FLATTSMOUTH
SEMI WEEKLY JOUHRAI
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1924.
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1924-WE THANK YOU-1925
We cannot close our books on the old
year nor open new pages for 1925
without giving" thanks to our patrons
for their loyalty in the past. We
wish you bountiful blessings for the
new year.
F. G. Fricke & Co.
Tlia t&XGX$JL Store
DEATHS FROM
CANCER IN U. S,
SHOW INCREASE
Fight Against Tuberculosis, How
ever, Shows Progress in
Past Year.
NEW HARNESS SHOP
We have opened a harness and re
pair shop in frame building op
posite the Journal office. Harness
repaired, oiled, shoes half-soled and
repaired. Give lis a trial. Hates
Hros. dl6-d&w
When you want the vory teat lit
stationery, call at the Bates Store;
corner Fifth & Main Sts., where you
iH find the Whiting and Eaton,
Ciane Pike lines on display.
InqrriHl wnnt M.y. onv Trf then
MAY THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT OF
o-opersraon
lead us through useful fields of end
deavor in 1925 and bring a rich re
ward. We wish you the best in life
and as we extend thanks for 1924
patronage, we solicit your 1925
business.
Henry Jasper, Florist
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Peace
OF MIND
Joy
OF HEART
Plenty
OF WEALTH
and the proper opportunity and ability to
use each, is our Christmas wish for you. We
thank you for past business and bespeak the
opportunity of again serving you in 1925.
Phone 426
426 Main St.
THINK AS WE MAY WE CAN'T GET AWAY
FROM THE OLD, OLD WISH
A
Merry Christmas
AND A
Happy New Year
And if our wish comes true,
as we sincerely hope it will do
We'll be satisfied;
Won't You?
Herger's Bakery
Wash in st on. D. C. Dee. 20.
Deaths from cancer increased in the
I'nited States in 11)23. while the fight
against tuberculosis made progress.
A total of Sfi.754 deaths from can
cer were reported to the census bu
reau last year in a registration area
composed of territory containing S7.K
per cent of the total population.
This represented an increase of 5.S16
deaths over 1922. The rate per lort
thousand population was 89. 4 against
S6.S in 1922. Tuberculosis caused
90.7:52 deaths against 90.452 in 1922.
but the rate per 100 thousand de
creased from 97 to 93.6.
Adjusted rates were ma(b? in com
paring the figures on both cancer
and tuberculosis by states. In can
cer they were made to allow for dif
ference in age and sex distribution of
the population.
In adjusted figures for thirty-four
states cancer deaths increased in
twenty-three. The highest rate was
102. per 100 thousand in New York,
and the lowest 52.2 in South Caro
lina. The greatest number of deaths
was in New York 12.247. The total
for California was 4.693 against 4,
4 77 in 1922.
The lowest number of fatalities
from cancer occurred in Wyoming,
with 116 againsta ninety-seven in
1922. For twenty-five states which
show adjusted rates, but not by color.
Colorado had the highest rate for
tuberculosis deaths. 15S.6 per 100
thousand and Nebraska the lowest
34.2.
The largest number of deaths
from tuberculosis occurred in New
York where 10.611 persons died,
against 10.695 in 1922. California
had 5.802 against 5. SSI. The lowest
number of tuberculosis deaths oc
curred in Wyoming where seventy
seven died against eighty-six in 1922.
GERMANY ASKS
NEUTRAL RIGHT
Note to League of Nations Brings
Up Armament Problem.
' Geneva. Iec. 23. Opening up the
whole problem of German arnia-
'ments, Germany has sent a note to
the League of Nations, touching the
question of Germany's joining- the
league. In the note, tBeheril n.MT
league. In the note, the Berlin gov-
eminent Hectares us view umi n in
ternational conflicts arise. Germany
should remain absolutely free tinder
the league covenant to determine
how far sh wonld take an active
part in such contikts.
The text of the note, which is
published by the league secretariat
last night, shows that Germany de
sires an exceptional position as a
member of the league, because of her
lack of armed strength, though she
denies any intention of asking for
special privileges.
Germany maintains that if she is
obliged to participate in all of the
league military sanctions she would
be compelled to waive her right to
neutrality "the last defense of a
disarmed people."
The reaction in league circles to
the German note which the Berlin
government also transmitted to all
the governments represented in the
council, is that it will be certain to
necessitate lengthy negotiations with
the powers and presumably delay
the date when Germany will formal
ly apply for admission to the league
if she ever does.
Crush Locusts for Oil
to Use in Plane Motors
Bocholt, Germany. A plague of lo.
custs has brought a new industry to
this region, where the Insects have
been gathered by the ton and oil ex
tracted from their bodies.
The locusts came over the frontier
from Holland by countless billions and
were caught f3- women and boys with
great baskets.
