The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 no. n.
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Rail Chiefs
Meet With
President
Senator Cummin ',xjjrerie
Opinion ( Railway. Will
Voluntarily Reduce Charges
In Near Future.
May Ask Wage Cut Later
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Washington, Oct. 9. Develop
ments which were declared to pre
sage early reduction in railroad
freight rate and a clearing of the
railroad lituation generally, came
here from several quarter.
A group of prominent ralroad
executives conferred with President
Harding and Senator Cummins, re
publican, Iowa, chairman of the sen
ate interstate commerce committee,-
and discussed steps toward
freight rate reductions, preliminary to
the executives' meeting at Chicago,
October 14. .
Rate reductions also was the prin-
. cipal topic on the program at a
meeting last night of democratic and
republican senators, comprising the
unofficial agricultural "bloc." Sena
tors attending the meeting said there
was a wide and vigorous demand for
, rate cuts, as imperative to the ag
ricultural interests.
Cummins Optimistic.
Senator Cummins, after his con
ference with the railway executives,
said he believed they would adopt
at their Chicago meeting, his sug
gestions for an immediate reduction
of freight rates. No definite assur-
ances to this effect were given him
at today's conference, he explained,
: but he expressed the opinion that
. the reductions would be made by the
carriers voluntarily..
The carriers then, Senator Cum
mins said, probably would ask the
railroad labor board to reduce wages
to meet the situation caused by the
voluntary rate reductions.
The railway executives in the con
ference included T. Dewitt Cuyler,
supporting a railway securities hold
' ers' organization; Samuel Rea of
the Pennsylvania system; President
Smith of the New York Central,
President Holden of the Burlington
svstem, and Julius Kruttschnitt,
chairman of the Southern Pacific.
- Want Wage Reduction.
"The railway executives," said
Senator Cummins, after the confer-
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ence, icci uii jure wj ,u,i.n.i
: way to reduce rates " ii to reduce
wages. They also feel that the' wage
fixing functions of the railroad labor
board should be transferred to the
interstate commerce commission,
which has the rate-making, or return
powers." , ' ' ";
senator v-uimnins sam uc um.uui
gather that the railway executives
favored ceinplete abolishment of the
labor board, but believed that the
same federal authority which estab
lishes railroad rates or returns should
have power to establish wages. This
would require amendment by confess-of
the transportation act, and
may be brought up later, after the
Chicago conference, v
Fragrantof Flywheel
Hurled Through House
Mile arid Quarter Away
ttilcac Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire.
Petersburg. Jnd., Oct. 9. The gen
erator blew up at the Ingle mine No.
" at Ayrshire last night and pieces
of a fly wheel - that weighed four
tons ; were scattered over a radius
of two miles. One, piece weighing
1.000 pounds was hurled a distance
of a mile and a. quarter and struck
the two-story residence . of Elmer
Woods. - The huge piece of iron
went through the roof, both floors
and buried itself in the basement.
In passing through the house it
penetrated a bed, the mattress, sTeel
springs and a feather, bed. , The
Woods family was eating supper
when the crash came. Several thou
sand dollars' worth of damage was
done at the mine, but none of the
workers were seriously injured.
Church Holds Father and
Son Banquet at Franklin
Franklin, Neb., Oct 9. (Special.)
The annual banquet given by the
Congregational church to fathers and
sons was held in the church base
ment. About ISO plates were laid.
Prof. Philip Boughner.of Franklin
academy was toastmaster and the
principal address was made by Dr.
Henry E. Thayer. W. H. Miller,
Alexis Cochrane and H. V. Cyr also
; made short talks. . ,
Scottsbluff Starts Move
For Improved Highways
Scottsbluff, Neb., Oct 9. (Special
Telegram.) An improved road from
Scottsbluff to Alliance and another
from Scottsbluff to the Wyoming
Goshen Hole county are being
sought by committees of local citi
zens appointed aner a meeting oi tne
Chamber of Commerce. They also
have asked the state to gravel . the
highway linking Gering and Scotts
bluff. ..
