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AGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1930. Alvo News Henry S. Ough was carrying the mail last Wednesday afternoon for Joseph Parsell, while the latter waa taking a short vacation. Elmer Rosenor, the hustling sales man for the P. E. Dickerson store. waa locking after some business mat ters in Lincoln on last Wednesday. E. T. Fisher, who has been feeling quite poorly for some time, was a visitor in Cmaha one day last week to consult the specialist. Dr. Dwyer, In a ball game which was staged in Alvo between the town team of this hustling city and the team of Talmyra, the Alvo team was able to score first and won. John W. Banning sold material for the construction of a brooder to George Sheesley, and which he is using at the farm for the caring of his large flock of chickens. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dinges were guests for the day last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Dinges, parents of Mr. Dinges, at Unadilla. They drove over for the day in their auto. George Braun and wife, of South Tend, were visiting for the day in Alvo, on last Wednesday, and were friipstn while here at the home of Mrs. Braun's parents, Mr. and Mrs.1 Wm. Yeager. S. C. Kellogg was over to Platts mouth. one day last week and bought a few cars which he had brought over to the farm. He will use them for lus transportation, and will no doubt enjoy their use. The stores of E. L. Nelson and F. E. Dickerson have just been neatly dressed as far as the windows go, by some representatives of an Omaha firm, with an advertisement of the Butter Nut coffee. Elmer Bennett, the hardware man, was looking after some business mat ters in Lincoln on last Wednesday afternoon and while he was away Phillip Coatman was looking after the business at the store. L. B. Appleman shelled his 1928 crop of corn, which makes excellent seed, and delivered it to the Reh rucier elevator, where it is being of fered for seed. Better see about get tin? some for it is the best. Will E. Heier, living north of Alvo, was feeling rather badly with some stomach trouble for a few days dur ing the past week. But just like him. he would not give up and kept going until he had worn it out. It is reported that W. C. Timlin has a large amount of corn planted and that some of it is looking through the ground some two or more inches. With a little warmer weather it looks like the corn should grow rap idly. E, D. Friend was in a few days since and purchased materials from the Balling lumber yard for the con struction of a brooder house, which he. will usepu the farm for the, ex pansion of the chicken industry, in which they are engaged. The Senior class of the Alvo High school, who gave their play some time pgo and which met with such favor they have been persuaded to give the play a second time and on last Tues day they presented the same to a well filled and mighty pleased house. John Coleman, who has been work ing on the new home of Simon Reh meier for some time past, has com pleted the work there and is at this time painting the home of F. E. Dickerson, and will put the place in extra good condition with his brush and pail. J. W. Banning and wife were over to Union on last Sunday, where they visited with relatives for the day and also attended the Easter service at the Baptist church of that place, the discourse being especially for the Knights Templar of the Masonic lodge of Nehawka. George Willis, who has been work ing on a farm about Alvo and vicin ity, was troubled for some time with appendicitis and was taken to the hospital at Lincoln last week, where he underwent an operation for re lief. He was getting along fairly well when last heard from. Messrs Lyle Miller, Joseph Vickers and John Elliott were over to Omaha on Inst Monday, going with a view of purchasing some feeders for their yards, but not finding anything to suit, they returned and will try it at r.nother time, when they hope bet ter stock wijl be in evidence. The new home which Simon Reh nipler purchased some time since and which he has been having painted and decorated, together with the addition of new floors and other con veniences, has been completed by John Colemana and during the past week Simon moved into the new home. J. W. Banning, while about his work some three weeks since, had the misfortune to injure one of his knees, which has been giving this gentleman much trouble, and has caused him to use a pair of crutches to assist, in getting about. He is hoping that he may be able to get about without them soon and be entirely well again. John H. Skinner removed the body cf his father, T. P. Skinner, who was buried on May 1st, 1908, in the cemetery three miles north of Alvo, to a lot in the Alvo cemetery. This was made necessary by the fact