocers and Butchers asso
ciation, and J. H. Beveridge, Omaha
city schools.
While the traffic safety committee
had headquarters in the Chamber of
Commerce, it was not a part of the
organization, although . the latter
body cd-opefated in every way. With
the new arrangement, the Chamber
of Commerce will take charge of all
activities, finances, educational and
publicity phases of the' work.
"The task of making Omaha streets
safer deserves the support of every
citizen of Omaha.. I only hope the
support the committee received m
inc past will uc wuuuuiu, v,iiaiiiiian
Abbott said.
Congressjnen Delay
Meeting to Recommend
Successor to Dahlman
Washington, May 22. (Special
Telegram.) Anxious candidates for
United States marshal, numbering
30 or more, . must , remain in sus
pense for another two weeks at
least. The six members of congress
from the lower house were to have
met Saturday to decide upon the
nominee for marshal, but failure of
Congressmen Evans and Andrews
to report caused a postponement.
As Congressman Reavis leaves on
Mouthy for Nebraska to be gone
for several weeks ii w ill not be pos
sible for the delegation tf choose
the candidate until his-return. Even
then a decision may not be reached
as Congressman Evans is olauning
a t::p to Xebftu'ia shotly akcr
June 1.
This indicates a delay of about
three weeks in choosing the succes
sor to James C. Dahlman. Mean
time the duties of the marshalship
are being discharged by, James B.
Nickerson, for many - years deputy
marshal, and hmself a candidate far i
lht appointment J
"Buster" now weighs 23 pounds
and is said to be as robust as the
average baby of his age. In travel
ing about California Watkins worked
on fruit groves and grain ranches at
odd jobs. Often he had the baby
buggy in- orange groves with him
and pushed the infant from tree to
tree. Speaking of his experiences,
Watkins said':
"I have fed my baby, washed him,
dressed him, cared for him. entirely
unaided, since his mother died. His
food had consisted, for the most
part, of condensed milk, with a little
orange juice or sometimes a tea
spoonful of olive oil daily. At inter
vals I have also given him a graham
cracker. His feeding hours have
been carefully kept, no matter where
he might be. He has been fed at 8
a. m., noon, 4 p. m. and 8 p. m.
"On clear, warm nights, when we
could sleep in the open, I have put
him to sleep with a .lullaby, a canopy
of stars being our ceiling, and the
moonbeams providing a splendid
bedroom lamp.
Lumber Dealers
More Hopeful of
Government Aid
Hoover Invites Representatives
Of Industry to Conference
At Washington on Next
Tuesday.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bn Leased Wire.
Washington, May 22. Secretary of
Commerce Hoover has issued an in
vitation to representatives of the la
bor producing industry of the coun
try for a conference here next Tues
day for the purpose of discussing the
welfare of the industry.
ine secretary s invitation has been
welcomed by the National Lumber
Manufacturers' association, believ
ing that the present administration
wishes to give it a "square deal." The
association intimated in a statement
that "it was unfairly treated in the
last administration, particularly by
me xeaerai trade commission in its
report charging organized portions
of the trade with efforts to control
prices. Referring to the anticipated
favorable attitude of the government
toward the tradj the statement said:
"It is significant that if this is
the attitude of the Department of
Commerce, it is in a measure a re
versal of that policy which hereto
fore has found fault wth certain ac
tivities of the lumber. industry hav
ing the same general purposes in
view, and thee activities even now
are challenged by , the Department
of Justice and the federal trade
commission. If the program as
forecasted, is to be carried out, it
will place the industry upon the
same basis of understanding with the
pubic that is now enjoyed by other
interests which have their general
marketing facilities and statistical
outlets.
"The lumbermen of the nation
welcome this opportunity to come
freely to the Department of Com
merce and contribute all information
and suggestions that may be helpr
ful in promoting a newer and bet
ter relatonship between the industry
and the public, through the proper
medium of the Department of Com
merce, feeling that if the industry is
wholly understood in all of its
phases,' a healthier disposition to
ward it will be manifest by the na
tion at large."
