Slayer Asserts
His Victim Tried
To Defraud Him
3Ian Brought Here for Safe
keeping After Shooting Em
ployer at Pender Frank
ly Tells Story.
A wholesome-looking, tanned, honest-eyed
farmer with big calloused
hands is William Mattox. 36, who is
in the county jail for killing
John G. Schnier, his employer, on
a farm near Pender, Neb., Monday.
Mattox is just such a typical "hired
man"" as you may find on, any Ne
braska farm. He was brought hen.
for safe keeping Monday night by
Sheriff Rutledge and three other
Pender officers.
r Quite different from the usual
type is Mattox. He is frank and
open and talks about the affair much
as though he were discussing the
condition of the corn or the prospe t
of higher prices for hogs.
Talk About It ,
"This is what a man gets for try
ing to be a good fellow," drawled
Mattox. "My employer made an
agreement with me but he was not a
man to fulfill that agreement and
even threatened to cheat me out of
all I had earned by hard work.
"Just the night before this hap
pened he threatened to get an at
torney and beat me out of pay I had
coming. The morning before I shot
him I had said to his wife she's as
fine a woman as ever lived I said
to her, 'Now, when Johnnie comes
in, you use your influence to get him
to pay me off.
"An Easy-Going Fellow."
"I am naturally a quiet, easy-going
fellow. I work hard and earn every
fc dollar. The only trouble is I'm too
easy. I let the pay run on and on.
But when Schnier taunted me and
said he would beat me out of all, it
was a little more than I could bear.
"I hope the good, honest citizens
of Nebraska will look at the cause of
the deed I committed as well as the
deed itself. And, if men will act to
ward fellow-men as they would have
them act in turn, we will all live
closer to each other and be better
men and women."
Mattox's father and mother and
several brothers and sisters live in -Roscoe,
Mo. He has five brothers
and five sisters.. He had worked in
the vicinity v of Pender for three
years.
"Seemed to Go Wild
"I hate this worse on account of
my mother than on any other ac
count,"" he said. "I can't bear to
think of the worry it may give her.
"I am sorry. I committed this
crime, but I just seemed to go wild
for a moment This man I killed
was about as mean a man as ever
lived.
"There is another farmer right
near there who owes me $850 for
labor. But he is a different kind of
man, a fine citizen and I wouldn't
harm a hair of his head. He is just
flard up and told me so. He will
pay me when he gets the money.''
Mattox declared he was not cap
tured by a posse, but gave himself
up. r
On Way to Surrender.
"After I shot Schnier back of the
barn I came out in front and a hired
man asked me what I had done,'-' he
related. "I said, 'I just shot a dirty
Dutch cur.' .Then I went up to the
house where Mrs. Schnier and her
aunt and niece were. Then I ordered
Mrs. Schnier's uncle to drive me to
West Point He was so scared he
did it.
"I had the gun with me then, but
I left it at the house of a neighbor
and was on my way to West Point,
unarmed, to give myself up when the
men caught up with me and I went
with them willingly." '
Congregational Young
People Meet at Crete
Crete, Neb., June 21. (Specials
Delegates from 25 churches attended
the Congregational Young People's
assembly here this month. There
were 125 registered delegates and a
large number of visitors. Weeping
Water had 17 delegates present and
Exeter was second with 15. The
Norfolk dtlegation of 11 traveled an
aggregate distance of 3,366 miles.
The assembly was under the leader
ship of Rev. C G. Murphy of Lin
coin. Lineman Is Injured
York, Neb., June 21. Nate Lind
strom, lineman for the Nebraska
Telephone company, sustained two
broken ankles and it is feared inter
nal injuries, here this afternoon when
a pole on which he was working
crashed to the ground.
Postoffice Examination
Washington, - June 21. (Special
Telegram.) An examination will be
held July 24 for presidential post
master at Aberdeen, salary, $3,800,
and Sioux Falls, S. D., salary, $3,900.
