Legal Battle on
Cat" Stock
Schemes Starts
Defciwe Bwiten in Attempt to
Force State to Elect Charges
On Vhich Action Will
Be Brought
The first Irssil battle in eonnec
tion with indictment in "wild "t"
promotion schemes was waged yes-
terday afternoon Dciore LMtrici
Judge Troup.
Attorneys for the Shafer broth
rr Thomas H. Matter. Willard C
Matthew and Roy E. Karl, all in
dieted on more than one count, an
pcared to argue motion to direct the
county attorney to elect oft which
charge he intends to proceed, The
motion were opposed by VV. C.
Dorsey.
ludee Troun ruled it is not nece
sary for the county attorney to elect
before objections have been filed to
the form or sufficiency of the indict
ment, upon which count action shall
be brouizht. Attorneys tor the d
fense were uiven one week in which
to file motions to quash.
Embeailement Alleged.
M. F. and W. E. Shafer were in
fund from the American State bank
fund fro mtlie American State bank
and for conspiring with Samuel H.
Grace to this end.
Roy E; Karl, former secretary and
treasurer of the American Bank
Kuilding company and former cash
ier of the American Mate banK when
it was owned by Ward and Marion
Shafer. was indicted for conspiracy
to embezzle and with aiding and
abetting a felony.
VVillard C. Mathews, former pre
ident of the defunct Pioneer State
bank and Guaranty Securities com
pany of Omaha, was indicted on i
charge of embezzling $300,000 belong
intr to the Pioneer State bank, and
with causing false entries to be
made on the bank's books.
Indictment Attacked.
His attorney W. A. Schall, in his
argument before Judge I roup, as
serted that the count of the indict'
ment charging embezzlement does
not charge that any of the money
alleged to have been embezzled was
ever in Mathews possession, or that
the money was converted to his
own personal use. He also asserted
the statute on which the indictment
is based has been repealed.
He also filed a demurrer declaring
that the 1 alleged offense of caus
ing false entries to be made in a
bank's, books is not punishable un
der the laws of Nebraska.
Attorney for Thomas H. Matters
declared the indictment against his
client is void because of a dupli
cation of felonies. Two separate
alleged offenses contained in one
count of the indictment, he asserted,
are improperly joined.
All objections to form or suffi
ciency of indictments will be set
forth in the motions to quash, to
be filed sometime within the week
allotted .byjudgc Troup.
Twp persons Dead
v';-Iririda Storm
homes are 'regarded as a total loss.
Ybor Gty, one of the most popu
lous quarter's, suffered heavily.
Damage Jn Sacramento
Sacramento, Cal., Oct.' 26 Num
erous houses were unroofed, win
dow were broken and other dam
age, as yet unestimated, was done by
a strong wind approaching the
strength of a cyclone which swept
through the southern and eastern
parts of Sacramento today. The wind
tore a path approximately three
fourths of a mile wide through the
district.
A torrential rain fell after the
windstorm and flooded streets and
gutters.
The wind approached from the
southwest and swept through the
Homestead and east Sacramento sec
tions of the city. In east Sacramento
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tion were demolished or badly dam
aged by the wind.
The crash of the buildings and of
broken glass alarmed housewives
throughout the stricken district, but
early reports indicated no one had
been injured. --
Telephone "service to the damaged
districts was demoralized.
Three men, employes at the Corpo
ration yards, where city trucks ' and
machinery are stored, were injured
by flying debris. Most of the yard
buildings were demolished. 1
" The wind, accompanied by the reg
ulation funnel-shaped cloud, lifted the
corrugated roofs of the corporation
buildings, tore up trees and carried
them, in -some cases, a hundred
'yards.
At the Standard Oil company's
plant a roof was torn off one of the
large buildings." Considerable dam
age was done "on the property where
the building of the state highway
commission are under construction
Grand Island Shop Grafts
Will Not Go on Strike
Grand Island, Neb., Oct 26.
