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Kids to See
Circus for
First Time
Thirty-Five Central City
Youngsters to Be Given
Rare Treat by Business
Men.
Women to Furnish Feed
Central City, Neb.. Aug. 23.
(Special.) When you're only 12
years 6ld
And you live in Central Citv,
Neb., '
And you've never in your life seen
a circus
And the biggest circus of the year
comes to Grand Island, 25 miles
away, and you give it up because 25
miles is a long way
And then the business men chip in
and make up a fund to send you, and
the Jones kids around the corner,
and even the Flannigan tribe down
in the next block, with motor trucks
and a picnic lunch 'n ever'thing
, flow's that for happy days?
It's Going to Happen.
That, in a word, is just what is go
ing to happen to 35 Central City
youngsters who would otherwise be
cheated out of their birthright to
"see the circus" by a little' quirk of
geography, when the Kingltng Bros,
. and Barnam & Bailey circus stakes
' itself out on the "lot" at Grand
y Island.
I In 1 chrage of L. W. Carl.
V. M. C. A. secretary, the kids will
be guests of Central City business
men. and the Independent Base Ball
club, for the trip to Grand Island
ar.d back, the sideshow, the main
performance under the big top. the
eats, and all the rest of it, probably
including pink lemonade, jf there is
any and whoever heard of a circus
without pint lemonade?
They're All Ready.
The kids since the news was
broken to them, are beside them
selves with enthusiasm. Such a
polishing of necks and a digging out
of ears there never was at the old
family wash basin. Of course, it
v isn't Christmas, exactly,
. " y it's always well to be oi
f ) ide.
exactly, but tnen
on t!ie sate
Anv of them can ove vou the
date of the circus, from either end
of the month; they can tell you just
where they are going to assemble
at 9 o'clock of the eventful morning
to embark on their 25-milc motor
truck cruise to paradise; they can
tell you how the whole outfit will
pile out at the Grand Island Y. M.
C. A. for a swim injhc pool before
the afternoon's fun; they can tell
you all about the picnic . lunch .that
will be provided by the ladies' physi
cal education class aitnougn as to
the details of the lunch, there is con
siderable youthful speculation.
Then the circus!
Your small boy won't tell you
any more after that.
lie's gone down to the next block
to get "Skinny" to pinch him, and
see if he's awake.
$100,000 for Tariff
Valuation Plan Probe
Is Voted by Senate
Washington. Aug. 23. The senate
tonight passed a resolution appro
priating $100,000 for an investigation
by customs agents preparatory to
the operation of the American valua
tion plan in the permameut tariff.
- Chairman Penrose of the senate
finance committee introduced the
bill, explaining that it was intended
to cover salaries and expenses of 50
additional experts whose employment
has been urged by the treasury. ,
In connection with the American
valuation investigations, Mr. Penrose
said his committee would not attempt
to rewrite the rates in the house tariff
bill until all data on American whole
sale selling prices was available. It
was "very evident,'1 that many of the
rates were not properly . based, he
declared, adding that the committee
desired to have a solid foundation
upon which to work before itfixcd
import duties. i
Customs agents attached to the
finance committee have estimated it
ill require at lease six weeks to
gather the information and for this
reason a further delay in completing
the tariff measure is expected.
Two Sailors Arc Held for
' Smuggling Booze Into U. S.
, Los Angeles. Aug. 23.P. J.
Groman, chief boatswaiu's mate of
the naval submarine base at San
Pedro; Gunner Guy H. Griffith, also
of the base, and M. A. Wliite, a
building contractor were arrested
last night at the harbor charged
with smuggling and violation of the
Volstead act.
It was alleged that Gioman
brought a quantity of intoxicating
liquor from Balboa, Canal Zone, to
, the harbor aboard the naval tug
Pinola and delivered it to Griffith
and White. The Pinola is attached
to the supply train of the Pacific
fleet x
Shipping Board Deficiency
Bill Is Passed by Senate
Washington, Aug. 23. The shipping-
board deficiency appropriation
bill, carrying $48,500,000- for use by
the board this year, and with thi
elimination of all restrictions as to
what salaries might be paid officers
and counsel, was passed today by
the senate.