Women's Club at Aurora
.Start Program for Year
Aurora, Neb., Oct 9. (Special.)
The Nineteenth Century cmo ot
Aurora has resumed its annual pro
' Thim wir the women will
studr American history. The pro-
. gram consists of 12 lessons.
IsiAv. Pnta on Work
Schuyler, Neb., Oct 9 (Special)
ci.fr ioHr-.-I. O. O- F.. as
sisted by Fremont lodge members.
put on the three degree in. inc
Schurier tall. ; . ...
Man Held for Taking
Drugs Into Prison
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New Vork, Oct 9. Timothy Don
ovan was arretted on a charge of
bringing drugs into a penal insti
tution. Donovan ii the storekeeper
of the women's workhouse at Black
well's Island. He is alleged to have
i been caught with drugs in his pos
session which lie said he was taking
to, a friend in the workhouse who
wa ill and needed the stimulant
The arrest was almost simultan
eous with the newspaper publication
of attacks made upon Dr. James A.
Hamilton of the city department of
correction by Vincent Gilroy, coali
tion nominee for.aldermanic presi
dent. Gilroy charged that heroin and oth
er drugs were openly distributed at
the city penal institutions, and that
"needles" are used without interfer
ence. Cirian Released
On Largest Bond
In Police Court
Man Who ( Shot Joe Moran
During Brawl In "Hole-In-WalP
Is Out; Vic
tim Near Death.
Bond in the amount of $25,000
said to have been the largest ever
posted in police court, was signed
Saturday night for Frank Cirian,
charged with shooting Joe Moran,
1520 William strett, in Cirian's soft
drink establishment at 1039 South
Thirty-second street, Friday night,
otherwise known as the "Hole in the
in the value of $72,000
was pledged on Cirian's bond by
Tony Nanfeto, A. Lagrato, Louis
Cirian, his brother, and B. Cirian,
an uncle.
The boml was made in the -presence
and with .the approval ot Chief
of Police Dempsey, and was made
under the condition that should
Moran die of his wounds, Cirian was
to surrender immediately.
Hospital authorities stated last
night that Moran was. in a serioto
condition and would probably not
live.
Mrs. Moran said that she did
not place any credence in the
story that the shooting was the re
sult of an old feud. Her husband,
she declared, had always confided in
her. . According to the wile, Joe
Moran was not a drinking man,
but in the past six or' eight weeks
he had fallen in with evil associates
who came to their- home ' almost
nightly and took him away. He
had never to her knowledge been
intoxicated and - fiad been -faithful
with his work, she said. ."He was
employed as a salesman lor the
Schulze - Baking company,
Corn Selling for 17 '
Cents a Bushel First
Time in Twenty Years
Lexington, Neb., Oct. 9. (Spe
cial.) For the first time in 20 years
corn is selling on the local market
for 17 cents a bushel. Farmers are
at a loss to know what to do with the
corn, as it will not pay expenses of
harvesting it. Some say they will
husk just-enough to burn, others
say they will leave it in the field.
Aurora. Neb.. Oct. 9. (Special.)
With corn priced at 21 cents a bushel
and wheat at 81 cents, farm products
reached their lowest range in Hamil
ton county since 1914. - . .'
County Officers Move
Into New Court House
Ord, Neb., ' Oct. 9. (Special.)
Vallev county officers have moved
into their offices in the new court
house. . The old court house, which
was presented to the county by the
Messrs. Haskell nearly 40 years ago,
has been torn down. The finishing
work has been started on the main
entrance and plaza of the new build
ing is expected to extend over a
portion of the site occupied by the
old building. 1
. A dedication program will be held
when the new structure is finished
in all details. W. F. Gernant of
Omaha was the architect. Olson
& Sons of David City were the con
tractors. The total cost of the build-
ling will approximate $250,000.
Arizona University Head
To Quit First of January
Tuezon, Ariz., Oct 9. Dr. R. B.
