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PAGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL Alvo News Wm. Hoffman and Arthur Kellogg shelled and delivered corn to the Reh meier elevator last Tuesday and on Thnradaj Bd Fisher also shelled and ! divered corn. The Peter Pan bread wagon of Omaha which discontinued their ruite via Alvo and other nearby towns I sal tall, again started serving of their wards last week. Charles Sutton of Omaha was a visitor for a number of days at the home of his sister. Miss Delia Sut ton and also at the home of his bro ther. John Sutton, on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kodaway who have been making their home on 0 street road, moved list week to a firm a half mile south of the former home where they will farm for this isumnier. J. H. Weichel and the good wife are having their home in the coun try papered and otherwise put in the very best comliton. Harry, their son, is doing the work which means that t'.ie work will be the nest. Edgar Edwards who recently pur chased the hardware store, was call ed to Lincoln to look after some mat ters relative to the store here and while he was away the store a lonked after by R. M. Coatman. John W. Banning, with the as sistance of Joseph Armstrong, was building a sand bin which he will hive to keep the stock of sand so that it may not get seatt?red and also keep it in the very best condi tion. Mr. and Airs. Wm. Coatman arc wife of Weeping Water, parents or R. M. Coatman. were visiting at the Coatman home in Alvo on last Tues day. Mr. Wm. Coatman was also looking after some business Blatters in Alvo and on the farm. George W. Fifer and wife and their two sons, Sherrili and Dallas, aid Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Reeves were guests for the day on last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rager. -ho Stored some weeks since from near Murdoch to a farm near Oretn: in Sarpy county. Klmer Rosenow of the Edwards ami Barkhurst store was over to Omaha on last Wednesday where he was accompanied by Joe Vickets where they were selecting furniture for the fitting of the new home of Dick Fischer and wife, who are tc reside and farm on the O. A. Kitzel place this summer. John B. Skinner and the good wife were over to Lincoln on last Wed nesday where they purchased fixture? for a complete bathroom which thev the last of the week took to Fuller ton where they are to fit out a bath room at the honi" of Mrs. Skinner's j paren's. J. C. Ober and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner visited for over Sunday al the Ober home. The host of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bornemeier, Mrs. Bornemeier formerly being lUfle Iva Bird, gave a very pleasant miscellaneous shower at she basement of the MetlrOOist church on last Friday evening wht.h was attended by a large number of of her preserve and the dog was try ing to induce her to go home, when the accident occurred. The cow got up after a bit and wandered away to seek grass to eat. She was carry ing no signals nor tail lights nor was she observing the road rules. The accident caused Mi Mullen quite a bill of expense. Had Excellent Evening. The Pytnalan Sisters and the Knights of Pythias, entertained at a card party which was given at the Stewart ball on last Tuesday evening, and which was attended by the mein- ' hers of the order and their friends. , The object being to create a fund for the benefit of the Pythian Sisters hgme which is located at Columbus. A neat sum was realized and besides this all who who attended enjoyed the occasion very much. Tariff Causes Injury to IL S. Cotton Market Walter Parker of New Orleans Tells of Position that Cotton Grow ers Are Placed In MONDAY. MARCH 23. 