Railroad Employes .Oppose '
Auto Truck Freight Service
Wymore, Neb., May 22. (Special.) j
The Federated Shop Cratfts and
Clerks at a meeting in Wvmore dis
cussed the use of auto trucks for
freight transportation by the mer
chants of Wymore. Among the points
brought out was the fact that about
21J of the. population of Wymore
were dependent on the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy railroad for a
livelihood, and it was decided em
ployes should patronize the merchants
who patronize their employer.
State Shoot Will Be Held
In Chappell Wednesday
Lodgepole, Neb., May 22. (Spe
cial.) Chappell boosters are touring
the country in the interest of the big
shoot to be held there Mav 25. Ex-
pert marksmen from all parts of the
state will compete for honors.
Peace Settles
Over Scenes of
Mine Conflict
Only Few Scattering Shots
Fired in Mingo County War
Organization of State
Police Continues.
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
Cblrarn Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire.
Williamson, W. Ya May 22.--All
was quiet along the Tug last night,
except for a few shots fired from' the
Kentucky hills against two men who
were gathering sand near Mcrrimac.
A few shots 'were fired from the rifle
pits on the Kentucky slopes, but a
detachment of Kentucky troopers
from Stringtown drove the belliger
ents out and pursued them into the
mountains. No one was wounded.
A man was arrested at Chattaroy for
beating up a man over a personal
grudge. Otherwise, peace settled
over the valley.
Major "Tom" Davis, military agent
of the governor, traveled around the
settlements and the proclamation of
martial law was tacked up. Organi
zation of the state police kept up a
swift clip. West Virginia just now
has no national guard and martial
law is being enforced by the state
constabulary, composed mostly of
overseas veterans, assisted Dy tne
"vigilantes."
Davis Going Slow.
Major Davis, a portly, jolly, over
seas man, with an open and tactful
manner, is going slow getting ac
quainted with the situation. Today
and last night the streets were well
filled with people and much of the
nervousness seemed to have disap
peared. Out in the mining settle
ments like Merrimac, however, citi
zens still keep tneir nomes naric at
night and put blankets up at the win
dows or use flash lamps at they have
been doing for months.
The issue in the controversy be
tween operators and miners which is
union recognition, has been thrown
into the shadow by a reign of law
lessness which has swept Mingo
county and. as the citizens view it,
the job now is to restore order and
then let the issue work itself out
peacefully.
Resembles Steel Strike.
The situation as regards the con
troversy is something. like the steel
strike. The 76 mines in the Wil
liamson field are non-union and up
to the present troubles, had no
strikes for 20 years. The United
Mine Workers of America, after the
coal strike, sent men to organize this
region. The organizers say they
were asked by the miners to come in.
The operators say the unionization
movement has been stirred up by
"agitators" from outside.
Unlike the steel strike, however, it
is pointed out, this was not a move
ment to organize an unorganized in
dustry by men hot identified with
the industry, but it was simply a
movement on the part of a national
organization to attach a new suit.
Apparently at the outset, wages an'd
working conditions had little to do
with the dispute. Fundamentally it
was a question of whether the opera
tors should deal with the union
agents in making contracts with la
bor. Cost of Living
Shows Decrease
Drop of 17.5 Per Cent Re
ported Since July 1920
Peak Reached Last Year.
Chiraco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
New York, May A report
made public by the National Indus
trial conference board shows that
the total cost of living has fallen
17.5 per cent since July, 1920, but
in March, 1921, was 68.7 per cent
higher than in July, 1914. Costs of
clothing are shown to have decreas
ed and rent and cost of fuel and
light to have increased since last
year.
This analysis of changes in the
cost of living in the United States
is based upon material gathered
from a large number xf representa
tive retail dealers' in clothing, fur
nishings and fuel, and from persons
representing interests in many sec
tions of the country,.
The total increase in the cost of
living since the beginning of the
war, the investigation shows, was
6S.7 per cent in March. The rise in
the cost of the major items of wage
earners between July 1914 and
March, 1921, is estimated to have
been as follows:
Foods, 56 per cent; shelter, 71 per
cent; clothing, 74 per cent; fuel
and light, 87 per cent; sundries, 85
per cent.