(Special.) Officers of the shops fed
eration , unions have receivea mior
mation that the shops crafts . will
not go out With the ."Big Five," if
the latter go on strike, and if a strike
of the shops crafts is called, which
is now deemed improbable, it will
be for their own particular griev
ances and upon their own initiative.
Union Pacific Improving
Roadbed Near Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Neb.'. Oct 26. (Special.)
Working crews are making many
improvements on this line of the
Union Pacific, furnishing proof to
the recent statements that the grade
would be widened and otherwise
strengthened in readiness for the
heavier tonnage that wfll be put over
this road. - . :
. Postoffice Orders.
Within rtom. , Oct I. (Special Te!
STm. Th postmaster enrl h re
qveatcd th civil t1c commission to
.a - . . .MHlaallna nf lraMnttl
al aaaaiaa .UI aaauiinwiva f
postmaster t the following place:.
Nobrmaka Hartlnrtoo.
- Iowa Alcona. Arlington. Blockton, B ra
il a, Biiatt. Clarence Davenport. Eat 1
Orora. Karlham, Eddjrvtlla. Qlenwood.
Gowrta. Orarltr. Hiteman. Hubbard. In
depaadanea. Xalona. Kanawha. LaPorta
City. L-avlar. Jwls, Um Spring. Loan
Trea. Vomt Nation. McGregor. Monora.
Naw Sharon. Ogden, Olln. Ottumwa, Pan
era. Rlppajr. Sabula. Stantom Walker. Wall
T .L. ' ' VLmtmmm Aif ! TXTSmt Tltir-
Ir.rten. Wheatland, Whitin. "-iltoa Junc
tion . -
"Let the Negro Vote,"
Says President Harding
.raallaaaa) fraa rf On.)
sidrr thi problem together a
problem of all lection and of both
rare, in whose coiution the oeit
ttlligence of both must be enlisted
Indeed we will be wie to recog.
nie it a wider yet. Whoever will
take the time to re-ad and ponder
Mr. Lothron btoddards book on
the rising tide of color, or lay, the
thoughtful review of ome recent
literature of this question, which Mr.
F. D. Lugard prcented in recent
Ldinburg review, must realize tnat
our race problem here in the United
folate is only a phase of a race is
sue that the whole world confronts,
Surely we shall gain nothing by
blinking the fact, by refusing to
give thought to them. That u not
the American way of approaching
luch issues.
Mr. Lugard, in his recent eay,
after surveying the world' problem
of races, conclude thus:
"'Here then is the true concep
tion of the inter-relation of color
complete uniformity in ideals, abso
lute equality in the paths ot know
ledge and culture, equal opportunity
for those who strive, equal aumira
tion for those who achieve, in
matters social and racial a separate
path, each pursuing his own
inherited traditions, preserving his
own race purity and race pride;
equality in things spiritual; agreed
divergence in the psysical and ma
terial.'
"True Way Out"
"Here it has seemed to me is sug
gestion of the way out. roltt-
ically and economically there need
be no occasion for great and perma
nent differentiation, for limitations
of the individual's opportunity, pro
vided that on both sides there snail
be recognition of the absolute -divergence
in things social and racial
Men of both races may well
stand uncompromisingly against
every suggestion of social equality.
Indeed, it would be helpful to have
that word 'equality' eliminated from
this consideration; to have it ac
cepted on both sides that this is not
a question of 'social equality, but a
question of recognizing a fundamen
tal, eternal and inescapable ditter-
ence.
"Take the political aspect. I
would say let the black man vote
when he is fit to vote; prohibit the
white man voting when he is unfit
to vote. Especially would I appeal
to the self-respect of the colored
race. I would inculcate in it the
wish to improve itself as a distinct
race, with a heredity, a set of tra
ditions, an array of aspirations all
its own.
Equal Opportunities.
"On the other hand, I would in
sist upon equal educational oppor
tunity for both. This does not mean
that both would become equally
educated within a generation or two
generations or 10 generations. But
there must be such education among
the colored people as will enable
them to develop their own leaders,
capable of understanding and sym
pathizing with such a differentia
tion between the races as-1 have sug
gested. Racial amalgamation there
can not be. Partnership of the races
in developing the highest aims of all
humanity there must be if humanity.
not only here, but everywhere, are
to achieve the ends set forth .