1931. MYNARD CLUB PLAY Shower and Supper Saturday. A week ago last Saturday the I friends of the newly wedded couple, ! Pick Fischer and wife, assembled at 'the basement of the Methodist church which is a community center and there entertained the newly weds and also had a very fine program which was concluded with a sup per. Many and varied were the pres ents which were given and sure a !good time was had as well and giving !the happy couple a good start in mar ried life. Mrried at MartcH. On Wednesday of last week Carl Bornemeier of near Murdoch and Miss Iva Bird of Alvo. gracefully drove over to Martell which is the home of Rev. R. H. Chenowith and the good wife, where they paid this former couple of Alvo a very pleas ant visit. They were entertained there for dinner and also were uni ted in marriage by the pleasant clergyman and which, ceremony was witnessed by the good wife. They returned to receive the blessing of the parents and friends and the good wishes of their many friends hero and elsewhere. The bride is the ac CCmpliahed daughter of Mr. and Mrs A. L Bird and 'lie groom the son of Henry Bornemeier of near Murdoek The newly married pair will make their home on a farm near Murdoch. The Journal has received a verv interesting communication from Wal ter Parker, well known business nia'i of New Orleans and leader in the move to restore the cotton market of the United States. The letter was in reply to an editorial that appeared in the Journal of February 17th. The articles in regard to the cot ton condition la as follows: Every Southern States business draws substance and sustenance from the South's cotton Industry. A permanent injury to t he Amer ican cotton industry would adverse ly affect every such business and every individual resident in the Southern States. Here are some significant figures, bringing the situation of the South's cotton industry down to date, which every southern banker and business man should know and understand: 192S-2.9 world consumption of cotton (before tiie Farm Board was in operation): Amer ican. 15,076,000 bales: foreign grown, 10,800,000 bales. 1929-30 (with the Farm Board in control): American. 13,023,000 bales: forefgn grown, 12.2TC.0OO bales. 19:t0-31 (first six months): American. 5,278.000 bales, as contrasted with 7, OSS, 000 In 1D29-30; foreign-grown , 5, 888,000 bales, as contrasted with 8,119,000 bales In 1929- 30. Obviously, American cotton pro ducers aie rapidly losing their mar ket outlets by wholesale, and foreign tlv The Mynard Community club arc now having 'heir final rehearsals for their play Matrimony" which will he presented Thursday and Friday evening of this week and also Tues day eyfning of the following week, 'and if their it lie irsal of last evening is a criterion of the manner in which it will be presented on the evening:' above mentionedi these who attend are assured of an evening of real entertainment. The fact that the sale of reserved seats exceeded the expectations of the committee in charge, practically all seats being gold for Thursday aim Friday evening of this week, they will give the play three nights, in stead of two as originally planned in order to accommodate the many who failed to get tickets for the first performances, and will present it on Tuesday evening, March 31st. Senate Favors Tax on Butter Substitutes U. S. SIDETEPS EUROPE PACT Advances Bill for Levy Over Prcte from Omaha Members; Argu ment Is Heated. London, March 18. Definitely clarifying the stand of the United States and Japan with regard to the recently concluded naval agreement ! between France, Italy and Great Bi it lain, the British foreign office an nounced Wednesday afternoon that Japan and America will not parti cipate in drafting the accordin its final form. Firemen Over come in Hundred! Thousand Blaze Omaha Clifef and Assistants Among Twenty-eight Affected by Smoke or Cnt by Glass Wm. Casey Injured. :.iis While one evening lasi week Mr. and Mrs. Win. Casey were returning heme from a trip which they had made to Palmyra, their car becom ing unmanageable, turned over In a ditch with the result that Mrs. Casey was badly bruised, and back badly sprained. Mr. Casey not so badly injured altho he badly shaken up at that. which con;: cotton cause. her was was Cleaned Out the Rats. The enterprising firm of Kdwards and Barkhurst who have had their store basement infested by rats se cured a ferret which they installed" in the basement and soon the rats were all gone as the ferret was to much for the rats and they fled. F AIE VIEW WORKERS MEET cotton producers are gal nip markets. One cause is the tariff, handicaps foreign consuming tries in paying for American by reciprocal trade. Another, and most serious is the now world-wide unpopularity of American cotton, resulting frOm Government interference with nqr mr.l market facilities, and the at tempts at pegging." "valorization" and "control" practiced under Farm Board policies. Should there be no early remedial legislation, in all probability 1,000. 