THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1930. PAGE SEVEN Murray Department Prepared In the Interest of the People of Murray and ftwroundin? Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readers Gussie Brubacher and family were enjoying a visit to his folks in Platts mouth. on last Sunday. Mrs. Alma Yardley is at Weeping Water where she is nursing Mrs. Charles Phllpot who is sick at her home there. C. N. DeLong, a painter from Ne braska City, was looking after some business matters in Murray on last Monday morning. Dr. G. L. Taylor was a visitor in Plattsmouth where he was attend ing the American Legion meeting Wednesday of this week. Wilber Hewitt, the painter, is painting the parsonage of the Chris tian church and will make it like new, both inside and out. A boy came to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Walters and all doing nicely, and joy reigns su preme in the household. Mr. and Mrs. Alavador Nickles who reside on a farm southeast of Union, were visiting with friends in Mur ray for the day on last Sunday. A. R. Dowler of Weeping Water was looking after some business mat ters and also visiting with friends in Murray on last Monday afternoon. ' Phillip A. Hild who liked to work much better than many people has accepted a position for a short time assisting the Conkey Farmers Ele vator. J. A. Scotten and his crew of work ers are making some repairs on two places, S. S. Davis, where Carl Wo muck lives and where Charles Dy- sart lives. Van Allen who is attending busi ness college in Omaha was a visitor at home with the folks for over the week end returning to his studies early Monday. Dr. J. F. Brendel and T. J. Bren del were over to Omaha for a short time on last Monday afternoon, they driving over to the big city in the car of the doctor. John A. Davis, living west of town, was shelling and delivering corn to the Murray elevators on last Monday. Harry Gayer was also shelling and delivering corn as well. Mr. J. A. Scotten is placing a new roof on' the farm home of Charles M. Reed, the one which was formerly owned by George W. Rhoden and farmed by Galen Rhoden. W. J. Philpot was on the market in Omaha with a very fine load of nice corn fed steers which he ship ped to the South Omaha stock yards and where he sold bringing a very good price. Frank Mrasek and family were over to near the Missouri river east of Union last Sunday where they en joyed a very fine time for a number of hours taking well filled baskets and had a very fine picnic dinner as well. Wilber Hewitt and family were over to Plattsmouth for the day on last Sunday, they being guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Clark, and also visiting the new Missouri river bridge which sponns the "big muddy" there. Last week the baseball fans of Murray and vicinity got together and made preparations for enjoying the TWO HUNDRED Trae Weeks Old Chick Barred Rocks, Buff Orping tons and Leghorns. Also a few Baby Chicks. Call phone No. 45-J, Murray, Nebraska. Herman Wohlarth -irJoURAr-ICE- Fire, Lightning, Hail Tornado Prompt adjustment and payment in cash .as scon as adjustment is made. Why take a chance with some stranger and then be sorry in case of loss? I will appreciate your business again this year. Call Phone Nos. 2 or 37. W. G. BOEDEKER Murray, Nebraska Spring is getting on her new clothes. They are beautiful. Get in line. Beautify the home inside and out. We have the Paints and Varnishes. Quality goods at right prices. Farming Machinery An implement for every kind of work. Let us know your needs in our line. Come in now and talk it over. urray Hardware Co. Murray, Nebraska coming baseball season and were out getting the ground in readiness for the first game which will be played in the near future. Fred Hollenberger who has been so Bick for several weeks, is reported as still being kept to his bed, while sometimes a little better, he i3 again not so well but it is hoped that he will soon, with the warmer weather, be able to be out and thus gain fas ter. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Nickles and Mrs. Henry C. Long were over to Omaha on last Sunday where they, were visiting at the home of Mrs. Robert Shrader, a sister of Mrs. Nickles and daughter of Mrs. Long. They drove over and enjoyed a very fine visit. Charles Mutz who resides on the place which has been owned by J. H. Tarns for some time has been get ting things arranged for farming and has just purchased a mowing ma chine, large water tank and a lister, getting ready for the real work when the time comes. Herbert Stoll, while holding a team of horses and setting on a car, where he was somewhat entangle with some ropes, the team becoming frightened, ran away pulling Her bert off the car on the concrete pave ment with the result that he was quite badly bruised. George Campbell of Bellegrade, arrived in Murray on Tuesday of this week and after visiting for a short time will be driven to Savan nah, Mo., by Eugene Fitch, where he is to take treatment for cancer which has been giving this gen tleman trouble for some time past. ' Will S. Smith and wife and Miss Beatrice Rawls and Mrs. J. W. De Les Denier and daughter, Miss Reane were visiting in Omaha for a short time on last Sunday afternoon where they, went to visit with Miss Flor ence Bartlett,- who is convalescing at a hospital there, following a siege of pneumonia for a number of weeks. Mrs. E. W. Milburn and the kiddies and Mrs. Wm. Sporer went over to Lincoln on last Saturday evening where they stayed over night and Sunday. Mrs. Milburn and kiddies visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Davis, while Mrs. Sporer visited with her cousin, Mrs. Minnie Woods while there. They returned home Sunday evening. B. H. Nelson and family were over to Nehawka where they visited for a time at the home of Mrs. Nelson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter John son, and where they all went to the home of Oscar Nelson, the father of B. H. Nelson, where they visited for a time and then went and visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. II. Ing wersen. Mr. Johnson, Oscar Nelson and Mrs. Ingwersen are all feeling rather poorly at this time. Fine Seed Oats. We have some two hundred bus hels of good extra fine seed oats, for sale. Inquire either ai Peter John son at Nehawka or the Murray Hard ware store. Suffers Injuries. The team which was being used by E. II. Kniss on the farm became firightened and ran away with the result that Mr. Knis swas somewhat injured. He however, was still able to be around. Father Undergoes Operation. L. J. Hallas and the familv and accompanied by the mother, of Platts mouth, were over to Omaha on last Sunday where they visited with the father of Mr. Joseph Hallas, who late last week underwent an operation at the hospital in Omaha and who is getting along as well as could te looked for. Miss Florence Bartlett Poorly. Miss Florence Bartlett who has been very poorly for several weeks and who still remains in the hospi tal, is not feeling as well as is de sired, that it was thought best to give a transfusion of blood and four of her very cloe friends, the Misses Rosemary Fredrirh, Reane D Ls Denier, Lorene Hatchett and Evelyn M?ade, offered to supply the life uid, and went to Omaha on last Saturday with that intention, the first to be tested to know if the blood would correspond with that of the patient being Rosemary Fredrich, but her blood was so greatly differ ent from that of Miss Florence, that her blood could not be used. The second was that of Miss De Les Den ier which was almost idential in characteristic and she was chosen. The girls were in good spirits and jocularly said that the transfusion would make them blood relation. Beginning at 8:00 Continuous NEHAWKA AUDITORIUM April 12, Saturday Feature Picture So This is College Singing, Dancing. Talking Comedy BILTMORE TRIO April 26 - 27, Saturday and Sunday Why Leave Home Comedy Railroading May 3, Saturday Don't fail to See Woman Racket Leaping Love Comedy Nehawka Auditorium Ladies Have Big Time. The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church who met last Wed nesday at the church parlors and had a very fine season of work, and excellent progress and a splendid so cial hour. There was a large crowd and the meeting was a success in every respect. Puts in Stock. George E. Nickles, in order to care for the wants and needs of his clien