I say you people of the south,
both white and black, that the time
has passed when you are entitled
to assume that this problem of races
is peculiarly and particularly your
problem. . More and more it is be
coming a problem of the north;
more and more it is the problem of
Africa, of South America, of the
Pacific, of , the South seas, of the
world.
"Oneness as Americans."
"The one thfng we must sedu
lously avoid is the development of
group and class organizations in this
country. There have been times
when we heard too much about the
labor "vote, the business vote, the
Irish vote, the Scandinavian vote,
the, Italian vote, and so on. But the
demagogues who would array class
against ' class and group against
group have fortunately found little
to reward their efforts. That is be
cause, despite the demagogues, the
idea of our oneness as Americans
has risen superior to every appeal
to mere class and group.
"And so I would wish it might be
in this matter of our national prob
lem of races. Just as I do not wish
the south to be politically entirely
one party; just as I believe that is
bad for the south, and for the rest
of the country as well, so I do not
want the colored people to be en
tirely of one party. I wish that both
the tradition of a solidly democratic
south and the tradition of a solidly
republican black race might be brok
en up. Neither political sectionalism
nor any system of rigid groupings
of ' the people will in the long run
prosper our country.
"With such convictions, one must
urge the people of the south to take
advantage of their superior under
standing of this problem and to as
sume an attitude toward it that will
deserve the confidence of the colored
people. Likewise, I plead with my
own political party to lay aside every
program that looks to lining up the
black man as a mere political
adjunct ' . ,
"Every consideration, it seems to
me, brings us back at least, to the
question of education. I have no
sympathy with the half-baked al
truism that would overstock us with
doctors and lawyers of whatever
color, and leave us in need of people.
nt and willing to do the manual
work of work-a-day world. But I
would like to see an education that
would lit every man not only to do
his particular work as well as possi
ble, but to rise to a higher plane if
he wuld deserve it. For that sort
of education, I have no fear, whether
it be given to a black man or a
white man.
Era of Readjustment
"Is it not possible then that in the
long era of readjustment upon which
we are entering for the nation to lay
aside old prejudices and old antag
onisms and in the broad, clear light
of nationalism . enter upon a con
structive policy in dealing with these
intricate issues? Just as we shall
prove ourselves capable of doing this
we shall insure the industrial progress,-
the agricultural security, the
social and political safety of our
whole country regardless of race or
sections and along the line of ideals
superior to every consideration of
groups or class, of race or color or
section or prejudice."
Girl Member of
Gunman Gang Is
State Witness
Pretty Omaha Mis Takei
Stand Against Member of
Party Arrested in Raid at
Lake Manawa.
Pretty Audrey McQuillian, 9,
2R7i Dorcas street, Omaha, took
the tand in Bluff police court yes
terday against three member of the
allefied uaniz of gunmen and box
car thieve arrested at Lake Manawa
last Saturday following a raid upon
a cottage at 58 1'ickara Lane, ia
koma addition.
Audrey, one of two women in th
automobile party which drove up to
the house a the ouicers were leav
me. testified that Harry Morten
alias Jack Edwards, 18; William
Reynolds, alias Kusscll, 26, and Wil
ham Ran. 19. each wer? carryinar ;
large revolver, which they threw
from the car as they approached.
On the strength of the testimony
of the McOuillian girl, whose rea
name is said to be Gene Gates, Judge
Cancll bound the trio over to th
grand jury on the charge of carrying
concealed weapons, Uonus tor each
were fixed at S300. I he girl was
held as state's witness under bond
of the same amount.
Mr. and Mrs. James Comb, who
rented the house at 58 1'ickard
Lane, were bound over on charge
of possession of stolen property.
Quantities of merchandise believed
to have been taken from box cars
was seized in the raid on the house
Mrs. Combs is a police character,
known as Dago Bess.