The oil is intended for airplane mo
tors and Is said to be particularly
adaptable for winter flying because It
does not congeal In low temperatures.
Good, fat locusts retailed at about
one-fourth of a cent a pound. After
the insects passed through the oil-extraction
process the refuse was used
as fertilizer.
NAVY DIRIGIBLE TO NEW
YORK ON CHRISTMAS EVE
Lakehurst. N. J.. Dec. 22. The
navy dirigible Los Angeles will pay
New York city a visit on Christmas
eve.
The Los Angeles made a three
hour flight over the flying field this
afternoon.
LIVE STOCK PRIGES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Fat Cattle in Limited Supply
10 and 25c Higher
HOGS WEAKT0"lQ-15c OFF
Fat Lambs Fully 2tvg.5Cc Higher, Top
$17.25; Clipped Lamts 514.CUI
Feeder Lambs $15.75 and Fat Ewes
$9.25.
Lists Unpaid Alimony
in Bankruptcy Assets
Cedar Uapids, Iowa. Mrs.
Mabel M. White, who filed a pe
tition In bankruptcy here, ched
uled among her assets alimony
of $30 a month granted her when
she obtained a divorce from her
husband but which, she says,
has not been paid for two
months. She asks an exemption
on it. Among her liabilities was
a doctor's bill contracted by her
divorced husband, but while he
Ktlll was her mate. Mrs. White's
liabilities amounted to $ 11,419.
A Barings bank in ths United States
la making a present of a clock to
e-ery Lew depositor. It is a time
piece of a peculiar kiad, and is really
a combination of a clock and a safe.
It needs rewind lg every 24 hours,
bat before if car be rvound a coin
must be inserted. The owner is thus
compelled to add some1 his g to hi
savings erery day. London Tit-Bits.
Union Stock laiaa, Somb Omaha
Dec. -'4. l'J-'L Only 1.0U0 fresh catth
were receive ' Tuesday ana buyers
went alter them fretly a: prices lo$j
Tc tigher than Moruay. Best beeves
here sold for $lOiU. Stockers ani
feeders were in limited supply and
stronger.
Quotations on lat.le: Good to
choice yearlings. $10.UOS 1.00; fair to
good yearlings, ?S.U0S'."I; common
to tur yearlings, SG.OUtfjT.Tii; txarlu
warmed up yearlings, $5.00(S.0U;
choice to prime heavy bove. $'J.75fc
1U.7S; good to choice heavj beeves,
SiS.OOS'..75; fail to good beeves, $7.;t
4i6.oO; common to fair beeves, $G.OO
(&7MTt; good to hoice fed heifers,
i!(j.7o4iS.Uo; lair to good fed ueifer3,
$.".r(.tl.7r; common to fed heif
cis, J? 1.50(0 5.50: good to choice fed
cows, .$4.5O(.'.3.50; fair to good fei
cows, $:.50t3 1.40: cacners, $2.4Ufe
1..75; cutters, 2.8."Sy.35: vcai calves,
$3.00&i.50; heavy and medium calves
$ .010650; be; and butcLer bulls,
53.5o;35.00; iiatiV4 bologca bulls
?:MJ;S3.G5; oud to choice feeders,
cC.407.25; fair to gLd feeders
$5.1'5 0.115; comiunp to fair feeders,
$4.O03.O0; good to choice Blockers,
$0.G57.3d; fair to good stockers,
S.'.riOg'G.GO; coxmm to fair stockers,
$41!5g5.r0; trtshy stocker . .3t0
4.0O; stock heifi, $3.00(4.50; stock
cows. ?2.5off3.(K; stock calves, $3.0:
(Ft 0.75.
Slumpy Trade In Hogs.
With over 23,000 fresh hogs Tues
day the market weakened off and
cost of the tradi. g was at a 10&15
.ucline from Monday's levels. Tops
vent at J 10.15 and bulk of the trading
was at .y..:" 10.00.
Big Advance in Lambs.
Although nerl 10,000 fresh sheep
an. lambs Bhowed up there was brisk
oemaud for everything offered at
pi ices 2550c higher than nfonday
Tat wooled Iambs t,old ".p to $17.25;
clipped lambs $14.00; feeder lambs
$ i5.75 and fat ewes $9.25.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lrinbs, good to choice, $1G.503 17.25;
lambs, fair to good, $15.00lt 25;
.eeding lambs, $14.7515.75; wethers
$7.000.50; yearlings, $0.7512.25;
clipped lamb3. fed. SI 3.50 14. 00; fat
ewes. $0.75!lZf.
To Duild Temple of Agriculture
Chicago. The temple of agricultur
a $20,000,000 skyscraper project great
er than any now in existance, or con
templaied. will be a reality here wit!
a few years, Lawrence Whiting, presi
dent of the Whiting and compan
securities house, announces. While thj
project is yet in a fonuulative stage
Its realization is assured, Whitint
said.
