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MONDAY. NOV. 21, 1927. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE IT7E A i White Man's Law Bests Indian's as Sentence is Given Major Victor M. Locke Draws Ten Years in Prison for Murder of a Tribesman. FAIRMONT GIRL IN GROUP Antlers, Okla., Nov. IS. Modern law of the white man prevailed here yesterday, -when Maj. Victor M. Locke, Jr., 51, former chieftain of the Chocta.vs. was sentenced to ten years in prison for killing Abner liattiest, a young tribesman. A jury in Pushmataha county dis trict court found him guilty of man slaughter, deciding he was not tem porarily insane the night of Septem ber 10. when he took a rifle and walked to Battiest's home and shot him. I Upheld Womanhood j Tribesmen had called upon Major i Locke, high in the councils of the' tribe, to uphold an Indian chief's I pledge to protect womanhood, accus-j ing Battiest with mistreatment ofj tribal girls. On the witness stand. Major Locke said he failed to re member the shooting. 1). lYr.se witne.-es. some of whom could speak only their native Choc taw tongue, requiring an interpretvr at the trial, testified Major Locke ! nd Hattlest had quarrelled over the young tribesmen's advances to girls in the tribe. Major Locke, as a chief tain, looked upon the Indians as his wards, whom he ft 1 1 obliged lo pro-. Chicago. Nov. 17. Girl farm leaders, state champions in the 4-H girls club, will compete here Nov. 2 3 to Dec. 2 for the national tro phies and prizes at the sixth annual 4-II club congress. The meeting of the boy and girl agricultural lead ers will be held in connection with the international livestock exposi tion. Each of the girl winners, who were announced today will be award ed trips to Chicago with all his ex penses paid. Among the state winners is Miss Helen McElvain, Fairmont, Neb. Tornado and Heavy Rains Kit National Capital Twister, Accompanied by Gale, Causes One Death, Injuries, Property Damage at Washington. ttct. .T ust t imony 1 .ther. curst d Latt ic st rated h'.s relax of thi. Father Was Cursed b"f(.re the shooting, the tes-, developed, the major's aged 'Uncle Dick" Locke, was ant! s:ru-k in the face by j vlirn the former remon- vrxiiiir Iiidian for! with the i. i:s with the girls. Hearing Major L.uke i olio wed Dani sh ! h t an:i sir ! i.im t ueam. Major Lo-.-ke. in 1J'2". was dismiss ed as sttpvrintc-ndent of the five civilized tribes. H has be: n at liberty on $25 boiui s:::ce soon after the shoot ing, but was tf.ktn into custody by the six riff when the jury gave its verdb t. 1 1 i s they would News. attorneys announced appeal. Omaha Eee- Thar?jjiving cards, beautiful and a wide range of prices can be found at the Bates Pock & Gift shop. Call now and inspect them. Speaking of mottoes, that of the Bums Detective Agency must be, "the customer is always right." Washington. Xov. 18. Heralded by f;:st moving black clouds, a tor nado swept down on this city and outlying sections for 20 miles around Thursday, leaving in its path of de struction one known dead, at least 200 injured, and property damage es timated at several million dollars. Striking first near Alexandria. Va.. eight miles south of Washington, at abent 2:0 in the afternoon, the t'ur.n :-shaped twister blew on the crt-t of a r3-nii!" gale toward the capital, encompassing an area a mile or mere in width, and passed on into neat by Maryland, apparently blow ing its !f out around Hyattsville. Only the eastern section of this city was visited by the tornado it self, altho the entire capital and neighboring territory was drenched with two severe thunderstorms that followed the twister and continued until after 4 p. m. Second Town Hit. The greatest damage occurred in Alvxand: ia and Washington. al though half a dozen nearby Mary land towns suffered to some extent. The number of injured in Alex andria was placed a 125. About 75 buildings and homes were damaged The loss there was estimated at more th?.r f 500. 000. About a score of injured were in Washington hospitals Thursday night but newspapers reported scores of others being treated at their homes. More than 100 homes and build ings were unroofed here, including a portable choolhouse. The school children escaped unhurt. The one death was that of a Ne gro woman who was struck by lightning. Naval Air Station Hit. Half a million dollars damage was wrought at the naval air station at Anacostia, where eight seaplanes were wrecked, a hangar unroofed and barracks buildings severely shak en. The heavy blow played many pranks in this section. The Washington navy yard suf fered about $100,000 damage. Trees were "Blown down, automo biles turned over and wrecked and transmission lines tangled up for blocks. Through Hyattsville. Bladensburg, Benning and Colmar Manor, the tor nado swept through nearby Mary land, demolishing many houses and tearing the roofs from others. Few were injured seriously. The Red Cross had many relief workers out in the storm early and Thursday night, with local author ities, were caring for many who were made homeless. Omaha Bee-News. NO NEED OF A LEY PLANK Philadelphia. Nov. IS. Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Detroit, presi dent of the antisaloon league of America, does not believe that the major political parties should insert a plank on prohibition in their platforms. The bishop, who is at- , tending the annual meeting of the board of home missions and church extension of the Methodist Episcopal church, spoke today at a luncheon of leaders in the prohibition move ment. , "My reason for not agreeing with Senator Borah." said Bishop Nich iolson. "is that we do not need to ask the political parties to pxit a prohibition plank in their platform. A plank is something the political party promises to do. The people have spoken thru a two-thirds ma jority of congress and the the rati . tication of forty-six states. They have put prohibition in the constitu tion, which constitutes an order of the people to the political parties to obey and enforce it." Making Survey of Pig Crop for the Governme t t HAHLET KEWS ITE&IS I Eural Carriers Are Engaged in Gath ering Information for Use of Agricultural Department. The semi-annual pig survey is now being made by the Department of Agriculture through the rural car riers. The information gathered en ables farmers to plan hog production in fucIi a way as to prevent over or under production which in txxrn pre vents extreme price fiuctation says A. E. Anderson, State and Federal Crop Statistician. Hog production has run in cycles because an over production is fol lowed by low prices which discour age hog production to an extent that later causes an under supply of po'k and this pgain stimulates price up ward. The past shows almost an un broken record of heavy hog produc tion followed by high prices. An example of this is the high produc tion and low prices in 192.1 and 1924 and later the low production and high prices of 1925 and 192C. Thus undesirable fluctuation of prices whereby the farmers have few liners to sell when prices are good and many to sell when prices are lew c:in be eliminated largely by the use of the information gathered in the FOE SALE White Wyandotte cockerels, Martin-Fisher strains, $2.00 to $4.00 at yards. My bird'? were winners at Cass Co. fair in Sept. 1927. first on old and voting pen. Will also spare a few more hens and pullets at $1.50. Lola Oldham. Route 1, Mynard, Nebr. n21-2tw ?urveys of the de- June There is no argument to meet the statement that concrete roads are j much more economical than gravel for much traveled routes Such pav ing saves large sxims in maintenance, wear on tires and gasoline consumption. nr w semi-annual po part men t. The pig surveys are made in and December. The December vev gives the size of the fall of pigs and also farmer's intentions as to breeding for the spring pig crop. Similar information on the spring crop is given in June. Con sequently, before the close of Decem ber, the farmer has not only the in formation on the spring pig crop that was available in June, but also the size of the fall pig crop and the farnieis plans for breeding for thej coming spring pig crop. Since this ! survey is nption wide, the farmer) can. m the licht of the information available, regulate his pig crops to r.n extent that will adjust produc tion to demand, and prevent the violent fluctuations in production and price. The pig surveys furnish the most valuable service of any piven by the department to the hosr industry. In the past, the farmer has had lare" number? of hogs to sell when the price was low and few to sell when it was high. Through the pig sur veys, the farmer now has the nec essary information to plan and ad just the hog production in a way J that will make prices quite steady and prevent violent fluctuation. Unfortunately, there are still a few who think this information benefits the packer only. Ncrhing could be farther from the trurh. If produc- August Krecklow says business is nrettv fair at his place, notwith standing the fact that the people are all picking corn. I Theodore Harms and the family were enjoying a visit at Talmage on 'last Sunday, they being guests at ! the home of Henry Peters and wife of that place. Joseph