Raph, one of three men whom the
Gates girl testified she saw carrying
revolvers, was shot in the buck by
one of the 'officers when he jumped
from the automobile and attempted
to run away. He has nearly re
covered from his wounds, however,
and was arraigned yesterday with a
bandage on his head. Raph and
Hoden are mere youths.
Settlement Only Way
To Stop Rail Strike
(Continued from Pass One.)
act which says all disputes "shall"
be referred to the board first for
settlement.
Lee of the trainmen, said his or
ganization s ballot was based solely
on the July 1 wage cut and declared
he had withdrawn from the brother
hood's joint meeting and refused to
subscribe to their ballot. The lan
guage of the joint ballot, he said
implied other questions were in
volved.
Other leaders defended the joint
ballot and asserted that the . other
questions referred to all had a bear
ing on the frame of mind which led
the employes to vote for a strike.
Other Issues Important.
The question of time and one-half
for overtime and of a ueneral revi
sion of schedules were included in
the discussion preceding the strike
question proper on both Joint ballot
and that of the trainmen. While all
union chiefs maintained;, that the
trike question was technically taken
on the July wage cut, all admitted
that the other questions would prob
ably figure in any settlement leading
to calline off the strike.
The questioning brought out that
a vote against the strike had been
returned on 23 roads by the conduc
tors: on- 14 roadi by the trainmen,
and on three roads by the firemen.
Cashen 6aid that the switchmen on
every system voted for a strike.
Stone, after a heated protest against
furnishing the . information "to his
enemies;!" agreed )to obtairi it from
his- ottice in. Cleveland.
J. he hearing was manced Dy ciasn-
es ibetween- members of the board
and, Stonei Mr. Stone charged
Chairman. Barton was not giving the
unions a; fair hearing, after he had
attempted tq introduce the names of
seven roads," which he said, violated
orders of the board. The chair ruled
against , the evidence.
"'-.'"'Verbal Clash. 7
"It is not our purpose to listen to
discussions going back into the his
tory of other decisions, or the merits
of decisions we have rendered," the
chairman said. "If you want to be
heard on that,- you may be heard at
another time and ulace.
I want to call your attention to
the fact that Mr. Hooper just
finished asking that identical ones
tion of Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Shep-
pard replied to it, atone retorted.
Violations of schedules by these
different roads have-been going on
for months and that has led up to the
frame of mind that you find in these
men whom I represent.
If we cannot find redress in this
board, then T want to know where
the 80,000 j-engineers can find relief.
If we are fo be prohibited txplaining
the feeling of our men, then I. do
not see that there is anything for
me to say." . "'. 1
Stone Heads Names. -
Stone finally was permitted to read
the names of the seven roads, on
motion of W. L. McMenimen,, labor
member of the board. The first two
were the Atlanta. Birmingham and
Atlantic and the Missouri and North
Arkansas, both of which are. in the
hands of, receivers. .. . -
"Don't you know our decisions
were overruled by the federal courts
on these roads?" Chairman Barton
and Mr. Hooper interrupted. '
"Then to carry it to a logical con
clusion, all a road needs to do is to
go into a receiver's hands and the
transportation act is null and void,"
Stone replied. , ,
The other five roads . named by
Stone as violating the board's de
cisions included the Denver and Salt
Lake, Arizona and .New Mexico, and
Nevada Northern.
Stone then attempted to read a list
of 33 roads on which he said wage
reductions had been placed in effect
in violation of the transportation act,
but Chairman Barton interrupted,
saying they were all short lines and
not parties to the present dispute.
After the day hearing Mr. Cashen,
in a statement to newspaper men,
said: .
"Nothing transpired at the. day
meeting to change the situation, so
far as a settlement is concerned."
Hearing Closed.
It was decided, the board an
nounce' at the convening of the
right svssion, that no iurther repre-
THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1921.
kviitatives el th union would I
called io tettify. Mr. Hooper an
nounced that the board considered
it had mlticwut information from
the labor chiefs, although they might
be recalled lor additional oueitton
ing. T. Pewitt Cuyler, chairman of
the Aociation of Railway Execu
tives, acting a tpokeinun for lh
rail ofhcu.li. then prctentrd turn
marjr by the rail executive of event
leaning to me crisis.
