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PLATTSKOTTTH SEMI-WEE3XY JOXTHJIAL
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1924.
PAGE TWO
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OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SHADOW IN FRANCE
OF CABINET CRISIS
Illness of Premier Herriott Has
Started Speculation Over Possible
Necessity of a Successor.
Taris. Doc. 14. The shadow of a
roming ministerial crisis has been
thrown across the political pathway
hv Premier Herriot's illness. Altho
the carefully worded official bulletin
regarding the premier's condition to
day says the physicians expect the
premitr to be up In ten days, it re
frains from suggesting that he pro
bably will be able to resume work
then. His absence for a period of
convalescence, it i3 generally admit
ted, is impossible, owing to the many
difficult problems now before the
government.
How severe the pain has been
during M. Herriot's illness Is indi
cated in today's statement, which
says that "for the first time in Ave
days the premier has been able to
sleep em hours." The severe pain
and Ftiffness of the muscles of the
calf of his legs caused the physcians
to call in a surgeon. The surgeon de
cided that no operation was advis
able. The bulletin merely says the lo
cal inflammatory state of the leg
remains unchanged, and that it is
of a medical character. The buletin
ad is that the temperature was sligh
ly above 09. The names of former
Premiers Painleve and Briand are
being mentioned a3 possible succes
sors of M. Herriot in case the phys
icians of the premier insist that he
take- a long rest and the question is
btin? u.-iked how long either Pain
leve or Briand would be able to keep
the diverse elements forming the
government majority together.
ings, and are without gas installa
tions." "Men at Camp Nicholas, only re
cently removed from under canvas,
are living in converted sheds."
Eighteen million dollars is needed
to repair some of tne past damage,
the secretary estimated.
"These buildings and installations
have been calculated to have a value
of nearly $4000,000", he said.
"Soldiers are. of course, accus
tomed to hardships: but their morale
and efficiency conditions."
PHYSICIAN PROPOSES
VERY NOVEL MEASURE
Dr. Pinto of Omaha Would Have
Childless Marriage Declared
Void in Two Years.
Omaha, Dec. 11. Should mar
riages in which there are no chil
dren after two years be declared
null and void?
Dr. A. S. Pinto. Omaha city health
commissioner, emphatically says
ARMY'S HOUSING
POOR, WEEKS SAYS
I'orty Thousand Troops Living in
Ten is or Converted Wooden
Sheds.
Washington. Dec. 10. Forty thou
:and 1'pited States soldiers are liv
ing under canvas or under temporary
rorfs within flimsy wooden walls.
This picture of army life is re
vealed by Secretary of War Weeks
in his annual report to the president.
Hf; requests immediate initiation of
an adequate army housing pro
gram. One army post, characterized as
typical of several others was de
scribed as lacking in bath and toilet
facilities.
Others were described in these
terms:
"During 'northers. the rain beats
in around the window casings a.id
through cracks between the lumber
where it has shrunk.
Officers in Small Rooms.
"Many of the officers quarters
have very small rooms, with low ceil-
Mrs. Pinto just as emphatically
says "no."
So do prominent members of Oma
ha women's clubs, who have aroused
' a storm of protest over Dr. Pinto's
suggested "trial marriages."
j Dr. Pinto asserted that if some
J thing is not done to increase the
native stocK tne lower European
races will soon control the United
States. He advocated a law taking
married women out of industry and
providing for annulment of mar
rinses where there is no issue In
two years, "so that either party can
trv it agnin."
i Mrs. Pinto, on the other hand
pointed out to her husband that if
his law had been in effect when they
were married ""they would have been
divorced many years ago.
The couple have been married
more than twenty years and have
two children, sixteen and eighteen
: years old, respectively.
Dr. Pinto made his remarks while
'discussing the Nebraska marriage
, law provides for ten days notice be
fore licenses are granted.
He advocated strengthening the
law by adoption of an eugenics
rmendnent forbidding epileptics to
rarry and inserting of the two years
tri3l marriage clause.
If at the expiration of two years
physician's examination showed that
a childless couple were not barred
by physical disability, the marriage
would be declared void.
