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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY, MAY 4, 1931. PAGE FOUR GREENWOOD t i Watson Howard and the kidilh a were pleased when Rny Lamb and wife of Papillion came down on last Sunday and paid them a visit. Earl Metcalfe and tin.' members of the home on last Sund ay enjoyed a very fine visit from their friends. Mr. and Airs. Fred Boulder of Lin coln. J. Johnasen of Murd.;. k was a visitor in Greenwood and was look ing after his trucking business here, as well as visiting with bis many business friends here. Among the things which the city council did at their last meeting was to take up the matter of paving for the repairs on the stand pipe and the tank of the city water system. John Me fiord who has been on the sick list for the past three weeks is at this time feeling some better and is so that he is able to be out and looking after the matter of assessing- , E. Li. McCartney and the good wife of Weeping Water wore spending last Sunday at the pome ot tne par ents of Mrs. McCartney, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Birdsell when- all enjoyed the Sunday visit, returning to their home In the evening. P. A. Sanborn was looking after pome repairs tor implements in Oma ha on Tuesday of last week and as the farmers are getting into the field they find that they are needing many things to put their machinery in the best condition. Earl Ciymer was ? visitor to the hanks of the Platte river on last Wednesday where he has an appoint ment with some of the black bass which have been making their home there. With plenty of hooks and other fishing paraphernalia, they spent a very enjoyable afternoon along the banks of the historic Platte river. A number of the folks of Green wood drove over to Shenandoah. Iowa, on last Monday, where they went to enjoy the ride and to see the new broadcasting station of the Henry Field Seed company and to hear the country school at the May seed house. They enjoyed the trip very muih, they being in the merry party Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lapham and f-on. Mrs. Dora Leesley and Mrs. David Apphun. New City Board. On last Tuesday evening the ci'y council of Greenwood met at their regular session and after looking af ter the regular business of the iiy they proceeded to organize the new board of village trustees. Tln.se to retire from the board were A. F. AVeibke and W. A. White, while they were replaced by R. E. Matthews and E. O. Miller. Following this the meeting proceeded to the election of a mayor, the lot falling on Emmitt A. Landon. Printing' the Oil Tanks. In order to be in harmony with the spring with its gay colors, and freshness, the Peter Oil company last week inaugerated a move tojiaint their oil and gasoline tanks, and have them looking much better for the paint which has b'en applied to them. When they shall have been completed the tank3 will look and will be as good and fresh as new. It is a wonder what a little paint does and sure that it what it is for, to make things look better and to make them better as well. Attended Badge Presentation. Henry Wilson of Lincoln was a member of the Masonic order at that place on last Tuesday evening, for 50 years and in recognition the lodge, No. 19. A. F. & A. M. of which he is a member, presented him with a fifty year badge and also had a number of addresses and a fine ban quet in honor of the occasion. A number of the members of the order from Greenwood were over and par ticipated in the celebration. Mr. ACID MANY people, two hours after eat ing, suffer indigestion as they call it. It is usually excess acid. -Correct it with an alkali. The best way, the quick, 1) armless and efficient way, is Phillips Milk of Magnesia. It has remained for 50 years the standard with physicians. One spoonful in water neutralizes many times its volume in stomach acids, and at once. The symptoms disappear in live minutes. Yon will never use crude methods when you know this better method. And you will never suffer from excess acid when you prove out this easy relief. Get genuine Phillips Milk of Mag nesia, the kind that physicians have prescribed for over 50 years in correcting excess acids. 