Chairman Barton announced the
hearing would close tonight and that
the union men and railroad execu
tive can go home. The hve union
prcident immediately called meet
mgt of their general chairmen and
executive committee at the Matonic
temple, here at V a. m. tomorrow.
"The board will take everything
into careful conmlcration, Chair
man Barton announced in adjourn
nig the hearing, and will, within
short time, poktibty tomorrow, cer
tainly not later than the next day,
deliver it decision in thi matter in
the usual way.
May Prosecute Leaders.
Washington, Oct 26. l'roiecu
tion of the rail union leader for con
spiracy to paralyze the transporta
tion system of the country was de
termined upon yesterday at the legal
council of war of Attorney General
Daugherty and the five district at
torney he called to Waihington.
In the event of the walkout ac-
tually materializing, the head of the
brotherhood and the 400 local
chairmen named in the strike call.
will be arrested on government war
rants charging conspiracy. Other
legal measures also will be adopted
to prevent interference with trans
nortation.
If the railway labor board fails
to avert the strike, President Hard
ing will issue a proclamation declar
ing the purpote of the government
q mauuain transportation ana giv
ng warning of the consequences of
prosecution which will be incurred
by strikers in defying the govern
ment
"Traina Will Run."
"The trains will run." emohati
cally asserted Mr. Daugherty. fol
lowing the conclusion of the confer
ence.'
Charles F. Cline. the United
States district attorney at Chicago,
lifet hurriedly for home yesterday,
"under sealed orders," as he
expressed it Mr. Cline carried with
him the instructions of the attorney
general to be communicated to
ether district attorneys in the west
who will assemble at a conference
within the next few c)ays at Kansas
City or M. Louis. J. his conference will
make a study ot the grounds for Ie
tral action, after which-, the United
States attorneys will return to their
districts prepared to institute con
current prosecution cf the strike
leaders at the signal from Washing
ton. While the attorney general is con
fident there will be no complete sus
pension ot transportation in the
event of a strike he recognizes that
there will be a slowing down of food
and fuel shipments. With Jhis situa
tion in mind he uttered an appeal
to households to refrain, from a buy
ing orgy or hoarding which would
incite profiteering by retailers and
send prices skyward.
Hoover Gets Reports.
To Secretary of Commerce
Hoover, who is organizing govern
ment agencies to keep the necessi
ties-of life moving, Mr. Daugherty
sent detailed reports on the food
and fuel situation in every section
of the country. These reports indi
cate that there are supplies of food
and fuel in most communities suffi
cient ' to last two weeks even if
transportation facilities were com
pletely suspended.
Mr. Daugherty declined to dis
cuss his plans for proceeding against
the strike leaders.
"It is sufficient to say at ' this
time," he said, "that we are getting
ready to act effectively if it should
become necessary for the govern
ment to preserve transportation,"
Blind Murderer Loses '
Suit on Ex-Saloon Men
Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 26. (Special.)
Rudolf Kraus, blind and a "life'
convict in the penitentiary, today
lost his suit for $25,000 against
Harry Pimper and Max Schroeder,
in the district court here.
The jury returned a verdict against
him after four hours deliberation. -
Kraus charged that Schroeder and
Pimper, former saloon keepers in
Ohiowa and Daykin, Neb., sold him
liquor which made him drunk just
before he went home, one night in
1917, and killed his wife and two
little children.
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Third Party to
Have Oratory at
Lincoln Meeting
Ten-Minute Limit Imposed to
Permit Passage of Box to
Collect Membership
Dues.
Lincoln, Oct 26. (Special.)
So-called third party leaders aren't
worried in the least for fear that
there won't be sufficient oratory in
the "progrettive independents,
formerly the nonpartisan league.
In fact, the promiied abundance of
conversation that will be volunteered
at the powwow here Friday is junt
what i worrying "the boyt" in
charge. They're afraid that the ora
tors wilt get their listeners so ex
cited that a thorough passage of the
collection box, in the forpt of "party
dues," will be overlooked.
