KONBAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1924.
mrWWTr TH 7H T TIT
1M uintiuiu
Will Rikll was looking after some E. W. Thimgan sold to Fred Tonek
business matters in Elmwood on last a Case 15-27 tractor with the nec-
Wcdnesday. esasry plows which he will use in
S. P. Leis and Henry Heineman the cultivating of his land north
are to build a fence about the new west of Murdock. The machine will
scl ools grounds as soon as the work- arrive in a short time,
injr conditions will permit. ! Dr. Blattspieler of Tobias who is
G. Bauer received as a present a
fou- Aar sfnre a violin from a friend
in Germany which is considered a
most artistic and valuable instru-
roent.
S. P. Leis was assisting in tne
shelling of corn at the home of Fred
Towle near Wabash during Ia3t
Thursdav where he went to look af-
tf-r Rnm business for the dav.
Mrs. O. W. Gillespie who has been
convalescing for some time contin-
uc-s to improve and it is hoped by
h?r.elf and friends that she will soon
have regained her accustomed
health.
Tffi! ti-pq r?plavpd for a shnrf
tine last TKursaay on account ot tne
rternilment of a box car in the mid-
die of a freight train which required
a number of hours to put back on
the track.
The Murdock Mercantile company
installed a Westinshouse radio at
th home of Albert Theile which is a
?ourre of much entertainment for
t'.'o entire family and also for their
friends as well.
A. J. Eauers. who has been kept
to his home and bed for the past,
three weeks with a very severe and
a ute attack of lumbago is now so
hp can iret urt ae-ain and is fpolinfr
quite a bit better.
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Unlimited amount of money to
loan on eastern Nebraska farm land,
Lowest rates.
Applications taken
r.n. i,,- c n t tj
t. A t- , . ,
hast at Farmers & Merchants' Bank,
itiUraocK, JNeor,
You Sure Know It!
Murdock is an excellent
town in which to live. We
have at this time a number
of very choice places for
sale. Come, see me. and get
a good home while you can.
I also have farms and land
elsewhere. A number of
Cass county farms. I write
reliable insurance of all
kinds. See me.
Emi!fuehn
Murdock' -:- Nebraska
an Saws
on the materials for the painting and varnishing which
you are expecting to do this spring. We have an abun
dance of excellent interior and floor varnish, flat tone
paints for the interior, also wagon and auto paints, all
of which will be disposed of at less than first cost. The
painters have gone and we desire to close out the re
maining stock.
ax Dusterhoff
(By his Mother,
MURDOCK -:- -:-
Watch This Space!
In a short time we will have an important change in
our meseage to the public. Together with the general
garage business we will handle machinery in the fu
ture, and shall endeavor to serve the public to the
best of our ability.
Just now we have two excellent bargains in small
portable gas engines for use on the farm. We can
make some very attractive prices on these.
The Thimgan (Parage
E. W. Thimgan, Proprietor
MURDOCK -:- -:- -:- NEBRASKA
Blue R
A Cold Weather Special
Plenty of Kick Makes Starting Easy!
-GEO, TRIKiKENBOLZ OIL COUPAHY-
V
Eagle and Murdock s
PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
wen Known cere nas to go to a nos-
pital in Lincoln last week where he
underwent an operation for relief
from appendicitis and is since re-
ported as getting along nicely.
jess Lanunoim wno nas not Deen
feeling the best for some time, has
not been
l about the garage much of
was able to spend a day at
show at Omaha last week
late but
the auto
where he saw some new style cars
for this year's wear.
T. S. Rager was a visitor in Oma-
ha last Thursday where he went to
secure employment with the For I
people of that place and returned in
the evening savinir' that thpre were
some iuu pt-opie mere looning ior
employment.
Gust Gakemeier and Gordon Block
with the truck of the latter on last
Wednesday moved George Stoll who
lived near Manley, to Plattsmouth.
where he will make his home in the
future, he having employment in the
Burlington shops.
Emil Rikli and family have been
visiting at the home of the mother which would be or use will be thank
of Mrs. Rikli. Mrs. Henry Nolting, fully received by Mr. Bauer and sent
near Plattsmouth for a few days, to the people there.
Mr. and Mrs. Rikli will depart for
western Kansas in a short time to
make their home.
E- Thimsran was called to Om-
aha a few clays since to look after
gome business and while there also
attended the auto show which was in
session and found much interest in
tne new cars ana moueis wnicn were
beautiful and cars built for service
or thi3 vear.g modeis.