tele has stocked a quantity of Sesil kradt paper, which is tough as can vass and which is used for building paper in buildings and for covering of cribs and stacks, and serves a very fine way in keeping grain from mois ture. Getting Beach in Readiness. Frank Mrasek. the proprietor of the Murray Bathing Beach, has been getting the things in readiness at the beach for the opening of the season as soon as the weather shall wanr sufficiently for the bathers to get into the water. iTom the opening of spring it looks like there might l o a lot of good warm weather. Mr. Mrasek is to be complimented for the energy and interest which he is taking in the welfare of the com munity of Murray, and we believe if every town had a number of enter prising citizens like this they would all be much the better. ' ' Will Em'oy Basket Dinner. The Christian church, if it be lieves in "anything, believes in get ting close toeether and being friend lv and sociable, will on April- SiHi- Easter Sunday, hold a basket dinner at the church parlors following the morning worship. Rev. Hanson will bring his. parents .and many guests have been Invited and an excellent time is being anticipated at the meet ing aad .dinner. Horses and A Cow For Sale. I have a little more horse power than needed, can spare either a single horse or a team all well broken, and also a four years old Holstein cow to freshen soon. Fred Rehmeier, Weeping Water. Presbyterian Church Notes. Sabbath school at 10 a. m. Morning worship at 11 a. m. Evening service at 7:30 p. m (Young people's meeting). Wednesday evening prayer meet ing at 7:30. You are cordially invited to wor ship with us. J. C. STEWART. Pastor. TYDINGS AFTER BROOKHART Washington In reply to criticism of his own recent attack on prohibi tion. Senator Tydings, Maryland, took occasion to inform the senate Tuesday that Senator Brookhart, the republican dry from Iowa, "really is a remarkable man." Tydings referred to the Iowan as "Police Chief Brookhart, Agriculture Secretary Brookhart, Secretary of the Treasury Brookhart. Director of the Census Brookhart, and Attorney Gen eral Brookhart. Brookhart had found fault with statistics given on a series of charts with which Tydings had lined the walls of the chamber for his prohi bition speech. The Marylander said the Iowan had corrected them from his "own statistics which he did not show us," and had asserted the charts were based on information cir culated by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. In fact, Tydings declared, he per sonally secured the statistics from the government departments. Then he saluted Brookhart with the titles of the department heads. "It seems futile," added Tydings, "to try to controvert such empty, imaginary statements. Deeds, Mortgages. Contracts and all kinds of legal blanks fcr sale a1 Tnnmal office. I3VICE! We are here to serve you with Gaso line, Oils, Greases, Accessories and Supplies. Ho job too smalL or too large fcr our work shop. "You Must be Satisfied'-' is more than just a mere slogan with us. We mean every word. Murray Garage A. D. Bakke, Propr." MURRAY - NEBRASKA If t-ny of tbe res-cU-rs of tbe Jours; it-DOir of my bociI etent or ileal of iotercst Id ttls vicinity. Lcd wiU mt.il I ice u this office. It wiil ti peir under this fiefcdiri?. V e ut all newslterps Kottob REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE MURRAY STATE BANK of Murray, Nebr. Charter No. 5S7 in the State of Ne braska at the close of business March 31st, 1930. KKSOUKCES Loans and discounts $234 101.45 213.54 431. ttO C-J2.1S ,4r.r..oi 573.36 Overdrafts Honils arid securities (exclu sive of cash reserve) 50, Judgments and Claims F.itikinp: house, furniture and fixtures Other real estate Cash in Hank and Due from National and State Banks.. $ 73. 26.". 49 Checks and items of exchange 2. 90 U. S. bonds in cash reserve 2.2..0.00 518.44 TOTAL .' $36S,935.8S LIABILITIES Capital stock $ 15,000.00 6,000.00 1,945.75 Surplus fund Undivided profits (Net) Keserve for Dividends. Con tingencies, Interest, Taxes, etc Individual deposits subject to rheck. .$144,362.49 Time certificates of deposit H6,74r,.ss Cashier's checks.. 