Washington. Employment la the
Industries according to statistics inadt
public by the labor department de
creased only one-tenth of 1 per cent
in November.
DECORATE YOUR TREES
Artificial Christmas trees, the
kind that will last for years, and al
ways stay green; dressings of all
kinds such as novelties, tinsel, bells
and' electric light sets, also candles.
In fact anything that will b needed
to make your trees perfect may be
found at the Bates Book and Gift
Shop, at the corner Fifth and Main
streets. Buy them now, when you
can get just what you want.
Happy
Days
and Better
Days
for You and
Your
Household
for 1925.
our wish to oar friends
and patrons.
H. G. Klinger
DOCTOR SCOFFS
AT HEREDITY
THEORY OF S1GK
Says Disease and Acquired Charac
terists Are Not Inherited From
One Generation; to Another.
Chicago. Dec. 22. Disease and
acquired characteristics are not in
herited, is the belief of Doctor Merle
Coulter, of the botanical department
of the University of Chicago, whose
results in the tests of cross breeding
corn were announced today.
The machinery of heredity in
plants and human beings. Doctor
Coulter explained, is identical and
therefore the results of his botanical
tests in heredity are equally appli
cble to human beings.
Doctor Coulter used only carefully
pedigreed corn in his research work.
By cross breeding it and observing
the slow growth and fuition of the
stock Doctor Coulter developed evi
dence that acquired characteristcs nre
not hereditary.
In the main the Mendelian law
of heredity was borne out. namely,
the ratio of three parts red to one
part white in the production of red
and white corn. However, by study
ing one generation of cross breed
corn after another, Doctor Coulter
discovered one race with a ration
of 90 per cent red to 10 white.
"This distorted ratio has appear
ed in so many cases that it is clear
ly due to systematic change in the
herediary capacities and is not due
merely to chance," Doctor Coulter
declared.
The result of his work. Doctor
Coulter said, contributes to the body
of facts upholding the principle of
evolution and incidentally provides
material for a seeming modification
of the Mendelian laws of heredity.
His tests show mutations or "sud
den changes" in the heredity capacity
of a higher order of plant, and es
tablish a new confirmation of the
doctrine of evolution since changes
of that sort, although they may be
changes for the worse, are proven as
having been made to permit the
plants to meet the requirements of
life.
MISSOURI PACIFIC TRAINS, !
NEW ORLEANS TO OMAHA
New Orleans, Dec. 22. A daily!
all-steel passenger car service will be
put in operation between New Or
leans and Kansas City and Omaha
January 5, next, the Missouri Pacific
announced today.
This will be the first passenger
service operated out of New Orleans'
by the Missouri Pacific. i
Through recent rail purchases and
consolidations the road has acquired
a controlling interest in the Texas &
Pacific and the Gulf Coast lines. i
JAPAN'S SILK EXPORTS
TO GERMANY INCREASE
Tokio. Nov. 26. Japan's exports
of raw silk and silk fabrics to tier- j
many show a steady increase. '
Up to October, this year, exports I
to Germany amounted to 150.000.000 j
marks in value. '
I
Peace, Good Will
to Everyone
May the spirit that should
justly come from Christmas
"Peace on Earth; Good Will to
Men" be felt in this community
among all our people. j
In earnest appreciation of!
the business we have enjoyed,
we greet our friends with gcod
wishes.
Plattsmouth
Bottling Works
James Aultt Prop.
IP3
Iiristmas
heer
AND A-
appy
Year
Our message to you good friends and
patrons wherever you are on this day.
J. i. CHAB8LL, Jeweler
A Right Merry Christmas
TO OUR FRIENDS
For the many kind friends we have, we are deeply
grateful and fully appreciative of their patronage and
support in the year drawing to a close and assure our
friends that at this season of the year we wish ihern and
all the resiJents of this community
Happiness and Good Health
May you all enjoy the Happy Christmas
season and receive the message of "Peace
on Earth, Good Will Toward All Mankind."
The Palace Shining Parlor
George Conis, Propr.
:::: n-?Si v.sti i? uZ'.i tz-'-i
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To Our Friends and Customers-
WE EXTEND
HEARTIEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
and
BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR
Popular Variety Store
Roy W. Knorr
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As the San in its glory dispels the clouds, so may the
New Year
dispel all your clouds and troubles and open
before your pathway a clear vision to the
greater joys and prosperity.
For all patronage of the past, we offer
our sincere thanks. We trust it will be our
pleasure to serve you in 1925.
Plattsmouth Steam Laundry
Wulttiit
Our store closed
all day Thursday
rgefttui
M. B. BROWN,
Jeweler