Seattle Man Chosen Head
Of Universal Chiropractors
Davenport, Aug. 23. E. Roger
Dunham of Seattle, Wash., today
as elected president of the Univer
sal Chiropractors' association. More
than 8.000 persons, registered at the
organization's convention and home-;
I coming this w eek,
He Promoted Circus
Party for Youngsters
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This is I.. W. Carl, secretary of
the V. M. C A. at Central City. He
promoted the scheme to take 35
12-year-old Central City youngsters
who had never seen a circus to
Grand Island to see the Ringling
Bros.' performance there.,
Anti-Beer Bill.
Given Right of
Way in Senate
Conference Report on Meas
ure Adopted by House
Members All Ready for
Month's Recess.
Washington, Aug. 23. Congress
was ready to quit work Wednes
day for 30 days, regardless of what
might happen to the anti-beer bill.
Soon after adoption of the con
ference report on the measure by
the house, it was sent to the senate,
called tip and given the right-of-way,
but by general agreement, sub
ject to displacement by a confer
ence report on the agricultural re
lief bill. The senate . remained in
session Friday night in order to have
the latter measure before it, as lead
ers had agreed that it was the most
ptessing legislation to be acted on
before the recess.
There were indications that if pro
hibition leaders were bent upon
keeping the anti-beer bill to the
fore, its opponents would, -attempt
to talk it to death. Republican lead
ers declared, however, if the farm
er bill could be ready for the presi
dent's approval, the recess would be
gin at the time set, leaving the beer
question open" for action in the "fall.
Senator Sterling,- republican,
I South Dakota, chief of the senate
managers, in explaining the com
promise cn the Stanley amendment
relating to search of homes, which
the senate had adopted by unanimous
vote some weeks ago, declared there
had been hope of having the house
approve it as originally drafted.
There were constant interruptions
from senators, who insisted that the
law making a man's home his castle
was as old as the world. Senator
Sterling insisted, however, that un
der the compromise, a home could
not be searched except on a warrant
obtained from a court, but that no
warrant was required to search other
property provided an officer had rea
sonable cause to suspect violation of
law and was not accompanied by
violence. i
Venezuelan Has $100,000 in
Gold on Reaching U. S.
New York. Aug. 23. One hun
dred thousand dollars in gold coin
of the United States found in the
baggage of Felice Haddad, a w ealthy
Venezuelan who arrived here yester
day on the steamer Caracas from
Venezuela, was temporarily taken
possession of by customs inspectors
pending an investigation.
Several inspectors expressed doubt
whether the visitor was required to
enter the gold in his declaration,
while others said they recalled a
similar case a score of years ago
when a quantity of gold was confis
cated and the action of the inspectors
declared legal by the courts. They
also point out that Venezuela has an
export embargo against taking from
the country, although they could
not say what effect such a Vene
zuelan law would have cn its entry
into the United States.
Exchange of Shots Occurs
Again Last Night in Belfast
Belfast, Aug. 23. (By The As
sociated Press.) Sunday night's
bomb throwing in Tyrone strtet was
followed up in the same area by
sharp -rifle and revolver firing last
night. A hand grenade was also
used but failed to explode. The
street lamps had been extinguished
to prevent detection of the partici
pants in the firing.
Big Crowd Attends Farmers
Picnic Near Grand Island
Grand Island, Aug. 23. (Special.)
A crowd variously estimated at
over 3.000 attended a farmers' picnic
12 miles west of Grand Island. The
main speakers were Mr. Osborne,
on behalf of the Farmers union and
Mr. Heatou of the Federated Farm
bureaus. Base ball games, music,
a fine dinner and dancing in the eve
ning were features. A number of
the business men of the city attended.
Coal Company Head Killed
When He Falls From Train
Lincoln, Aug. 23. James H.
Mitchell, president of a local fuel
company, was instantly killed here
todav when he wit run over h n
train front which he had fallen while
inspecting a car of coal. His right !
arm and head were severed from the j
body. He was 45 years old.
Neighbors
Doubt Guilt
OfMrs.Neal
Incomplete Story Told by
Mrs. Neal Believed Effort
To Shield Some Other
Person.
Gun Seen in Girl's Room
Auburn, Neb., Aug. 23. (Special
Telegram.) As the day for the ar
raignment of Mrs. Lucy Xeal,
charged with the
murder of her
husband. Bell
ington, or "Ben"
Neal, draws
near, public in
terest in the mys
terious case in
this community
is almost at ...
fever heat..