Bud Amgwert departed a few
days since for Omaha where he went
, to have some correction made in his
ing him trouble of late and which
he goes to Ret remedied. Miss Viola
Everett will assist in the Murdock
Mercantile company store during hi3
absence.
Mrs. George Towle. mother of the property while making his home
Mrs. J. E. McIIugh and her sister. jn Murdock. The property was a
Miss Rhene Towle. both of Lincoln, good payer, but required a trip Quite
who have been visiting at the home often and had to make trips to look
of friends at Weeping Water for a after the business and then have it
number of days, were guests at the jn charge of someone else, so he con
home of Mrs. McHugh and family for eluded he would dispose of the busl
a number of days last week and re- nss.
malned for over the week end. -
Miss Jessie Melvin departed for Entertained Kensington Club
Lincoln where she is entering a hos-, j;rs. j. e. McIIugh entertainer!
pital where she will receive treat- the Kensington club at her home in
ment for hr health. Miss Melvin Murdock on last Thursday and a
has not been feeling the best for goodly crowd of the members were
some time tut is much better than jn attendance, .the occasion being
when she was before going to that flavored with patriotism, it being so
institution. It is hoped that she may near the birthday of the Father of
return entirely restored to her for-, His Country,. George Washington.
mer health
I
You ,'loney!
Mrs. F. Oehme)
-:- NEBRASKA
ibboa Gasoline!
DEPMR TMEMT.
Alvin Bornemeier who had occa
sion to have one of the test weights
for his large scale in town left the
needed block of iron, at the barber
shop until he could go home and dur
ing the evening a large crowd of the
young people of Murdock gathered to
demonstrate their strength by put
tine it up some twelve time and
many others a number of times
while some could not make the rime.
Mr. E. M. Shatto who has been
visiting ior some time in me east
where he was the guest of a number
of sister, resumed home last Monday
from South Bend where he was the
guest of one sister and at Monone, In-
diana, where he has three sisters and
also spent some time at Indianapolis,
While away he enjoyed the visit very
much and was loath to return home,
but expects to visit with the sisters
again the coming year. ,
Mr. G. Bauer received a letter
irum ufniiau) j me yciauu
who has charge of receiving and dis-
tnbuting the presents which the
people about Murdock recently sent
and expressed their thanks for the
things which were sent, saying that
they were all very much needed and
that the reception of them was like
Christmas. There is still much need
yet to be supplied and everything
It Was Give and Take
At the basketball game which was
played between the teams of Mur
dock and the teams of Weeping Wa
ter the girls of Murdock won over
th 1neiVs nf Wooni n r Wntpr hv a
score of 16 to 14 wnile tRe Murdock
boys lost to the lads from over on
the creek by a score of 14 to 4. The
game was played in Murdock on last
Tuesday,
Disposes of Business in Lincoln
Emil Kuehn who has been inter
ested in a barber business in Lin
coln for some time disposed of the
same a few days since realizing front
the sale of the place some $2,500
and is no loncer encumbered with
Much worth was done and various
topics discussed and the gathering
closed with a most delightful lunch
eon which was served bv Mrs. Mc
Hugh. Award Two Contracts
The board of education of the Con
poliiated district Xo. 7 which in
cludes Murdock and vicinity during
the pas week awarded two contracts
for a portion of the construction of
the new school building which is to
be erected here during the present
year. J. Johnson received the con
tract for the c7Cvptlon for the sub
structure and will be?in on the work
as soon as the weather will permi'
and the surveyor shall have come
and "taked off the ground for the
world. The brik work was given to
a firm. Wm. Hoye and Son, from
Omaha.
Will Attend State Tournament
The Murdock team of boys of bas
ketball for the high school will at
tend and participate in the Nebras
ka state basketball tournament
which is to be held in Lincoln on
March 6, 7, and 8. Just at this timi
: the team comprises nine members
besides the coach, Mr. W. Meyers,
who. by the way, i3 an excellent
coach, being well versed in the game
and its rules, are putting in some
very good work at night at the hall.
The members of the team of Murdock
are: Captain Elmer Miller, Charles
Zaar. Floyd Hite, Melvin Stricli.
Walter Oehlerking, Walter Strny.
Bryan McDonald and Carl Baum
gartner. Box Social and Program
The school known as Pawnee
school fave a box social and program
last Friday at which there was a
large crowd in attendance and a
most enjoyable time. The program
was well worth while and reflected
much credit on the teachers and all
who took part in it. Miss Elsie
Deickman was voted the most popu
lar young lady in the contest. Th3
affair netted some $60 for the school
and will materially assist in getting
many of the thinps which the dis
trict Iras been needing.