FOE SALE OR TRADE
One thoroughbred Spotted Poland
China male hog. seven months old.
ready for service. Would exchange
for another male or trade for
butcher hog. Also have nine thor
oughbred gilts for sale or trade.
Ben Parker, Plattamoutn, phone No.
193. dl5-2tw
JUDSON CITES SER
VICES OF CHANCEL
LOR AVERY TO UNI.
High Praise for Hi3 Faithful Work
m Reply to Criticism A
Trivial Incident.
Never can tell when you'll mash
a finger or suffer a cut. bruise, burn
or scald. Be prepared. Thousands re
ly on Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil. Your
druggist sells it. 30c and 60c.
Christmas Gifts
of a Quality you are proud to give
for a Price you are glad to pay!
For HER
Candies
Ferfumes
Manicure Sets
vory Goods
Vanity Compacts
Perfumizers
LiAo Pencils
Fountain Pens
tationery
Flashlights
3olf Clubs and Balls
Electric Curling Irons
Hair Clippers
Rubber Tea Aprons
For HIM
Lunch Kits
Vacuum Bottles
Razors.
Razor Strops
Auto Pencils
Fountain Pens
Golf Clubs and Balls
Playing Cards
Leather Purses
Cigars and Cigarettes
Hair Brushes and Combs
Flash Lights
Pipes and Tobacco
Pocket Note Books
On our Bargain Table you will find a splendid
display of White Ivory Toilet Ware, consisting
of Mirrors, Trays, Hair and Powder Boxes, Jewel
Boxes, etc. Also a number of Snapshot Albums,
and boxes of Stationery, all of which must go at
25 DISCOUNT
Our best assortment of Xmas greeting cards
and seals is at your disposal. Come in before
they are all picked over.
Our 1925 Calendars are Ready for Distribution!
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F. G. Fricke & Co.
Phone 186 Phone
High praise for Chancellor Avery
of the state university for his serv
ices in its behalf is given by Frank
Judson, retiring member of the boa id
of regents, in a statement to the
World-Herald. It answers recent
criticisms of the chancellor that have
followed revelations of fraternity in
fluence in athletic elections.
Mr. Judson styles this a "trivial in
cident, hardly worthy of the atten
tion of the governing board."
Mr. Judson has been active in civic
affairs, both in Omaha and the state.
He is the present chairman of the
Greater Omaha committee. He says:
"In view of the recent discussion
in the newspapers, which I believe
unfortunate to the best interests of
the university, I submit the follow
ing statement.
His Personal View.
"I am about to retire from mem
bership on the board of regents. Prob
ably another meeting of the board
will not be called before my succes
sor takes office. In this connection I
might not be out of place to say I
arar-gratified that the work I have
endeavored to do for the state's
greatest institution and most valu
able asset will be continued by so
worthy and patriotic a citizen as Mr.
Earl Cline of Lincoln. In view of
the above circumstances I am t-n-deavoring
to present the sentiment
of the board of regents, but I wish it
understood t hat I take full personal
responsibility for the views ex
pressed. "It is unfortunate that a discussion
of such momentous portent h;s
arisen over so trivial an incident as
a small athletic and fraternity mat
ter of the type that occurs in every
institution and involve; only inci
dental, internal adjustments. Sufli
incidents are in their nature hardly
worthy of the attention of the gov
erning board of the states greatest
educational institution, but it i
however, the fixed policy of the gov
erning board to welcome any one or
any group offering constructive crit
icism or suggesting new ideas for the
betterment of the institution.
Enrollment Growth.
"Sixteen years ago the university
enrollment was approximately 25
hundred. The total enrollment for
the past yearwas 10,352, and edu
cational standards in the institution
were then very much lower than a
present. During this sixteen year
period the increase not only in the
students but in educational stand
ards, in lands, buildings and in nec
essary equipment, and above all. in
the support and confidence of the
people of the state has vastly grown.
