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TWEJ ttW. UMAtlA, OATUKUAX, AUGUST 1J, 11)21. Mid-West States Combed for Clue In Kennedy Case Careers of Mrs. Obenchain and Burck Investigated to Find Relations Wdth Shot gun Victim. Loi Angeles, Aug. 12. The motive that impelled the slaying of John B. Kennedy, for whose murder Arthur C. Burch and Mrs. Madelynne Obfn chain were indicted here yesterday engrossed the attention of the dis trict attorney and sheriff and their assistants today, District Attorney Woolwin said that he helicved all the essentiaf ele ments of proof in the case wire now on hand but that the establishing of a definite motive for the shooting would strengthen the case ma terially. Investigate Careen To aid in this phase of the case an inquiry into the former relation ot Kennedy, Burch, Mrs. Obenchain and possibly other persons at Evans ton, 111., and points in the midwest' was authorized today. Investigators were set to work at Evanston and elsewhere for the purpose of delving into the history of those implicated in the case, in the belief that a bet ter understanding of their past ca reers would help in developing the motive for the shooting. Mrs. Obenchain was reported weak and nervous today and was under the constant care of a jail matron. Pnrrh tnflitltnins hi attitude ' of jocularity but his face was. deeply graven with lines that were not there when he was taken into cus tody less than a week ago.. To Seek Death Penalty , It was learned today at the: dis trict attorney's office- that when the case comes to trial, the death penalty will be sought against Burch. No intimation of the attitude of the dis trist attorney in regard to the pen alty of Mrs. Obenchain was given. In Calitqrnia, the jury in a first degree murder case may recommend the death penalty or may recommend life imprisonment. The discovery of the butt of a doubled-barreled shotgun in the Pa cific ocean near Santa Monica was announced today by sheriff's officers investigating the slaying of Ken nedy. , . - ' . The butt was found last Saturday by a camper, it was announced. It was lying on the beach after the surf had receded. Metal Partt Busted. The camper, William Wylie,- of Los Angelesj said' he did not learn until yesterday a shotgun was being sought in connection with the Ken nedy slaying. Then, he turned . the butt over to a local newspaper wWc,h had offered a reward for discovery of the weapon used in the slaying. The newspaper had Tsent. it to the sheriff's office late last night:" At the sheriff's office, it was stat ed, the butt was from a 12-gauge shotgun. Two 12-gauge cartridges --were found near the Kennedy cot tage, where the young broker was found last Friday night with the back of his head blown off. The metal parts of the gun butt were rusted when turned over to the sheriff, but - Wylie; it was declared said they were bright and shiny when he found the butt.'-"; Found Where Expected The discovery, Wylie said, was made near a point. where the-; divers employed by District Attorney Woolwine had been searching for the missing weapon. . The district attorney selected this point because the mileage register of the speedometer of an automobile, ksid to have been' rented Friday by Arthur C. Burch indicted for the al leged murder, showed the car. trav eled just far enough, to rcaclrn. - - The indictments were returned De fore Judge Sidney Reeves of the superior court, who had been re quested by the grand jury to remain at the hall of records to receive a report after his usual court hours. Judge Reeves took the bepch a few minutes later and remanaea oom prisoners to the county jail, to be, arraigned Monday. ' Chicago, Aug. 12. Ralph R. Obenchain is speeding to Los An geles, hoping that he ,may be of use to his former wife,-, Madelynne- Con nor Obenchain, held in connection with the murder of John B. Kennedy. -The Rev. W. A. Burch of Evanston is also enroute to the coist. He is going to his son, Arthur, who. is held with Mrs. Obenchain. Madelynne divorced Oberchain last year that she might marry Kennedy, whom she loved. She brought' against her husband a charge of in fidelity, which she now admits is un true. He did not deny "it. He wanted her to get the divorce, for he thought , only of her happiness. The stigma on