READ-
The
Itinerant
Lover
By May Edginton
Charles Faraday was al
ways distinctly a man of
affairs. But hit affairs
were of the heart rather
than of the head, and his
mother prophesied, that
some day' he would find
himself seriously involved.
Blue
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Rcttotv
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Hot From Life
Author of "The Married Life
of Helen and Warren".
Hard Worker. ,
Plodding is responsible for the suc
cess of the stories of "The Mar
ried Life of Helen and Warren,"
their author, Mabel Herbert Urner,
admits; telling how she re-writes
each story six or seven times in a la
borious eliminating and condensing
process.
Her stories appear exclusively in
The Bee in Omaha. By her tech
nique cf cljse Writing she is able to
embody in each of these 1,500-word
stories all the atmosphere, plot and
action in a magazine short story of
twice the l"ngth. Her style is vivid,
delicate, acy and always crammed
with color.
Constant association with a note
hook and pencil gets all the ideas
for her stories of the intimate life of
"America's best known couple."
Every time she sees an incident, or
a" friend teUs a romantic or dramatic
happening, she jots down the essen
tials and in a short time Helen and
Warren act it out for their readers.
In private life Mabel Herbert. Ur
ner is Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper.
Her husband is a bibliographer of
note, a dealer and collector of rare
books and has a wide literary knowl
edge. Thev were married in 1912,
according to "Who's Who." ? Their
home overlooks urarnercy pars, in
New York.
Omaha Officials Will -Address
Norfolk Meeting
' Lincoln, Neb., June' 21. (Special
Telegram.) Gus Hyers, state sher
iff, left for Norfolk tonight to pre
pare for a school of instruction in
the finper-print system to : be held
there Thursday. Gov. S. R. Mc
Kelvie, Mayor James C. Dahlman,
Chief of Police Henry Dunn and
Sheriff Mike Clark of Omaha are
scheduled to speak to sheriffs and
peace officers of northeastern Ne
braska who will be present at the
meeting.
County Office? Charges
Himself With 'Assault
Aurora, Neb., June 21. (Special.)
County Commissioner ( Edward
Hahn's conscience cost him $5 and
costs. In a controversy near a
bridge north of town with Gus John
son, road overseer, he is alleged by
his own accusation of slapping John
son. When he reached town, he had
his own warrant filled out, and
causea mmscit to oe arrestea.
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Ancestral Home
Of Wellingtons
Is Rededicated
Marquis of Camlbridge, Broth
er of Queen MaryvIs Prin-,
cipal Speaker at-Elab-,
orate Ceremonial
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Sulgrave, N&rthamptonshire, June
21. Sulgrave Manor, ancestral home
n( the Washinctons. was rededicated
here today with elaborate ceremonies
after its restoration, at a cost of
50,000 pounds, to the state in which
it existed three centuries ago. - ,
The marquis of Cambridge, broth
er of Queen Mary, gave the princi
pal address, asserting the funda
mental solidarity oi the peoples of
the empire and the republic and de
claring the day's advent a good au
gury for the future.
The prince of Wales planned to be
present, but was detained. He ex
tended an invitation, however, to a
delegation to call on him tomorrow
at St. James palace, London, to give
him an opportunity to express his
personal interest in the enterprise.
Today's exercises were arranged
by the Sulgrave institution, organ
ized to foster friendship between
Great Britain and the United States
The exercises began with short
services in the Sulgsave parish
chflrch, where L. L. Washington
forebear of George Washington.
Mrs. Washington and their 11 chil
dren worshipped. The ceremonies
proper were held on tf, lawn of the
manor house. '
John A. Stewart, president of the
American branch of the Sulgrave in
stitution, presented a bronze bust of
Washington to the manor on behalf
of American donors. Letters from
Ca'.vin Coolidge, vice president of
ttit United States: United States
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor; Charles W.
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Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard
university, and other Americans
were read.