that in the old cemetery where the fath er was buried, there was no place where the body of the mother could repose beside the husband upon her death. It was then that a lot was se cured in the Alvo cemetery and now with the removal of the father's body to the same burying ground, they aro resting together. This makes it very beautiful, as they lived and labored together throughout the years nf their lifetime and it is fit ting that their remains should rest together until the resurrection. Completes the Census Mrs. H. L- Bornemeier, who has had charge of the taking of the cen sus for Greenwood precinct, has about completed bar work. As yet it is not known whether the town of Alvo has gained or lost during the past ten years. Many or the towns have suffered a loss in population, but it is hoped that in this instance the hustling little city in which we reside has gained. Seed Corn for Sale We have a good quantity of Iowa Silver Mine, 1928 crop, good, sound corn at $1.75 per bushel. REHMEIER & CO., a28-4sw Alvo, Nebraska. Land Mark Disappears Some fourteen or fifteen years ago Phillip Kahler came to Alvo and built the blacksmith shop which he operated up until the time of his death a few years ago. The struc ture came into the hands of A. B. Stromer some time since and as it was of no use to him, and there be ing many vacant business rooms in town, he concluded he would wreck the building and did so, and will use a portion of the lumber for the build ing of something which he can use. Thus disappears a land mark of Alvo which has stood for a number of years. Married at Omaha Miss Thelma Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Fisher, and Mrs. Ross Casey, of Arkansas, who has been working on the new road near Greenwood, were united in marriage at Omaha by the Rev. C. W. Savage, who is known as the Marrying Par son on account of the large number of weddings he has performed. The date of their marriage was April 15 and they were couple number 6,177 to be joined in wedlock by the Rev. Savage. The newlyweds are making their home at Greenwood, near where Mr. Casey is employed at this time. Miss Fisher was born at Louisville, and has resided in Cass county all her life. She is a very winsome young lady and one who has a host of friends in this portion of Cass county. The many friends of this young lady and the Journal are ex tending best wishes for their pros perity and happiness. Sing at Sharon Church There was a meeting of some Im port at the Sharon church south of Prairie Home and the quartette com posed of Mrs. R. M. Coatman, Mrs Vera Lancaster. John D. Foreman and Ben Minchau were called upon to furnish a number of songs. R. M. Coatman, with the car, took them over to the meeting on last Wednes day afternoon. Enjoy Track Meet The High schools of Greenwood, Eagle and Alvo enjoyed a track meet last week at Alvo, in which some very close contests were staged and much good running developed. The winners in the order in which they finished were Greenwood, first; Eagle, second, and Alvo, third. Barber Regu lations Law Put Under Fire Cosmetologist's Lawyers Say Law Un constitutional Because of Arbitrary Rules. Attorneys for Emma Lane, beauty parlor operator and cosmetologist of Omaha, convicted there of having violated the barber regulation law by cutting hair without having first taken an examination and secured a license, filed with the supreme court Thursday a printed argument in sup port of their contention that the law does not contemplate that she do any thing of the kind. It is a test case to determine this point, the barbers in sisting that beauty parlor operators can't cut the tresses of feminine cus tomers without barber licenses which can't be procured without a desig nated apprenticeship. The lawyers put directly in issue the constitutionality of the barber law, and point out that there is an inharmony between it and the cos metology law and that as the latter was passed last, its provisions gov ern. They also insist that the bar ber law is unreasonable and goes beyond the realms of the police pow er. On this point they say that the right of the legislature to declare what is a proper public policy under its authority as police power is limit ed so that its action may not be arbi trary, but must rest upon tangible and clear public purposes to be serv ed, which has a reasonably substan tial tendency to further the inter est of the public welfare and must be really designated to accomplish a legitimate public purpose, with pro tection of the public health as the chief benefit. It follows, they urge, that the state, under the guise of protecting the public may not arbitrarily inter fere with private business or impose unusual and unnecessary retrictions upon lawful occupations. They say that the beauty parlor operations have built up so