his name did not matter. Letters Published. ' Kennedy was killed a week ago on the steps of his summer home in Beverly Glen. Madelynne was with him. Since then accusation has linked her name with that of Burch. Her love letters to Kennedy have been published in newspapers all over the land. And yet, at her word, Obenchain dropped everything, packed up as quickly as he could and-caught the first train that would take him to her. . He had waited for a message from her. He did. not want to rush out there until he knew he was wanted. He did not intend to be in the way. He thought perhaps he might compli cate matters, that he might do more good by staying home. Yesterday he got the telegram from her: : ' . "Wire me at1 county jail if you can come at once. Will be indicted in morning. Don't worry. Made, lynnc." t Believes Her Innocent. "I am not going just because I promised," Obenchain said. "I am going because I believe she is inno cent and Decease I may be able to help her. There will be no conflict of authority between her attorney and mer The fact that I, too, am a ' lawyer means nothing in this re gard." . . Tht oil Ohrnrhain it a man ot few words. He is not sentimental in his speech. He has no fine uhxases to convey his -feelings g to Bigamous By MARGERY REX. International Kewt Service. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 12. The Nutmeg state will no longer provide the spoke of life especially the life matrimonial that variety is supposed to lend. Connecticut has abolished the big amous marriage which its statutes have heretofore declarer to be no bigamy unless the contracting parties live together in the state. . Governor Lake has signed a bill amending the marriage and bigamy laws in his state, where so many dis satisfied husbands fled to take an other partner leaving their perfectly good wives at home. Little was known of this legal ldophole for marital monotony 'until Vice Chancellor Joseph Merrilt Lane of New Jersey took advantage of it in September, 1919 to have two wives and' yet escape imprisonment. Since that time we have had the cases of the broker, Herbert -Thornton Andrews of Jersey City, and the eloping church treasurer, Shubel K. Siver of New Brunswick. Andrews the Bravest. Of all these Andrews was bravest. He not only ran away from his first wife to marry a younger and more comely woman, but he brought the second .wife, Esther Tatnal! Andrews, back home to dwell in peace and unity with his first choice, Mrs. Maud Andrews. t- Not until the neighbors' began to take notice and complain about the plural matrimony of Andrews was any -action taken After the publicity and criticism that followed, wife No. 2 fled. Mrs. Maud Andrews held the citadel,, and it was reported that a reconciliation had taken place. But soon came the nsw.that Esther conceal them. Published interviews with him in which he was quoted as saying "I loved her "then, I love her now," he denies. But he has not denied his affec tions. Since he left Madelynne a year ago last December he has never been seen in the company of any woman. : Two Years Ago. The lasttime Obenchain went to Los Angeles it was to marry Madelynne. It was a little more than two years ago. They were married January I, 1919. They lived to gether until April, when Obenchain came home. Madelynne came home in November, and it was only a few weeks until they separated. And while Obenchain was pre paring for the trip, Madelynne, in the jail, was sobbing because she could rot attend the funeral of "mv Bel- ton" and District Attorney Thomas Jee Woolwine was asking her in dictment and that of Burch. Nearly Quarter Million Paid to Stock Salesmen Tar to Inice Two, Column One.) who sold stock after July 19, 1919, did not know that it was against the law as the bureau of spmritiee tlf with officers of the company and did nor notuy tne stock-selling agents. Commissions Received. j Following are the nampe nf tJinco receiving' commissioners and the amount oi tne commissions as listed by Barkley in his report to the Lan caster county district court: Calvin Burke, Lincoln, $104.50; Dora Brvan. Lincoln. $1;4;- Wil. liam Brunkcw, Western, $210.55; M. A. Berry, Bethany, $163.50; F. W. Bryan, Lincoln, $3,201.79; Ed C. Bute, Plymouth, $J3.50; J. A. Bing ham, Lincoln, $3,583.93: F. H. Beers, Lincoln, $Z0.9U; S. E. Backlund, Stromsburg, $30.83; S. P. Baer, Pawnee City, $3.31; J. C. Buttomer, Milford, $612.54; J, W. Buchanan, Unadilla, $3; J. F. Berggren, , Wa hoo, $1,164.27; N. F. Babson, Col lege View, $7,622.56; J. Z. Briscoe, Springfield, Ore., $6.36; F. A. Bur ling, Edgar, $53; Zona- Berg, Super ior, stfmiii r ; ridvt t;. coin, $1,870; .G. C. Crane, Nebraska City, $I61.Z5; J. K. Carrothern, Lin coln, $9,466.29: Ella R. Conn, Pana ma. $54.1 i-'T. T Trnhv Srnttshliiff $2,465; G. P. Crandall, Lincoln, $1,- -suu.U; f. t. Lranwell, Minden, $15.36; J. P. Craig, Lincoln, $7, 260.17; D. F. DeLap, Norris City, III., $14.54; J. J. Dinneen, Exeter, $319.03; B. H. Davis, Syracuse, $786.90; J. W. DicTcson, Amboy, Minn., $2.15; Dr. DeBcll, Long Pine, $34; Peter Deidel, Lincoln, $437; William Dachtler, Milford, $27; E. E. Ely, Lincoln, $358.40; S. H. O. England, University Place. $281.78; L. F. Fisher. Edgar,. $10.60; W. H. Frost, -Lincoln, $341.22; F. E. Gor don, Lincoln, $4,926.55; Mrs. F. E. Griggs, Raymond, $4,240.93; R. G. Grant, Raymond, $399.67; E. O. Gregg, $1,369.50; August Gross, Western. $18.18; J. H. Gore, Lin coln, $11,862.40; E. C Graves, Ray mond, $106; Charles Granike, Up Marriages Are and Herbert could never be parted and that after a divorce was pro cured they would marry again. Alas for such plans 1 Andrews was threatened with arrest, not only for bigamy, but also on perjury charges. Andrews, of course, in applying in Connecticut for a license had said he was single at the time. Tolerated Wife No. 2. And all the while Mrs. Maud An drews declared she tolerated condi tions while wife No. 2 lived under her roof only for the sake of her children. Merritt Lane had no such fears of prosecution. He was free from fear of a bigamy charge. He cannot ever be charged with perjury for his biga mous marriage, because the facts in the case were sworn to by Grace Hcrcht, whom he married in this fashion, and not by him. And when Grace Hercht swore he was single she" believed it to be the truth, so she has said since. Mrs. Hercht-Lane also swore that they never lived together in Con necticut or anywhere else after the marriage. But Prosecuting Attorney Kenealy of Stamford, now a state senator, was ready to draw up a bill amending the bigamy statute so as to make marriage , of already married persons bigamy whether thecon tracting parties lived together after ward or not.' " " L Mother Seizes Opportunity. Meanwhile the chance for another try at marital happiness was not lost upon such anxious observers as Shubel K. Siver, church treasur er of New Brunswick, JN., J., and Adelaide Gouin, waitress, of ' Perth Amboy. Siver had a wife and sev eral children. He is over 40. But he was strongly attracted to the young waitress, a girl of 17. Funds are necessary even for big- land, $6; Pearl Greenwood, Lincoln, $113.10; H. A. Gordon, Lincoln, $1, 381.09; John Heilman. West Point, $20.89; T. C. Hilton, Blair, $32.25; D. R. Hendricks, $13,186.91; L. S. Hurst, Bethany, $2,291.09; Mattie Hansen, Wahoo, $159.12; William Hudson, Eagle, $318.20; D. B. Hunter, Lincoln, $11100; Mary Hintz, F. J. Jahnel, Blair, $8, 034 46: P. N. Johnson, Norman, $301.49; J. R. Johnson, Lincoln, $1,367.50; L. V. Jones, Peru. $237.60; Feme Johnson, Lincoln, $356.75; B. F. Jones, Lincoln. $656; E. T. Jef frie, Harvard, $615.94: Mrs. L. R. Kesterson, .Superior, (deceased) $8, 751.51; W. Kru, Sprague, $1,413.70; J. L. Laughtonschlager, Lincoln, $1,348.36; D. L. Laughtenheiser, Lincoln, $158; W. E. Laughten schlager, Western, $30.45; H. L. La meyer, Lincoln, $102.11; Luther, Geneser, 111., $7,207.09; William Lemke, Walton, $665.65; E. C. Mc Pherren, Lincoln, $1,732.15; August Mever, Blair. $251; M. J. Mohlman, Beatrice, $4,955.71; Victor Meljnck, Touhv, $33: George McPherson, Linco'ln, $7,491.03; J. E. Moore. Col lege View. $1,329.34;. J. M. Moore, Lincoln, $12,856.16; W. Mumma, Lincoln, $1,282.90; A. O. Mumma, Lincoln, $4,336.35; R. H. Martin, Lincoln, $200; J. W. Pillsbury. (de ceased) $1,297.25;. W.