25c and 50c a bottle any drugstore. "Milk of Magnesia" has been the TJ. S. Registered Trade Mark of The Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company and its predecessor Charles H. Phillips since 185. ;; . pimups-,. ifS Too Much Wilson is a past grand master of the i order and has been a worker for the I Masons for the p tst half century. Among those attending from Green ' wood were Professor Hughes, J. E. j Lambert, E. O. Miller, Westley Mil ler and Emmitt A. Landun. Hold Eighth Annual Banquet. The Fidelity lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Green wood on last Friday evening at their hall gave a very fine supper and a program in keeping with the progres sive spirit of the order when they celebrated its eighth annual dedica tion of the hall. Toasts were re sponded to by a number of the mem bers and also a most elaborate sup per was served. This order is at this time is making good progress and adding many desirable members to their roaster. Buys Many Chickens. On Tuesday of last week E. L. Mv- Donald purchased and shipped to the Omaha market 4.200 pounds of chickens, and for three days special purchasing of this lino of fowls he purchased and shipped over twelve thousand pounds of chickens. This matter of raising and shipping ehick ens is growing larger and larger with every year. Doing Fine Business. Ray Friedrick, who conducts the seed bu.-dness and who sells the most reliable of seeds is busy with the assistance of some four additional men, in the handling of the seed corn which is the one thing which is most in demand at this time. One day last week they shipped 95 bushels to one customer. This is a good lo cation for supplying good seed corn and as there is excellent quality of seed grown in this section this is the place to come for the best seeds. Firm Changes Hands. The firm heretofore consisting of Robert Mathews and M. E. Petersen, and doing a business under the firm name of Mathews and Petersen was mutually dissolved last week and Mr. Mathews taking over the entire control of the business and which will be conducted in the future in the same location and will be given the very careful attention that it has been in the past, for both the Sf ja have given th- business the very best attention and work and this will be the policy and practice of Mr. Mathmews in the future. Mr. Petersen has as yet found no loca tion for establishing a business but will except to in a short time. Announcing Dissolution Of Finn. I wish to announce that I have succeeded the firm of Mathews and Petersen, taking over the interest of Mr. M. E. Petersen in the garage business in Greenwood. Our busi ness was mutually dissolved, and I will continue to operate the business as formerly and will see that every patrcn gets the very best and most courteous service. In behalf of my self :.nd also of Mr. Petersen I wish to extend to the public and all our clientle cur thanks for the buslnes. and friendship which has so mater ially assisted In the success of our business. I am also extending thanks for all business which may come to this institution in the future, assur ing every attention and courtesy will be given all Robert E. Mat hews, successor to Mathews and Pet ersen. Let the Circuit Do It. That is what Orison Johnson and the good wife are expecting to do in the future, for they last week had a Majestic electric refrigerator installed in their home', the same be ing told by A. R. Btrdsall, Visit at Grand Ishr.A Mrs. W. H. Leesley and nn, Bill, and accompanied by Mike heehans and family of Mauley, were visiting for over Sunday hist week at Grand Island where they went to spend the day with Miss Mable Lees!ey who is in the Grand Island business college and where she will continue during the summer. She will graduate from this institution this fall. Selling Many Chicks. The Leesley hatcheries are hatch ing and selling many chicks at this time and are running at full capac ity to catch up and keep abreast with the demand for baby and fca Ithered chicks. During the past few jdays they have sold to the following persons, they taking the chicks as follows: Edward -Steinkanip. near Weeping Water, 400; Fred Terry i berry, near Cedar Greek, 500; Henrv Heil. 500; Oris Sehleifer:, 200, and O. C. Zink, 400. Making Home In Northwest. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Reed, who have been residents of Greenwood and who have many friends here, de parted on Monday of last week for near Valentine where they will make their home on a ranch, and will try the rough stuff of the northwest. Brooder House Burns. Last week the brooder house of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lambert myster iously was taken afire and while all was done possible to extinguish the flames, the building was consumed and with it some :-ixty-fivo or seven ty chicks. Every care had been ex ercised to prevent o fire but in some Way the house caught and was con sumed. Many Greet New Bride, j There were over half a hundred of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dyer at a recaption which was ten dered this estimable couple when iMesdames a. it. Birdsail and Vera Shepper entertained in their honor. The time was spent in playing frames and social conversation and at an j appropriate hour the bride was pre sented with some most usefni and j beautiful gifts from the members of '.the gathering. Eats, we 11 we should say they had eats, and excellent o'ies I at that. All enjoyed the occasion 1 i (itir Y-nniV, Visited