1 l,ft:'2.3.1 I ue to National and State banks He-discounts Rills Payable Depositor's guarantee fund. 3,513.00 :42, 130.72 none none none 344.41 TOTAL .5368,935. SS tate of Nebraska 1 V ss. County of Cass J I. V. G. Boedeker. Br. .ident of tl -above named batik do s .lcnir.lv swear tiiat the above statement is a true and correct copy of the report made to the i(".artmcnt of "-i d" I'umni. ive. W. G. BOKPRKKK, Attest: President. LEON A BOEDEKE!:. Director. G. AL MINFOP.D. Director. Subscri'ied and sworn to before mo this 9th dav of April. 1 ;::. K. S. Ti'TT, ; (Seal) Not-iiy J'ublic. i (My commission expires Mar. 17, 1930 Rid Nation of Communism is Flea to House Representative Sirovich Demands Chil3 .Labor Abolishment; ; ' Urges Aged Pensions Washington, April 8. In a blister ing attack -upon communism, Repre sentative Sirovich (D. ), cf New York, in the house Tuesday, urged the na tion to 'put its own house in order," that it may better meet the danger of communistic propaganda. Four requisites for "improving the temple, of. democracy in the United States," he said, were: 1. Abolition of child labor. 2. Scientific treatment of the un employment situation. C. Establishment of old-age pen--sions. 4. Counteract the effect of great industrial mergers. Defends Children. "Children unaer 16 years of age should never be compelled through the force of economic circumstances to work in the mill, the mine, the loom or fac tory," said Sirovich. "Capital has no right to of fer their humble bodies in the quarries of industry, to compete with labor that justly and right fully belongs to the older men." In a land of plenty of prosperity, he said, 5,000,000 people without employment is a tragedy. It is a sad commentary upon the civilization of our day that men and women with families and children dependent upon them, willing to work, should be un able to find employment. Pensions Are Urged. "If patriotism inspires us to pension the soldier, how much more patriotic is it to pension the old fathers and mothers. , "Most important, we must counteract the effects of mer gers, concentrations and combin ations of big business, which are threatening to exterminate , the middle class." In Russia it is the bullet, whereas in America it- is the ballot; Sirovich said. He condemned the anti-church and anti-religion drive of the Soviet regime as contrary to justice. Oma ha Bee-News. ROB 7 STORES AT FULLERTON Fullerton. April 8. Seven business houses in Fullerton were entered and burglarized Monday night and early Tuesday morning. Locks on front entrances were forced. The Bowman grocery, of which George Bowman is proprietor, was robbed of 1 60 in cash and a quan tity of cigars and cigarets. ; ; . . Cigars and cigarets were taken from the Frank Boruch soft drink parlor. The robbers secured $6.50 in cash from the Knowles & Son Chevrolet garage and a small amount of-cash from the N. X. Barber Ford gar age. - -. . . . - - ' ; Three filling stations, the Deep Rock, . ihe Farmers Union and- the Luse & Schroeder, were tmteretL. and their cash registers robbed of small, amounts of . cash - -Authorities are. a . work on .- the case, but sx -:ftr no trace ofthe burglars has ben-found.!-. -.;:! Falls City Fire Takes One Life; Loss $250,000 Business Block Swept; Explosion Menaces Courthouse 3 Chain Stores Suifer Damage Falls City, Nob., April 7. Fire which bmke out here at 4:15 p. m. today took the life of one fireman and caused loss of about a quarter million dr-llars. The flames swept nearly all of a block of business buildings on the principal street, and threatened for a time to damage the Richardson county courthouse. Cus-e of the blszo had not been determin ed early tonight. The fire wr.s not checked for sev eral hours. Fire equipment from Au burn, and from Hiawatha, Kans., was hastened h-re to give aid to the two local trucks and calls were sent for r.id to Nebraska City and Ham burg, la. The man killed was H. 11. Kemp Ira,' 48, a blacksmith, and member cf the volunteer fire department. While fighting the fire in the J. C. Fenney department store, he col- la r.sed. He died about 10 minute.