Von Kleinsmid, president of the
University of Arizona, handed his
resignation - to Chancellor John H
Campbell of the board of regents
today It is effective not later than
January 1. ' ,
Either the offer of the presidency
of the University of. Southern Cali
fornia or oi the American university
in Washington, V. C, will be accept
ed by Dr. Von Kleinsmid, he stated,
citing that he has declined the chan
cellorship of the Denver university.
Ministerial Retreat to be
Held at Schuyler Church
Schuyler, Neb., Oct- 9. (Special.)
The ministerial retreat of Colum
bus district will be held in Schuyler
Methodist church, the Ladies' Aid
to entertain them. Dr. John Grant
Shich is district superintendent and
George M. Gates pastor. A large
attendance is anticipated.
Additional Time Granted
r" In Pickford Appeal Case
Carson, Nev, Oct 9. The state
supreme court granted Attorney
General Leonard B. Fowler, 20 days'
additional time in which to file his
opening brief in appealing from the
divorce decree granted Mary Pick-ford.
Men Under
Indictment
Surrender
Meadow Grove and Hooper
Residents Appear and Give
Bond Deputy Sheriff
Not Informed.
Seek Two in California
Disclosure of the surrender of two
additional alleged "wildcat" stock
promoters and energetic steps to
bring two more into a Nebraska
court were made public early Sun
day morning in Attorney General
Davis prosecution ot men indicted
by the recent Douglas county grand
jury.
J. Edgar Daniel of Meadow Grove,
Neb., president of the Great Western
Commercial Body company of
Omaha, and August H. Kuwe of
Hooper, Neb., a director of the same
concern, surtendered voluntarily to
the custody of the Douglas county
district court last Wednesday, it de
veloped yesterday. They were re
leased on $5,000 bond, each.
Late Saturday night Chief Deputy
Sheriff W. A. Foster telegiaphed
California authorities to arrest Jacob
Masse and Charles O. -Wohlberg,
now in Los Angeles, for extradition
to Nebraska.
No Record of Arrests.
Considerable mystery surrounds
the surrender of Daniel and Ruwe.
Although they, appeared before Dis
trict Judge Troup Wednesday and
gave bond, Deputy Sheriff Foster'de-
clared last evening that he had no
record of the fact, and, until notified
by The Bee, had them o.. the list of
men still to be apprehended.
Both nien were indicted on two
charges, each alleging .conspiracy to
commit a felony. According to
Judge Troup, they appeared volun
tarily, accompanied by counsel, At
torney Herman Aye, and gave bonds
which" were approved immediately.
Daniel's bond was signed by Post
master Herbert S. Daniel, a relative,
and that of Ruwe was signed by the
Southern Surety company.
Unearned Dividend Paid.
In one indictment . Daniel ' and
Ruwe were 'charged jointly with
Robert C. O'Bryan and , E. C.
Goerke with conspiracy to commit
a felony1 in the fradulent sale oi
stock in the Great Western Com
mercial Body company, s The grand
jury charged that in September.
1919, and subsequent thereto, these
men conspired with others to per
suade various individuals to buy
stock in the cjempany'ott-the under-'
standing Vhat the company was sol
vent and -was earning dividends. 'In
fact, the jury charged, it was in
solvent and earning no dividends.
This indictment charges further than
oi) January J, 1920, the defendants,
as officers and directors, directed
that a 10 per cent dividend be paid,
although it had not been earned and
must have been paid out of the pro
ceeds of stock sales.
A second indictment charges
Daniel, Ruwe, O'Bryan " and others
with conspiring to commit a felony
in that they conspired to embezzle
more than $100,000 of money, goods
and securities belonging to the com
pany. It is charged that in July,
(Torn to Pace Two, Column Tiro.)
University Students
Vote to Eliminate
Annual "Class Rush"
Chicago Trlbne-Omaha Bm Leased Wire.