large a hair cutting trade that the barbers grew envious, and seek to secure this for them selves by making requirements which the women must have to take the barber examination impossible and prohibitory. They cited the law to show that before a woman could cut hair she would have to spend eigh teen months as an apprentice in a barber shop and six months in a beauty parlor. Complain is also made that each law provides for a double inspection of the parlors. For Sale. One span mules, 6 & 7 yrs., weight 225 Or one John Deere 2-row lister, 1 yr. out; one John Deere Z-row cul tivator, 1 yr. out. J. W. Philpot, Weeping Water, Neb. a24-4tw. Mawson reports a place in Antarc tica where the wind averages 44 miles a hour. How about putting a wind guage in Congress when the modification bills come up and see if we can't steal the record. SEED CORN White or yellow. $3 per bushel. Telephone 4022. C. C. Barnard. a28-2sw, 2d NOTICE State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the Estate of David G. Babbington, deceased. To all persons interested in the above estate: You are hereby notified that I will sit in the County Court room of Cass county, in the City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a. m., on the 9 th day of May, 1930, at which time I will hear the application of George E. Dovey and J. A. Capwell, Trustees of the Estate of David G. Babbington, deceased, for an order permitting them as such Trustees to invest funds belonging to said estate, at which time you shall appear and show cause, if any there be, why an order permitting said Trustees to invest funds belonging to said estate should not be enter ed. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) a2S-lw County Judge. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the estate of John Karvanek, Deceased. Notice of Administration. All persons interested in said es tate are hereby notified that a peti tion has been filed in said Court al leging that said deceased died leav ing no last will and testament and praying for administration upon his estate and for such other and fur ther orders and proceedings in the premises as may be required by the statutes in such cases made and pro vided to the end that said estate and all things pertaining thereto may be finally settled and determined, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said Court on the 23rd day of May, A. D. 1930, and that if they fail to appear at said Court on said 23rd day of May, 1930, at 9 o'clock a. m. to contest the said pe tition the Court may grant the same and grant admission of said estate to Frank A. Cloidt or some other suitable person and proceed to a set tlement thereof. A. H. DUXBURY. (Seal) a28-3w County Judge. ORDER OF HEARING and Notice on Petition for Set tlement of Account. In the County Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. State of Nebraska, Cass county, ss. To all persons interested in the estate of George R. Reynolds, deceas ed: On reading the petition of Frank A. Cloidt, Administrator with will annexed praying a final settlement and allowance of his account filed in this Court on the 25th day of April 1930, and for final settlement of said estate and his discharge as said Ad ministrator with will annexed of said estate; It is hereby ordered that you and all persons interested in said matter may, and do, appear at the County Court to be held in and for said ounty, on the 23rd day of May, A D. 1930, at 9 o'clock a. m., to show :ause, if any there be, why the pray ?r of the petitioner should not be granted, and that notice of the pen dency of said petition and the hear tng tnereor be given to all persons interested in said matter by pub lishing a copy of this order in the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-weekly newspaper printed in said county, for three successive weeks prior to ;aid day of hearing. In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this 25th day of April, A. D. 1930. A. II. DUXBURY, (Seal) a28-3w County Judge ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING In the County Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the estate of Sarah Thimgan, deceased. To all persons interested in the estate of Sarah Thimgan, deceased: On reading and filing the petition if the Bank of Murdock, of Mur dock, Nebraska, by its president. Henry A. Tool, praying that Letters of Administration be granted to the said Carl D. Ganz, of Alvo, Nebras sa, as Administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the said 3state. to administer upon the goods, -hattels, rights, credits, effects and issets of the said estate of Sarah Thimgan, deceased, not already ad ministered upon and which have been discovered since the death of said deceased, and the Executor of the last will and testament of said deceased, namely Henry