There are . a
number who be- ;
lieve that the in- 1
complete story '
told by M r s. 1
Neal and her 16-year-old
daugh
M Si
1 !
Ava Neal.
ter, Ava Marie, 'step-child of the vic
tim of the tragedy, may be ior tho
purpose of shielding someone other
than the mother.
. The verdict of the coroner's jury
was to the effect that Ben Neal had
come to his death from a bullet fired
from a gun held in Mrs. Neal's hand
or in the hand of some person un
known to her. It is gathered from
this that the jury is in possession of
facts which would indicste another
party other than Mrs. Neal and her
husband was involved in the tragedy.
.Both Mrs. Neal and'her daughter
testified that they were alorie in the
house with Ben Neal at the time the
tragedy occurred.
Saw Weapon in Box.
Ella Turner. 8, daughter of J. J.
Turner, a neighbor, and one of the
members of the jury, testified that
she saw a pistol in a long narrow
box in the room of Ava on July 17,
when she went into the room with
the latter to get a pencil. Zetta
Turner, a nolder sister of Ella, went
into the room to write her name in
Ava's friendship book. The child,
naturally curious, looked into the
box and saw the gun.
Ava owned a toy pistol and the
sheriff at the hearing procured a long
glove box which he had taken from
the room where the killing occurred
and put the toy pistol therein. The
little girl identified the box, but said
the toy pistol was not the - weapon
she had seen. "
"It was not -a play gun; , it was a
real gun,'' she said.
Later the weapon found in Neal's
hand was shown to her and she
said, "That looks like the gun. It
had a black handle and a bright bar
rel." ,
Could Not Find Gun.
This i9 the gun which the state
claims was the property of Mrs.
Neal's first husband, John Wright,
and which she states was kept con
cealed in a chest at her Brownville
bouse. When Mrs. Neal heard that
Hans Nielsen, state Bertillon expert
had been called to identify finger
prints in the room where the kill
ing had occurred, she called Sher
iff Davis and asked him to go to the
Brownville house and see if he could
find the pistol in the chest in an
upper room.
"I handled the gun three weeks
ago and my finger prints may be
on it," she is alleged to have said.
Later on she testified at the coro
ner's inquest that the gun had never
been disturbed, that it was wrapped
up. Sheriff Davis made a search of
the house and could not find the
weapon in the chest or in the room
which she described. He made a
thorough search of the Brownville
house.
The gun is a cheap affair, such
as was on the market a score of
years ago. The bullets found in it
were corroded with age.
Awakened by Shots.
On the night of the tragedy Ava
Neal said she retired about 8:30.
soon feel asleep and was awakened
by the first of two shots which shi
said she heard. She had been read
ing. The book was "The Fiery
Ordeal," by Charlotte M. Braeme,
a book that was popular in the mid
Victorian era and a cheap edition.
The book lay on the dresser of her
room, face downward, opened at the
pages where it is presumed she was
interrupted in the reading. She said
she had started reading the book
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HOPE HAH almost
left Barraclough when
the purple curtains
parted and he saw the
exquisite oval face in
The House That
Stood Back
By C. C. ANDREWS
Blue
A BLUE RIBBON Advantura
Story in
Next Sunday's Bee
New Yorker Had AJSJ.
Record for Trigger
Pulling Fingers
New York, Aug. 23. Uncle Sam
would like to have an army of men
like John M. Cope, who has just
passed the municipal civil service
test for a position as policeman or
fireman, but who has elected to be
come a blacksmith, instead.
Cope has six perfect fingers on
each hand and also is equipped with
six fully developed toes on each foot.
When he shakes hands, the recipient
has the sensation of passing through
a stone crusher. Cope was born in
England, came . here and was
naturalized, served as a corporal in
the world war and came back with a
splendid record. He had more trigger-pulling
fingers than any man in
the A. E. F.
Cope has a daughter with seven
fingers on each hand and seven toes
cn each foot. He also has a son
with six fingers on each hand and
six toes on each foot. All members
of the Cope family are fine, husky,
perfect specimens of robust health.
Rail Union Heads
Prepj
are Ballots
For Strike Vote
Referendum on Wages -and
Working Conditions to Be
Held Among Members
Of "Big Four."