Chicago, Oct. 9. Men. students at
Northwestern universiity vooted to
put an end to class "rushes" long
a stirring feature of the great Metho
dist school.. This follows the mys
terious disappearance of Leightou
Mount, freshman, missing for more
than two weeks, during the "rush"
at that time. i
The day before Mount's disappear
ance, another "fresh" was taken to
a pier in the lake and suspended to
the piling, head downward. The
rising waves had nearly strangled
him when he was rescued. 1
In an announcement . made by
President Walter Dill Scott,' he de
nies that any student has ever been
seriously injured in one of these
rushes. -He specifically denies that
co-eds tore out each others hair and
ripped the clothing off each other.
Concerning Mount, the president
says he disappeared after thvrush
was over, boasting- that he ' had
thrown a sophomore into the lake.
Two Beatrice Men Return - '
' From Auto Trip to Canada
'Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 9. (Special.)
Will Penner and Clayton Gish of
this city have just returned from
a 5,000-mile auto trip to points in
Canada, where Mr. Gish owns land
interests. They were tied up for near
ly three weeks on account of rainy
weather and report that nowhere on.
their route did they find as good
highways as there are, in Nebraska
They state that there are many un
employed men in Canada, but ate
of the opinion that conditions are
slowly assuming normalcy.
New $10,000 Church Nears
Completion at Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb; Oct 9. (Special.)
The congregation of the Church
of the Nazarene is completing a new
edifice at the corner of Fourth and
Ella streets, at a cost of about $10,
000. It is thought the church will
be dedicated some time in Decem
ber" or January. .,---
Farmers Report 60-Bushel
Corn Yield Near Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., Oct 9. (Special)
Farmers in Gage county are gath
ering their corn crop, and in some
instances a yield of 60 bushels to
the acre is reported.
Student Admits Plot
To Rob Mother of Gems
Minneapolis, Oct 9, Edgar Moe,
frethnisn medical student ana son
of Dr, J. M. Moe of Sioux Falls, S.
D., contested to his mother and
Frank Brunkkill. captain of police
detectives, that he plotted, with an
ex-convict to rob his mother ot
$5.0(10 in jewels. Brumkill said.
Moe was arrested after hit mother
and Chief of Detectives l'n-kelt of
Sioux Falls had come to Minneap
olis. . Mrs. Moc was robbed on Septem
ber 24, in Sioux Falls, of $5.0u0
worth of jewels and $5,000 worth of
furs. Police said the young man
confessed he planned the robbery to
get ready money, but had been
cheated by his accomplice, getting
only one diamond which he pawned
for $20. This diamond led to his
arrest
Haynes Predicts
Total Aridity
For Windy City
Chicago to Receive Personal
Attention of Prohibition
Commissioner Unless
Conditions Improve.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO,
Chleaco Tribune-Omaha Be Leaaed Wire.
Washington, Oct. 9. Increasing
dryness and eventually total aridity
is the forecast for Chicago and en
virons emanating from the office of
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.
Chicago is to receive the personal
attention of the commissioner unless
within a reasonable time the local
authorities succeed in stamping out
bootlegging, moonshining and offi
cial connivance at violation of the
eighteenth amendment and the Vol
stead act.
New York is now .receiving such
personal treatment, Mr. Haynes hav
ing journeyed thither to put into
force some measures of his own de
vising for the discomfiture of the
traffickers in liquor. He purposes to
make New York an example ot the
aridity he deems it feasible to attain
even in populous communities largely
hostile to national prohibition..
Eye oh Quaker City.
Philadelphia also is on Mr. Haynes
special treatment list. ' Then come
Chicago and other points west The
commissioner has received a volumi
nous report on conditions in Chicago
which discloses a widespread con
tempt for the prohibition law extend
ing over a ' long period, and pro
tected, if not encouraged, by ' local
authorities who are obligated by the
law to co-operate with the federal
officials in the enforcement of .the
Volstead act.';-?-..,"''. "TJ."