More degrees' have been conferred
than during all previous years of the
university's existence. j
"The university has been admitted
to the Association of American Uni
versities, an organization that sets
the standard of scholarship in grad
uate work for the United States and
is accepted aboard as the best crite
rion of our institutions. The present
teaching force has been built up
along the lines of highest scholar
ship and teaching efficiency that wus
possible with the funds available. In
view of the high standing of the uni
versity nationally and the confidence
which it enjoys among the people of
the state as a whole, it is extremely
unfortunate, in my opinion, that de
structive criticism has come from
those who have been benefited by
the institution and who should be
its most loyal supporters. The uni
versity, as a forward looking insti
tution, has through its board of re
gents formulated a program for pres
entation to the coming session of the
Nebraska legislature, which is de
signed to meet in a better measure
the demands made upon the institu
tion by the people of the state. This
measure is necessary and imperative
for the immediate needs of the in
stitution in caring for the Nebraska
young people who seek admission.
Chancellor's Devotion.
"During the sixteen years past,
Samuel Avery as chancellor has been
the chief executive officer and advis
er of the governing board of the uni
versity. His service has amounted to
devotion, and no personal sacrifice,
no matter how great, has been lack
ing. The position of a university ex
ecutive is thankless. University ad
ministration involves most complex
problems, with the conflicting ideas
of the public at large, of the faculty
numbering several hundred of a
student body during a calendar year
of over 10 thousand and with the
possibility of any disgruntled person
making an attack during a legisla
tive session. A career as university
administrator has ruined in health or
in reputation somo of the most bril
liant educators of our country.
"In expressing my appreciation cf
the services that the chancellor has
rendered, I wish it understood that I
am actuated by no personal consid
eration. To this I think .ray col
leagues will bear witness. I have en
deavored at all times to work as a
member of the governing board for
the gest interests of the institutiou,
uninfluenced by personal or political
consideration. In retiring from the
board, I believe that my colleagues,
with approval of the people of this
state, will not be lacking in appre
ciation of the efficient service by the
present chancellor and his colleagues
who have rendered signal service io
the institution."
PLANE IN MIDAIR HOOKS TO
AIRSHIP, THEN FREES ITSELF
BACK AT THE OLD STAND
And all ready to Tuy and handle
cream. Will be pleased to meet all
old customers and new ones as well.
Henry Klinger, M. V. A. building.
Plattsmouth. dl-12td
Belleville. 111.. Dec. 13. The double
feat of an airplane hooking itself
to an airship while both were in
full flight, and then freeing Itself
was accomplished at Scott Field to
day. The feat wa3 accomplished at
an altitude of 15 hundred feet.
Lieutenant Frank McKee piloted
the airship and Lieutenant Fenner
piloted the Sporry piano. Colonel
John A. Puegelow. commandant, de
clared after the test that the day
would come ulnui un airship would
go aloft with a licet of planes at
tached. The plane was going about SO
miles and hour and the airship 50
when the test was made. The plane
remained with the blimp for 10
minutes, and then the pilot released
himself, started his motor, and flew
off.
AGRICULTURE HEAD
COUNTS HiS GHIGKS
Predicts He Yill Not Spend Half His
Funds for Tubercnlosis, Freezing
Lakes and Other Things.
Secretary Shumway of the depart
ment of agriculture has prepared a
statement in which he says his de
partment will show $65C.00O. or
over 5G per cent of the total appro
priation of his department returned
unused unless some extraordinary
aud unlooked for excuse occurs be
tween now and the end of the bien
nium next Jul-.
He includes in this unexpended
money $150,000 of the appropria
tion made by the last legislature for
the eradication of bovine tuberculo
sis. Vv'ork under the new law on this
subject has been prosecuted only in
half a dozen counties, but in this
.Mr. Shumway says his department
lias ' met every call under the law."
Unexpended funds include $42,000
of a $50,000 appropriation made by
the last legislature "to keep lakes
from freezing." The other funds not
ytt expended total $44,000, belong to
the bureau of lood, drugs and oils
Mr. Shumway declares there has been
no let down in the volume of busi
ness and the activities of his de
bailment in any "necessary" line.
The appropriations, expenditures,
estimates to June 30, total for the
biennium. and the balance unused
is shown herewith:
Euieau of Food, Drugs, Oils and
Markets.