Guthmann having filed his declination and res ignation as such Executor and hav ing filed herein his final report as such Executor; It is therefore Ordered, that May 23rd. 1930, at the hour of nine o'clock a. m. be and is assigned for hearing said petition, when all per sons interested in said matter may appear at a County Court to be held in and for said county and show cause, if any there be, why the pray er of said petitioner should not be granted; and that notice of the pen dency of said petition and the hear ing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publish ing a copy of this order in the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-weekly newspaper printed and published in said county for three successive weeks, prior to said day of hearing. Dated this Z3rd day of April. A. D. 1930. A. H. DUXBURY. (Seal) a28-3w County Judge. Asserts Convict Dead Victims of Rank Bungling Deputy Warden Testifies All Who Died Could Have Been Saved; Day of Threats. Columbus, O., April 24. Closing another day of investigation to un cover the cause of the Ohio peniten tiary fire state officials tonight were told for the second time in two days that all cf the 318 prisoners who lost their lives could have been saved. The statement was made by Dep uty Warden James B. Woodward, who, like Albert Nice, chief of the Columbus fire department, expressed the opinion that delay in unlocking the cells was responsible for the ap palling death toll. Nice's statement was made to the investigators yes terday. Woodward's testimony came after a day of marked unrest among thou sands of prisoners, many of whom de manded the removal of Warden P. E. Thomas. The latest threat of vio lence came this evening after Gov ernor Myers Y. Cooper let it be known that he would take no action concerning Thomas until the investi gation is completed. Late tonight, however, the prisoners were quiet. Answering a direct question by a member cf the , board of inquiry, Woodward said: "If they had gotten the keys over there and started at the top of the cell block and worked down, they could have gotten all of the men out." Developments as an aftermath of the tragedy were rapid today. At times it was feared that three thou sand prisoners would break for lib erty. Leaders of the men said, however, they intended only "passive resist ance" until the removal of Thomas. Resistance included refusal to obey orders or to work. Guard Captain Blamed. The convict witnesses blamed Guard Captain John Hall, 72, for the great loss of life, saying he had failed to order release of the trapped men. At the prison early this morning a revolt of several convicts was quieted but soon thereafter the convicts in the idle house, where practically all cell door locks had been broken, de manded release into the yard. Seven hundred gallons of hot coffee were served and for a short time the men quieted. At dawn plans were made to re lease some of the soldiers on duty outside but the orders were quickly rescinded and additional troops call ed.when the ..uuruly leaders in the idle house, other cell blocks and the yard urged the prisoners to "take chance" on a break. For a time riot Ing was feared. Even calm voices of ministers and of the more cool head cd prisoners failed to prevail. Made Four Demands. Not until Deputy Warden Wood ward spoke to the men did they calm down and announce there would be no violence but that they would resist the warden's rule passively. The convicts made four demands A commutation ef sentence for John Richardson, murderer condemned to die tomorrow night, but later in the day given a 30-day respite by Gover nor Cooper because the clemency board had no time to consider his case; removal of the board of clem ency; an unlimited supply of tobacco and removal of Thomas warden. After hearing the demands and testimony Attorney General Gilbert Eettman announced he will propose to the governor that the warden be suspended. No immediate action on the proposal was taken. World- Herald. LET HIGHWAY JOBS JUNE 13 Lincoln, April 24. More miles are to be added to Nebraska's good roads program on June 13. On that date, State Engineer Coch ran announced Thursday, the second large letting of the current year will be held by the department of pub lic works when contracts will be awarded for nearly $2,500,000 worth of improvements. The projects will include 200 miles of gravel surfacing, a considerable amount of gradinjr and 20 miles of paving, Mr. Cochran said. The last letting, amounting to $2, 125,000, included 62 miles of pavinj and 120 of gravel. The engineer also announced im mediate precautions would be taken along the SYA near Seward to pre vent further accidents along a re cently established high grade from which several cars have rolled off. STATE GETS TO USE U. S. LAWS Lincoln, April 24. Right