- later. Doc-tors Bocse and Green, who attended, said he haa breamed flame into his lungs. The fire was declared under con trol at f) p. m. though firemen were to continue on duty all night, the debris still burning steadily. No further danger of spread of tne flames was feared at that hour, how ever. Penney Store Ruined. The Penney store, in a two story building owned by a firm of which John N. Morehead and Governor Weaver arc members, was the heav iest loss, estimated at 50 thousand for stock and fixtures, rjid GO thous and dollars for the building. Next dcor on the north, ihe Piggiy Wiggly store :.r.d building, one story, was destroyed, with total of 30 thcu sar.d dollars' loss. To the south of Penney was the McLcllan five ard 10 cent sirre. two story, a total loss f-et at 40 thousand dollars fcr stock, fixtures and build- i V T Damage to the Paul Hessler shop, a landmark in Falls City for nearly four decades, was estimated at 30 thousand dollars. Schock's department store, cue cf Fall.- City's largest, suffered unesti niated damage, chiefly from water and smoke. It is a two-story Luild irg. A cafe at the north end of the block, next beyand the Piggiy Wiggly store, also was damaged. Fl:e Store in Panic. The fire was discovered by Autie pii r.i.n employe cf the Southeastern Nebraska. Telephone .i. company ex change. He wtrs -walking in the alley and saw flames coming out the ' Mo ment window of the Penney store. He turned in the alarm. -Almost at the same instant the fire br-kr1 through from the basement r,nto the first floor of the store. Clerks jir.d custom rs fied in near panic. M. C. Isham. manager, escaped by leaping from his mezzanine balcony office, running out the door just be hind the last of the clerks. Some of the customers who fied hr.stily carried babies in arms. Hardly had the Penney store hpp. emptied when an explosion eocurrod. Flnmes r-hot to the very deers of the courthou.-e, across Store street to the east, witnesses said. Within a few seconds the flames had rpread to the adjoining stores, and three build ings were blazing when firemen ar rived. Several automobiles in the street also caught fire. One explod ed r.s the gas tank was fired. Origin is Unkncn. Mr. Isliam. who occupied the home of Governor Weaver, said he had no idea of the cause of the fire. Fire inspectors have surveyed all Falls C'tv buildings recently, he said, and eallod the Miier-Morehead-Weavcr structure in which his store was lo cated one of the cleanest in the city. At an errly hour Monday night estimates of loss were near the quar ter million mirk, with more than 100 thousand dollars' worth of build ings and stocks still menaced. All local telephone communic'-ticn was crinpled. Long distance lines were still in use, however. Has ITarrow Escape. O. O. King of Hiawathi, cne of the assisting firemen, had a narrow escape when he fell into the base ment at the McLellan store. He sav ed himself by holding to the fire hose.' Other firemen hauled him out with the hose line. Another man was reported to have fallen into the basement and to have been saved in the same way. Ed Coatney of Falls City suffered injuries to his head when struck by falling brick. Fire Chief John Mosiman at 7:30 p. rv; was still unable to offer a theory on the cause of the fire nor on the cause of the explosion which occurred in the Penney basement. World-Herald. DENY MASONIC TAX FREE PLEA Lincoln, April 8. An appeal ask ing exemption of the Scottish Rite temple from taxation on the grounds that it is used for religious, chari table and educational purposes, was denied by District Judge Broady Tuesday. . Pointing to the fact that a statute governing exemptions pecifies exclu sive use of a building for religious, charitable or educational purposes, Ljudge Broady held that the use of the local building could not be so construed. The' supreme court, he said, had rendered similar opinions in previous eases.