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Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Lower Is Latest
A.W.O.L. in Ranks
OF State Bankers
Attorney General Can't Find
Valparaiso Cashier, Once
Freed by Technically,
He Would Prosecute.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 2,-(Special.)
Ray Lower, former cashier of the
Valparaiso State bank. is the latest
a. w. 0. l.. in the ranks OF Ne
braska bankers.
State officers announced today
that efforts to locate Lower, want
ed on 20 different counts for wreck
ing the bank. had failed.
Lower, after he had pleaded gull
ty to misappropriating funds from
the bank and had been sentenced
to the state penitentiary, hired a
lawyer who appealed to the supreme
court on the technically that an
assistant attorney general instead OF
the attorney general had filed the
information.
The supreme court upheld Low
er's lawyer and as a result Lower,
who admitted his guilt, was freed.
Instantly after the supreme court
freed him, Attorney General Clar-
ence A Davis began searching for
the Cashier, WIN, DIT tllC tiiiiS Va tHS
supreme courts decision, was out on
bond and was reported to be in
Colorado.
Last week Davis received tele-
phone message from Lowers wife
that her husband would be in Wa
hoo. Davis and Gus Hyers. state
sheriff, went Immediately to Wa
hoo. But no Lower. Since that time
officers have failed to locate him.
When Lower pleaded guilty to
one specific count he was not prose
cuted on 20 others with which he
was charged. Davis intends to prose-
cute him on certain of the 20 other
counts, if he catches the man.
A formal $4,000 appeal bond,
signed by former Saunders county
saloon keeper, has not, as yet, been
released, and in the event Lowers
disappearance proves to be pernla-
nent affair, the state may be able
to collect ON the bond
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Town Will Issue Bonds to
Connect With Power Line

Bruce. S. D., Aug. 2-(Special.)
The question of issuing $4,000
bonds to connect the city of Bruce
with a high tension electric power
line was approved by voters at a
special election by a vote OF So to 3.
As soon as the bonds are sold city
officials will enter into a contract
with either the power plant OF
Brookings or the Dakota Light and
Power company OF Flandreau to fur
nish 24-hour electric service.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Poverty Ridge
Blossoms Into
Fertile Center
Invention of New Irrigation
System Transforms Barren
Acres Near Grand Island
Within Three Years.

Grand Island, Neb., Aug. g.
Especial Until three years ago a
strip of land running diagonally
across five or six sections three
miles northeast OF Grand Island was
know as Poverty Ridge" Loan
soil covered the sand subsurface to
depth of only about Is inches, and
in some places less. Two attorneys,
Kraft and Edgerton of Aurora,
bought up 2,740 acres of it at "Pov-
erty Ridge" prices.
About this time, William Kelley,
head OF a local plumbing company,
invented new we'll. 1t is an open
affair. made OF perforated cement
cylinder blocks, reinforced. A pat
cnted arrangement at the bottom
leaves a body OF clear water. A
pump and electrical power, the lat
ter now being furnished by Grand
Islands municipal plant at 2 cents a
kilowatt, completed the irrigation
plant"
Three years ago the population OF
this strip was - persons. l oday the
population is 2l5, of whom seven
families are those of experienced
irrigationists, brought from the
western part of the state. A new
school district has been organized
for Irrigation ridge.
There are today. in addition to
the first Kelley we'll, IS others OF
similar type scattered over the 2,740
acres. The beets are expected to
yield from 10 to Is tons an acre. The
potato crop, IS acres, is being har-
vested and is running 200 bushels an
acre. Two hundred acres of wheat
yielded from % to 81 bushels an
acre-this without irrigation because
Of exceptional rains this year for the
wheat season.
There are ia acres OF beans and
800 in corn. the rest being in pas
ture and alfalfa. The promoters did
not expect the best results for the
first five years. because of neces-
sary fertilization, but are we'll sat-
isfied.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Bids Opened for Cottage
At Womans Home at York

Lincoln. Aug. 2-(Special, "A
contract for a $4,000 cottage at the
York home for socially diseased
women will be the second signed by
the state board of control this year.
The home is filled and hundreds
of afflicted women could be sent
there if there was sufficient room,
according to the state health depart
ment. Hence, the decision of the
board of control to receive bids for
the new cottage on August Is.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Mrs. Ida Iowa Smith
Asks CUSTODY of Children