of a county prosecutor to secure state court liquor injunctions under the federal statutes was sustained by Dis trict Judge Chappell Thursday. The judge signed a decree enjoining Hi ram E. Dodge for handling of intox icating liquors. Deputy Sheriff Hulfish testified ne helped arrest Dodge Feb. 12, in con nection with delivery of liquor. He also told that numerous complaints had been received that Dodge was violating the prohibition laws. F. A. High, secretary of the Ne braska Anti-Saloon league,, who had been interested in bringing the case, was in court with the county attor ney. Get your supply of SEMASAN, Jr. now.. The superior seed corn aisin- fectant, at F. G. Fricke & Co., Drug gists. a28-2aw Journal Want-Ad's get results. FARMERS DELAY CENSUS COUNT Norfolk, April 24. An apparently concerted effort on the part of farm ers in the vicinity of Madison to re fuse to answer census questions is causing delay in completing the enu meration, Mrs. Marie Weekes, district supervisor, said Thursday. Mrs. Weekes said enumerators are being forced to walk long distances over plowed fields only to meet re buffs. If it is necessary, penalties pro vided for by the federal statutes will be used to obtain the necessary in formation, she stated. Practically every Norfolk resident has been counted, the unofficial esti mate giving the city a population of 11,500. Mystery of Taylor Killing Still Unsolved "Ccnfessicn" of Accountant Is Dis proved Thought to Ee Men tally Unbalanced. Los Angeles A hope of solving the eight year old mystery of the. murder of William Desmond Taylor, motion picture director, was raised and then shattered Wednesday. Po lice detectives, to whom Russo Rin aldo, forty-one year old accountant, "confessed" he killed Taylor, held the man for examination of his mental condition after they decided his "con fession" was improbable. Taylcr was found in his bunga low, dead from a bullet wound, in February, 1922. Investigation drew into the picture such film actresses as the late Mabel Normand and Mary Miles Minter. His valet, Everett Sands has not been found since the murder. Two weeks ago, the day after Rinaldo came here from Tucson, Ariz., the police received an anony mous telephone "tip" concerning the murder mystery. Consequent to in vestigation of this, Rinaldo was ar rested Tuesday night and police said he voluntarily confessed to shooting the motion picture director in a quar rel ever a screen actress. Discrepan cies of his narration with the known facts led to doubt, and finally dis credit of the entire confession. His estranged wife, Mrs. Alice Rinaldo, music teacher, added the last touch that broke down the story. "I was living with my husband at the time of the Taylor murder," Mrs. Rinaldo told Chief of Detectives Joseph Taylor. "He had nothing to do with the murder and his story is a figment of what I believe to be a disordered mind." She - previously had informed the police Rinaldo frequently suffered er ratic spells as the result of shell shock in the World war. Rinaldo is being held at least until Thursday, when examination will be made of his mental condition. State Journal OUST N0RRIS' TRUST PROVISO Washington, April 23. An agree ment between the senate and house conferees on the tariff bill was reach ed Wednesday, but eight major points of controversy were referred back to the two branches for final deter mination and a bitter dispute over these is in prospect on the floors. The controversial section includes the sugar rate increase, the export debenture, and the modified flexible tariff provision. The two houses have yet to reach an accord on the cement. lumber, shingles and silver rates, and the senate's proposed reorganization of the tariff commission. There is every indication that ma jority leaders will seek Hoover's ad vice on which branch of congress should vote on the bill first. Before adjourning, the conferees eliminated the Norris amendment which provided for suspension of duties on all commodities dealt in by monopolies. The disagreements over the ad ministrative provisions involve: The senate Simmons-Norris amend ment restoring to congress the pow er now vested in the president to make emergency tariff rate changes. The senate Norris amendment au thorizing government bounties or de bentures to exporters of surplus farm, products amounting to half the tar iff on similar commodities imported. U. S. IN SEARCH OF POTASH SALT Washington, April 24. The Unit- ed States may become independent oi the German-French potash monopoly through explorations of the bureau of mines in Texas and New Mexico, the Commerce department announced on Wednesday. In co-operation with the geological survey, the bureau made extensive re search in the southwest and found that two products are obtainable, potassium sulphate and sulphate of