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= [HE BEE, OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 2 HUCHES SWEEP IS Smile Broadly Over Prospects of His Nomination, | Gibbon, Neb., May 2 ecia e e ; the |Pasa between y statior e gest graduating class he NO CHANCE FOR CRITICISM | y; { the High scl was given]'® & 3avorits ‘Deg o 1 t I L3 X lomas at the commencement |°f Harlem and Washington Heights, who (From & Staft Correspondent | vl h . | mwust have a little am ont while Liseate A 1 aatss exercises held theo pera house Fri- | ) , May 2 (Special.) iy | “commuting T Facing a condition which looks to the | day evening. The address was de bet k‘ t almost certain selection of Charles E. [livered by Clark A Fulmer, chancellor | " * aring ‘males 'and n<hewing Hughes for the republican nomina- of the Wesleyan university, himself [ Woaring maies and Etm<en P tion for president, Nebraska demo-|a graduate of the Gibhon schools, [™*le® ke alais; A" vl crats coming to Lincoln are not in a I'he cla follows bl ks Al Sy &t mood to smile very broadly, Prob-| Flo Tilgnsn, Maballs | POPPISL to s ably this condition could not be more | S Ralay. Lot drpsian fittingly expressed than by remarks | ¥ by lun(lymvn nent democrats, one liv ing in Omaha and the other in Lin coln, made this morning “Who are you going to nominate at your national convention?" asked the Omaha democrat of a Lincoln re publican o Looks Like Hughes, “It looks to me like Hughes," re plied the republican Well, to be frank absut it an swered the Omaha man, "“if y nate Hughes, T wi will make Wilson go some The Lincoln democrat simply said “If Hughes is the nominee of the republicans, I am of the opinion that U nom that he Wilson will not be able to defeat him, | I would not want you to quote me ying it, but that is the w | to me, and what makes it more the certain is that [ believe both fac tions of the republicans will get be hind him in nice shape.” This probably expresses the feeling of a majority of democrats in this state and it is not an unusual thing to hear them make comment like the above In a trip to the western part of the state fast week The Bee repre sentative met and talked with many republicans and democrats, and the almost unanimous expression among republicans that they believe Hughes to be the logical man completel knocks in the head any pretense that the Nebraska delegation to the cor vention uld not he carrying out the wishes of Nebraska republicans in helping nominate Mr. Hughes, and the general feeling among democrats talked t that Hughes would be a hard man for President Wilson to combat, indicates the wisdom of re publicans in casting their eyes in the direction of the New York man Only Ray of Hope. Somehow cannot find democrats much fault with Judge Hughes. They | say | will not accept, which appears to be the only ray of light coming to b them, and it is a safe proposition to consider that should Judge Hughes be nominated, he will receive a| large number of democratic votes next November, Another thing which is giving dem ocrats cold shivers whenver they look in the direction of the republi- can party is the strength of the state ticket Judge Sutton, republican nominee for governor was in Lin- coln last week and it was noticed that many promising support were men formerly lined up on the other side. Among the number were H. E Sackett of Beatrice, who two years ago ran for governor on the hull moose ticke, It is generally admitted that with a man like Hughes head- ing the national ticket Nebraska ought to regain her old time repuly- lican majority, and on top of it elect a republican state administration ard a republican legislature, Schedule of Golf Play For Season at Happy Hollow Club The Happy Hollow club golf cham- pionship will be started July 29 this ear, according to the club schedule just announced by the golf commit tee The championships will con tain four flights this year. The schedule for the year is as follows MAY May 27—IKighteen-hole hand! AEAINKL bokey, three clasaes re ea in each ¢ ptributors. n Day hole hand v I X " y Fight Columbus Pool Mal New Tea . . . Nebraska Bourbons Not Disposed to | | the county, about ten miles nc "|the barn, which with his hay and | » [lost, the loss being sustained being | s [the property and it is a total loss y‘ \ e BETS TAKEN ON EVERYTHING |'* Nebraska ALARMING DEMOS ——— P of Balting Chance for Comine in comfort The number inexhaustible Thomp |and range o I, Ce | H ' mg a erowded Mad & o ' Hall, Ver AR ' t ' Marjoris be I ) A Kiven ¥ o Hazel M. Pool, Jay R. |, . ¢ bisk T Emily 1 d All of the High toachers were Kray Ha ne ard slected at A | n the number of that a Proftessor i fitteen 1w of them would take up more room than hett van con North Bend, Neb,, May 21 cial)—~The twenty-sixth annual com s Gadn oifarshn mencement of the North Bend High [*" e e ; e | school was held Thursday morning, |* i o dyr il . when a class of twenty-one received [ . B i | their diplomas and Miss Bulah Figher |th!s