Cleveland, Aug. 23. Strike bal
lots for submission to 409,000 mem
bers of the "Big Four" railroad
brotherhoods and the Switchmen's
Union of North America were be
ing prepared at a joint conference
of members of the executive com
mittee, chief executives and assist
ant grand officers of the five orga
nizations. When the conference adjourned
the form of the ballot had not been
definitely decided on. The confer
ence will be resumed Wednesday
morning.
In its present shape, the ballot
tells the union members of the un
satisfactory negotiations held iij the
past few months between brother
hood chiefs and railroad managers
at conferences in the west, southeast
and east as to whether the railroads
intended to ask for further decreased
wages, following the 12 1-2 prr cent
reduction handed down by the rail
road labor board at Chicago Tune 1,
and now in effect; whether the roads
wolud seek the elimination ot time
and one-half for overtime and asks if
the members are satisfied to continue
work under these conditions.
Chief executives of the five organ
izations have been m conference
here for several days on the situ
ation ani rTtiesday were joined by
three members, of the executive
board of each of the five organi
zations and several assistant grand
officers, about 25 men in all.
Ballets will be sent to 150,000 ac
tive members of the trainmen's or
ganization, 115,000. firemen, 80,000
engineers, 50,000 conductors and 14,
000 switchmen. 1
When the ballots are completed,
probably within a day or two, they
will be sent to the active member-
ship of the five organizations andl
e taken. It was
estimated that it will take a full
month or more to complete the vote.
The ballots for the referendum must
be sent out to the members before
September 1, under terms of a reso
lution adopted at a conference in
Chicago July 1, of the general chair
men of the organizations.
I . W. W. Convicted in
Slaying
of Veteran
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Frank Godalski,
member of the I. W. W., was con
victed in the Beadle county circuit
court of manslaughter in the first
degree for complicity in the murder
of W. D. Henderson, an ex-service
man, at Wolsey, S. D., on July 15.
The murder occurred during the
summer rush of harvest hands to
South Dakota.
Inmate of Tombs Attempts to
Kills Self by Burning Bpdy
New York, Aug. 23. Sylvester
Crockett, a negro, attempted suicide
today in Tombs prison by setting fire
to his clothing which he had first
saturated with kerosene. Before
touching the match, he bathed his!
face and head in the oil and tied a
handkerchief tightly about his
throat. The act occurred in a room
used to house prisoners about to be
finger-printed.
The kerosene was left in the room
to remove blacking used in the pro
cess. Two other prisoners raised the
alarm by shouting and beating on
the door, but the negro was so badly
burned before the flames were ex
tinguished, that there was believed
in t little rhanrp rf lite rrnvrv
He was to have been sent to Sing!
sing prison to begin a five-year term
for beating a patrolman.
Councilman Recommended
As Sidney Bank Receiver
Sidney, Neb., Aug. 23. (Special
Telegram.) A. J. Jorgenson, promi
nent real estate man and city coun
cilman, was recommended as re
ceiver of the Nebraska State bank
which closed recently. Appointment
will be made by District Judge Tcw
ell upon recommendation of Attor
ney General Davis. Assistant Attor
ney General Chase and Bank- Exami
ner Stoll are here in connection with
affairs of the bank.
Steamers Arc Aground.
Shanghai, Aug. 23. Two steamers,
the French liner Cordellere, and the
British steamer Glavicus, are aground
on the bar off the Yang-Tse river
after the worst storm in many years.
The vessels are in no immediate
danger, but a second storm is predicted.
Ford Works
On 75-Ton
V.aauufacturer Turns
- orcc ot Lngineers Loose to
Modernize All Railroad
Equipment.
B
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an on ounaay irains
By RICHARD LEE.
t'nirrnaal Krrvlco Staff Correspondent.
(Copyright, 1921 by Vnlverinl Service.)
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 23. One trip
of 15 minutes' duration through
Henry Ford's experimental shops
and laboratories at Dearborn, Mich.,
would be enough to convince any
doubting Thomas even a skeptical
railroad president of the passing era
that the Ford plant for revolution
izing railroading is no visionary
dream.
There his entire force of engineers
and draftsmen, so long engaged in
perfecting the automobile to a point
where a daily output of 5,000 cars
became possible, has been turned
loose on "modernizing railroad equip
ment. The thing in every one's
mind today naturally is the 75-ton
Ford locomotive, but that is merely
one of a hundred schemes on foot.