potash-magnesia. Household Goods One electric washer, in A-l condi tion; one kitchen range; one on . . jit 3 I ... raiicP! n miner room lame anu ma Chairs; one piano; two beds; dresser; commode; one kitchen cabinet. These goods can be seen at tne Christ Furniture Store. a30-lsw, ia I am the Local Agent for the State Fanners Insurance Co: Your Business Solicited M. G. STAVA Supreme Court is Criticized for Nullifying Acts Professor Frankfurter Sees Grow ing Tendency to Invade States New Haven. Conn. The present tendency of the United Stn.tes Su prer Court to nullify the I -T'slatin of the several states was ? h-.r- ly criticized at Yale Wednesday evening by Prof. Felix Frankfurter cf the Harvard law school, in the second of the Dodge lectures on "The Respon sibilities of Citizenship." The original 10 amendments, known a3 "The Bill of Rights," act ed as a safeguard to the individual against any extension of bureaucratic centralized government, he pointed out. The amendments extending the suffrage to Negroes and then to wom en in irked a further emphasis upon the rights of the individual as op posed to the central government, he ex-ilcined. but during the '80s and '9 0s the Supreme Court, deriving its authority from the Fourteenth Amendment, developed an active hos tility to social legislation in order to help big business and industry, a tendency whirh was revived under the Coolidsre Administration and con tinues today. The evil effects of this backward tendency have. Professor Frankfur ter explained, been extensive. He particularly deprecated the use by tiic Supreme Court of its veto power in matters confessedly of local con cern. "Since 1929," he said, "the court has invalidated more such legisla- tirn than in years preceding. Views that wore antiquated 25 years ago have been resurrected in decis ions nullifying minimum wage laws for women in industry, a standard weight bread law to protect buyers from short weights and honest bak ers from unfair competition, a law controlling the abuses of theater ticket scalpers, laws controlling ex ploitation cf the unemployed by em ployment agencies, laws regulating public utilities, and many tax laws. And always by a divided court, al ways over the protest of its more distinguished minds!" Besides upsetting local economic balance, he said, many of its nega tive decisions have effected property valuations which were in no way tlie concern of the Federal Government. But most harmful of all is "the dis couragement of legislative effort and a general weakening of the sense of legislative responsibility. "The veto power of the Supreme Court thus exercised through the due process clause over the social eco nomic legislation of the states is the most vulnerable aspect of undue centralization. It is at once the most destructive and the least responsible: the most destructive, because judi cial nullification on grounds of con stitutionality stops experimentation at its source, and bars an increase to the fund of social knowledge by sci entific tests of trial and error; the least responsible, because it so' of ten turns on the fortuitous circum stances which determine a majority decision and shelters the fallible judgment of individual justices in matters of fact and opinion not pe culiarly within the special compe tence of judges, behind the imper sonal dooms of the Constitution. "The states need the amplest scope for energy and individuality in deal ing with the myriad problems created by-our complex industrial civiliza tion. They need wide latitude in de vising ways and means for paying the bills of society and in using taxa tion as an instrument of social pol icy." CHILDREN'S HOME BEQUEST Fremont Charles B. Veazie, Civil war veteran who died here last week, has bequeathed $25,000 to the Ma sonic and Eastern Star children's home here, his will reveals. This amount is said to be the largest ever bequeathed the grand lodge in Ne braska. The bequest is to be used in erect ing a building to bear Veazie's name. In addition $5,000 may revert to the home in the event Mrs. Mary Ella Merrill of Bangor, Me., is dead. Tha amount was willed to her with the attached provision that it is to go to the home if she has died. The will, on file here, calls for be quests of SS,000 to Mrs. Ruth Hanks Woodward of Omaha; $2,000 to Max Veazie Woodward, Mrs. Woodward's l,son; and sj.ooo to ur. Lawrence hptnlsbury of Washington, u. u., son g0f a former business partner. Mrs .Woodward is said to be a descend ant of the family of Abraham Lin coln's mother and formerly worked in the Veazie family CARRIE'S SISTER IS TIRED OF 'FAKE' KIN Los Angeles, April 2. Mrs. Anna M. Butcher, sister of the late Carrie Nation, said Wednesday she is tired "spiking mythical nephews of the late hatchet wielder. "The latest ik a Mr. Ben Moore who was reported to have my