n R, |and Miss Dorothy Bignall received |'®® ©r¢ A cholarshi Chancellor Fulmer of the h the old folk Wesleyan, delivered the commence. |4oubled up with rheun 1 and g ment address on “What the World [t at home and get thelr excitement ¥ Demands Today.” on the weatk walters in the jrants ext | The commencement of the Osceola |’ Y ot G prdad high school are in full swing. The |l®rofting and " by § Athenian . Literary socjely geve the|These oan be deslc in on margin and i last Friday evening, The Ciceronian | jociety gave, “Cupid at Vassar” last | evening to a full house, A special |' program was given Thursday after 100n with the local Grand Army post land the Relief corps as guests. The hampagne 0 be n the percentage feve that betting fs confined to the (iay White Way, for At is known even in min er “Rilly'" Bun isterial circles, When [baccalaureate sermon was preached 49y A o a cit $ avkiss ; Episcopal church this evening el “ |graduating exercises will occur on | | Friday evening, May 26, Dean B, | McProud will give the class address Humboldt, Neb Ma 21,—Com mencement exercises will be held | [here Wednesday evening, May 24.| The baccalaureate sermon ~ was | preached this evening by Rev. Mr | Hill at the Presbyterian church. The graduates are | Lillle H, ~ Becken-Meinolph V. Kapplus. arien R, Korb, 7, Koudels, o M. Cad Mannefeid ¢ Cajdn 5. Newh, DIl na_ Oslschineger, Frahm €. Clifford Rich, arry R. Grunke Dean L, Bharrar Hildred ¥ Herr-Tillla ¥, Bolfarmoner. mann, Waiter V. Btostzel, Enid H. ¥rieda B, Zeplin Jerome E " Prof. Charles Fordyce of the teachers' college at the state univer sity, will deliver the class address West Point, Neb,, May 21.—(Spe- cial).—~Twenty-one seniors will re- ceive their diplomas at the com mencement exercises of the West Point high school on next Thursday. This is the largest class in the his tory of the school and is composed of the following: Marls Ninger, Pearl fmith, McCannell, Floy Bmith, 8hirley, Willa Davis Edwin Lionberger ohris Hecht | ‘ %] | Building Boom at Imperial. Imperial, Neb,, May 21.—(Special) Imperial is enjoying a great building bhoom this spring, there are two fine | brick garages now in the course of there will be none finer or more com plete this side of Hastings. Therg is also one large brick store building being constructed, and there is some ten nice dwellings being built, and there is a flavor of prosperity on every hand. Most of the residents |being built are by retired farmers | and range in price from $2,500 to $5,- | 000.00. Imperial is located about half | way between Omaha and Denver on | the Omaha-Lincoln-Denver highway | Barned Burned Near Imperial. Imperial, Neb., May 21.—Last ni during the storm the large bar he McCoy, in the north th of | Imperial, was struck by lightning and the barn with its contents was wholly there '‘was about seven housand bushels of corn cribed in | | destro {all of his harness, and one horse was | d at about $8,000 to $£9,000, ¢ was no insurance on any of| ) M Sterling Girl Seriously Hurt Ne May zabeth Frer ab. re 4 f R Wit] e when your caris runns s on oF The Tesey ClotRand Crown Gasoline-then . \ Dependabie whenever you by it Gaod dealers show the sifn } STANDARD OILLOMPANY Persistence is the cardinal vir- tue in advertising: no matter e e how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be run frequently ‘ ly to be rea LESSED be the man who can for- get the faults of his friends. . But blessed is the man whose friends are as faultless as a pipe of VELVET. TN T £ AT AT ald GRABS WOLF BY THE THROATi Kansan Holds Greip on Reast Untll | wpanion Aretves with ats Apt " r e, W 1 A 3 W 1a Apture chardson and arles 1 f wppened t t west of ent th pled They f¢ | she disap | " knew from the action of the w at | hole al t v 1 out 1 1 K d 1t wa far t fror on they t site § 1t e and v Tt . son sprang and grabbed it by the back | the wolt was finally killed curing a spade, the men ftter of seven.- ) Joe Stecher Gets | Offer From Circus| Al G. Barnes of the Barnes ci Stecher of | the | Barnes shows as a ALLrac tor Barnes came to Omaha yesterday fc close a deal with Mike Collins, man ager of Fred Fulton, to have Fulto join the show as an athletic feature A contract to- pay Fulton $1,000 a week was enterec | join the circus at show in Omaha Friday and Fulton is matched to meet Jess Will-| ard on Labor da | The sum Barnes offered Stecher is any reply last night, so it is nof ki hether Stecher will accept or no | PP per galion ki and constant- lly successful. 5c & 10c Packages Only one weekly farm paper in the world has, sufficient merit to be read by as many as half the farm homes in a single state. The TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER has the remarkable record of reaching 53% of the farm homes in Nebraska. It is likewise as popular in the homes of Western Iowa farmers. 110,000 copies are read weekly. e individu your want ads whether buyer or seller, renter or owner, borrawer or lender, omplayer or en ploye BISCUIT COMPANY