in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. White, Mr. and Mrs. George Buckness and their sons, were over to Lincoln on last Sun day where they were enjoying a visit for the day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Boyles. where an excel lent time was had and as well a most appetizing dinner. Mr. Buck nell is a nephew of Mrs. Boyles. which added much to the enjoyment Of the occasion. Means a Big Saving to the Potato Grower Rail Commission Rate Expert Says Examiners' Report Points to Big Cut in Rates. C. A. Ross, rate expert for the state railway commission, Thursday received a copy of the report of the interstate commerce commission ex aminer on the potato rate case, and deduces therefrom that a gooil many thousand dollars per year will be saved to potato growers in Nebraska, besides awarding them reparations for excessive rates paid in the past. The complaint of the state railway commission challens;ed rates on pota toes from western and central Ne braska and eastern Wyoming points to shipments sent to points in Okla homa. Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi and to Memphis, Tenn., and the examiner finds that these rater; arc unreasonable in them selves and with respect to relation ship on rates from the Greeley dis trict in Colorado to the same destin ations are unduly prejudical and pre ferential, and that refunds should be made on past shipments. The examiner also finds on justi fication for charging Nebraska grow ers $5 a car for refrigeration or in suiated ears when no such charge is made shippers from the Greeley and astern Wyoming districts. Mr. Ross says that the reductions will angef om 1 cent to 9 cents a hundred pounds, which means from $3.0 to in excess of $2 4 a car. The last yearly figures show that the Ne braska districts shipped 6,600 cars, and three-fourths of them went to the southern points named. 10 BILLS SIGNED BY BRYAN Lincoln, April 30. Ten more leg islative enactments became laws on Thursday through Governor Bryan's signature. One permits rural school children between 14 and 16 to procure driv ers' licenses to operate automobiles to and from school. The act. introduced by Representa i .ve M. J. G ushing (R. ), Ol d, re stricts the operation of cars in this manner to the most direct route available. Another will permit the state board of educational lands and funds to invest not to exceed 5 per cent of the permanent school fund in bonds for the construction of dormitories at the state university and the nor mal schools. This bill was introduced by Representative Myrtle E. Musser il). i. Rushville, to aid in relieving the housing situation on the univer sity campus. The governor also approved H. R. 63 by Representative C. J. Mitchell (R. , Roca. restricting dancing on Sunday except in cities and towns where it is regulated by ordinance or under supervsion of a deputy sheriff. Another Mitchell bill. 11. R. 57, re duces the wages of Lancaster county officials to a basis of remuneration paid before the county exceeded the 100,000 population mark, plus an in crease of $100 for each county offi cial concerned. The others: S. F. 283, by Senator Christ An dersen (D. ), Bristow, provides for the placing of jurisdiction in the de partment of public works for the erec tion of all stop hisns, highway signs and street warning devices on state and federal highways through cities and villages of less than 25,000 in habitants. S. F. 45. by Senator Rolls C. Van Kirk, Lincoln, provides for the pay ment of estate tax to the state treas urer of Nebraska within one year from the date of the death of the decedent. S. F. 307, by Senator James A. Rodman (R.), Omaha, provides for the recovery and possession by a guardian resident of another state wherein his ward also resides of prop erty belonging to the estate of such ward. S. F. 246, by Senator Harry K. Boston I). . Omaha, and Rodman provide-; tor exemption from taxes where reciprocal provision is made in favor ol residents of Nebraska by the s':ite H. tie E Tides appointing foreign executors. R. 1 2. by Representative Myr Uusaer (D.), Rushville, pro- for the nomination and elec coiamissioners by dis- t ion -of county tricts. II. R. 27, by a closed season Gushing, provides for for doves and an open season for grouse when prairie chickens and ordered by the game fort t, n ion and parks commission. TRUCK RESISTS EFFORTS TO PULL IT FROM DITCH York, Neb., April 29. Trucks, cables, tractors and a larger cater pillar tracctor with a threshing ma chine engine have failed to dislodge a truck, loaded with 3,500 gallons of j oil and distillate, which has been mired in a ditch four miles south of '. here since Sunday night. A hand tooled handbag for mother is a fitting gift for Mother's day and one that will be treasured for years. See the large and select line at the Bates Book & Gift Shop. Lingle Witness is Fatally Shot By a Fugitive Bank Robbery Suspect Also Wounds Another Chicago Policeman Emptied His Gun Chicago, 111., April 30. Police man Anthony Ruthy, the traffic offi cer on duty at Randolph street and Michigan boulevard when Alfred J. Lingle was slain in a pedestrain tun nel there, was killed at the same busy intersection today by a man fleeing arrest for bank robbery. A fellow officer, Patrick Durkin, was seriously wounded in the chase along streets jammed with rush-hour traffic, which ended with the cap ture of Frank Johnson, 30, of Rock island. 