The report shows that the peak
was reached in July, 1920. Food
has decreased 29 per cent and cloth
ing, 35 per cent, while shelter has
increased 8 per cent, and fuel and
light, 13 per cent, no change hav
ing taken place in the cost of sun
dries. '
Machinery has been invented for
filling metal pipes that are to be
bent with sand to prevent them be
ing crushed. ,
Barbed Wire Is No
Impediment to The
Real American Boy
Manhasset, N. Y May 22.
Georges Carpentier learned today
that barbed wire fences mean noth
ing to the real American boy.
To protect Georges from curious
eyes, Manager Francois Descamps
had the fence around the camp
crested with barbed wire, guaranteed
to rip the seat of any trousers.
"Now." he said, "we shall have
secrecy."
When an attendant went to the
gymnasium rigged up in the barn,
his whistled rendition of "The Mar
seillaise" was interrupted by a vio
lent sneezing. He investigated.
Lying along a- rafter he found
three tousled haired hoys, who mis
understood his French and laughed
instead of coming down. Collaring
the three he ushered them to the
front gate. . They stuck their ton
gues out at him and when he turned
his back, he saw Georgej on the
porch, his shoulders shaking with
mirth
Chicago Facing Beer
Famine Due to Order
Issued by Judge Land is
Chirac Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 22. There is likely
to be something of a beer famine in
Chicago and just as the hot weather
hits the town, too.
Judge Landis issued a temporary
injunction restraining the E. Porter
Products company and the Joliet
Citizens Brewing company from
brewing beer of greater alcoholic
content than the historic one-half of
1 per cent.
According to the district attorney's
office, most of Chicago's "good" beer
supply of late has come trom these
two joliet breweries. The prose
cutor said trucks would leave Chica
go about 6 p. m., pick up 20 or 30
barrels of beerxeach night at Joliet
and return here in the darkness. The
daylight hours were spent in collect
ing the empty kegs to be returned
that evening.
Court Approves
Plan to Settle
Reading Tangle
Equal Rights Granted Com
mon and Preferred Stock
holders in Formation of
New Corporation.
Philadelphia. May 22.' Approval of
the modified plan for the segregation
of the Reading companies, decreed
by the United States supreme court,
was given by the federal district
court and disposes finally all ques
tions in the unscrambling of the
properties controlled by the Reading
company, a holding concern, unless
some one takes an appeal.
The two big points decided were:
Equal rights are given to the com
mon and preferred stockholders in
receiving the stock of the new cor
poration to be formed to take over
the Reading company's equ'ty in the
Philadelphia ana xeaaing t-oai ana
Iron company.
Playing the majority stock of the
Ney Jersey Central railroad, owned
by the Reading company, in the
hands of a trustee or trustees to be
appointed until a favorable time
arises for its sale, removing it from
the control of the Reading company,
pending final disposal. The other
part of the plan provides that the
Reading company shall be merged
with the Philadelphia and Reading
railway company and that the merged
concern shall be subject to all state
and federal regulations as a common
carrier.
The court ordered the Reading
company and the government to sib
mit, within 15 days, a form of de
cree emboying the points approved
by the court.
The Reading company owns the
capital stock of. the Reading railway,
the Reading Coal and Iron company,
the Reading Terminal company and
the Reading Iron company; also $14,
504,000 of the $27,436,800 capital
stock of the Jersey Central railroad.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
company and the New York Central
railroad hold more than $60,655,000
of the capital stock of the Reading
company, constituting a dominant in
terest. Copper Breaks Up
Lynching Party
Moonshine Engenders "Cow
hoy" Spirit Had Rope
Around Victim's Neck.
Chlrairo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 22. A lynching
party was interrupted by Policeman
Robert McCaull of the Evanston
department, when he arrested four
men, cut the rope with which they
had intended to hang their victim,
and marched the would-be executors
to the police station.
The intended victim escaped with
out thanking his rescuer.
The four arrested are George
Logan, Donald Stewart, Charles
Butler and William Miller, all of
Evanston.
According to the story McCaull
gathered from the disjointed re
marks of the men, they had been sit
ting on the bank oi a canal, sing
ing, laughing, telling stories and
occasionally taking a nip from a
bottle. The coolness of the early
dawn, the libation, the laughter made
them all youngsters again. A man
passed driving a wagon.
He stopped and had a drink. Then
he had another. His new friends
joined him in each sip.