- A; Prindle, Omaha, $1,374.36; N. M. Parsons, Lincoln, $6,812.11; C. R. Roney, Lincoln, $3,496.36; Daniels Rice, Linccln. $14,204.14; Ed Reeves, By ron, $573.55; William J. Stewart, Omaha, $13,111.07; John Schroder, Bethany, $1,122.86; H. Schmidt, Western, $1,119.15; W. J. Shaw, Lincoln. $1,370.62; G- C. Stone, Au burn, $1,471.23; Myrtle Stearns, Lin coln, $3,070.34; Joseph Sukovaty, Swanton, $6,414.09; F. J. Wilsey, Milford, $1,911.30; A. A. Wilsey, Beaver Crossing, $1,104.80; B. H. Walters, Lincoln, $1,632.45; A. M. Walradt. Bethany, $921.68. Plan Traffic Campaign Columbus, Neb.,' Aug. 12. A more rigid enforcement of the city s traffic and parking ordinances is to be inaugurated, by the police de partment Warning cards have been printed and the policy is to be adop ted of arresting violators after a single notice. . . To Lay Cornerstone Alliance, Neb., Aug. 12. The, cor nerstone of the new Methodist Epis copal church here will be laid Sun day, August' 28. Ceremonies will be conducted by the local order of Masons. A public program will at tend the laying of the stone. Twins Weighing 11 And 17 Ounces Born In Louisiana Town Bogalusa, La., Aug. 12. Billie and Tack Adams, twins. of Mr, and Mrs. William.- Adams, are believed by local doctors to be, the smallest liv ing folk. Billie weighed 11 ounces at birth and Jack 17. Mrs. Adams' six other children are of normal size. The midgets appear to be in perfect health. Abolished amous marriages. Siver had little money of his own. But for the sake of the waitress he left home and family and robbed the cashbox of his church to the sum of $6,000 in Liberty bonds. With the Liberty bonds in his pocket, Adele at his side, both bound together in bigamy, . they sought freedom and happiness in the Maine woods. Investigators caught up with them, however, and brought Siver and his bigamous bride back to civ ilization and court. Siver is now in prison for an inde terminate sentence of from two to seven years. His wife has sued for divorce, naming No. 2 as corespon dent. . Lane is free, but is no longer vice chancellor of New Jersey and has suffered undoubtedly from the ex posure of his private life. Andrews is still at large, since the authorities in Connecticut thought it might be foolish to prosecute him under the prevailing statutes. And Mrs. Andrews, No. 1, has threaten ed to divorce him. How many more men or women have taken their troubles to Con necticut for solution is not known. Other cases may crop up later on. Many such marriages may have been affected which may not become known for a long time. J ' j But now the loophole .is closed, with the state's action in amending its laws. The bill signed includes the words, "Who shall live together" in the portion of the statute which bears upon residents of other states who married in Connecticut At last the farce of the lawfully bigamous marriage is ended. Con necticut, as one of the oldest states in the union, will be freed of the reproach which such legal inconsist encies have brought to it. Silesia Question Up To League of Nations (Continued From Tage One.)' proposal was abandoned in favor of the British premier's suggestion that the matter be left to the league. . To Continue Agenda. "The supreme council has decided to refer the upper Silcsian question to the league of nations," said Mr. Lloyd George upon leaving the coun cil meeting shortly before noon to take the train for London. "Our de cision was unanimous." "Did Ambassador Harvey vote? inquired a correspondent. "I said," replied the premier, "that our decision was unanimous." Mr. Lloyd George left Paris for London on the regular noon train. It was understood the supreme council would continue the agenda, especially the discussion of relief to Russia, during the absence of Mr. Lloyd George. opinion today that there would be ... trnKi in tWp Tinner Silesian dis trict provided the high commission-, ers were instructed io snuw B.nv.i impartiality. . The council at its sessions early this week decided the sending of reinforcements was not necessary for the time being. Early Report Asked. In turning over the entire question to the league, the supreme council has requested the league's council 'to consider the matter as of the ut most urgency and to make its report at the earliest time possible." Just before Mr. Lloyd George left the council, Solicitor General Pol lock and Commander Talcott, the British delegates to the trials of persons accused of war crimes which were tried by the German court at Leipsic, appeared before