Entertained Teachers and Friands
Mrs. J. E. McHugh entertained
one evening last week at her home in
Murdock the teachers ol' the Mur
dock schools and a number of ths
younger set of Murdock society. The
evening was spent in playing Monte
Carlo whist, a very fascinating game
which grip3 the player with much City on its own floor: Westboro. refrigerators, steel cars and passen- gun," declared Count Bethlen, who ; the number of lives he. had menaced
interest. A delightful luncheon was Mo., entered the national tourna- ger coaches and for which work added. "I hope that Mr. Harding will Aimis is charged with having caus
served; and a most nleasant evpnin? : ment at Chicasro last year. Auburn from 250 to 300 men were errmloverf soon arrive In Kudanost " Tho n. Li thn dm u..n4. x' .
enjoyed by all present.
Gets San Juan Easily
Henry Oehlerking at his home east
of Murdock with his radio and things
working pretty well a few nighta
since was able to listen in on a pro
gram which was given at San Juan.
Porto Rico., and enjoyed the music
from the isles of ths sea while still
sitting by his fireside. .This is do
ing pretty good for a one tube set.
PLATTS1IOUTH SEMI- WEEKLY J0URH4L.
NATIONS UNITE TO
HONOR LAFAYETTE
i
America ana xrnuw .UBUU' "
Effort to Perpetuate Memory
0f Famous Frenchman. !
New York, Feb. Zv. A memorial.
in pranCe to the Marquis de Lafay-
ette to perpetuate the memory of
tnis famous Frenchman thru good
WOrks. is the accomplishment in a
period of four years of ah American I
society known as the Lafayette me-,
morial. which has the support and
co-operation of a large number of
prominent French and American
men and women. The memorial to-
dav is not a Droiect. but a jroing con-
cern, taKing me ovi.y.
and orphanage; a
jj l tr-L iiutriv.uiai
sanitarium and finally . museum
It is the purpose of the society to
maintain the Chateau Lafayette, in
central France as a permanent me-
morial
to the marquis and to the
memory
of the allied heroes who
wera killed
in the world war. It
J"
should become, members of the so-
tietv sav. an American national me-
morial like Mt. Vernon on the Poto-
mac, the birthplace of George Wash-
ington.
The memorial is located in the old
Lafayette chateau, at Chevagnac, 350
miics south of Paris, where the mar-
cuis was born in 1757. This prop-
ertv, consisting of various buildings
and 175 acres of land, has been ac-
quired by the society. The chateau
was the home of Lafayette s ances- cuting attorneys,
tors for centuries and here the ci 4,0T,Y-;-n.
French hero of American indepen- Slow Awakening
decce grew up to early manhood. "Twenty-two months ago in April
The building, has been restored. 1922, the senate by unanimous reso
"where necessary. an:i made sound lution. called for the facts in the Tea -and
solid throughout. Xew strue- pot Dome leases. That resolution
tre3 have been added to the ?roup, wes so framed that the red flag ot
and everything has been provided in suspicion was run up. For weeks
the way of modern improvements, no answer at all was received and
for the health, comfort and proper none was urgently pressed for. and
education of the children .cared for thereafter, until quite recently, the
by the memorial. A modern water search for the facts was made with
supply has been installed, and mod- out vigor. What were the newspa
ern plumbing and sanitary equip- pers doing tor twenty-two months?
ment have been established in all What was Senator Walsh doing? It
the buildings, which are served by looks as if somebody had been asleep
a modern sewage disposal plant. Elec- at the switch, or perhaps asphyxiated
trie light and central heating have at the switch. At least no court pro
been put in and a modern dairy with recdings have yet resulted from tne
a fine herd has been established to Teapot Dome situation,
furnish the best milk and butter. .Vor have there beerif so ar a3
Part of the domain has been modern- T am a,vare any COUJt proceeding in
ized and extended so as to afford the itiated as a rcsult of the crirainal
finest of farm products. A cobblers mismanagement of the veterans' bu-
for the children, and there is a car
penter shop for estate repairs. Mod
ern fire protections has been in
stalled. There are baseball and foot
ball fields, tennis courts and a swim
ming pool. ;
DEFENDS WOOD
ROW WILSON
Count Von Bernstorff, Once Ambas-
j tt,-j c.. n. r
sador to United States One of
Few German Defenders.
taxes that are collected, the rate of
Berlin, Feb. 21. Count Von Berr.- income tax will take care of itself,
storff. former German ambassador to "If this country were invaded by
the United States, has raised his an alien foe and I were a young man
voice as one of the few defenders in I believe I would offer myself for its
Germany of the late Wood row Wil- defense. It has been attacked by
son. In the weekly Deutsche Ein- something more dangerous than ;i
heit. Von Berffstorn defends Mr. military invasion by a foreign foe.
