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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.
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