The report shows that Prohibition
Director Kjellander has been ' - un
able oi cope successfully with the
volume of liquor . traffic because of
the small force of federal agents at
his disposal and the ' failure of the
Chicago police to co-operate effec
tively. '
Chicago is now on probation, the
commissioner hoping that the stern
measures taken by . Chief of Police
Fitzmorris to break up the ' protec
tion of bootlegging by the Chicago
police will result in a marked im
provement in the enforcement of the
law.- ;
f,: ; ' , May Close Hotels. ; '
A new departure in prohibition
enforcement is to be the closing of
hotels which violate the Volstead
act. On the eve of his departure
for New York, . Mr. Haynes called
attention to theuirst' instance oi
the successful invocation of sections
21 and 22 of the Volstead act to
close a hotel" selling liquor. ..
"District Attorney Madison," said
Mr. Havnes. "filed injunction pro
ceedings against the Hendryx hotel
in Kansas City and Judge A. S. Van,
Valkenburgh issued an order clos
ing the hotel, thus establishing a
precedent in the United-States."
Ihe commissioner has issued in
structions to proceed against offend
ing hotels elsewhere with a view' to
closing them and ; penalizing the
owners of other property orf which
violations of the prohibition law oc
cur. He cited the following report
by District Attorney Madison:' .
. "Ihe padlock injunction; pro
vision is the sharpest tooth in the
law. The -way to uproot liquor vio
lations is to penalize the owners of
property. In the Hendryx hotel case
I did just that without bringing
criminal charges. The hotel has
been ordered closed "for a year. The
action against the hotel was based
cn testimony of federal agents and
police." . ". , ' ' J
Public Demands Action.
Mr. Haynes said that the increased
number of convictions of Volstead
act offenders throughout the country
and the steadily growing, co-operation
of the state and local" authorities
with the federal forces indicate a
public sentiment demanding rigid en
forcement of the law.
"In South Dakota 18 offenders in
the federal court pleaded guilty after
four were found guilty Jy juries,
more pleas of guilty than at. any
other term of . court," said Mr.
Haynes. "Severe penalties . were
given.
"South Carolina courts are giving
convicted offenders three to six
months on the chain gangs. In Mis
sissippi during the September term
of United States court, 23 indict
ments resulted in $1,300 in fines.
Practically every state director re
ports helpful attitude on the part of
the press.
With the exception of a few in
stances, where judges declared war
rants faulty, the month of September
showed satisfactory court results."
Pythian Sisters Hold
Convention at Schuyler
Schuvler. Neb.. Oct 9. (Special.)
The Pythian Sisters held a con-'
vention in the I. O. O. F. hall, put
ting on their ritualistic floor work.
There was a large attendance, many
being present from Fremont and
surrounding towns
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Lad Dis Almost
Instantly From
Shotgun Wound
Farmer Boy Believed to Have
Been Accidentally Shot
, . On Hunting Trip
. Brother Held.
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Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 9. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Bruno Deichmann,
16, young farmer lad residing three
miles north of this city with his wid
owed mother and several brothers
killed bv what appears to have been
the accidental discharge of his shot
gun. . " . 1 ,
He had been alone on the farm
during the morning, working about
the barns and hauling in some earth
for some of the stalls. About noon,
while the older brother, Albert, was
hauling out a load of manure, Bruno
took his shotgun and went through
the garden to hunt rabbits.
According to the story of the
brother, he heard a shot while re
turning from the field, put up his
horses and went to the house for
dinner. . Not finding his brother in
the house, he went , out and found
him lying behind a cow shed, bleed
ing profusejy from a gunshot wound
in the right breast The wounded
lad had walked 120 steps toward he
house. Albert summoned.' the fam
ily physician, who, upon 'arrival,,
telephoned fo, the sheriff as acting
coroner..: '. t
The shot had penetrated the body.
carrying away particles-of the shoul
der bone.V The gun was found in a
well in the garden, barrel up, and
the upper ..hoard of the wooden cas
ing shown 'where the "gun had struck
it, evidently the trigger. ; ,v,
I he tact that there were a lew
stray "shots an inche away from the
main wound, believed to be improb
able upon a close range, and that
Sheriff McCutchan had been , told
that the brothers had had a quarrel
a few. days ago, led to the "holding
of Edward, 19-year-old brother. "The
mother declares the argument was
trivial and that the two boys had
been playing about the house in the
most' brotherly way following the
altercation. Neighbors also regard
as impossible any other theory than
accidental shooting. The father of
the family jied in February. '
Community Sales Proving
Big Success at . Superior
Superior, Neb., Oct., 9. (Special.)
