Nebraska Newspapers

    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
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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.
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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.
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