About the rest McCaull cannot be
sure. He believes one of the men
suggested a game of "cowboy." An
other mentioned Klu Klux Klan and
the idea was taken up by the rest.
Anyway, wJien the policeman came
upon them they were dancing and
singing around the wagon man.. A
rope was around his neck, the other
end over the branch of a tree.
Postal Inspector at
Alliance on Robbery
Alliance, Neb., Mav 22. (Special
Telegram.) Postoffice Inspector
Smith of Denver, investigating mail
robberv, reports the prisoner still re
fuses to give his name or talk. He
claims he bought the stamps found in
his possession in St. Joseph, Mo.,
Ironi a man named f-'.eury.
Smith believes' the prisoner may be
connected with fhe robbery of the
postoffice at Brush. Colo., May 12,
when a quanity of stamps were stolen.
Hearing before the United States
commissioner here is planned. Smith
will hold the prisoner for further in
vestigation. School Children Locate
Busy Still at Scottsbluffs
Scottsbluff, Neb., May 22. (Spe
cial.) Sophomores of the high
school, picnicing at Wright's Gap
near Scottsbluff. found three tubs of
corn mash brewing over the fire in a
still in an abandoned farm house.
Before Sheriff Koenig arrived, how
ever, a score of farmers had carried
off most of the apparatus for making
the hootch, leaving behind three bar
rels of mash. Js'p arrests have been
made,'
Mavor and Dunn
Will Decide on
Health Officer
N.
ew
Commissioners Name
Committee to Report on
Referendum Against
Rate Ordinance. -
Mayor James C. Dahlman and the
city t commissioners held a confer
ence Saturday afternoon, this being
the first of a series of "family gath
erings" of the new administration, it
was announced.
The conferees appointed the may
or and Police Commissioner Dunn
as a committee to decide on a new
health commissioner and make a
recommendation to the city council
rot later than June 1. No intimation
was given as to who the successor
to Dr. J. F.' Edwards, present health
commissioner, may be. There are
several applicants in the field.
Another action of the conference
was the appointment of City Com
missioners Zimman, Butler and Hop
kins as a committee to examine the
merits of the recent referendum fil
ed against the electric light rate or
dinance and to report to the city
council. During the closing days of
the old administration this referen
dum petition was checked and it was
stated that some of the signatures
were not acceptable.
Opposed to Special Election.
.Mayor Dahlman stated that he
was opposed to holding a special
election for the submission of the
new city charter as the basis of a
home ru!e charter. He explained
that a special election would cost
the taxpayers about $10,000 and he
believed the city council would not
favor a special election this year
unless there were other matters
which might be submitted at the
same time.
'The other matters referred to
were the eight major improvements,
proceedings for which were started
by the former city council. These
improvements include the widening
of Twenty-fourth street, Pacific to
Cuming streets; innerbelt trafficway,
river drive- opening Twenty-second
street, Howard to Douglas streets;
widening and opening Douglas
street, west of Twenty-fourth street,
and a few other projects. All of.
these proposed improvements will
(e carefully looked into during the
next few weeks and some plan ot
procedure adopted.
Bids for the sale of $500,000 bonds
to finance public improvements will
be opened in the city council on
June 5, Commissioner Butler of the
finance department announced. This
will permit of an early speeding up
of the paving program. j
Situation Must Be Checked. j
Commissioner Koutsky of the
public, improvements department ex- j
plained that the entire paving situa
tion must be checked over. There ,
are pending many bids received by
the city council during a period when
prices were higher than the present
quotations. Most .of these bids will
be rejected and new bids advertised
for. In cases where contracts have
actually beerr entered into, the work
will be pushed as soon as the bonds
are sold and the contractors thus
assured that they will be paid as the
work goes along.
Commissioner Koutsky also ex
plained that he expects new bids will
have to be a'dvertised for the paving
of the Dodge hill district. The J. J.
Parks company was awarded the
contract for this work, about two
vears ago, but Mr. Koutsky said
these contractors are holding out on
the technical grounds that the dis
trict was not ready tor them at
time when they were ready to do the
work; He also'points out that ma
terials are now slightly, higher than
at the time when this contract was
let, whish is another, and perhaps
the real argument, vhy the contrac
tors will claim default on the part of
the city.