Upon the chemical laboratories
have fallen the burden of the work
in the production of 75-ton locomo
tives which will do the work of the
present-day ones weighing 200 tons.
It is upon the steel to be produced
by an alloy process cutting the
weight two-thirds, while sacrificing
none of the strength that the new
era locomotive depends.
Refits Tractor Plant.
For that purpose the so-called
River Rouge plant, previously dedi
cated to the production of Fordson
tractors,- is being rapidly fitted up
for construction of locomotives.
About that plant no secret is made
of the firm belief that it will one day
be the producer of more than half
of the locomotives in use upon the
railroads of the world.
Practically all of the 70 locomo
tives which Ford and his son Edsel
acquired through purchase of the De
troit, Toledo & Ironton railroad,
which brought him into the railroad
field, have been overhauled or re
built in the Rouge plant. While that
work was going on Ford himself
spent half his time in those -shops
and usually down in the pits with the
workmen.
It was then and there that Henry
Ford made the discovery that
Through all these hundreds of years
we had been deceiving ourselves in
the belief that we had been making
progress in railroad engineering. He
went straight to his own engineers
and actually started the production
of the equipment destined to make
borne history in transportation.
Has New Oiling System.
As an illustration of the manner
in which the Ford mind works there
is nothing better than a seemingly
insignificant incident during one of
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In Replacing Dollars
Melted During War
Philadelphia, Aug. 23. The Phila
delphia mint which reached the
greatest production in its histcry. is
debt ofyhc United Sacs $5,000,000 a
monh. according to officials of the
institution. Incidentally, a new rec
ord of 260,000 silver dollars coined
each day has been set in an effort
to replace the 350.000,000 dollars
melted down during the war and sold
to the English as bullion. Silver
certificates representing the dollars
melted had to be called in and short
term certificates of indebtedness
with interest at 2 per cent were
issued. With the coining of new
dollars, new currency is being
issued to retire the certificates of in
debtedness. The Philadelphia plant is turning
out as much as the government's
two other mints, San Francisco and
Denver combined, but nevertheless
it will ' probably take two years to
replace the coins melted.
Negro Ties Bloodhound
To Tree and Keeps Going
Spartan sburg, S. C. Aug. 23.
Jim Nesbit, nimble negro, turned a
novel trick on the blood hound sent
out to trail him on a charge of mur
der. The negro waited until the blood
hound caught up. tied the animal to
a tree and continued his flight.' He
was captured later, however.
Daughter of New York
Millionaire Weds
Groom of Behr Estate
Chimin. Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 23. Edith Beavor
Webb Miles, daughter of J. Beavor
Webb, New York millionaire dis
pelled the mystery surrounding her
marriage to George Miles, "groom"
on the estate of Benjamin Behr at
Lake Forest.
"We never tried to keep our mar
riage a secret," said Mrs. Miles. "My
father , knew all about it and gave
his consent. We were 'married in
Chicago in June. We met a year
and a half ago at a horse shew in
the cast. 1 don't remember just
when we became engaged, but when
we decided to get married I told
my father all about it and gave his
consent. . Some of our cloest friends
attended the wedding."
Mrs. Miles says her husband is
not a groom, but is superintendent
of the Behr stables. Mr. and Mrs.
Miles are going to Rochester, Sep
tember 3, where they both arc to ride
in a horse show. Then they will visit
Mrs. Milc' father in New York,
Scott Caravan Enters Gateway
Of Golden West in High Spirits
90 Eastern Land Seekers Making Trip by Auto Spend
Night In Omaha Go To
Columbus Today.
To the happy .strains of choral
voices, "General William D. Scott
piloted his caravan of 25 dust-throwing
motor cars and 90 followers
through the gateway of the Golden
West, into thvland of mtllc and
honey, at 9 last night. The party
camped at Elmwood park last night
and will leave Omaha early today.
The caravan is traveling overland
from Brooklyn to Buhl, Idaho, to es-
tahlish a olonv on irrigated lands.
Not slnr the ruccred "40-miners" i
in the days Ot. the gold rush battled
their way through an Indian imested
country has such a memorable trip
been made. The tourists are actual-,
ly enjoying themselves, they told
Mayor Lou Zurmuehlen of Council
Bluffs and a committee of business
mm rnm that ' citv w ho met the
caravan three miles out on the Lin
coln highway.