Mrs. Ida Iowa" Smith filed an
answer and cross-petition in district
court yesterday asking divorce
from John Smith and custody of her
three children. The juvenile court,
last Saturday, gave custody of
Smiths son, Buford, to him and
Mrs. Smith thereupon called upon
the boy to beat it" which he did,
causing CONSERVATION in juvenile
court.
Smith filed his suit several weeks
ago. Mrs. Smith asks the court to
grant her alimony and give the de-
cree of divorce to her, alleging
cruelty.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Nebraska Soldier Buried
In Arlington Cemetery

Washington. Aug. 2.-(Special
Telegram Mrs. Iona Sharp OF
Loup City. Neb., came to Washing
ten yesterday to attend the burial
Of her son, Edward NJ. Sharp, in
Arlington cemetery. Private Sharp
was killed in the Argonne sector.
Mrs. Sharp had two other sons in
the service. who were en- route to
France when the news of the sign
ing of the armistice brought about
tte;r return
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Missing Banker Is
Believed in Texas
Service Car Driver Says He
Saw Man Answering De.
scription.

Chicago, Aug. "A telegram from
Maria. Tex. was received by Bank
Examiner H. S. Savage today in
quiring if there was a reward for the
capture of Warren c. Spurgin, miss
ing president of the closed Michigan
Avenue Trust company. The mes
sage contained no other details. 1t
was turned over to the states at
torney's Office which Immediately be-
gan to trace the source Of the
message.
The states attorneys Office today
charged there was a plot under way
to cover up the financial operations
Of Spurgin. 1t was found that the
books of the Warren Oil company,
Spurgin concern, are missing.
At the same time it was discovered
that Spurg:n had ordered an automo-
bile shipped from Ouray. Colo,
where he has mining interests, TO
Grand Junction, Colo, and this fact
is being used in an effort to trace his
flight.
FL Paso, Tex, Aug. 2.--Federal
officers announced today that they
have confirmed a report made by
Ross Harp, service car driver, to the
effect that he met a man who an
swered the description Of Warren
Spurgin. Chicago banker, at Maria,
Tex, yesterday, and drove him 10
PresideO.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03

appeal today to the supreme court
asking $4,000 for her husbands life,
lost in an elevator shaft of the
Thompson-Belden building at Six
teenth and Howard streets. Omaha.
The company and George A. Hoag-
land, owner OF the building, are
made defendants in the suit. kerwin
was working for the A. d. +. when
he met his death. The Douglas
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Aged Cripple, 94, Attends
Sessions of Chautauuua

Geneva, Neb., Aug. 2.-(Special.)
A seven-day chautauqua closed
here Tuesday. During the week of
music and lectures, Dr.. H. L. Smith,
90, missed few programs, his chief
interest being manifested in the ad-
dresses. He was brought to the
chautauqua tent in wheel chair, as
he had both legs amputated above
the knees a number of years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Geneva Camp Fire Girls
On Outing Near Milford

Geneva, Neb., Aug. 2.-(Special)
Girls from the campfire group,
Neeche-a of Geneva, are spending a
week on the Blue river at Milford
and living Indian style at Camp
Kiwanis. The girls are: Marian and
Helen Peterson, Ruth Chestnut. Ger
trude Bumgardner, Ethe Jane Deanc,
Frances Bailey, Louise Koehler and
Ruth Williams.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Stock and Agricultural
Show to be Held at Hastings

Hastings, Neb., Aug. 2.-(Special
Telegram Though it will be i'm
possible to get the new Adams coun-
ty fair under way this year, the farm
bureau voted to hold live stock
and agricultural show, September q
to %. The county will send col
lective exhibit to the state fair for
the first time in many years.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Man Demented by Hunger
And Exposure Causes Stir

Sisscton. S. D., Aug. 2.-(Special.)
A man believed to be demented
greatly al; med the residents of a
farming district of this (Roberts)
county. He was arrested by Sheriff
-Raker. Investigation revealed that
the wanderer was from Illinois and
did not remember how he came to
be in South Dakota.
His mental condition was found to
be nearly normal, his condition be-
ing due to hunger and exposure.
After being fed and attired in other
clothing he presented quite respect
able appearance and now has found
employment on a farm.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Fined on Liquor Charge

Fremont, Neb., Aug. 2.-(Special.)
Mathew Musiel of Prague, was
fined $l00 and costs on the charge
OF possessing liquor. He was found
sleeping in a car parked along the
curbing with his feet hanging over
the side. A bottle partly filled with
booze, was alleged to have been
found in his clothes.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Homecoming Festival

Liberty, Neb.. Aug. 2.-(Special.l J
Citizens of Liberty have decided
to have home coming festival Sep
tember | and 2. w. L. Gore is chair
man of the executive committee. con-
sisting of L. ]. Knoll, F. T. Kinney,
Charles Knoll, L. S. Burnham. Glen
Bowhay. F. l.. Eberhart. W. G..
Huntington and A. Z. Burgett.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Chickens Stolen.