Apply for Receiver
In Council Bluffs
For Bondiny Firm
Petition was filed in district court
Council Bluffs Saturday by the
at
Deoartment of Trade and Commerce
of Nebraska, asking the appointment
of a receiver in Iowa to co-operate
with the receiver recently appointed
in Nebraska to assume charge ot
the affairs of the Lion Bonding and
Security Company of Omaha.
The petition alleges that the con
dition of the defendant corporation
is such that its further transactions
of business among its patrons in
Iowa would be hazardous to its pol
icy holders, stockholders, creditors
and to the public.
According to the petition, the cor
poration was chartered under the
laws of Nebraska and does its main
business in that state, with a capital
stock in excess of $200,000, for the
purpose of handling liability insur
ance. '
The company . has done a large
business throughout western Iowa,
it is reported. It was stated yester
day that action similar to that taken
in the Bluffs will be brought in 17
other states were the corporation has
been doing business,
Cheyenne County Pioneer
Takes Own Life by Hanging
Sidney, Neb., May 21. (Special
Telegram.) Ncls Edner, 60, an old
tesident of Cheyenne county, commit
ted suicide here this afternoon. He
was found hanging from the rafters
in the barn at 4:30. Indications were
that he had not been dead more than
half an hour. He had been failing in
health for some time and despondency
over his physical condition was
probably the cause oi his act.
Nebraska Central College
Graduation Exercises
Central City, Neb., May 22.-(Spe-
rial.) The ba-; -a'ajreale service ci
Nebraska Central college will be held
in the Friends church May 29. Rev.
George J. McClellan of Waterbury
will give the address. The com
mencement exercises will he. held at
the colleee chapel May 30. Henry Ed
win McGrew, president of TVnn col
lege, Oskaloosa. Ia will deliver the
address.
Fight for Insurance
Of Pender Ax Murderer
Norfolk,-Neb., May 22. (Special
Telegram.) A fight over the IS.l'OO
insurance policy which was left by
George Dinklage, who nearly wip
ed his family near Pender, Neb.,
with an ax November 24, 1920, has
opened in federal court here. An
insurance company of Lincoln asks
the court to settle the question as
to who is to receive the money,
claiming Dinklage left a letter chang
ing the beneficiary from his wife to
his mother, Mrs. Anna Dinklage.
Administrators for the estate of
the wife claim the money.
Dinklage killed all of his family
except an infant daughter named,
Edna, who is the only survivor and
who incidentally becomes the appli
cant wth the mother for the $5,000
insurance money. For days before
he killed the most of his family Dink
lage wrote a letter asking the in
surance company to make his moth
er the beneficiarv for his insurance. .
Stockville Farmers
Will Build School
Stockville, Neb., May 22. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of farmers near
here enthusiasm was manifested to
build a school that will be the real
community center. A school and a
hall for both a social and an educa
tional center is planned. They say
it will cost no more to build a place
of learning for the children than a
sales paviliion for stork.
The vote will be taken May 27. A
committee was appointed to obtain
facts and figures from County
Superintendent Stark. An estimate
w as made as to cost of the building
and all the men present volunteered
to haul two loads of material as this
is 12 miles out.
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Three fine vacation trips in one!
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Golf, tennis and horseback riding too.
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and bathe in the buoyant waters of Great
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See in Yellowstone the legerdemain of nature
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Live in wildwood camps or luxurious, modern
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Many Bootleggers May
Go Free as Result of
Laying Off U.S. Agents
Washington, May 22. Thdusandi
of bootleggers may escape punish
ment for violation of the liquor laws
as a result of the furlough of 700
federal prohibition agents until July
1, Commissioner Kramer declared.
In any event, he added, many cases
will have to be continued over the 40
days, which will add to the conges
tion of crowded court dockets.
Most of the government's impor
tant witnesses, Mr. Kramer ex
plained, are the agents. Most of
these men, he said, would return to
their homes, making it necessary
either to subpoena them and pay
their way to the places of trial or
continue the cases.
At present, he said, it is too soon
to gauge the effect on the illegal
liquor traffic, ' as a result of the
agents' furlough.
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