Wolptrt and Harold Kreck low were putting a new roof on one of the farm buildings on one of the farms cf Mr. Wolpert during the early portion of last week. Reports from Itollin Coon, who is in Omaha, are to the effect that he is getting along nicely and is able to j be about town, but the physicians think he had not better come home until he has brown stronger. ! Eli Keckler received a letter a few days since from Elmer Pearson, who had arrived in Texas on his way south, but had not gotten to his des tination, which he thought he would reach by Sunday. They were en joying the trip very much. Frank Bergman, with the boys, all beir.g hustlers, were able to get the corn out of the field on last Caturday and with a few flakes of snow falling they were not sorry they were done. They found the crop just fair, but of good quality. i The enterprising firm of Miller & Gruber, of Nehawka, concrete work ers, were in Man ley last week , constructed a concrete crossing to unload the corn, and he was quick ly drawn into the wheel and pummel ed about until he was unconscious. The wife, hearing the engine stop, and wondering, went to look, and saw the husband entangled with the machinery, hastened to see what was the matter. She found the husband apparently lifeless and fastened in the wheel of the gas engine and had to run to the house where she got a butcher knit'e with which to cut the clothing away before she could get the husband out-of the wheel and belt. A physi cian was called and he was taken to the hospital at Omaha the same even ing. Owing to the severity of his injur ies, he did not recover consciousness for some twenty-four hours. It is thought that he will recover, but he was in a very critical condition fol lowing the accident. It is not under stood just how the engine killed it self at the time, but the relatives ai.d friends are mighty thankful it did, for had the fly wheel made just a few more revolutions there is no question about it, the young man would have been killed outright. It was a most distressing accident and comes right at a time when help Ls sorely needed to get the corn crop cribbed before the arrivals of deep snow and the wasting away of the Tin O jLJd lank its-iir, net so mi:c.i on ihe tokne cf the trexs- ziions it handles cay as Vi ac-2 upon the p.;?!s takiai inu'.vilzci irealmr 10 lb I i ;ui- ELECTEIC PLOW IIIPS0VZS YIELD LeRay, N. Y.. Nov. 13. Sciontists farmers and electrical experts have keut close watch on the outcome of and ! xp-riments conducted here- in from . "e'ectro soil culture." conducted the Manloy State bank westward j with an cbctric plow invented ac ross the si.reet to connect with the i Hamilton L. llov. w ho claims that by on the west side of the , devic ) practice. will revolutionize farming pavement street. John Gruber. having an oppor tunity to exchange his faithful Ford, manager of which had served him during the ' here, half a hot davs of the- summer and the cold ed with weeds and quack grnsn wa nights of winter, exchanged it for a i turned over to Mr. Ito tor his experi Dodge Brothers car with a Weeping nnts errly in June, potatoes being Water tan. and now- has a speedier I selected as the crop. The other half car with which to get around. to Ernest L. Button, the Woodward farms field which was infest- treate-d in the or- i lion. An, v.e iLviie vsc Make O.ir Ban!: Ycur Bank Farmers Stale Bank Platrs: fit- r. SAYS IEITAIN ClLUirCLHTC- tion is adjusted to demand, a higher and steady level of prices will be maintained and this is desired not only by the farmer but the packer as well. However, if these surveys are to hrinn: results, the department must have the cooperation of all farmers in filling out the pig survey cards accurately and returning the same to the rural carriers promptly. Farm ers ure urgently requested to give the rural carrier his full cooperation in this valuable service which is ab solutely to their best interests. Takes State Bar Exam ! A. H. Humble, the agent of the Missouri Pacific at Mauley, was in Lincoln during the past week, where he was taking the bar examination before the committee of the supreme court. and which required about ! three days of very strenuous work 'on his part and the others of the class of about twenty-three who are tasking for permits to practice before the courts of this state. Mr. Humble . has put in a lot of work on the 'course, and with the breadth of his j study and research. should easily pass the examination, notwithstand ing its hartiness. lor r.e nas a very excellent understanding of law and its rules, as well as their application to the conditions of