the 'council and presented their report, advocat ing ; dropping further inquiry into the matter. The council requested allied rep resentatives to make reports to their governments what attitude they judged the allied countries should adopt toward the German court. Would Protect Game Chambers, Neb., Aug. 12. The South Holt County Game Protec tive association is the name of an or ganization of farmers and business men of Chambers and vicinity re cently banded for the purpose of aiding protection of the game laws. Farmers Organize- Broken Bow, Neb., Aug. 12. Farmers and stockmen of Custer county have organized a live stock improvement association for the purpose of promoting better live stock raising. Officers were elected for one year. New Revenue Agent Tecumseh, Neb., Aug. 12. O." B. Hill has been appointed deputy rev enue collector in i.Nebraska and has been assigned the "territory embrac ing Nemaha, Richardson and Otoe counties, - j ' '.-.-.. : JLi-. 'r, - ' : Man Arrested for Murder of Priest, Sticks to Story William Hightower Maintains He Had No Knowledge of Crime Case "Coming To Head." Ssn Francisco, Aug. 12. William Hightower, itinerant baker, stoutly resisted all efforts of the police to connect him with the mutder of Rev. Patrick Heslin, Colma priest, and after two days questioning still maintained he had no knowledge of the crime. He was taken into cus tody after he had led a group of po lice and newspaper men to the priest s grave on the seashore Wednesday night. Captain of Detectives Duncan Ma theson, Assistant District Attorney Isidor Golden of San Francisco, and District Attorney Franklin Swart of San Mateo county said tonight that tl'.ey were "nearer a solution of the crime than ever before." "Things are coming to a head," Swart said. " Informed of Wife's Death. Hightower was confronted by the police with information from widely different sources, tending, they said, to show he had knowledge of the priest's death, but he remained calm and undisturbed. He showed emotion only once, the police said. This was when handed a long delayed telegram which told of his wife's death in Stillwater, Okl. When he read the telegram High twer broke down and sobbed. The inquiry developed conflict of Hightower's story of the use he made of a srnall automobile, rented from a local garage the night the priest disappeared, in company with a stranger who said a dying man sought spiritual consolation. Stories Disagree. Hightower said he took the ma chine from, the garage about 4 o'clock, went to San Jose, souh of here, with Dorris Shirley, a waitress, with whom lie said he was living, and returned to San Francisco at 10 o'clock. Finding no one in the garage, he said, he left the machine outside. Against this story is the testimony of a garage employe that Hightower did not leave the garage until 6 and the police were bending every effort to trace the movements of the car between that time and 9 o'clock, the hour that the priest dis appeared. The police have been unable to locate Dorris Shirley and several clues to the present location of Dolly Mason, the woman from whom Hightower said he received first knowledge of the grave's location, have proved worthless. The. San Francisco angles of the case have been about exhausted, Dis trict Attorney Swart of San Mateo county declared, and it is proposed to take Hightower to San Mateo county tomorrow. The inquiry will be continued there, he said. Seen Near Grave. Similarity of string found in High tower's room and that used to bind together some boards near the grave was noted at the inquiry today, Swert said, and evidence . was brought to show that Hightower often had visited the cliffs, near the site of the grave. The two small sons of Policeman Michael Dolan had seen Hightower there, Swart de clared. . A letter mailed Wednesday by Hightower to Dolly Mason was re covered today from the San Fran cisco postoffice and read with High tower's consent. "I believe there is something in what that drunk told you," the let ter said. "I am beginning to think it might have something to do with the priest. See me at once; there is a reward offered." The police said, however,' this let ter might be part of a plan laid by Hightower to substantiate a story devised when he determined to col lect