000 of the 2.000.000 farmers now engaged in cotton production auto matically will be relieved of their occupations. The situation should vitally in terest not only the cotton produci is. but every banker and business man in the Southern States. 'NIGHT MAIL FARM PILOT HALTS FIRE IN MILLS CO. Omaha Twenty-Seven Bremen and lone civilian were overcame by lire or cut by dying glass as firemen battled la blaze on the seventh floor of the ! terminal warehouse building here, j Eighteen of the piemen required I hospital treatment. All were report i'd recovering. Among those over come were Fire Chief Patrick Cogan ! ".nd three assistant fire chiefs, i The blaze, which firemen confined I to the seventh floor, was spontaneous I in origin. Five minutes before the i fire was discovered Frank Tonac. etn pl yed al the warehouse, and Charles Hines of the Farmers Union State exchange were, iii the beet pulp room ; where the hlazc originated. There was DO sign of fire at tiiat time. ! A few minutes after the first com panies arrived on the scene. Fire f'.'iminissieuier Arthur Westergard ar rived and took charge. Shortly after ds Fire Chief Patrick Cogan was overcome by the smoke. Tonac aided firemen in the first efforts to extinguish the fire and re mained to assist them until overcome. He was revived without being taker. ! to a hospital. Joe S.iitta, driver for Chief Cogan. cloning a gas mask, tool. ! c harge of the elevator and made sev eral trips up and down the smoke filled chute to carry firemen to safe- jty. It. L. Mayer, manager of the ware i house, said that damage to stock In the warehouse, added to the actual 'fire damage, would probably bring j the tot.il to more than $100,000. j Companies owning the Warehouse I carry their own insurance, .he said -State Journal. PRISON RIOTS FLARE AGAIN Lincoln, Neb., March 18. state senate ignored vigorous argu ments of Senators Rodman and Ran- dull of Omaha this afternoon to ad- i i vance Senate File No. 117, providing' I for the levying of a tax of 1 5 cents a pound on butter substitutes. The Rodman motion to kill the bill I had been defeated previously by a ; vote of 22 to 11. Admitting that he did not expect j to be able to change a vote, the Om- ; I alia senator demanded to know if j supporters of the bill would also sup port measures to tax cane sugar to protect the beet industry, or Colorado i apples to protect Neb'-aska apple i growers. j "Such taxes would be just as rea sonable," he declared. "Why don't you tax coffee? It is a substitute for milk on every one of your tables." Speaks for Labor. Senator Randall devoted his plea to the laboring man, who be declared 'could not afford to buy butter. "If this bill is passed, the price of I butter will be increased, and thou sands of these ' laboring people foot the bill," he declared. Asserting that many Nebraska pie are employed In plants where but ter substitutes are manufactured, he told the senate that too much em phasis is being placed on the protec tion of agriculture. "Nebraska has overlooked othei in dustries," he said. "We have forgot ten to encourage them and help them ! to establis h themselves here. Nov.-, when the agricultural industry is in a slump, we are in a position to see i our mistake. If we had taken a more i far-sighted position, we should have had something to fall back on to- Ulay." "Just Like Tariff." Supporters of the bill argued on the other hand that prosperity can ccme to the whole state only when it comes to agriculture. Senator Anderson of BristOW de clared that labor and the farmers should co-operate. "Labor! n should buy the farrier's products so the farmer can buy labor's products," he urged. "That's what we are working tor," he answered to Randall's statement thai the tax on butter substitutes j would result in higher butter prices. Senator Wherry of Pawnee City argued that if the protective tariff is just, then the bill is just on the same theory. The principle involved is the same, he declared. announcement followed a .series oi conferences between ; officials and Unite States senator Thei1,w;gJir W. Morrow and Ambassador Charles l. Dawes. Dispatches from Wa blngtbn for several d ys have stressed the intention of i i United State; to refrain from par.. Ipsii a In the drafting of the agreement, but until now the British govern: I had indicated all five naval power?. , would have a hand in the proceedings. Rule Gas Tax Bond Plan Illegal if Enacted Soreusen Cites Indebtedness Limit; Future Revenues Can't Be Mortgaged Little Wheat Fare: Oil Fameis Naica1. Giair Coip Says Less Than 10 Pot Cent si L?st Crcp ;a :ion Omaha Less than 10 per cent of the last wheat crop remains on farms in Nebraska, according to a state tnent of the Farmers National Grain peo- f,orpo; ation. governmental sponsored co-operative sales agency, telegraph- d to United Press here from Chicago. Reports fro mevery state in the; American wheat belt indicates that by producers expectations March 1 . the re- THREE WET BILLS PASSED the friends of the bride and she has a host of thelm. A very appropriate program was had and the best of wishes and many worthwhile and beautiful presents given. Entertained For Sunday. Mr. and .Mrs. George W. F. Flfer j living about five miles northwest of Alvo where they are engaged in farming, entertained on last Sunday and had as their guests for the day and for the excellent dinner which they served. Miitr.n Rodaway and j wife of Eagle. Rodger Reeves and 1 family of BlmWood, both the ladies : being daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Fi- 1 fer and also Curdette Fifer, who i makes his home in Lincoln at this time. A very pleasant time was hal at the gathering. Ciub Meets Last Week. The Sunset Extension club which 1 its mem h rs mostly west of Alvo : . i last week at the home of their member, Jii-s. Hen Manehau, and where they looked after the work whic h the ladies bad In hand as weil as giving a v. ,y worthwhile program and also holding a pleasant social session. Taker, to Hospital. Mrs. Frank Hampke. who has been rather poorl for some time past wit'i repeated attacks of appendicitis, was taken from her home near Murdock to the Lincoln General hospital at Lincoln, where she underwent an operation for relief and since the opi ration has been making fair pro gresa towards recovery. Mrs. Henipk" is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ayres. Kcva! .Neighbors Meet. The members of the Royal Neigh hers of America met on lasr Wed nesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roelofsz. where they trans : ted the regular busines which me before the lodge and also en j yed a very fine program which had fi: iirepjreu an: also were t ti::ed by their genial hostess. The Fairview Workers, an organ ization of the ladies residing in that section of the county southeast cf Louisville and west of Plattsmouth. had a splendid entertainment featur ed as a part of the achievement pro gram given sit the school house on Thursday. March 10th. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Wainscott were in attendance at the meeting and Mr. Wainscott assisted the men in the demonstration of the 'work of building of homes which they had recently studied In the course of the extension work. The program was prepared by the young people of the community and was a very delightful one in every ray and which showed the excep tional talent possessed by the resi dents of that locality. The program given was as follows: Reading. Paul ine Jordan: piano solo, Mildred Hur ray; re: ding. Raymond Mayfield: piano duet, Mrs. J. W. Tritsch and Miss Esther Tritsch; vocal selection. Ruth. Irene. Marie Alexsen. Miss Mildred Alexsen, accompanist: duet narie v agner. .v.imred Alexson. a is Alexsen. accompanist; reading. Fred Terryberry: accordian solo. Louis Wagner; vocal solo, Mario Speck, with Mildred Murray accom ppnist: reading, Marion Speck; vocal solo. Mrs. John Terryberry, accom panied by Miss Esther Tritsch, rocnl duet and trumpet solo. Mr. and Mrs. Christy Stohlman and Mavnard Tritsch. T'.ie young people also arranered a very clever play that was present ed as a part of the evening program, I ."The Hicksville Community Cltth, la very clever comedy and In which I the following took part: Maynard ! , Mtsch, Esther Tritsch, Marion and I Marie Speck, Mildred Murray. Carl. Elmer and Mathilde Alexsen. Louis and Marie Wagner, Walter Fuitov. Charles Bowling. ; After the program and play the .evening was closed with the servinc very much enjoyed luncheon. ! An air mail pilot on the Omaha i Kansas City-St. Louis line has quali fied as a volunteer fireman, it was learned Thursday when a note of appreciation appeared