statutes, decis ions and the business of the times. Following the examination, Mr. Humble expected to visit for a few days at Kansas City, where he form er home was. He is attornej- H. Hum ble now. of the field was Ginary manner. The potatoes planted in ground i treated by the electric plow were set ! BULL THE0WN IN OMAHA r s IP IT:. T 7 T RCA adiola 16 GA One Dial Control So Easy to Operate At SS2.75 the new RADIOLA 16 is the greatest dollar-for-doliar value today in the line of battery equipped receiving sets! Equipped with Genuine Radiotrons FQf 0?J F ky the same engineers who planned lJLOlt3LuJ the great Broadcasting Stations. FSTT rV by the world's greatest electrical manufac ii UaL 1 turers General Electric and Westinghouse. A,(T'f"'J A flVfriTY everywhere as the finest achieve ILJlLUELj ments of the Radio art. Phone 384 MER ELECTRICAL CO. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA authorized B.CA-Rcdiola dealer Omaha, Nov. 1G. Motor police men, humane society attaches and pedestrians were forced into the role of matadors in an uptown corner today when a wild steer invaded the street and charged at least a dozen persons. The steer, with careless indiscrim ination, butted several of the onlook ers including J. E. Ilildebrand of the humane society. Street car service was tied up while the patrons en joyed ringside seats. Ralph Karstens. truck driver, dodged behind his machine barely escaping the beast's horns. Thwarted in its efforts, the steer placed his horns under the fenders of the truck and almost succeeded in toppling it over on the driver. ariats were unslung and one final ly found its mark, dropping across one of the animal's horns. A butch er from a provisions company, owner of the steer, arrived and killed the animal. COMMUNITY MEETING NOTICE At Mynard. on Friday evening. Xov. 2", a community meeting will be held, for the purpose- of making the temporary organization -a per manent Mynard community organ ization. Mr. Newton W. Gaines, of Lincoln, the state extension agent, in com munity organization, will be pres ent. The program of the e vening will be under the direction of Mr. Ray mond Cook, chairman of the program committee. Every family in the community is cordially invited to be in attendance. Free lunch will be served. Program starting at 8:00 p. m. nl9-5td-2tw KEC0MMENDS METE0BS CONTROL COEN E0EEE Chicago, Nov. 16. Control of the corn borer by low cutting of stand ing corn, plowing under or burning of corn stalks and debris and shred ding or ensiling fodtler was recom mended by Y. H. Larrimer, of the bureau of entomology of tht United States department of agriculture in an address today before the agricul tural Fection of the association cf land grant colleges and universities in session here. Have you aiiytlnrig to "buy or sell? Try a Journal Want Ad. Thanksgiving; Dinner On Tuesday of this week, that is today, as you get the paper, you have an opportunity to get a turkey, goose or duck for your Thanksgiving din ner, and there are plenty of the game for vou at the Manlev pool hall. JOHN GRUBER. in 22 days after the others. Nine hundred of 4-S-10 fertilizer were used by the plnrters using the cus tomary method cf plowing. The e:; p "! inu r.tul field had none at all. It has been conceded by the many who have visited the field that the faction whicli had been electrically tie;. ted had overcome fully 50 per cent ef the foul growth; some were inclined to think it had disposed of 90 per cent. Chicago. Nov. 1C. Gre.i is trying to avert the di.-'int-. of t li -.;pi" e up u v. Lkh "i never sets" by formation f v with the United StL.t -:. Co:: ward R ".- II. New Vi:k ('. ! le ctri declared t:lay i!t ;1 of V.'il.'i:! m McAndrew, pus sup riist' ndent of s-ih'-o'.s. I'.: STEAYED i Ru.-ell. who was c.u.n.is ien pu'"!ie inlormati'.:; t V.:. during ihe world w.;r, vii? c:-i ' substantiate nat gos of a M r , iia.ni iiaie Thouipst.n, that ' propaganda had mt' red Ai .schorls in Li.tory texts. ; Since the world war Enp'i-1 ! nnies have di:iwn av;,y !:: 'ti.th'-r country :.:u! the Driii-i ,ej-i: mn:k-ts have be- :i na: J Ru. se ll testified. A w.it.ir.g I p I in world affairs world be i jthri! en alliance' with the V I State s, he concluded. Ppotted roland-China sow. weight 225 pounds. Finder please call Fred Hanni. Murray phone 1513. n21-2tw Need help ? Tctj czn r-et It qnicklj by plpciEET yorr scJ in tr- Jccrae!. TOE SALE Goo boar -. phone registered Che-i-r -Charles YVarga, VIj.1 n t ; To Pay Us a Visit The Plattsmouth carnival boost ers, out on an advertising tour next Wednesday night to advertise the Legion's annual indoor Harvest Fes