the rewardxof $8,000 offered from various sources for recovery of Rev. Mr. Heslin. Unable to Explain. Hightower has not explained to the satisfaction of the police, a con trivance they described as an "in fernal machine," found in a search of his room, where a rifle and a strip of blood-soaked burlap also were brought to light. The machine was arranged to fire simultaneously, 10 shells loaded with buckshot, and Hightower admitted he had taken this with him on a preliminary visit to the place where the body was found, but did not indicate what use of it he had intended. A Sacrameneo angle of the case developed when it was reported some of Hightower's possessions were found there. They had been stored since last September. Examination of the contents of a trunk left in San Francisco by Dor ris Shirley gave no clue to High eower's recent-actions, the police said, nor did it reveal any clue to the woman's present location. Articles of women's apparel bearing Denver store marks were found and the name "Mrs. E. H. Davis" was inked on a shoe. SOgood cigarettes tor iuc from one sack of GENUINE fefrETt mm DURHAM TOBACCO ii ii si n n in Woman Crosses Ocean To Watch Husband Golf Mrs. Thomas D. Armour, of Scot land, who came Jill the way from her home city to see her husband go down to defeat in the golf cham pipnship recently staged at Wash ington. Guests at Soldiers' Home Must Pay Higher Rates Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 12. (Special.) A few of the members of the Soldiers' Home do not like it, but there has been no general, and especially no personal complaint to Commandant Waite against a re cent order by the state board of control charging 40 cents a meal for guests of members, or $2 a day, if circumstances compel week-end vis itors, relatives or guests of mem bers to remain at the institution for a day and a night. The former rate was 25 cents per meal, with a comparatively small charge for lodging. The board's or der to the commandant also re quests a report once each month of the meals served and lodging given. The home records show 110 such meals served during July. Since the order went into effect, August 6, none had been served up to August 11, inclusive. Linen Sales , Oddments of fine : Irish and Scotch linen table cloths and nap kins will sell Satur day : for half-price Hand- embroidered Madeira linen center pieces and luncheon cloths are also half price. Silkoline . 25c a yard For comfort cover ings this 36-inch silk oline in a selection of choice patterns is un usually fine for 25c. Second Floor Redfern Corset Sale A Redfern is indis pensible to fashion able new clothes and s when the- price is re duced such an offer ing is of especial in terest. The Redferns offered Saturday are numbers that can not be replaced for Fall. They are highly de sirable at the new prices. A f i 1 1 i n g should you desire. , Wenona Corsets Saturday 98c Just a few in size 19 onlv- Second Floor A Sale of Children's Half Hose A variety of the most desirable styles. For merly priced to 85c. Saturday, 25c a pair. Half and three-quarter socks in plain shades and two-toned effects. Formerly ' sold up to $1.85. Sat urday, 50c. i 4 Wide Revision Of Freight Rates On Grain Planned Strong Hope for Better Prices On Farm Products Justi fied, Statement From White House Says. Washington, Aug. 12. Strong hope for better prices in the agri cultural markets is justified by rc (tactions . in the railroad rates on grain for export, already in effect and proposed, according to a state ment issued at the White House to night. Recent reductions in the export rate on grams between Chicago and Nfew ork, the statement said, wilt be followed by sweeping revisions of grain rates generally, including those from Mississippi river points and on the lines of the gulf, in order that the entire agricultural interest may share fullv in the benefits. "In general," the statement con tinued, 'advances ; in . freight costs are passed on to the consumer by adding them' to the selling price. But in grains, hose domestic price is dominated by ,the foreign price of the exported surplus, the producer suffers when rates go up and bene fits when they go down, therefore, through the exports represent a minor share of the total grain pro duction, the lowering