A community sale was held at an
uptown sales barn. A large number
of cattle, some hogs . and various
pieces ot furniture 'were sold. The
sales Ere proving - quite a success
nd are - well attended. '. People are
invited to,,offer. whatever they- have
for sale, v . . . V
Morrill County Stockmen '
' ' Organize Breeders Body
Bayard, Neb., Oct. 9. (Special.)
Morrill county , stock, raisers ' have
formed the Pure Bred Breeders asso
ciation, Harry Golden of Broadwater
being elected president; G. H. Work
of Bridgeport, vice president W. W.I
Rogers of- Bridgeport, secretary;
George B. Schroll. county agent,
treasurer. ' v
Membership Limited to ?
125 in Aurora Country Club,
Aurora. Neb., Oct 9. (Special.)
The Aurora Country club has been
organized and membership will be
limited to 125. The initial assess
ment of each member will be 100.
Two tracts of land are available and
committees are at work in expand
ing the mpmhershin and in ilcrirfirrir
1 r.-hich location shall be purchased.
Fire Prevention Week
Eighteen People
Reported Lost in
Steamship Wreck
Vessels Collide Off Coast ofj
Scotland and Rescue Ship
Runs Into Disabled -
' Boat. '-':'. "
Dublin, Oct. 9. Eighteen mem
bers of an American "syncopated
brchestra" are reported to be miss
ing as a result of the sinking of the
Laird line steamer Rowan, off the
southwest coast of Scotland in a
collision with the American steamer.
West Camak. ,
The passengers and crew of the
Rowan numbered 140. Although de
tails are lacking, it is known that
73 of this number "were rescued. -
The accident was due to a double
collision in the North channel off
Corsewall' Point early this morning,
the Rowan first colliding with the
West Camak, which she damaged
badly. .,''.
Wireless calls brought the Clan
liner,. Clan Malcotn, but the latter.
in the confusion and heavy fog, ran
into the disabled Rowan, which sank
immediately.
Alcoholism Blamed
For Death of Wealthy
Widow of Professor
Chlraso Tribune-Omaha Bee JLeased , Wire.
New York, Oct. 9. Mrs. Eva
Wheeler. , 45, widow of E. M,
Wheeler of Chicago, former 'iniver
sity professor, died suddenly in her
room in the Belle Claire hotel today.
Her death, according to Dr. J. A.
McCleay, Mrs. ' Wheeler's - family
physician, was du to - alcoholism.
Dr. McCleay was summoned to the
Belle Claire by the hotel authorities,
but arrived only in time to pronounce
Mrs. Wheeler dead.
Professor Wheeler is said to have
made a fortune of $2,000,000 ' in a
railroad speculation and at his death
left $1,000,000 to his son, Henry, now
14 years old, who lived with his
mother" at t he Belle Claire hotel.
Deputy Medical Examiner. Dr.
Gonzales ordered Mrs. Wheeler's
body'taken to the morgue, where an
autopsy-will be performed to deter
mine the pvact, cause of death.
American Legion at Ord
Electfe Officers for .Year
Ord, Neb.,, Oct. 9. (Special.)
Fidelity Post,' American . Legion, at
Ord, has elected the following, of
ficers: Post commander, Doyle L.
Buckles; vice commander, Ignatius
Klima; adjutant, Horace Travis;
treasurer, . Emil Fafeita; chaplain,
Charles Watson; serageant-at-arms,
Ernest Hill; custodian, CkC. Jen
fen; executive . committee, E. L.
Vogeltanzl Alfred Wiegart, Otfa
Pecenka, Lawrence Burger.