- Bath, Me., April &. J. P. Morgan's -new 343-foot -yacht, one of the largest-in the" world, will, be launched Thursday from. the shipyards cf the Bath irxm "works here. Higher Grades for University Entrance Urged Dean Sanford of University of Georgia, Advocates Competi tive Procedure. Athens, Ga. "Our institutions re cognize that they must increase the severity of the standards for entrance and for graduation and they must in sist that competitive procedure shall receive recognition," declared Dean S. V. Sanford in explanation of new regulations adopted at a recent meet ing of the University of Georgia fac ulty. Under a new regulation, high school graduates entering the uni versity by certificate must have grades "at least one step above the passing grade when letters are used, or above the passing percentage grade by at least one-fourth of the differ ence between the passing grade and 100 per cnt" in 10 of the required 15 units. A year hence this require ment will apply to 12 of the required 15 units. Students who cannot meet these scholarship standards will be required to take entrance examin ations in the subject in which they have inferior high school records. Another new requirement defines the status of the special student, and is designed to limit the enrollment of those who are not candidates for de grees. "It is specifically emphasized that mere attainment of any given age does not constitute adequate qualifications for admission as a spe cial student, but no student less than 20 years of age will be admitted to this status," the rule states. Under the new rule, special stu dents are not eligible to take part in student activities or to be initiated into a fraternity or a sorority. Chan cellor Charles M. Snelling told the university faculty that not only do many students come to college with a view only to admissioji to a frater nity, but many parents are motivated to send their children to college with only this end in view. A third new regulation of the uni versity provides for a six-year course leading to both an undergraduate and a law degree. By enrolling in the specified combination courses, the student completes the major require ments of his arts degree during the first three years, and at the end of his first law year receives the arts degree. Two years later he is award cd the law degree. Perhaps at no time since the thir teenth century has the desire for knowledge so nearly reached a mass movement, and while much of the demand for education is genuine, per haps much of it is spurious. The mo tives which lead people to seek edu cation divide students into three types: (1) those who are preparing for a professional degree; (2) those who love learning; and (3) those who think a bachelor's degree is a social necessity or that it is necessary to have college contacts." Smoke Veils Auburn After 10,009 i Mysterious Fire Levels Four Busi ness Buildings; Ten Barrels of Oil in Explosion Auburn. Neb.. April 6. Fire of (Undetermined origin Sunday after noon wiped out a portion of the south business section here, with damage estimated at $50,000. Four buildings were totally de--rtroyed by the flames, believed to have spread to three of them from an implement shed used by the coun ty for storing tractors and equip ment used in county highway work. This was among the structures de molished. Firemen were hampered in their work by a high wind which carried sn.'olco from the fire for many mil?s. The town was darkened by a heavy black veil of thick smoke which arose from the implement shed after 10 barrels of tractor cil had exploded. Hesidence Bums So rapidly did the flames gain headway after the blaze once started that the fire fighters found it im possible to confine their attention to the blazing buildings and contented themselves, for the most part, to ex tinguishing minor conflagrations when a dozen residences caught fire. One of them was burned to the ground. The heaviest loss was suffered by the Fred Schiefer blacksmith shop and by the building occupied by H. Bellas, local contractor, all of whose business records were lost in the fire. No one was injured by the flames, which were brought under control before 6 o'clock. Fire officials are at a loss to dtermine the cause of the fire. Bee-News. THE POWDER PUFF Permanent Waving $5 - 7.50 - 5S.S0 COMPLETE Phone fcr Appointments Early Call No. 645 Mrs. Christ Florene Tritsch Ghrist Furnituie Building "Plattsmouth REPORT OF THE CONDITIO! OF THI FARMERS STATE BANK of Plattsmouth, Nebr. Charter No. 1430 in the State of Ne braska at the close of business March 31. 1930. RESOURCES Loans and discounts J5o,S46 41 Overdrafts none Bonds and securities (exclu sive of cash reserve) 160.2 . 