Beatrice. Neb,, Aug. 2--(SpeciaD
H. f, Palmer farmer living
northeast OF this city, reports that
thieves visited his place the other
night and carried away a number OF
his fowls.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Dealer Identifies Goods
As Those Stolen From Store

Watertown, S. D., Aug. 2-(Spe-
cial.)-T. ]. Zens, proprietor of a
general store at Epiphany, S. D.,
proved his ownership of the mer-
chandise found in the Tenney barn,
and held by police officials.
Over $500 worth of merchandise
was stolen from his store on the
night of June Is. The goods re-
covered here represented only por-
ton of the merchandise. OF the so
pairs of overalls stolen, only II were
in the loot secured here. Other things
were in like proportion.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Is Gage County Delegates
Attend Y.W.C.A. Conference

Wymore, Neb., Aug. 2.-(Special.)
Fifteen delegates are representing
Gage county Y. w. c. A. at the an
nual town and country conference at
Lake Geneva, Wis, August 2-l2.
President Mrs. c. A. Spellman, Sec
retary Miss Hazel Butterheld and
Vera Anderson, Eflie Smith, Louise
Cox, Margaret Epp. Belle Watson,
Florence Beuhler, Lenore Alexander,
Mae Reed. Eulalia Fishback, Kath-
crime Webb, Grace Liddicott, Peggy
Parish and Mrs. !. Franklin Haas
are in ATTENDANCE from Gage county.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
New Manager Takes Over
North Platte Hospital

North Platte, Neb., Aug. 2.-(Spe-
cial Telegram. DIR. Q. R. Platt,
who recently came to this city from
Plattsmouth, has taken over the
General hospital, which, for a num-
Der of years, has been under the
management. of several physicians.
Miss Susan Murchie. a graduate
nurse, will be superintendent.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Virginia Democrats Vote
To Select State Candidates

Richmond, Va, Aug. 2.-After a
campaign described as one OF the
most spirited in years. Virginia
democrats today are voting in a
primary to name candidates for state
and local tickets.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Eighth Grade Girls Win
Prizes on Pilgrim Poems

Geneva, Neb.. Aug 2.-(Special)
Grace A. Lichti, district 55, won
first prize, and Marie Eide, district
40, won second on poems on the sub
ject of the landing Of the Pilgrim
fathers. The prizes were offered to
eighth graders of this county by the
Geneva woinan's club.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03

Millard Jenkins, youthful Omaha
engineer, is dead in Cuba, whittier he
went three months ago to aid in
building a plantation railroad.
His fiancee, Miss Loretta Larsen,
1888 Chicago street, was grief-strick-
en- when she learned of his death by
cablegram yesterday. No details
were given in the message.
Young jenkins was employed by
the -Gunther- Shirley firm,
which was constructing the road. His
body will arrive here for burial next
week. a cablegram stated.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Supervisors Elect New
Adams County Schoo! Head

Hastings, Neb., Aug. 2--(Special
Telegram. Mrs. Harry Schultz was
elected county superintendent OF
schools by the supervisors to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Miss
Mary DUNCAN, under whom she
served as assistant.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
York "Y" Bows Camping.

Beatrice, Ncb., Aug. 2.-(Special.)
-Thirty-two boys from York, Neb.,
arrived here yesterday and went into
camp northwest of the city with the
"Y" boys for stay of 10 days. Some
made the trip by train while others
travelled by auto.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Auto Accident Fatal.

Lincoln. Aug. Especial. Peter
: Crounse, o3, died here this afternoon
from injuries sustained Sunday when
he was struck by an automobile. 1t
is claimed the car was, driven by Miss
Mary E. Brown of Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Boxing Permits Asked.