Two Departments Added"
To Woman's Club at Bayard
Bayard, Neb., Oct. 9. (Special.)
Bayard woman's club held its first
meeting following the summer vaca
tion. - Two departments are added
to the course for the year: literature
and music, with Mrs. Bulck a3 chair
man, and home economics, with Mrs.
Harpolc as chairman. Mrs. H. L.
scoggin is president
Newspapers Consolidatd
Scottsbluff. Neb.. Oct. 9.(Soecial
Telegram.) Publication of the
Henry Dispatch, a weekly newspa.
per, has been discontinued and the
paper consolidated with the Tor
rington Telegram, with E. P. Mc
Vey as cd'tor and publisher.
Lincoln May Have
Grand Jury Probe
Of Stock Selling
"Wild Cat" Schemes In Lan
, caster County May Be Laid
Bare If Offer of At-
,-..w i-Jtorney Is Accepted., w
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 9. (Special.)
A grand jury investigation of "wild
cat" stock selling promotions may be
tailed here if the offer of C. E. Mat
son, a Lancaster county attorney, to
pay half the expenses of the probe, is
accepted by Attorney General Clar
ence A. Davis, according to an' an
nouncement mad9 Saturday by Mr.
Matson.
The attorney said he would recom
mend to the district court that a
grand jury be called if, the state
would furnish him with an assitant
and pay half the expenses of the
investigation. Mr. Matson wrote a
letter to Mr. Davis, who is in Oma
ha, asking for his view on the offer.
He wrote that he understood the
state paid half the expenses of the
recent 1 grand jury investigation in
Omaha.
Presiding Judge A. J.. Clements in
Lincoln announced he would call a
grand jury if the attorney general
would recommend .it.
An investigation of "wild - cat"
stock selling schemes in Linjoln
would take in at least a dozen firms
that have been declared defunct in
the past two years. Losses to" the
public through these schemes aggre
gate more than $12,000,000, accord
ing to an estimate made by Lincoln
attorneys,
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Air Circus and Races
i To Be Held at Deshler
Deshler, Neb., Oct 9.-(Special.)
DeForrest F. Swanson. represent
ing the eCntral Aircraft company of
Holdrege, has arranged with the
management of the Thayer county
fair to put on an aerial circus and
auto-aeroplane racing contest Satur
day, October 15.
The "Dafe-Devii Duncans," Cur
tis R. Friday and Walter H. Beech
will do stunts In the air and Johnnie
H: Amen. - well-knoWn auto racer.
will drive his machine over the half-
mile track in an endeavor to beat an
airplane to the starter's stand. .
Fire Destroys Threshing
Separator Near Aurora
Aurora. Neh.. Oct. 0. fSrwriat
Hanson Brothers lost their thresh
ing machine by fire. It had been
left a short distance from the home
of W. J. Culbertson, west of Aurora.
Mr. Culbertson discovered the sep
arator on fire and immediately noti
fied the owners, but loss was total.
It is thought that origiin of, the fire
was incendiary.
Archbishop in Norfolk
Norfolk, Neb., Oct 9. (Special
Telegram.) Archbishop J. J. Harty
of Omaha arrived here Saturday for
his episcopal visitatior of the Catho
lic church of this city.
The Weather
Forecast
Nebraska Fair Mondav.
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much change in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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Nationals
Cop Fourth
Of Series
Giant Come From Behind
By Bunching Hits and
Even Up Games
With Yanks.
Babe Gets First Homer
By C A, LOVETT.
Chkago Tribune-Omaha llva Iwd Wlta,
New York, Oct 9. The Giant
drew even in games won and lost
with the Yankees today in the fourth
world scries game by hitting collec
tively, the submarine service of Car!
Mays, the American league cham
pions' leading pitcher, attcr Mays
had twirled the best ball yet seen in
the series for seven full innings.