on the bulle tin board of the Universal Airlines office, at the Municipal airport at Omaha. j At l:4.r a. m. Tuesday, 15 minutes j after he had taken oft trom the Om jaha field, he saw a blaze at the farm home of W. C. Pistes, .two miles north Of Pacific Junction. la. He dipped down and noticed that the blaze was l started in w hat he presumed to be I a garage, but toward the Joliet, 111., March 17. Stifled re bellion at two Illinois penitentiaries surged to a new anti-c limax Tuesday. battle among 0 ! feet away. He circled twice, waking the Estes family and nearby neighbors. Then he went on to Pacific Junction and circled the town, after which ho returned part of the way toward the Estes home, until he saw that the lights in the It began with a convicts at the new Stateville prison. It penetrated the quiet room where i a coroner's jury absolved prison of- j ficials of blame for the deaths of twt Convicts in a riot Saturday. It dissipated itself in the dining room of the old prison as three mu- 'tineers made attempt to renew hos tilities but were hustled away before ithey could arouse their fellows. house. ;;0 ; -An impromptu insurrec tion negan the house "1 a practice session of the Stateville penitentiary band. Someone suggest ed a "riot" and the 17 players fought over the idea with their instrument; as weapons. Five were treated in the hospital. The coroner's inquest exonerated house were turned on. then went on! Guard Frank Cutchin. who testified his way through the night to Kansas fi,r ""'.v two shots into the mill- City. The fire was in a chicken brooder house, rather than a garage. All ex cept one hundred baby chicks were saved. The house and other buildings had been seriously threatened. Albany. N. Y. Three "wet" bills were passed by th senate supported by the solid democratic minority of ! twenty-four members. Two had al ready passed the assembly. One. a resolution, petitions con ! gress to submit to the several states a resolution requesting that each state hold a convention to consider the repeal of the eighteenth amend ment. The senate 'hen passed, 29 to IP, a bill to create within the slate de partment of education a division of medicinal liquor under the super v'sion of th" sfae board of medical examiners. Physicians would not be limited in the amount of liquor they might prescribe. Next C'e senate passed a resolu tion memoralizing congress to con vene a national constitutional con vention "to consider repeal of the eighteenth amendment." supplies held were far below port declared. The survey was made in co-operation with leading banks, grain deal ers and co-operative marketing asso ciations. It clearly indicates accord ing to the report that wheat on farm; and In country elevators will hardly ezo ed f0 per cent of the volume at this time a year ago. The paragraph dealing with. Ne braska reads: "I. ess complete reports from Ne braska indicated that at many points grain on farms totaled only ' to per cent of the crop with hardly a point showing more than 10 per cent mnniP 1 1 1 o ! cl back." . - in Lue suuuiicui i lie tional professes to see ahead for the farmer. "The situation," the report says. "The situation.' the report says, "is one that clearly outlines a path for the grain producer. If he accepts the figures as indicating that moderate planting means a return of wheat values to a point that will yield him something close to producing easts he will be guided accordingly. "If be takes the results of this sur vey n offering opportunity to in crease his output ho very likely will 1mr delay his emergence from the wilderness of below cot wheat pro duction." State Journal. I Lincoln. March IS. A legisla' i vv ! posal for the issuance of 000,000 In bot e1.;, to he gbaorbed n gasoline tax cer ; 10-year pef icd, to permit swpaimlss of the Ne 'aska ),;ivi:ig program, w .s held ;iu- ' ut:h : Wednesday by Attor ney Genera! C. A. Borenshn Concurring In the- opinion atoce Assistant Attorney Generals L. B. Newklrk and Gc rgo W. Ayei The opinion was prepared by the State legal department at the request of Senators Arthur BcfWrtngj JR.), (ft), P-wnee Ci'v. It rented to (D.), Pawnee City, it related io a bond ir.Hue bill introduced in the O 'per house by Senators James . Efod iman. !?..), Omaha, and Rolla Van :Kirk. ( R.i, Lincoln. The adverse ruling came on th eve of a public hearing on