Wilson against almost universal "Corruption has attacked the gov
charges by the Germans of a betrayal ernment at its heart,
of Germany, and also calls the Ger-! - Enlisted in the Fight
man public's attention to the un- "I believe I am a patriotic citizen
truth of the generally accepted state- and I propose to offer the same ser
ment. that Germany laid down arm vice in fighting this danger that a
in the world war thru belief in young man should offer in fighting
President Wilson's "fourteen points." foreign invasion. I am really enlist
"This is falsification of history P(j in this matter because of profound
as every one knows who was pres- conviction. My attitude hides no mo
ent at the negptiations." says Von tives of partisanship. I have been a
Eernstorff. "We laid down our arms lifelong republican,
because army headquarters urgently "I believe that the facts are not
asked it to tvoid catastrophe, and fully presented to the country, and
only then we called for President even when presented are not beintr
wnsons neip :n connection wiin nis
fourteen points.
xi, Luaj u""'"- i. "co
clever to address the president,
whom we had offended two years
before. But in its result his inter-
' T f v lxk (innhtfln. ri atho? if e
vention was successful for we got by
it a moral right. The Versailles
treaty became a breach of agree
ment, while otherwise, it would havi
been only a consequence of our mili
tary destruction."
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CLASS A ENTRIES AT PERU MEET
The entries in Class A of the Peru
invitation
tournament are as foi-
lows:
Westboro.
Dunbar.
Syracuse.
Talmage.
Auburn.
Plattsmouth.
Nebraska City
Thurman.
While Plattsmouth and Nebraska here and where a very high standard expressed high satisfaction over the Wash Laundrymen's association for
City are touted as leading contend- cf efficiency has been reached in the decisions of the reparation commis- arson, Wallinger described his' cn
ers, they are by no means the only handling of the work and which has sion in connection with the recon- gagement by the association to set
strong teams in the tourney. Thur- given the best of results. Istruction loan to Hungary, as an-, fire to rival laundries which rt-'used
man, Plattsmouth's opponent in the Prior to 1922 the shops here haii- nounced in Paris Thursday night. "I to increase prices. He had been h
first round, has a formidable aggre- died a general repair work that em- am glad to say that. reconstruction in j professional fire setter for years, he
jration and has defeated Nebraska braced all kinds of cars: box cars. Hunearv mav be declared to have hp-
nas played good Dan at times this
year and wm be aangerou3. Our
neighboring city of Nehawka is en-
tered in- Class C. Coach Rothert
and the following players left this
afternoon at 2:45 for Peru: Cap-
a a , m 1 1 rt i. . .
lain xvusseii wuMtry, atunri unase.
George RebaK Joe Krojci. Jasper
Hatt, Joe Buttery and WTillis Hart-
ford.
Journal wont adJ pay. T5ry t&eci.
BROKER OPENS
WAR 0 M GRAFT
IN LIBEL SUIT
NEW YORK CAPITALIST STATES
THAT TIME FOR ACTION
IS HERE.
URGES HONEST GOVERNMENT;
. .
Efficiency and Honesty in Irovern -
ment Will Lower Tax Rates,
Says Gotham Financier.
... t ,,. -r-. t r. . ,,r i
isew i orK. r eo. n. i cuuiuc
these court rroceedines." Frank A.
Vanderlip said today, referring to
$uuu,uuw noei suit orougm
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Marion Star.
Vanderlip is alleged I to have
"wickedly and maliciously" charged
the plaintms wit i bribing w arren
U. Harding to ran to Periorni cer-,
tain of his official duties as president
.
of the Lnlted states.
The bankers complete statement;13 '"'
follows:
"The courts are an effective
means to bring out facts. I there-
fore welcome this court proceeding.
I hope that it is the forerunner of
other court proceedings. There is
nothing this country needs so much
at the moment as some court pro-
ceedings initiated by grand juries;
and pressed by incorruptible prose
there is not a matter of rumor; it it
a matter of official record in the
committee proceedings and the pro
ceedings of congress, and Mr. Forbe3
and his friends have as yet encoun
tered no court proceedings.