of exports af fects the entire crop. Hope is Justified. "These reductions of rates, to gether with the arrangements for financial assistance to export trade and the assurance that Europe is going to need extraordinary quanti ties of American foodstuffs, consti tute a justification for strong hope that the tendency in the agricultural markets will for some time de de cidedly toward better prices." Reductions of transportation rates on grain for export was described as one of the most important measures the administration has initiated for the relief of agricultural and of gen eral industrial conditions." The re ductions, it was explained, were in sisted upon by Secretary Hoover as a concession to the argicultural in terests when, on behalf of President Harding, he negotiated with the car riers the basis for settlement of their claims against the government growing out of federal control. Basis of Adjustment. "This was made the basis of the adjustment," the statement con tinued, "the railroads relinquishing their so-called .-'labor inefficiency' claims, and undertaking to inaugu rate reductions in the export grain Good-bye tdrapMm .d6en & Co. Fashion's seasons do not coincide with those of the calendar, for Fashion is always ahead of time. So, inconsistent though it may be, Fashion turns to thoughts of Autumn. In advance of the season yes! But there is the girl to get ready for school the suit to select that you didn't buy last spring, and the one smart frock to find that you prom ised yourself for, oh, ever so long. The pleasure of viewing the mode of the approaching season is yours here at Thompson-Belden's. Interesting Newness in the Fall Fabrics Richly colored silks that are particular favorites; satins, canton crepes and pebble crepes. Soft coatings of finest wool, skirtings with distinctive striped and plaid patterns. Our present dis play is one of unusual scope for so early in the season. It's Always a Pleasure to Show Everything New Fabric South Aisle Main Floor rates, while the administration undertook to assist them by secur ing early settlement of their claims against the government." Moreover, the statement declared, it was discovered under the old con ditions, that the- Canadian railways and ports were getting the lion's share of the grain movement to Eu rope, including quantities of Ameri can grain. "To meet this condition," it said, "and insure that the American pro ducer would not only get his full share of the sales in foreign markets, but would also get the highest pos sible price, a movement for reduc ing export rates was inaugurated by the administration." Auburn Pastor Has Strange Well Which Yields Oily Watei Auburn. Neb., Aug. 12. The Rev. G. W. Hawley's well of sparkling water, for years a popular resort of refreshment for chautauqua patrons and campers, has deserted its flavor , and has substituted a brownish liquor with a direct touch and smell of gasoline. The Rev. Mr. llawley, mindful of legends from other sections of the country where common wells have suddenly turned into paying flows of oil, called in scientists and geologists to examine his well, but met with the suggestion that leak age from underground gasoline tanks in the vicinity was polluting his water. Whereupon Dr. Hawlcy, following the suggestion, personally traced the sources of all gasoline tanks in the neighborhood and put a 24-hour gauge on all filling station tanks in the village. The result of this test was that none of the tanks showed leakage either underground or at the gauge. Now, the Rev. Mr. Hawley is won dering whether to incorporate his well and appeal to prominent geolog ists, or. to use his words, "take a bottle of his inflammable well water and go on the road selling oil stock." A match, applied to the water causes instant ignition. American Legion Men Given Ovation on Arrival in Paris Paris, Aug. 12. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Two hundred and fifty representatives of the American Legion, headed by Maj. John G. Emery, national commander of that organization, arrived in Paris at 4:45 oclock this afternoon. They were received with military honors and cheered by thousands of Parisians, who greeted them as veterans re turning in triumph. 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