Rip-Roaring Time.
The "caravan chorus" of male and
female voices struck out some lively
harmony as the cars jostled over the
Douglas street bridae. From the ap
pearances of every tourist in the
party, including little l-year-oia Al
bert Vermire and Mrs. John C. Lay
ton, 61, the travelers enjoying a rip-
roaring time. '.. '
Excepting the first 115 miles out
of Brooklyn, N. Y., on July 28, the
do the larorest dailv mile
age yesterday, from Carroll, la., to
Omaha, a distance pt practicauy wu
miles. Good roads and hospitality
ownsneoole were re
sponsible for their record headway.
"General" bcott, a tormer adver
tising man of national prominence,
is chief mogul among the travelers.
H. S. Walsh of Manhattan. N. Y.,
ie traflRi- manafff. road officer, as
sistant general manager and director
of the chorus cn route.
One Truck Lost.
So anxious were the leaders of the
caravan to reach Omaha before dusk
that the party left its camping place
at Carroll, la., excrtmely early yes
Ship Docks With
Mutinous Firemen
Vessel Has 22 Marinesf rans
f erred at Sea, to Keep
Order.
New York, Aug. 23. The steam
ship Allianca arrived today from
Cristobal with three mutinous fire
men in irons and 22 marines trans
ferred to the steamship at sea from
the battleship Connecticut on guard
because of a rebellious spirit exhib
ited by other firemen.
Fearing for the safety of 124 pas-
cencrprs manv rvf whom were WOnicn
and children, Captain James Stone
got m touch with the battiesnip oy
wirolpe last Frirlavi and . summoned
aid. The Allianca left Cristobal Au
gust 12. Captain Mone said tnat as
the result of. continual quarrels he
ciimmrifierl rlirp firpmen hptnre him'
and ordered them put uv irons on
charges ot mutiny. ; .
As they were being-taken to con
finement they yelled, , "All hands,
quit work." There was no actual
rcsoonse to their su.estion. but the
rpst rf the firemen muttered con
stantly and made such threats that
fhe enaineerc went armeri ann were?
afraid to sleep. The cook could not
rest in his ouarters because of the
noise made by the unruly firemen
and had to. sleep on deck. When
the marines arrived the trouble sub
sided.
Fisherman Adrift
On Lake Superior
Duluth. Aug. 23. A sweepine ap
peal for all Lake Superior shipping
to be on the lookout for a man in a
rowboat was sent by wireless from
here today following receipt of re
ports that Robert T. Harris of Spo
kane, Wash., had been blown out
into the lake by a squall last Satur
day while fishing from a rowboat
near Isle Royal, on the north shore
of Lake Superior, about 180 miles
irom this port.
Harrs, according to report, was
fishing near the shore w hen a strong
wind came up suddenly, rendering
him powerless as the light boat was
tossed about by the high waves.
Man Draws Two to 14 Years
On Charge of Robbing Homes
Reno. Nev., Aug. 23. Comnton R.
Hubbd, 27, hose burglary opera
tions in many cities of the west are
said by the police to have netted
him upwards of $100,000 in jewelry
during the last five months, was
sentenced by Judge George A. Bart
lett to serve an indcterminaf; term
of 2 to 14 years in the state prison.
Hubbard pleaded guilty to a
charge of grand larceny in the rob
bery here Aug. 9 of the home of
Attorney P. A. McCarran, tormer
chief justice of the Nevada" supreme
court.
Leader of Morocco Rebels
Has Offered to Surrender
Lelilla. Aug. 23. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Chief Abdul Krin,
leader of the rebellious Moroccan
tribesmen, has sent emissaries to
General Berenguer. Spanish high
commissioner, offering his surrender,
it was announced early today. The
reason for his offer, he said, is the
bad state of his health.
Ferry Sinks; 15 Killed
Santiago, Chile, Aug. 23. Fifteen
persons were drowned when a ferry
boat sank in the Cautin river at Te
muco, 8 Omilcs northwest ofVal
terday morning. One truck lost its
way between Carroll and Omaha.
It is expected to join the moving
colony in Omaha before departure
time.