"There have been no court pro
ceedings nor even a thorough investi
gation of the alien property admin
istration. There are other directions
in which court proceedings would be
admirable.
"Congress today is spending Its
i time solemnly and partisanly debat
ing on income tax measures. It Is
;like discussing the size of a fauce-
you would put in a barrel leaking bo-
tween half -the staves.
If we can
have honest administration of the
acted upon
I am nrenared to snend
quite as much as has been asked!
I . . . . . .
mi i it tiitst? itjirrc proceedings in an
effort to make public some of the
news that the great newspapers do
not see fit to nrint "
SPECIALIZATION IN
RAILROAD SHOP WORK
Each Shop of the Burlington Given
Special Clascification of Work
For Their Employes.
Tllo. TtilrM T art n m i-Vrna1 (19a in tV a,
Past year adopted a system of spe-
cializing in their shop work that has I
made many changes in each of the j
chops over their great system and
among which is numbered the shop3
in tne various departments for a.
great many years.
Under the specialization plans of
the railroad thiB has been changed ;
to a greater or lesser extent and spe-
cial lines of work are sent here to be
l Ji 1 l .i . i - .
caiiuicn hs uae ueen me case in otn-
er shops of the system. The work
handled here at this time is almost
exclusively on refrigerator cars and
the passenger and dining- cars that
sent ln from all parts of the system
land receive the very best kind of
work from the force that numbers .
'how over 506 men. The Havelock
' chops handle- the locomotive work, '
the Lincoln repair track largely han
dle the light box car repair work
and so the work is handled over the
system. There is some of the steel
car work looked after at the Platts
mouth shops as well as the coach and
refrigerator work and the cars turn
ed out have been the best on the sys
tem. ,
Ord, Neb.. Feb. 21. Because the
owner or tne gas piant wnicn sup
nHp Ord with eras for illuminating
j nd
;
j ,
d cooking purposes has been la
almost two weeks, awaiting the
preliminary hearing in connection
with the burning of a sale barn, resi-
dents of this town are without this
commodity and have scant prospects
i-if p-ptfinf fas It is fpnred. Frank I.
o o o . --
Olsen of Grand Island, is tne opera-
tor of the plant, wno nas lanea to
. v.,--
The franchise of the plant ran out
T 1 , nlr. n. Vn
ncll failed to agree on renewal.
arrested ?as ser-
s The day he stJ'd J19 J.
nnn",, ?f.
" y'AV Tit is r,nw
U1 a .uv
I romiror n-a a nnf fluanepji the riant
j " ' ..."
ASHURST ACCUSES
COLORADO SENATOR
Charges Putting Money in His Own
Pocket on Opposing Irrigation
Power Site Project.
Washington. Feb. 21. Senator
Phipp3. republican, Colorado, was ac
cused today in the senate by Sen-
ator AEhurst. democrat, Arizona, of
votiner to put money into hi3 own
pocket when he opposed an appro
priation of $250,000 for a hydro-electric
plant in the Yuma irrigation
project in California and Arizona.
Warmns Senator Ashurst not to
impute motives. Senator Phipps told
the senate he voted as he did not
because he was a stockholder in the
Southern Sierra Power company,
with which' the proposed government
hydro-electric plant would compete.
He explained that he and other com
mitteemen felt that no new expendi
tures should be made in irrigation
projects until after the report of the
fact-finding commission of the de
partment of the interior investigat
ing those project? is available.
Chairman Smoot of the appropria
tions, committee said this was the
reason which actuated the commit
tee in eliminating from the interior
department appropriation bill" the
provision, which has been recom
mended by the budget bureau and
has been approved by the house. He
called attention that similar action
was taken with respect to other ir
rigation projects.
Senator Ashurst was vigorous in
his attack on the committee. He
charged that official record has been
kept of the hearings on other items
in the bill but that when this one
was reached "the stenographer lift
ed his pen."
"Xow here comes the Southern Si
erra high power company," he de
clared, and, "one of its stockholders
sits on the committee- I want to ask
him how he voted on it."
"Certainly," replied Senator
Phiposv "I voted to cut this item
out."
"Ah, that is what I thought," re -
turned Senator Ashurst. "and there-
bv you put money into your own
pocket."
"But ," began Senator Phipps.