Appropriations $653,342
Expenditures 150,000
Estimates to June 30 59,000
Total for bieanium 209,000
Ralance unused 444,3 42
Animal Industry.
Appropriation $333,000
Expenditures 125,000
y.fctimates to June 30 49.000
Total for biennium 174,000
llalance unused 159,000
Game and Fish.
Appropriations $170,740
Expenditures SS.000
Estimates to June 30 33.740
Total for biennium 117,740
Balance unused 53,000
Grand Total.
Appropriations $1,157,082
Expenditures 363,000
Estimates to June 30 137,740
Total for biennium 500,740
Balance unused 656,34
SPECULATION AS TO
Expected He Will Be Matthew Woll,
William Green or Thomas
Pickett.
New York. Dec. 15. The man to
succeed Samuel Gompers as president
of the American Federation of Labor
i3 expected in labor circles to be
chosen from three men, all present
members of the executive council
They are:
William Green, secretary-treasurer
United Mine Workers of America.
Matthew Wool, sixth vice presi
dent, for the last fifteen years presi
dent of the International Photo En
gravers' Union.
Thomas Riikett, president of the
United Garment Workers.
James Duncan, first vice president
of the American Federation of Labor,
former head of the Granite Workers
union, may receive some considera
tion. These eligibles. it was learned,
have been quietly discussed through
out national councils of the organ
ization for months past as Mr.
Gompers failing health became in
creasingly apparent.
Under Article 6, Section 5, of the
American Federation of Labor con
stitution Secretary Frank Morrison
will notify the executive council to
meet within six days. The council
lors will elect a provisional presi
dent, almo.st certainly from among
their own number, it was said, and
the new incumbent will hold the
office of chief executive until the
next annual election when a general
election will bo held.
Peter J. Brady, president of the
federation bank, the 7 million dollar
labor institution, said "the death of
Samuel Gompers will be felt to the
foundations of the labor movement
but only to show how secure he has
Jtft them."
James P. Holland, president of the
New York state federation of labor,
said the influence of Mr. Gompers'
career had been "to make the United
States at last labor-minded."
Sara Conboy of the United Textile
Workers, speaking for women in
labor, said "No true measure of Mr.
Gompers' life and work can fail to
include his continuous surveillance
of the problem of women and
children." ,
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FOR SALE
1SI5 i-oru touring car ioi
Ben Hankinson. dl5-2tw
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CT HIS if ort of a series of
-L adnrusimt'-.ts in uhicb
Liitoric sf'HS an J incidents in
Ktbroika h.-sUry u ill be fta
tu i eJ. If r u di. :tea a-wpL te
jilt cf thrr.i , :t rite tre Standard
Oil Com; any rA i bix and
the ccmplttc scries u-ill It nailed
t you as soon as the last ad
vertisement has appeared.
to send a Letter
N April 3, I860, a rider J.ished our of St. Joseph, Mis
souri. At the snic instant a m;n on a white ihiv o.;"h-
bred left Sacramento. Caiitornia. They curried letters l:rr.i.cd
to half an ounce in weight r.r.d costing :J5 ejeh for d'.'.ivcry.
At intervals of 15 to 20 miles tvcli mounts rr.ddL-J and
bridled awaited their arrival. At't.r every third or fourth re
lay, a fresh rider took the locked mail bags end dushed away.
Day and night the mad pace was kept over mountain, d-sert
and plain.
This was the "Pony Express" which made its firrt tr;p west
ward in 9 days and 23 hours. The regular schedule f: r "his
1,966-mile ride was 10 dnys, but on spal occasions lastcr
time was made. Abraham Lincoln's iniugural addrtc; was
rushed through in 7 days and 17 hours.
With the completion of the cross-continent tc!eg:2ph line,
in October, 1861, the Pony Express fervice came to an end.
During 16 months of operation only o:.e mail war. !o-:r and
one rider killed on a run. Erom Kearney the riders followed
the line across Nebraska larer chosen by the Union Pacific.