For that reason the real leader are
reported to be planning to put a 10
minute limit on oration, and thus
give them time to get some of the
"root of all evil," which, despite it
wicked name is so necessary to carry
out the present political program.
Among some of the orators ex
pected are: Edgar Howard of Co
lumbus, W. I. Taylor of Merna,
"Alfalfa John" Franklin of Furnas.
who took off his coat when some
one called him a nonpartisan leaguer
in the legislature, but who is willing
to attend a "progressive independ
ent" meeting; Arthur G. Wray,
York: J. A. Lochray, Omaha; C
P. Birck, Grand Island; J. Hartley
Edmiston, North Platte; Cecil
Matthews, Blue Hill; A. M. Templin,
Omaha; T. J. Elleber, Grand Island;
Peter Hakanson, Fairfield; Herman
Meyer, Hooper.
Men to Be Admitted as
Women's Club Members
(Continued from Pas On.)
the nominating committee were
Vice president, Mrs. T. T. Lees, Lin
coln, and Mrs. George Frater,
North riatte; recording secretary,
Mrs. E. W. Hurst. Grand Islan'l.
and Mrs. E. P. Patge, Norfolk;
treasurer, Mrs. D. C. Nenbel, Su
perior, and Mrs. L. W. Tolbert,
Kearney; auditor, Mrs. H. F. Hole,
rairbury, and Mrs. t. White,
bheldon.
Have Good Laugh.
The convention had its first good
laugh Wednesday morning when
Mrs. George R. Chatburn. president
of the Lincoln Woman s club and
chairman of the rules committee for
the convention, made her report.
Members of this convention shall
remove their hats upon entering the
assembly hall." She waited while
delinquents took off their modest
headgear. suddenly aware oi
tittering she touched her own head
and hat. Amid laughter and applause
she conformed to the rule of her
own commititee.
Report of the chairman, of creden
tials. Mrs. R. D. Moritz of Seward;
showed 247 club women in attend-5
ance of whom 231 are official repre
sentatives, including two general fed-,
eration officers, six state officers, six
istrict presidents, 12 state chairmen.
62 club presidents, 36 alternates, and
iu delegates.
275 Clubs in State.
Federated clubs in the state dum
ber 275, according to report of Mrs.
M. Dewey of Fairmont, recording
secretary. Thirty new clubs have
federated this past year.
A balance of S865.40 in the treas
ury was reported by the auditor,
Mrs. O'Linn Smith of Chadron.
Mrs. L. M. Lord of Omaha, presi
dent of Second district, moved a vote
of thanks to the chairman of pro
gram,. Mrs. M, P. Cameron of Oma
ha, who is responsible for th "On
ward Nebraska" program, which is
considered by club women one ot
exceptional merit. .
1U13. X. U. X CllllJT VI '1 unci lUI!,i
vice president and candidate for the7
presidency, said in her report, "A
woman's club should be to the com
munity what the Rotary, Kiwanis
and other men's organizations are."
flan special Luncheon.
Second district, which includes
Omaha, will hold a special luncheon
at the Chamber of Commerce Friday
15th Street
Black
Nicoll aIl-mool tah-
rica give longer
wear. Thia mean
fewer elethe to
bay a mate way to
eaoe.
I noon, the cWug day of th con
' venlion.
"Live at home and board it the
tame place," sdmouuhed Mrs. Lulu
lludon of Simeon, who conveyed
greeting from the Nebraska Horn
Lcononuc intonation, an afl'liattd
organization, to the fi deration.
An overflow audience heard Mr,
Roe V. S. Berry of Berkeley. Cal
general federation chairman of fine
art. "Our art give u the story
of the rat in mimic." said Mr. Ber
ry. She place the g'reateit hope for
the aiuwer to myriad quettions of
the hour. NiC ropheied a new
piano for the future with more inter
vali or tones increasing the DOmhil
tie for beautie by 50 per cent, "It
i Mir progress, tne saia.