Lincoln, Aug. 2.-(Special.) New
applications for boxing permits to-
DAY were the Nebraska City Eagles
and the American Legion at Hooper,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
CITY Has New Librarian.

Hastings, Neb., Aug. 2.-(Special
Telegram. Miss May Hermle OF
Beatrice began her duties today as
librarian here, succeeding Mrs. |. J..
Capps, resigned.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Bows Finger Torn OF

Franklin, Neb., Aug. 2.-(Special.)
A finger was torn from the hand
of the 7-year-old son of Ben Tobiasen
Of Macon when it was caught in a
pump jack.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03

Dana Van Deusen has been ap-
pointed city attorney by Mayor
Dahlman. He succeeds L. J. Te-
Poel, who has served since the in
coming of the present city admins
tration last May.
TePoets re/.3nation was received
and accepted yesterday morning by
the city council, which approved the
appointment OF Van Deusen. Van
Deusen, who is bu. 80 years old,
viii receive $4,000 a year. He is
a graduate of the University of Ne
braska and the Harvard law school.
J. F. Moriarty, assistant city at
torney, will become city solicitor at
$1,000 a year. .-...-. ....
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03

county district court refused to give
Mrs. kerwin a cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-03
Widow Appeals Suit
Asking $4,000 for
Her Husbands Death

Lincoln, Aug, 2.--(Special, -
Edith Kerwin, widow of the late
Albert kerwin of Omaha, filed an
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Hurricane Season Early.

FARLY occurrence of West India hurricanes this
r year should occasion undue alarm the
- part of the public, according to the Weather
Bureau of the United States Department of Agricul-
ture Referring to the recent storms in the Caribbean
Sea and Gulf of Mexico. officials of the bureau state
that although it is unusual to experience hurricanes in
the month of June, the records OF the bureau do not
show that early storms of this character signify an
increase in activity in the later months of the hurr-
cane season.
A record of all the West India hurricanes that
have been reported since the first voyage of Colum-
bus is file in the marine division of the Weather
Bureau and contains great deal of interesting IL
tragic information From this, record appears that
hurricanes have occurred in June in only eight years
during the past century Only one of these, 1886,
marked by greater than average number of
storms for the remaining months.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Copyright, 1879
CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE

and the immediate consequence is unemployment in
Britain which reaches into the millions.
And for this British crisis the solution can onlv
be enforced migration, unless there is prompt res
toration of the world capacity to absorb British
products. Lloyd George has already admitted the
have been even more explicit But, after ALL the
British situation, the German situation, these are
only on all fours with the Japanese with the single
limitation that at Japans door lies the greatest mar
ket in the world, still undeveIoped, capable if de-
veloped under Japanese direction of absorbing Ia
pans increasing production and thereby enabling
Japanese millions to remain at home.
~ verting to its old policy, of which the open
Door" is the familiar description, but the "Open
Door for the United States and Europe is the closed door
for the japanese. True ask no special privilege
we are prepared to give the Japanese the same op-
portuntis which ask for ourselves But the truth
is that equality is not equality. Japan cannot COM
pete with the West equal terms; she must have a
handicap, special position and most important Of
all facts she has IT, not only has it, but has some sort
of recognition Of in documents of which the Lans-
ing-Ishii agreement is only the most notorious
We come now to the crucial point: Is the United
States prepared to go to with Japan to vindcate
the doctrine of the "Open Doorl" After all that is
what the question down to- We may dismiss
for the future the old boges of Japanese invasion of
California of Japanese attacks upon Hawaii or the
Philippines The conception of japanese aggression
has, II would seem, gone by the board as a conse-
quence of the last Should Japan attack us all
the British dominions facing the Pacific would fight
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