the bill before the ioir.t house and senate cemmittee on revenue and taxation, j The attorney general's department Suggested a constitution::! amend menl be submitted to the voters In iiscJi' If the legislature believes n bond issue plan feasible to p.tvc the istate highway-. j The opinion citeil the consiPu I tional provisions restricting bonded lndebtednesi of Nebraska to $loo. 1000. Pledging of earnings from the gasoline tax, the opinion ruled, con travenes the Indebtedness limitation. I The fact that revenue fundi from the gasoline i ix were to be used In liquidating the l!t, it added, did .not i hangs the general aspect of the proposal. "Where the obligation is pay able out cd state revenues, as are taxes imposed upon the im j. poriation of gasoline, then a debt is clearly sreated within the. meaning of the constitu tion," the opinion held. Mr. Sorensen tailed attention to a litigation In Montana where a bond voted by the legislature invalid by the supreme EADI0 MONITOR BILL PASSED issue was and held Farmers Na- j court. better times i The attorney general also held the I legislature is limite d in making ap propriations to revenues wmcn ac crue during the bienaium. "It cannot for any purnos. mortgage the future tax earn ings of the state." he added. Should this legislature tie up all or part Of the gas tax revenue fer tile next 10 years, it would also bars authority to mortgage revenue from the general property or intangible taxes, the opinion held. "If the legislature in 1 9 3 1 am provide how ihe,; t.atK stetil spend the money which It may raise by taxation In the 10 yearS to come, then it may do the same as to what the state shall do with Its revenue dur- P0LICE HUNT FOR FIEND PASS BILL TO IMPROVE PEN of a enter- FACE CHARGE OF MURDER twenty jail here Addraz Convention at Kansas City. On last Wednesday Carl D. Gam, attorney, A. R. Stromer and xieraian L. Boniemeier. departed for Kansas ' y in ;he car of Mr. Gain, where they visited the big city and where Air. Qsni made an address on bank ing tit the bankers contention which wac assembled at tiie big town. Lincoln, Match IS. The state sen ato Wednesday passed with but one dissenting vote the $110,000 emerg ency appropriation bill for the state penitentiary. To the original meas ure it had added a 11,283 item for the pardon board. The bill will now go back to the house for approval of the additional item. Both houses approved two ap propriations f 'owned on by Governor Bryan in his budget message. The additions are $20,000 for tire proofing the roof of the administra tion building and cell blocks at the penitentiary and 92.T.OO for asbestos shingles for the furniture factor. The pardon board apnropriat ion permits disposal of a hundred or more appli cations of prisoners for parole. The bill also provides an $80,000 appropriation which with $100,000 unexpended from the 1'2& appropria- j iion win permit construction ot a new chapel and c:dl block at the; neni- 1 tiie senate 29 to 1, Senator E. M. Neubauer fD.I of Orleans, casting the dissenting vote. nig mass ot men. As the jury listened to Cutchin'l testimony, Irene Yarbeck, sister of Convict Albert Yarbeck. rose with a scream and rushed upon the wit ness, crying "Murderer." She was i dragged away, still hysterical. Whenever the jurors passed ! through the yards the convicts mani I tested a rebellious spirit. Guards quickly suppressed signs of another mutiny. The Rev. George 'Whitmeyer who resigned as prison chaplain by re quest, Tuesday reiterated his charges that three convicts shot recently while escapink had been "murdered." "I warned officials of that break," he said, "and the guards deliberately trapped the men and shot them down That brutality led to the riot. I'll tel lthe leg islative committee at its investi- gation heir Friday whether they ask me to or not." San Diego Admitting they were dealing with a criminal so clever that he was able to leave a "confes ision" letter under tiie very nose of investigators, police, deputy sheriffs and criminal experts continued their investigation into the mystery mur der of Virginia Urooks, ten year old school girl. Detective Lieutenant Sears. in charge of the investigation, admit ted a letter confessing the crime re ceived Tuesday and signed "the Doc tor" undoubtedly was written by the slayer. The cleverness with which the man operated. Sears