Withholds Judgment
For modern art she bespoke abry
ance of judgment. 'You tay, 'I have
not read it, of a book, but you
pats judgment on art you do not
understand," she continued. Modern
art, she declared, is more nearly
her despair. The spirit of Main
Street. Lula Betts and other mod
cm fiction, she deplored.
"We won't make surgical dressings
for the next war," said Mrs. Addiion
E. Sheldon of Lincoln, txeneral fed
eration director for Nebraska. "We
won't be here to do it, for civilua-
tion will be wiped out with these
tlcctric waves, deadly vase and
poisonous germs," said Mrs. Shel
don in her plea for disarmament
Thierlow Lierance. Nebraska com
poser of Indian music, and his wife
wilt appear on the biennial program
at Chautauqua, N. Y.. in June, ac
cording to Mrs. Sheldon, lie will
pay his own expenses with money
earned at concerts during the winter
before women s clubs.
Review of Work.
Mrs. Sheldon described the pur
poses of the headquarters of the fed
eration at Washington and reviewed
the work of the last vear and a half.
Three hundred official delegates
and 200 visitors oacked the Meth
odist church to the limit at the Wed
nesday evening session.
Mrs. L. B. Penny ot tullerton, a
member of the commission for the
new state seal, spoke on that sub
iect. She defined the law and sketch
ed plans for the committee report
to the governor in 1922. "The new
seal will be placed in every school
house," she said, "and a shrine will
be asked for in the new state capitol
where the inscription 'Equality Be
fore the Law,' will be placed."
Miss Katherine Worlcy, chair
man of tike state board of control,
gave a revealing discussion of Ne
braska institutions and Dr. G. E.
Condra of the University of Nebras
ka, entertained the audience with an
address, illustrated by stereopticon
views on "Nebraska ftie Beautiful."
A Fitting
Companion;
For the morning's round
of golf or the afternoon's
shopping tour is this
smartly woven coat
sweater, which employs
brushed wool for its full
length Tuxedo collar. It
may be had in the colore
of brown, navy, rust and
.black for $28.
Crepe de Chine
Underthings
Charming gowns in shades
of flesh, white and peach,
all daintily trimmed and
fashioned from $8.85
to $16.50.
Lovely chemise in flesh or
peach color, with lace and
ribbon trimmings or smart
ly tailored, with ribbon
straps or built up shoulders,
from $3 to $13.50.
An , extra size envelope,
chemise in white, flesh or
peach color, from $10.50
to $15.
Furs
Repaired and remod
eled. Expert work for
an attractive price.
Pony Hosiery
Is fashioned exclusively for
children and is the best
hose of all for service, style
and comfort.
For Girls
In silk lisle, with double
knee, heel and toe, in blacky
cordovan and white. Small
er sizes for 55c and larger
sizes for 65c.
For Boys
A heavy weight hose with
triple knees, heels and toes,
in black -or cordovan. Small
sizes for 55c, large sizes
for 65c.
Toiletries
for 7c
Haskin's hard water c&Aile
soap for 7c.
Creme oil soap, 7c. .
Rain Continues
Over State and
Will Save Wheat
Weitern Part of Nebraska
Cell Snow Southwest
Gets Snow Southeast
Months.
Norfolk. Neb., Oct. 26. (Special
Telegram.) A general rain i falling
all over north Ncbraoka and tnu'li
ern South Dakota. Thi rain ha been
in progreM since Tuetday and i r-f
much benefit to Winter wheat. In
the vicinity of Harrison, Neb., a
ugni snow ten during the t'triU.
Drouth Is Broken.
Fawnee City. Neb.. Oct. 2(5. (Sue
cial.) The first rain to visit the vi
cinity of Pawnee City for ahout two
months fell luciday. Although u
was not a soaker by any mean, it
wat enough to lay the dtif-t and
break the drouth.
Winter Wheat Saved.
Oshkosh. Neb.. Oct. -'0. (Spe
cial.) A rainfall amounting to 1.50
inches and lasting over a period of
24 hours has thoroughly soaked the
ground, relieving the anxiety here
tofore felt lor tail wheat A mn
acreage of wheat has been damaged
already by the dry weather and the
work of worms, but this moisture
will save thousands of acres that
were in danger. -
Hail at Columbus.