international is settle by law disputes which,
lacking such settlement, lead to war. Those Wash
ington leaders who responsible for the coming
conference show some warness about admitting new
subjects and disposed to limit rather than to
tend what Is called the "agenda" In this there is
sound and caution, but in the long it will
happen that the coming conference will take up more
questions than announced.
Further than this, the coming conference in Wash
ngton will be merely q beginning 1t will be- one OF
several conferences which will take up seriatim all the
questions Of common concern to nations, and which
inevitably at the end will lead to world association
for the preservation of peace and for the solution OF
other questions. y
TT IS DOUBTFUL If the American people realize
the direct interest that the conference will have
for them. II will have for us, of course, the inter-
est that it has for all nations who want to avoid the
horror of future and escape the burden of present
taxation But this particular interest is smaller to
America than to any other nation because the burdens
Of rest more lightly than any of the
others. The coming conference has interest for
America beyond this superficial The thing to
which Washington and the country is giving most
attention is business depression.
This depression in all its ramifcaons, rests finally
upon the inability of the original producer of goods to
find market for his wares 1t rests primarily the
fact that the American farmer is unable sell his
goods The reason he cannot sell his goods is that
those European nations which in past years have
bought them not able to buy them.
TINE trouble of the American farmer lies in the
fact that the foreign market for his products has
been cut off. 1t has been cut off by the war
induced poverty of the various nations of Europe.
Those nations cannot buy because they have used up
all their capital in the just past. Even though
these countries have used up all their capital it could
readily be arranged for to sell them goods on credit
but these same nations using up their credit by
expenditures looking to future wars
A careful inquiry recently made into the financial
affairs of eleven nations the continent of Europe
shows that each one Of them is spending more than
its income. So long this is So none of these ma
tons can have credit and of them can provide
market for our goods But the inquiry shows as
to most of these nations that if the money which they
are spending military and naval preparedness were
saved, they would be solvent.
In other words, if the coming conference in Wash
ington leads to disarmament even to approximate
disarmament by that alone most of the nations on
the continent of Europe will be transferred from bank
ruptcy to sovency, and will become countries to which
the United States safely extend credit and sell
goods .r.
Copyright, 1879
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

The Riga JdmakGs Sinas says that there are many
reports of huge expectation of Russian gold to
Sweden. According the information which reaches
this paper, nnetenths of this gold Is addressed to
Swedish banks, which act Intermediates between
Russia and America The amount of this expectation
Is said to be so great that British interests have be-
come very much interested
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-08
BIG COMMUNITY SALE
AT DAWSON, NOV. 1912

The general public viii be inter
ested in the advertisement in this is
sue of the progressive merchants o.
Dawson, who have joined together as
a cooperative association and are
staging a Joint sale. Each store in
that city will run sale. The entire
city will be decorated and many at
tractive amusements will be offered
the visitors absolutely free.
Among the amusements to be Of
fered by these Dawson merchants
will be seen such as the following
Best brass band in Dixie tig free
aerial exhibition, street dancing,
races, public wedding, hrmistice Day
celebration, etc.
These Dawson merchants tried this
endeavor last April and gave South
west Georgia some bargains never
before equalled, it was said. so with
this experience they are ready again
and will offer on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, November 10. II and
II bargains in every line and at all
prices There will also be thousands
OF articles sold by auctions each af-
ternoon TO the highest bidder.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-08
MINOR ELECTIONS
ARE FEATURES TO-DAY


NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-This be-
ing an eff year" in state and ma
tional politics, municipal contests
featured the annual fall elections
being held throughout the country
today. Only one state, Virginia, is
electing a governor. Several states
are electing legislatures in whole or
part. Kentucky elects twenty sena-
tor and one hundred representatives
Maryland elects an entire house of
delegates and half of the senate
New Jersey elects a new assembly
and six state senators; New York
also chooses a new assembly and
two state senators.
Mayoralty elections are being held
in over forty cities Of the state
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-08
BROWNSVILLE FISHERMEN
TALK LIKE AMERICUSERS

BROWNSVILLE, Nov g. - Some
great fish tales are told by local fish
crmcn returning from the gulf. They
state that two twenty-pound fish
were caught on a small hand line at
the same time; chat one fish swallow
ed another as it was being pulled in
and both were captured and that one
big grouper tore off a Wilson spoon
and was later caught with the spoon
lodged in his mouth These tales
are sworn to by the fishermen and
they brought back one thousand
pounds Of fish they caught in about
four hours on the Snapper Banks off
St Marks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-08
Thousands Now Take Ironized
Yeast Tablets to Build New
Health, Strength, Energy and
Weight.
Often Brings Results in Half the
Usual Time

Thousands Of people who were
formerly thin, weak, nervous, run
down or languid, have seemingly tax
en- a new lease on life since Science
discovered that the health-giving, en-
ergy-producing elements called vita
mines were contained in great guam
titles in Yeast.
But to help bring more quickly and
more thoroughly the added flesh, the
soothed nerves, the strengthened
muscles, the clear skin and the won
derful energy, the blood must be en-
lichcd also.
That is why Science has combined