77 Judgments and Claims &:M.S9 Banking- house, furniture and fixtures 20.000.UU Other real estate 39,790. 4a Cash in Bank and Hue from National and State Banks.. 76.475.56 Checks and Items of exchange .... 171.31 U. S.. honds in rah reserve 12,050.00 8S.696.i7 TOTAL. .$563, 381. S9 LIABILITIES Capital stock K0.000 DO Surplus fund 10.000.0U Undivided profits (Net) 1,152.74 Individual deposits subject to check. .1190,70.49 Time certificates of deposit 260,213.97 Savintrs deposits . . 49,65.91 Certified checks .. 51.00 Cashier's checks .. 2,715.25 503.414. C2 rne to National and State Banks noTie Re-discounts none Bills Payable none Depositor's guarantee fund.. r.;.2.f.K Othtr Liabilities 261 25 TOTAL, . . , .$565. 381. S9 State of Nebraska ss. County of Cass J I. R. F. Patterson. Cashier of the above named trfnk do solemnly swear that the above s'atement Is a true iind correct copy of the report made to ti e Department of Trade and Commerce. n r . PATTERSON, Attest: CasMer. T. H. POLLOCK, Director. J. K. POLLOCK, Director. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of April, 1S30. ESTELLA L. ORIS. (Seal) Notarr Public. (My commission expires Aug. 24, 19::3. Nye Blows Lid from Big P. 0. Rent Scandal Cbaxges Corruption 'to the Core; Says U. S. Mulcetd of Millions in New 'Eacket' "Washington, April S. A new rac ket renting postoffices to the gov ernment costing the nation millions annually, was aired in the senate Tuesday. In sponsoring a resolution for a sweeping senatorial inquiry into the government's contracts for postofflce rentals, amounting to $18,000,000 a year,. Senator Blaine of Visconsin, charged that "fraud, misrepresenta tion and corruption" reeked in the contracts. The system was denounced by Senator Nye fo North Dakota, who said it hid a scandal that "smelled to high heaven" and would "rival the Teapot Dome scandal." He revealed that $150,000,000 in securities had been sold to the public on postoffioe lease3 which, he charg ed, were worth only one-third that amount. Centers in St. Paul The center cf attack was a $63, 000 item for the rental of the St. Paul (Minn.) postoffice building ia the post office appropriation bill. The houre struck out the provis ion hut the senate committee restor ed it ard the fight was to once more knock it out of the bill. Representative Mass of Minnesota, who first called attention to the St. Paul posiolfice scandal, charging "fraud and corruption," listened to the debate, as did Tostmaster Gen eral Brown. Dun'ng the debate, Nye made the startling statement that Alexander Fisher, an investigates for the sen ate committee, "died two years ago under what I consider suspicious cir cumstances while he was investigat- I ing postofSce leases for me." Nye g.ve no details on Fisher's death nor what leases he was in quiring into at the time. Float Bonds Declaring that the St. Paul situ ation v;ai "a fair reflection of the situation throughout the country," Nye asserted that "everybody who Las looked into it has found it wis rotten to the bottom." Nye charged that the promoters of the St. Paul postoffice building, which has been assessed at $317. 00 0 and for which the government pays an annual rental of $120,000, floated a bond issue of $750,003 through the firm of Jacob Kulp & Co. of Chicago, before they had th government contract. The North Dakota n aLo charge I that the securities were sold on tie representation that the lease was "noncancelable" when, in truth, it was cancelable. Later, he said the promoters secured a noncancelab;-j contract by slightly reducing the rental . Bee-Ne ws. 23 WOMEN INJUBED AS PIAZZA COLLAPSES Lowell, Mass., April 6. Twenty three women were taken to hospitals for treatment Sunday after a rarely used piazza at St. Joseph Catholic church collapsed, throwing 40 wom en 10 feet to a concrete walk. SET LOSS AT $12,000 IN SC0TTSBLUTF BLAZ3 ScottsblufT, April 6. Fire early Sunday caused a loss estimated at more than $12,000 to the stock and building of the army store here. Much of the stock was dsetroyed. Danger from explosion of the large stock of ammunition was averted. Guy Bonesteel of Council Bluffs, la., is owner of the "store. ' '