There is no 'but' about it," inter -
rupted the Arizona senator. "When
you voted to cut it out and voted to
put money into your own pocket and
to deprive the farmers of the valley
of their right to have a high power
plant, you should have said: 'I refuse
to vote.' "
SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY
!From Thurid.v'i Dailv:
Last evening: William P. Sitzman
I . ,, ,. . , .1
was the "victim" of a very pleasant
surprise at his home in the south
part of the city, which had been
arranged by a number of the friends
and the family. The guest of honor
was mpre than surprised when the
friends walked in on him and show
ered him with their well wishes. The
members of the party were treated
by Mrs. Sitzman and daughters. The
evening was spent in playing cards
and music and a general good time.
Those present were Henry Holy,
Harry Shiffer. Henry Harrington,
Jerry Houswick. Paul Sitzman. Mr.
and Mrs. W. P S.itzman and daugh
ters, Margaret. Elizabeth and Ruth.
RECONSTRUCTION IN HUNGARY
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOON
Budapest, Feb. 22. Count Steffen
Bethlen, premier of Hungary, today
nner was referring to the former
governor of the federal reserve board
of the United States.
W. H. Pitzer of Nebraska City
was here last evening, bringing un
. . . ..
a numoer oi tne aoy tcouts oi taat
city for the basketball game.
George Sheldon, the Lincoln capi-
taliet, was here today for a few hours
looking after some matters with bis
local representative. J. M. .Leyda.
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guarantee.
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Murray Exchange, 1931
AWARDS OF ONE
MILLION OVER LUS
ITANIA SINKING
Reparations for Damages Sustained
by Americans in 48 Cases, Al
lowed with Interest.
Washington. Feb. 20. Under an
award of the German-American
mixed claims commission involving
only part of the claims arising from
the Finking of the British liner Lus-
itama, tne uerman Kovermnt-ut m
pay approximately v, irua-
ration for losses sustained by Ameri
cans thru death, injury, jropcrty
damage, or otherwise in that di: as
ter. The decision was handed down
today by Judge Edwin B. Parker.
umpire of the commission, in fifty-
J seven cases, representing only the
a. . . M T Mint tvi r
first group of Lusitania claims.
Eighty-eight separate awards were
made, the amounts in the cases in
volving property damage or destruc
tion carrying five per cent interest
a year from May 7, 1915, when the
Lusitania was sunk, to the date of
payment and those in the death
cases the same interest dating from
November 1, 1923, when the commis
sion kanded dov n its opinion in the
case determining the measure of
damages. Forty claims were denied
in today's decision.
In handing down his decision.
Judge Parker made a brief statement
of the-facts in each-caee and applied
them to the rules laid down in the
Lusitania opinion of November 1.
The cases came to him for decision
because of disagreement between
American commissioner. Chandler P.
Anderson and the German commis
sioner, Wilhelm Kisselback.
In the death cases, according to
the opinion, the basis of damage was
not the value of a life lost or the
loss sustained by the estate of the
deceased, but was measured by pe
cuniary standards.
PLATTE RIVEfl OVER
FLOWS AT COLUMBUS
Columbus, Neb., Feb. 21. Rush-
'ing winter torrents of the Platte re
er have beprun to overriow into tne
pasture lowlands of this section. The
river is full to its banks.
Cold weather is delaying flood dan-
' gers for the moment. The waters of
' the Loup are rising but have not
reached the overflow stage of the
Platte. The Union Tacific railroad
i3 opening channels with dynamite
under the main line river bridge,
Should the river break thru Bar-
num creek, it would leave the bridge
across the Loup high and dry,
change the course of the river and
divert the Loup channel into the
Platte, three miles north of its pres-
ent mouth.
FIREBUG WORKED
FOR $50 A WEEK
Professional Ircendiary Calmly Tells
of Firing Laundries in New
York Laundry War.
Xew York. Feb. 22. A confessed
professional incendiary calmly told
in court how, hired at $50 a week,
he had endangered the lives of hun
dreds of tenement dwellers by setting
fires in five laundries during the
"laundry war" of the late summer
and fall of 1922.
The witness, Louis Wallinger.
awaits sentence for arson to which
confessed
Testifying at the trial
of Boris AiniU n memhr f
ber 11, 1922. The blaze threatened
4S families living in
above the laundry.
the tenement
Wallinger testified he set the five
fires at the behe6t of Aimis.
Mrs. G. E. DeWolf departed this
morning for Kearney, Nebraski.
where she will visit her parents an.l
other relatives for a few day, and
was accompanied as far as Omiha on
her jouruey by Airs. J. S. Livingston.