said easily Jrule was seen thru the type ot letter writ ten plus the fact that it was left within 100 feet of where the child was last seen. Lincoln. March IS. If Governor Bryan approves a senate bill passed by the house Wednesday without re vision, the Department of Commerce may increase its holdings adjacent to the Grand Island radio monitor sta tion. Introduced by Sen; tor H. G. Wel lensiek R., Grand Island, the meas ure would permit the government to acquire school lands adjoining the station tract. To operate the station properly, he said it was imperative for the department to add sufficient land to extend the radio receiving aerials. Vote on the bill in the house was 00 to 0, It will be signed by Lieut. Governor Ted W. Metcalfe and Speak er Max Kier and sent on to the gov ernor. The house also approved the Mc Gowan bill to limit working hours of truck drivers to 12. and providing eight hours' consecutive rest. Efforts to reduce state judicial and executive salaries failed Tuesday when the senate voted. 17 to 12, to pigeonhole S. F. 2S. introduced bv Senator Reed (R.). Henderson, By a large margin the senate went on record Tuesday afternoon favor ing a bill prohibiting spiok'ng on the grounds or in the buildings of the state university, state normal schools or any public sc bools. An amendment applied the same to drinking. ing the next 2,r or 500 years," the opinion stated. The whole proposal is contrary. Sorensen concluded, to the spirit and intent of the constitution that no one session of the legislature shall tie the hands of any future session. Bee-News. TARIFF HEARINGS CLOSE Washington Hearings w re c in cluded in the tariff commission's in vestigation into production costs of softwood lumber which was ordered by the senate. The final session WSS taken up largely with testimony by opponents to the 5 percent Increase I In the present duty of $! a thousand feet, Proposed by the West Coas! i Lumbermen's association. J. II. nicedel of Seattle, operating in British Columbia and Washing ton state, was the principal witne I He contended the lumbermen's prob lems would not be solved by a high ;er tariff, and "aid there was ample reason for a lowered duty. Earlier I in the hearing. Col. W. G. Oreelev. manager of the West Coast Lumber men's association, in proposing h" duty increase, c ited lower production costs and cheaper transportation as justifying the higher tariff. The in crease would be the maximum per itnitted under the flexible provision I of the tariff act. Carired No Signals. While L D. Mullen and wjfa and their daughter. Miss Nita, were go ing to the funeral of the late A. L. Jardine of near Greenwood, and were driving ah ng quietly, a dog af ter an obstreperois cow dashed out ' ! a field in front of the car and I ting, wa struck by the automo bile with the result that the cow v.aa koeckeddown and the lights of I i aoio u.'. well ae the fenders were4 drmaged. The cow had gotten out Valentine : Lee Davis I three, Thursday was in ; nargea with murder as the result of i tentiary The bil nass lthe slaying of .Herbert Farmer, forty-1 n ,J,1y vJSfnJffi i"e jear out laborer, at Cody, Wed- i liesihi v j . r aimer was struck ever the head wim a spaue during an argument after an automobile had in the sand. Both men were resi dents ot tody. Farmer died while she v u i ' ' :.!ne; 'I'aylor. March Richard Brum ni:ia ', " , "Ml, ""icci ineict pleaded guilty in district court ?m w PJ ed,.1!Im nJPB c-mmy here late Tuesday to a charge of burg- x iic uuit ui nis ncarina REFUSED PERMIT TO SEE AMERICAN IN CHILE JAIL Santiago. Chile. March 18. After being refused permission to see Larry IK- Bethune. an American citizen be ing held incommunicado in jail in 'connection with a 12.160,000 suit. Ambassador William S. Culbertson to- WEDDIKGS AT COURT HOUSE gets 4 months in bane; robbehy TRY Has not been set. The altercation between Farmer and Davis started when they attempt ed to extricate the ear fr officers said. Several school children who witnessed the fight told the au thorities that Davis struck Farmer over the head with fled. Farmer is survived by his widow and six children. Davis is married and has one child. lary m connection with an attempt to rob the Bank of Taylor Aug. 17, 1927, and was sentenced to serve four months in the Loup county jail by Judge R. R. North. Brumfiold was brought