tival will tary here briefly at about 7:30 o'clock, while on their way to Weeping Water from Louisville and put out a few bills advertising the event. Among the features of the affair are high grade radios for nightly door prizes, each of which is valued at 575 or more, and the capi tal award of a Chevrolet coach on the closing night. Furai i. E a tli Celetrate Wedding1 Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mockenhaupt and children, Arthur, Walter, Wil-1 liam and Anna Maried, accompanied i by Miss Mary A. Murphy. all of! Manley, drove up to Herman on last j Sunday, where they were guests ofi Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Iluse, the occa-j sion being the celebration ot .Air. ana Mrs. Huse's fifth wedding anniver sary. About forty guests were pres ent at the sumptuous dinner. Fink, candles and pink roses and baby I chrysanthemums were the decora-; tions used these being used at the! wedding five years ago. Mrs. Iluse' was assisted in receiving by Misses' Anra and Gertrude Huse and Miss ' Lily Tiehe. of Omaha. ! Mrs. Huse was formerly Miss Ag-! nes Tighe. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ' John Tighe. of Omaha. HEARS BROTHER DEAD Rudolph Bergman, of Manley, re ceived a letter from a sister, who makes her home at Saltsberg, Pa., telling that a half brother. Louis Ku hert of Toledo. 57, had died a few days since following an operation for relief from a cancer, which oc curred on last Saturday and from when he died early Sunday morn ing:. The sister, Mrs. Herman Wien ecke was with the brother at the time of the operation and at the time of the death. Mr. Bergman had visited with the brother during the past year. Mr. Kuhert has for over twenty-five years bee in the employ of the Willys-Overland company, and was an expert mechanic. He leaves a wife, three sons and one daughter. MEETS WITH SEVERE AC CEDENT A few days since while in the act of unloading a wagon load of corn, the wind blowing rather1 strongly, the clothing of Albert Kraft, of near Manley, was blovn against the belt of the gas engine which be was using Read the new list of Reclaimed Furniture and Rugs offered at this time, that must bo sold at once. Price cut more than one-hair. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS One $500 Player Piano, mahogany case, for only $11C.C0 One $175 walnut case Phonograph, jnst lite new 35.00 Story and Clark Organ, only 10. 00 FLOOR COVERINGS Six Velvet and Axministcr Rugs. 6x9 to 9x12 $5.00 is $15.03 Ten Cong-oleums, just slightly used, GsS and 9xl2 2.50 to 5.0D Some odd pieces of Cong-oleum and Linoleum in this lot. FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS One $65 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet, porcelain top, $25.00; iix other cabinetg from $i.50 to $15.00; one 2-pc. Overstuffed Living Suite, $39.50; one 3-pc. JIahcgany Library Set, $25.00; six Library Tables, mahogany, walnut and oak, from $3.50 to $11,50; five H:ov Leaf Tables from $2.50 to $6.50; one William and Ilary Lining Zoom Suite, $25.00; four oak Extension Tables, $5.00 to $15.00: two Ereakfast Sets, $7.50 and $11.50; fifteen Simmons Eeds in fnil siie, 3-4 and 3-3 sizes. $1.50 to $15.00; fifteen Eei Springs, $1.50 to $12.50; eight good used Mattresses, full size, C-i and 3-3 sizes, at $3.50 to $5.00; Comfors, Quilts, Eed Springs, Pillows cud Sheet;; two Lloyd Baby Baggies, like new, $8.50 and $15.00; ere good Oak Duofold. $18.00; ten Dressers and Chiffcnniers from $3.50 to $15.00; one beautiful $45 I-Iahogany Eresser for $20.00; Commode:,. Chests of Drawers, Eoko Cases, Writing Desks, Center Tables, tewing- Cabinets, Occasional Tables, Library Tables, etc.. all will be sacrificed at much less than half their value. Three Ironirg Boards at $1.00 to $3.50; thirty Chairs and Eockers in plain and overstuff ed from S1.00 to $15.00 each; two Sewing- IJachires, like new. at new Kattresses, rev. Springs. Cong-oleum Eugs, Sanitary Cots. $1.50 io $4.00; Sanitary Cot Pads, Crib Pads, and many other articles. STOVES AND RANGES One Copper Clad Range, extra special at $35.00 One Majestic Range, godo condition, for o:ily 20.0 J Two Gas Eanges. $7.50 and 10.CO Two good Oil Stoves, $12.50 and 25.00 One Gasoline Cook Sio7e 7. CO Pour Heating Stoves. S12.50 p.nd 15.C0 We also have the DOUGLAS CLuCULATOR that takes the plr.-.e c: a Furnace and is guaranteed to heat 5 rooms in the coldest vttr:: . Prices $65, $75 and $35 See Goods First Doer South of Telemione Biiildin-j half price; new Bed Room Suites, Vanity Dressers, Eeds, Chiff: niers, Dressers. Book Cases. Writing i n "i . :i u al :! :,d t (t j t- ':- 11 an . 1-