Columbus. Neb.. Oct. 26. (Spe
cial.) One and one-thirtieth of an
inch was the rainfall here Tuesday
afternoon as registered by the gov
ernment gauge. There was some hail
though not enough to cause dam
age in any way. l here was a short
period of lightning and heavy thun
der during the one hour of heavy
rain. Farmers bad begun to report
that some of the wheat was turning
yellow and are much relieved to have
the moisture at this time.
Rain at Cambridge.
Cambridge. Neb.. Oct. 26. (Spe
cial.) There fell in this community
Tuesday night .12 of an inch of rain.
This is the first rain since Septem
ber 18. The wheat looks fine and
farmers claim that it is in first-class
condition. The farmers are begin
ning to pick corn and some com
is making as much as 35 bushels to
the acre. The farmers are paying
cents per bushel for corn picking.
Snow at Sidney.
Sidney, Neb., Oct. 26. (Special.)
A steady rain started Monday
Sale of Millinery
for One-Half Price
Thursday your unrestricted choice of our en
tire stock of street, tailored and dress hats,
including models from Cecile, Rawak, Gage,
Cupid, Washshower, Maison Maurice, Bruick
Wiess and Tennie.
Some are Lyons velvets, feather hats, hand
embroideries, gold and silver brocades,
duvetyn. ,
Thursday One-Half Price
All Sale Final No Exchanges, Approvals or C. O. D.'s -
Millinery Fourth Floor
A Blouse That Is
Almost a Dress
Jupon is what you call them. They come in
crepe de chine and are very attractive with
their round necks and loose sleeves and the
long tunic has slits part way up the sides.
The navy blue and brown ones are elabor
ately trimmed with steel beads and may be
had for $59.50.
The black ones are smartly trimmed in novel
ty silk braid and are $39.50.
night in Cheyenne county add iftr
pouring dimn all night, tusitrj ti
snow TurtdAy morning. At 1'ottrr
it aoumrd lmot the proportion of
a bluard Thi will l ol iiieiinu
ble value to the growing w heat which
was beginning to sutler from iick o
inoUture.
Woman on Trial for
Murder Suffers From
Poor Memory on Stand
Twin Fall. Oct. Jo.'I don't
know," "I can't recall" and "I don't
remember" were the principal replies
of Mr. Pan! Vincent Southard dur
ing her irotm-cxaniiiiation today.
The woman, who i charged with the
murder of her fourth hiulisnd by
poisoning and by County Prosecutor
Frank Steplian with causing the
death of four other perion by
the same mean, took refuge in a
laulty memory.
No amount of questioning tcrvfd
to refresh her recollection a to
many incident related by former
witncs-ic. . ,
The ituci was excused a few
minutes In-fore noon after being on
the stand since the opening of court
ui y:oi7. i r.icticauy no new informa
. s , It 0
tion was brought out.
I . J. Grossman, county coroner
and uudi rtakrr, was recalled by the
defense for irons-examination at to
his charge in the bill for service In
connection wtih the Meyer funeral
of $50 for embalming. The witness
had previously testified that the body
of Meyer wa not embalmed. Mr.
Grossman explained the item re
ferred to as a charge made not for
embalming, but for care of the re
mains during and following the two
postmortem examinations.
Two Beatrice Men Held
For Stealing Y.M.C.A. Tents
Heatrice, Neb., Oct. 26. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Ernest Darwin and
Spencer Horn were bound over to
the district court by Judge Ellis on
the charge of stealing three tents
from the ,Y camp, northwest of the
city. The tents were valued at $21.50
each. Frank Kinaman, first man ar
rested in the case, turned state's
evidence, and testified that Darwin
and Horn told him they had tolen
the tents and that they hired him to
haul them from Horn's home to
Glcnover, but becoming frightened
at a passiug auto, they dumped them
out along the road, where they were
later found and turned over to the
police.
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