here Mon day after he had completed a term in North Dakota nenitoiitiai v for day cabled to the state department in Washington regarding his next step. Bethune, a citien of Atlanta, Ga., is general manager in Chile of the General Motor Acceptance corpora tion, against which Brus-adelll & Manni. automobile distributors, have brought suit for $2,160,000. They cdaim this represents commission due them for distributing 5,500 automobiles. PILoY MISSING navy depart ing spaoe and bank robbery. Officers said he had a good record at the North Dr.kota penitentiary and that he serve the marine corps during the war. STILL Washington The ment was advised Wednesday night that no trace had been found of Chief Aviation Pilot Verne Warren Ilaiah RUU) who became lost rrom his squad ron off the Colombian coast Tuesday. The entire fleet joined in the search, covering an area of about 3.000 world I square, miles where his land lighting plane was last seen. The matrimonial market at the office of County Judge A. H. Dux bury, which suffered a slump for a period of several weeks, again took on renewed life today when the court Was called upon to join In the bonds 'of wedlock two c ouple of happy young people. The first to be married was Miss .Mary Susie Ethcringle of Pacific Junction. Iowa, and Walter M. Slew- art of Greenwood. This ceremony was witnessed by Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Aubry of Pacific Junction. The second marriage pel formed by Jiuice Duxburv was that of Miss l.illie May Hasehen of Dunbar and William K. Morris, also of Dunbar, this wedding being witnessed by Mrs. A. H. Duxbury and Miss Claia Wick-man. WOMEN DRYS WILL MEET TRENM0RE CONE IN LEGIS LATURE ON WHEEL CHAIR LINCOLN RULES AGAINST SITE FOR MAY STATION Lincoln. Neb., March 18. Tren more Cone, legislator from Douglas county, appeared in the legislative balls today for the first time since tbe session started January C. Ho was in a wheel chair and attended by a nurse. Although still suffering the effects of a severe illness resulting from a fall a I his home near Benson, Cine declared he would try to "stick it out.'' "I'm going to stay just as long as they'll let me." Cone said, meaning as long as his health permits. During his illness Cone's voice iias been heard in the legislature through his weekly public ation of "The Borni erang," in which he commended leg islation he favored and as forcefully denounced that which he disliked. I Washington -Announcement that !a woman'r, law enforcement so neon Ition would be held in Washington from April In to 12. tt. br aXBttdSJl by women leaders from various pan of the country, was made by Mi Henry W. Peabody. Speaking chairman of the woman's, national committee for law enforcement, Mrs. Peabody. who recently moved t Florida from Massachusetts becai of anti-prohibition sentiment in th latter state, said the coining ronvi i -tion would emphasize points not gen erally covered by the Wicker, i commission or other official groups of men. She said the convention hi ! been endorsed by ciiainman Wicker sham as "an excellent plan." Among those named by Mrs. "Pen body (cs having accepted ; ppoint ment to the woman's Jaw enfofce- CARD OF THANKS in Lincoln, March 18. The Lincoln zoning board uednesciay icniaiiveiy refused a request to designate tne old Country club as business prop erty. Wood Brothers, the owner, had asked the change so that the May Seed Co. of Shenandoah. Ia., might establish a radio broadcasting sta tion here. We ne' er friends who day during Plattsmouth as the many other wonderful work in will forget the host o; came to our rescue Sr.n ottr hour of need. The Fire Department as well volunteers. Old stopping what ment commission Cklifas, (Jmah. wa Dr. Jenni" might have been even a much mere serious fire than it was. While we are a little late, we want you to know that our thanks come from the bot tom of our hearts. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cloidt and Family, Chas. C. Par mele. i 200 MEN BACK TO WORK IN ROCK ISLAND SHOPS Cedar Rapids, la.. Mar.h 18. Railroad officials announced today that two hundred men have returned to work In the Rock Island shops here. They were rehired on a five day week, eight-hour day basis. The shops are now working an approxi mately 75 per cent full force, com pany executives said. Phcme your Want Ad to No. 6. I . .....