Not once has any members of the
original party become despondent en
route, "General" Scott declared.
"Why every day brings up more
fun," he stated. "We're like a bunch
of kids exploring a new world."
Dr. A. J. Wood of Nw York City
left the party at Chicago to return to
New York to close up his practice,
Traffic Manager Walsh said. Dr.
Wood will go to Buhl later by train.
His wife continued with the colony.
Do Own Work.
Practically every car in the cara
van carries a trailer. Each family
carries and cooks its own meals. The
caravan is maki.ng its headway west
ward in a systematic routine tven to
the blowing of reveille.
The following routine is in order
daily:
6 a. m. Reveille. ,.
7 a. m. Breakfast. .;jV
8 a. m. Caravan departs.'
12 m. Dinner.
1 p. m. Caravan continues.
6 p. m. Supper.
The evening is spent in camptirc
gossip and songs to enliven tho
spirit of the tourists.
Pets Make Trip.
Jefferson, la., gave "General
Scott a black and white shaggy
haired dog as a mascot for the cara
van. The "general" named the ani
mal "Buhl" in honor of the proposed
colony the tourists expect to estab
lish. D. W. Hinneline of New Canaan,
Conn., carries a pet parrot named
"Jim."
The party expects to make Colum
bus,' Neb., today. The caravan will
follow the Lincoln Highway to
Cheyenne, thence go northwest
through Yellowstone Park en route
to its "new world."
Swiss President
Speaks at Dry Meet
Declares Alcohol Is "Obstacle
' Hindering World Paci-
fication."
Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug. 23.
(Bjr The Associated Pre ss.)Presi
denf Schulthess tt Switzerland, open
ing1 the Anti-Alcoholic congress here
yesterday, declared alcohol was in
the first rank of ''obstacles hindering
world pacification." He painted a
despondent picture of Europe's eco
nomic situation, saying it was due
greatly to alcoholism.
Dr. Ilercod, one of the Swiss dele
gates and secretary of the Interna
tional Temperance bureau, addressing
the American delegation especially
said that the congress was not es
sentially for prohibition, but for mod
erations. The Americans did not
agree with the views of Dr. Hereod.
There are 400 delegates, representing
29 countries, at the congress.
. ;
Funeral for Crash
Victim Wednesday
Blair, Neb., Aug. , 23. (Special
Telegram.) The body of George
Antil, 42, Blair garage man who was
killed on the road a -mile and a half
north of Florence by .the overturnr
ing of his auto last night at 11. ar
rived here and will be buried from
the residence Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30. -
After coming to Blair 13 years
ago, Antil farmed near this city and
later was in the grocery business for
several years until entering the ga
rage business under the firm name
of Antil & Van Huss.
He is survived by his wife and
four daughters, Georgia, Helen and
Arlene, living at home, and Mrs.
Paul Taylor of Omaha. The burial
will be in the Blair cemeterw Rev,
W. P. Underwood of the Crowcll
Memorial home will officiate.
Ex-Service Men at St. Louis
Protest Against No Work
St. Louis, Aug. 23. Several hun
dred men, many said to be ex-service
men, paraded through the downtown
streets in protest against unemploy
ment here. Yesterday 250 tnen ap
plied for a single job at a 10-cent
store. The marchers carried ban
ners bearing such inscriptions as
"St. Louis first in everything ex
cept work."
Baptist Association to
Hold Meeting at Wymore
Beatrice. Neb., Aug. 23. (Special.)
The Southeastern Nebraska Baptist
association will hold a meeting at
Wymore September 8-10. Rev. A.
Or Broyles, pastor of the Baptist
church here, will give the annual
sermon, and II. M. Garrett, also of
this city, will have charge of the de
votional work.
- The Weather -
. Forecast.
Nebraska Fair and warmer
Wednesday; Thursday somewhat un
settled. Iowa Generally fair Wednesday
and probably Thursday, not much
change in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
5 a. m 7 1 . m
a. m M t p. m JM
7 a. m S3 I p. m JIS
ft a. m .....4 p. m .
a. m 67 S p. m M
1 a. m M a. m ft;
11 a. m 7 7 a. at SA
li boob is S a. m ,S
ZR-2 Is Off
For First
lriaJ lrip
Gigantic Dirigible, Purchased
By United States From
Great Britain, Starts
On Final Test.