sister's hatchet in a shrine In Kentucky," said Mrs Butcher. The hatchet, she said, is in the care of Police Captain Couch at Memphis, Tenn. MEETING POSTPONED The Mynard Community Meeting which was to have been last Friday, April 25th, was not held on account of rain, and will be held Thursday May 1st. Everybody please take no tice and come. Treat your seed corn with Sema- san. Jr., for only 3c per acre at F. G. Fricke & Co., Drugs. a28-2sw FALR PROGRESS IN PLOWING Huron, S. D. Altho retarded by rain, snow and "wet soil, South Da kota farmers made fair progress on plowing for corn and seeding small grain during the week ending Mon day, according to a report issued by the weather bureau. Considerable spring wheat, outs and barley is up and in good condi tion, the report said, except for a few fields where dry soil in previous weeks was drifted by the wind and' ceed grain blown out. Winter wheat aiK? rye were described as fceing in gord condition. Some potatoes ahd flax-ere plant ed during the week. Conditions v.-re favorable, for alfalfa, meadows and -pastures. Livestock was reported to be doing well. " ' Charge Aniis with Supreme Court Lobbies Curran Scores in Clash With Sen ator Robinson; Letter to -Justice Stcne Is Quoted. ... Washington, April 2 3. Senator Arthur Robinson (R. ) Indiana. Wed nesday charged directors of the Asso ciation Against the Prohibition Amendment with "lobbying" direct ly with members of the supreme court. A short time later Henry II. Cur ran, president of the association, countered sharply by branding Rob inson's inquisitory methods as "dis honorable." Currant escaped reprimand by the sentte lobby committee, before which he was testifying, and had the satis faction of having the words he ob jected to stricken from the record. Robinson based his lobbying rhaTse on letters written by Thomas W. Phillips jr., a director of the asso ciation, to Associate Justice Harlan F. Stone of the supreme bench and the late Justice Stanford. Read Letter. Phillips is now a candidate . for governor of Pennsylvania, with the association backing him. In one letter to Justice Stone, Phillips quoted a young attorney as saying to him: "Do you have any idea that the supreme court as now con. . stituted would have the moi.il courage to go into this question thoroughly?" - The letter to Justice San ford as sailed the "excessive, fines and cruel punishments of the Jones law," add ing: . , "I have little doubt that if the judiciary lies down on the job " and.jollows tha.jpob ajpug the lints'" of Teast resistance, "our" form of government is doomed." Replied to One. Justice Stone replied to at least one of the Phillips' letters but made no comment on the constitutional question involved in prohibition. A heated altercation insued when Senator Blaine (R. ), Wisconsin, sus tained Curran's viewpoint. Senator Walsh (D. ), Montana, likewise said the offending passage should be stricken out and Robinson agreed. The session was marked by per sonal clashes between Robinson and Curran. In response to Senator Walsh, Curran said the association refrained from suggesting a program of liquor control. Omaha Bee-News. COLD WEATHER GRIPS EAST New York Snowstorms and re cord breaking cold weather gripped the north and eastern Atlantic states Wednesday, indirectly causing the death of three persons in an airplane crash and disrupting sports schedules over a wide area. A snowstorm was thought to have caused an airplane pilot to lose his bearings over Attica, N. Y., and the plane crashed against a hill, killing two passengers. Thruout the northern part of the country, east of the Mississippi, weather bureau records of many years standing were successfully challenged. In New York the low of 30 was the coldest. April 23 on record. A forty-eicht vear record was broken in Boston, and in Rochester, N. Y., another all time record was smashed with a recording of 24. GIRL HELPS IN FIGHTING BLAZE Columbus. Ohio. April 23. One of the obscure heorea of the disastrous fire Monday night as Ohio state pen itentiary was a woman. She is Amanda Thomas, prettv young daughter of Warden P. E. Thomas. When the fire broke out It was she who summoned the na tional guard to check any mutin ous outbreaks. She also hastily or ganized a corps of nurses. While the flames raced through the prison yard, the vnnnn- iriri bravely stuck to her post of duty at the side of her father, directing guards, convicts, volunteer firefigh ters and relief workers. VATICAN PASSES ON Vatican City, April 23. Pone Pin held secret and public consistories Wednesday to pass on the pending canonizations of the Blesseds Theo- phlle Da Corte and Catherine Thoma. Llghtecn cardinals of the curia at tended. FOR SALE White Enamel Estate raniro Tr Philip Hlrz. a4-"tw All kinds of business stationery printed at tha Journal office.