The hoof-beats of the galloping "Pony Exprts ," v.-ere a
prophecy. Today, the "iron horse" ef twelve gre?.t railroad
systems serves Nebraska with over 7,000 miles of track.
Omaha holds fifth place as a railroad center.
In two generations Nebraska pioneers have brought under
the plough, a state larger than all New England with Dela
ware and New Jersey thrown in. Their jc b was not easy.
Nature was stubborn and unkind and the Indians unfriendly.
From a thin line of little settlements and lonely ranches with
less than 30,000 population in I860. Nebraska has become
well-peopled but uncrowded with a population of a million
and a quarter.
In the long pull from poverty to prosperity, never-failing
supplies of kerosene have accompanied the homesteader to
all corners of The state. YTith the advent of gasoline-driven
automobiles, tractors and trucks, our service has kept pace with
Nebraska's needs in the thinly populated parts of the state as
well as in the cities. Our work, too, has teen pio-;ter work.
This company is a home institution, doing business in
Nebraska and under a Nebraska charter. It is direccd and
operated by Nebraska residents and pays Nebraska taxes and
Nebraska wages. Irs success depends on its ability to deserve
the patronage of Nebraskans.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEBRASKA
Main Office: OMAHA
Branch Offices: LINCOLN HASTINGS NORTH PLATTE
A. H. RICHARDSON
President
GEO. M. SMITH
Vice-President
H. W. PIERPONT
Sec.-Treas.
C. N..HUMFHREY
Asst. Gen. Mgr.
FORMER FGRBES
AIDE DESCRIBES
THE CONTRACTS
Says One Job Cost the Government
$27,000 More Than the
Lowest Bid.'
Chicago, Dec. 15. John B. Milli-
ken, a subordinate official in the vet
erans' bureau under the then direc
tor, Charles It. Forbes, testified today
to "intolerable conditions" in the
bureau at the time of his transfer to
the shipping board in September,
1022.
Milliken was the government's
witness for virtually all of today's
session in the trial of Forbes and J.
W. Thompson, building contractor.
jointly indicted for conspiracy to de
fraud the government through hos
pital contracts during Forbes ad
ministration. Te told in cross ex
amination of -personal difficulties in
the bureau.
When Forbes called him to his of
fice to talk over his resignation from
the bureau, Mllliken said, he told his
chief that he "had found things in
tolerable in the bureau aud objected
to the way things were being-run.
He did not specify any particular
transaction which did not meet hia
approval, although he suggested one
case in which a contract went to the
second lowest bidder.
This contract was that for the hos
pital foundation at Northampton,
Mass., awarded to the Pontiac Con
struction Co., one of Thompson's
firms, despite the fact that its bid
was 27 thousand dollars higher than
that of the Northeastern Construc
tion Co., of. New York.
Tt was pointed out by defense
counsel that the Pontiac bid offered
to complete the job in sixty dayq
against 120 days set in the North-
eastern's bid. The defense also
brought out. that under the sixty-day
contract for the foundation the su
per-structure was well under way
before the winter and the project
was completed earlier than would
have been possible had severe
weather come before the outside
work was completed. v
Before Milliken took the stand.
Judge Carpenter denied a motion of
defense counsel to strike out all the
testimony of EJiaS H. Mortimer,
"star" witness for thj government.
SIX PEES0NS DEAD FH0M
DRINKING POISON HOOTCH
New York, Dec. 14. Six persons,
one of them a woman, died and sev
eral other persons, unconscious and
all said to be in a serious condition,
were taken to Bellevue hospital dur
ing the last twenty-four hours as a
result of what the police and hospi
tals report as a pre-holiday epidemic
of poisonous liquor cases.-
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Held at the Leach Farm,
Union, Nebraska
miWmml BIS
10 Head of Horses and Mules
30 Head of Cattle, including several good milk
cows; some fresh and others fresh soon.
40 Head of Stock Hogs; also a few choice male
hogs good ones.
Household Furniture, (in good condition) includ
ing dressers and bedroom suits and many other arti-
, .Some Farm Machinery and other articles.
Scio Start al 10 C'Glosh
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S. I. LEAGE3, ianager
REX YOUNG, Auctioneer.