Start for America Soon
By Tbe AuMclated PrcM.
Howden, England, Aug. 23. (By
The Associated Tress.) The giant
dirigible ZR-2, purchased by the
United States from Great Britain,
which began a trial trip at 7:10
o'clock this morning, was still in the
air at 8 o'clock this evening. It is
expected it will land in Pulham to
night. Howden, England, Aug. 23. The
dirigible ZR-2, purchased from Great
Britain for the United States, com
menced a trial trip at 7:10 o'clock this
morning. British and American aerial
cflicers were in charge cf the giant
balloon, which will start on its flight
across the Atlantic to America as
soon as practicable.
It was intended that today's flight
would be the final test of the great
airship before Commander Maxfield
of the United States navy and his
crew formally took charge of the .
craft. The ship's control car con
tained Commandet' Maxfield, Brigr.
Gen. S. M. Maitland, British air mar
shal, and Colonel Campbell, who
supervised the work of designing the
dirigible.
Distributed through the vast Inte
rior of the balloon were five other
American officials, seven engineers
and four riggers, in addition to the
regular British crew.
300 Men Guide Ship.
Three hundred men carefully
guided the craft ff'om the hangar
where it had been awaiting suitable
flying weather. The ringing of 6ig- ,
nal balls was followed by the re
sponding sputter of the ship's six
powerful motors.
If the conclusion of today's test
should be successful Commander
Maxfield, wifh the concurrence of the
Nayy department in - Washington, '
will take over the craft. The next
step will be the training, of the crew
in one or two 15 or 24-hour flights,
and then, barring unexpected difficul
ties, all will be ready for the" jump
off toward America.
Circles Airdrome.
Immediately upon taking, the air
the big dirigible made two circuits ,
of the airdrome, and then,' with an
American bluejacket perched in the
machine gunner's nest at the : very
tip of the, ship's stern waving good
by, the craft headed due west and
soon disappeared from view.
Before the .start General Maitland
said he intended maneuvering the
ship over the .North sea, where it
could show what ability it possessed
in combatting the wind, and then to ,
make a southward swing to Pulham, '
where he expected to tie the ZR-2 to
its mooring mast at 10 o'clock to
night. Motors to Give Planes
Cruising Radius of
3,000 Miles Tried Out
Warwick, R. I., Aug. 23. Final
tests were made here today under
United States naval supervision of a
power unit of three huge Liberty
airplane engines geared to one 18
foot propeller, by which, according
to those making the tests, it is hoped
to establish an airplane cruising
radius sufficient to command the
ocean.
Lieut. R. Christensen. United
States navy, engineer of the N. C
11 during the transatlantic flight
of that craft, was in charge of the
tests, which were said to have been
successful.
The military importance of the de
velopment is declared to be of a
significance greater even than the
commercial, and it is claimed any air
plane of three or more units, repre
senting a total of 4.000 horse power,
will have a cruising radius exceed
ing 3,000 miles, and a Carrying ca
pacity of 12 tons of explosives.
Many Former Service Men
To Figbt With Spanish Array
New York, Aug. 23. The steam
ship Italia sailed for Vigo, Spain,
with more than 200 recruits, many of
them Americans, who had enlisted
here in the Spanish legion in the
last, three days, for ' service in the
Spanish army against' Morocco
tribesmen. They will be trained at
Vigo and then embark for Ctuta, on
the coast of Morocco. '
A number of the Americans in
the party wore A. E. F. service
buttons. Some of them said they
could find no work and preferred
to enlist instead of starving. Others
said they were going for the ad
venture. "Hoss Shoes' on Sunday
Authorized in Lincoln
Lincoln, Aug. 23. Sitting as a
court this afternoon, the Lincoln
city council decided the game cf ,
"hoss shoe" on Sunday is not a
desecration of the Sabbath and is
lawful. The action follows the ar
rest and fining of boys indulging
in the game on Sunday at the subur
ban town of University Place.
Auto Overturns; One Killed
Ontario, Ore.. Aug. 23. An auto
mobile driven by Frank Smyth, for
merly of Ogden, Utah, overturned
near Nyssa, 10 miles south of here,
and Mrs. Myrtle Cowins, a widow,
who was in the machine with him,
was killed, according to a report re
ceived here. Smyth was reported not
seriously injured.