Hearing Begun to Test
Sanity of Wife Slayer
Chicago, June 21. Given a new
lease on life hy the Illinois supreme
court, Carl Wanderer, slayer of three,
appeared in court today when a hear
ing was begun on a petition for a
further' investigation into sanity. It
is , claimed that Wanderer has lost
weight since his conviction, that his
, mi ! hoafthfiil .'.and -.that he
i imagines he hears his murdered wife's
voice at midnight, these are tne
sole grounds for the insanity plea.
His attorneys attempted to have
the hearing put over to October be
cause one of the alienists is now on
his vacation. Judge David announced
that the trial was confined to the
question as to whether or not Wan
derer has become insane since his
conviction.
Says Shipment of Cows
To Germany Was Mistake
Sioux Falls, S. D., June 21. (Spe
cial.) The recent large shipment of
cows'-to Germany 'was a mistake,
according to Henry Wottrock, a Mc
! Cook county man, who accompanied
the shipment overseas. He has re-"--(
to his home with a story of
the trip.
vi v Wre' plenty .of cows in Ger
many, Wottrock says, and it is pos
sible to buy a good animal there
for $65. What is needed in Germany.
&ccor'r" to his observation, is feed
to sustain the cows they have already
He savs rich people in Germany
became wealthier during the war,
while people of moderate means were
impoverished.
Harding Makes Selection
For New York Postmaster
Washington, June' 21. Announce
ment was made today at the Post
nffire department that Edward Mor-
I rsn would he nom'nated hv Presi-
: dent Harding as postmaster at New
1 York City. . ' ' .
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Convention Waxes Hot
(Continued From Pate One.)
cunning and stealthy manner have
outwitted the intent of the law," said
the approved declaration. "In Cali
fornia alone there are over 100,000
Japanese.
"This peril is not only a serious
condition for California, but it is a
positive menace to our entire nation.
Grain Gambling Abolition Urged.
"The American Federation of La
bor is fully justified in taking a firm
stand to do away with the 'gentle
man's agreement' and in its place in
augurate a definite policy calling for
total exclusion of Japanese with all
other Orientals."
Abolition of gambling in grain
futures on the Chicago board of
trade, establishment of co-operative
produces' and consumers' organiza
tions and government regulation of
corporations and monopolies were
urged as a means to combat the high
cost of living.
The work tf the federal trade com
mittee was commended and congress
was urged to provide funds for in
vestigation of all industries and pub
lication of statistics showing the
cost of production and marketing of
all staple commodities.
"If the people are in full possession
of all the facts," the declaration said,
"of costs of distribution and the
profits made on the necessaries of
life, public opin'on would . have a
powerful effect in reducing prices,
and there would be no necessity of
prosecution under the Sherman anti
trust law."
Too Many Overturns.
In urging the abolition of "gam
bling in futures" and "unnecessary
recon signments and brokerage opera
tions" the resolution said there "are
too many overturns between the pro
ducers and consumer, which ulti
mately increase the cost of living."
The convention went on record
against legislation fixing the wages
of the workers, declaring that "if
American standards are to be gov
erned by laws enacted by a congress
made of men not alive to maintain
inference that tiny
ing those standards the workers of
the country will suffer irreparable in
jury by legislation governing 'their
wages."
An educational campaign to give
the teachers and students of the
country the "truth about the labor
movement" and "meet the propa
ganda in the schools of the country
in furtherance of the so-called, "open
shop" was authorized by the dele
gates, t
Campaigners Are Busy.
Campaigners for both John L.
Lewis and Samuel Gompers, candi
dates for'the presidency, were work
ing at top speed today when the ses
sions of the annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor
were resumed.
Supporters of the candidates were
busy throughout the night and con
ferences were held that are reported
to have considerably changed the
lineup of both sides in the contest.
Both candidates expressed them
selves as confident of victory, de
claring that they had been pledged
sufficient votes to win. Their
claims, however, conflicted, and no
accurate estimate could be made of
the votes that each would probably
receive.
The official announcement of the
decision of the representatives of the
railroad workers was awaited with
interest as both the Gompers and
Lewis supporters chimed a majority
of these organizations!1 The elec
trical workers and the International.