The score was 4 to 2, and it. was
Phil Douglas, the hulking spit baiter,
who outpitched Mays. Douglas
thus squared accounts with the
blonde under-handcr, who worsted
him in the first battle, last Wednes
day. As on Friday when the Giants
scored their initial victory, the Na
tional leaguers came from behind
and bunched hits in one big inning
for their triumph. In the third
game it was the seventh frame
wherein they broke out in a hitting
rash and amassed eight runs in up
ending a tied score. Today the
Giants were trailing 1-0 when they
went into the eighth, and with Mays
bowling along in remarkable form,
the ace on the score board stood out
like the monument on Washington's
mail,
Yank Pitcher Weakens.
But the sterling Yank moundsman
faltered. even as his goal loomed in
sight, and the Giants, forcing two
breaks of luck, produced
runs on four hits and a sacri
fice fhftt-jiiere all-sufficing. With
Mays fast weakening, they added an
other tally on the three hits in a
row in the ninth that made the well
earned victory secure.
Douglas, like Mays, pitching with
superb control, was touched for safe
blows almost as frequently as his
opponent, but he kept the Yankee
hits widely scattered, no two coming
in the same inning, except in the
fifth, when, a single, sacrifice and
triple resulted in the game's first run,
the Yanks thus being first to score,
as in every other game of the cur
rent series to date. Douglas, too,
wavered at the finish, but he hung
on grimly and with fine determina
tion. i , Babe Hits Homer. -
"The largest crowd of any of thi
four games saw not only a pitchers'
battle of unusual merit and fielding
that sparkled, particularly the per.
formance of the Yankee inner de
fenders, but greeted tumultously
the great Babe Ruth's first home run
of the world championship quest, a
slam which came with one out and
the bases clear in the ninth inning.
It was the second hit of the gam
for the most tersific hitter of all tim
and was especially noteworthy in
view of the fact that Ruth went inta
the fray against the advice of sur
geons who only Friday evening mad
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Robbers Drill Steel
Door of Wine Cellar
For $300,000 Cargo
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leaaed Wire.
Washington. Oct. O Th ln .
.. C3 , " - " A W IUd, lV
Joseph E. Leiter of $300,000 worth ol
cnoice wines ana liquors to secure
which robbers bored the three-inch
steel door of the wine cellar of hit
COUntrv home in Virainla T-ioeilaM
afternoon, has been reported to the
police department here.
During the last two weeks Robert
Thornton, caretaker of the Leiter es-t
tate. which is valuer! at $1 noniWI
and considered one of the show
nlaces of Virginia, was approached
"r several strangers wno asked to
be directed to nearby places. Shortly
after Thornton left the place last
Tuesday afternoon, two automobile
truck turned from the Lcesburg
p;ke into the Leiter grounds.
Their persistent and efficient oc
cupants armed with acetylene
torches bored through the door of
the wine cellar, a job which experts
have since reported required two
hours work, removed it from its
hinges, stored the cases carefully in
the waiting trucks and departed.
Farmer Sustains Broken
Arm in Fall From Windmill
'Franklin, Neb., Oct 9. (Special.)
John Butterfield, farmer living sev
eral miles southwest of Franklin,
sustained a broken arm and sossible
internal injuries when the windmill
platform on which he was working
gave way, precipitating him to the
ground 30 feet below.
Fire Destroys Fixtures
In Clothes Cleaning Shop
Arapnhoe, Neb., Oct 9. (Spe
cial.) Fixtures and equipment in the
F. R. Lutcavish clothes cleaning
shop were destroyed by fire thought
to have been caused by a lighted
cigaret thrown under a counter,
Clothiffg in the shoo was saved.
Golfers Hold Tournament
To Decide City Champion
Aurora, Neb., Oct. 9. (Special.)
Aurora golf players are holding a
tournament to decide on the city
champion. Each afternoon the links
in Strecter park are the scene of
hotly contested matches between the
local golfers.
Gas Plant Gianges Hands
Ord. Neb.. Oct 9. (Special.)
The Ord gas plant has been taken
over by Joe Banta and Dr. George
uard of Ord. They are making
extensive improvements in tht plant.
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