Ladies' Garment Workers were also
claimed by both cand:dates.
Election Friday Afternoon.
The Lewis supporters today added
the Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers- Mine.
Mill md Smelter Workers, and Rail
way Carmen and nearly ISO single
votes of state and central bodies to
their list, which already includes the
machinists' union, mine workers' and
carpenters' and joiners' union the
three largest in the federation, with a
combined voting strength of 10,514.
The election, labor leaders said,
would be made a special order of
business for next Friday afternoon.
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London can appoint maids of honor
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Protests Attempt to
. Locate Reformatory
In Lancaster County
Lincoln, June 21. (Special.V
Information circulated through the
state house that Lincoln will be se
lected as the location of the new
$300,000 reformatory, or freshman
prison, has resulted in an open letter
of protest to the state board of con
trol from W. L. Gaston, assistant
secretary of state. Gaston lives at
Broken Bow, which is an applicant
for the new reformatory.
"If the institution is located In
Lincoln, it will assume the name
nnd ot-. er in a creneral w.iv the
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character of the 9tate penitentiary,'
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to keep it separate from the pen
itentiary, it will naturally be asso
ciated with the penitentiary and first
offenders, inadvertent youths, wjio
are in the taf'nish of their first sin.
will be sent to the Lancaster refor
matory, associated in the. minds of
people with the Lancaster peniten
tiary, and so closely allied to that
institution that the youthful of
fenders will be indelibly branded by
it."
i Celebrate Golden Wedding
With Reception for Friends
Mr. and 'Mrs. Martin Tidke cele
brated their golden wedding anniver
sary at their country home, one
half mile west of Fairacres, yester
day. A reception was held for
frends in the afternoon. Mr. and
Mrs. Tidke have lived in Omaha
about 40 years. Mr. Tidke retired
from the banking business several
years ago.
Straws That Point the
Way to Summer Coolness
CJ Clothes have so miich to
do with comfort these
hot days that one should
select them carefully.
Here at Thompson-Rel-den's,
we try always to
show you the pleasant
things that are attractive
and cool, both to look at
and to wear.
tj And shopping here is not
the least bit tiresome.
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The Joy of
Getting Ahead
Thrift Is merely the common sense-view of life;
getting ahead by the proper route does not
mean denying oneself wholesome pleasures
It means proper care of Income. " ,
Thrift means earning and saving: the use of
wise economy; sacrificing a little now aa a
means of having more later.
This bank offers an interested , service to
savings depositors.
The Omaha National Bank
Farnam at Seventeenth,
Capital and Surplus, 12,000,000
Nebraska Eagles
Hold Convention,.
Elect New State Officer at
PJattsraouth session At
Grand Island in 1922.
Plattsmouth. Neb.. June 21. (Spe
cial.) The sixteenth state convention
of Nebraska Eagles closed here this
afternoon, after selecting Grand Is
land as the meeting place next year.
Sixty delegates, representing as many
Nebraska aeries, attended.
Yesterday morning the delegates
were taken on an automobile tour of
the town. T,he business sessions
were taken up with reports of com
miftie and officers and with elec
tions. The principal address of the J
convention was given by Abraham
B. Duncan of St. Joseph, past grand
national president. Resolutions en
dorsing government old-ape pensions V
and sympathizing with the -Irish were
paed. . ". . i-
Election resulted as follows- Presi- ..."
dent, William M, Barclay of Platts- ',
mouth; vice president, L. L. Moshe
ler of South Omaha; secretary, Fred
G Mower of South Omaha; chaplain, .
E. E. Abbott of. Beatrice, re-elected;
treasurer, C. H. Christiansen of Fre- ,
mont. re-elected; inner guard, W. H.
Mason of Plattsmouth; outer guard ,.
J. E. Dunn of South Omaha con
ductor, Frank Kounovsky of Fre-
mont. Trustees elected were F. H. .
Isberg of Hastings, Charles H.
Winkler of Falls City and F. M.
James of Fullerton. 4 .
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