111., as the assailant. Ruthy, whose testimony of "vi sions" in the trial of Leo V. Broth ers for Lingle's murder caused a sensation, felled as he started from his post in the middle or" Mich igan boulevard. It was he who had named Frankie Foster as the man he saw fleeing from the pedestrain tunnel after Lingle was shot down but at the trial he said his identifi cation of Foster was only a "vision." Had Trailed Man. Officers said two private detectives had trailed Johnson to a building just north of the intersection. While one of them, L. B. Benson, started for police aid the other John Woods, walked down the boulevard with him. Just as Ruthy moved from his post and Durkin from the corner, Johnson broke away and dashed down the street, threading across Randolph to the public library corner. On the way. he whipped out a gun and fired twice once at Ruthy, once at Dur kin. Ruthy fell mortally wounded in the abdomen. Johnson dashed to the library steps and Policeman Pat Enright, on duty half a block away, started af ter him. Johnson fired again and the shot grazed En right's face. Johnson ran down Randolph street to Garland court, a half-bloek away, and threaded his way among parked automobiles with Enright. Police man Leo Sherlock and Ernest Schaen blin, a civilian close behind. Emptied His Pistcl. He turned onto Washington street, over to busy Wabash avenue, ami down it a half block, his pistol now empty, before Sehaenblrn could seize him. The shooting occurred at 6 p. m. the loop's busiest time and it narled traffic into a knot it took an hour to untie. Michigan boule vard was blocked by exciting pedes trains and street cars were jammed along Wabash avenue. The private detectives said John son was wanted for a $2,800 robbery of the Lafayette. 111.. State bank April 10 and the Neponset. 111., State bank April 2 2. vhen four hundred dollars to five hundred dollars was taken. They had obtained a warrant for him at Kewanee. 111., this morn ing, and were preparing to serve it when the shooting took place. Ruthy was on traffic duty at the same spot when Lingle was slain. He pursued for some distance a man who fled the tunnel, and later iden tified Frankie Foster as the man. However, when called as a wit ness in the trial of Brothers, Ruthy said he actually pursued "a vision" instead of Foster. His credibility as a witness thus was nullified. He had been off traffic duty during the Lingle investigation, but was reas signed to the corner after Brothers was Convicted. World-Herald. IOWA SETS BARRIER TO IMPORTING RUM BY HEAVY PENALTY A new law. recently enacted by the Iowa general assembly, hits at bootleggers operating between Oma ha and Council Bluffs. The statute, which' goes into ef fect immediately, calls for a mini mum fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two years, for Drat offender! found guil ty of Illegally transporting intoxi cating liquors into the state of Iowa. For each offense thereafter, a prison term, not to exceed three years, is to be the penalty. Sheriff Lainson of Pottawattamie county, who Thursday received of ficial notice of the enactment of the law. expects, as a result, the estab lishment of an increased number of stills up and down the river on the Iowa side and the possible revival Of river traffic. CONFIRM BIBLICAL STORY OF SODOM DESTRUCTION New York, April 30. Excavations by Jesuit archeologists have revealed evidence confirming the biblical story of the destruction of Sodom, Dr. John Oliver I .n mrrn of Washington, vice- president of the National Geographic society said today. Dr. Lagorce said that the expedi tion sponsored by the Vatican, had unearthed the site of Sodom. It is actually the site of three distinct cities, one built on top of another, he said. CAROL DENIES RUMORS OF PENDING DICTATORSHIP Bucharest, Rumania, April 29. King Carol told a group of foreign newspaper men today he was "tired" of rumors that a dictatorship would be established in Rumania. The king added he was a "faith ful adherent of the parliamentary regime." TAKAMATSUS IN MONTREAL Montreal, Quebec. April 29. Prince and Princess Takamatsus ar rived in Montreal tonight for a visit. THURBER MAY REMAIN UNDER CARE OF CITY Cleceland Ralph H. Thurber whose peculiar illness has puzzled the medical profession and whose identity puzzled police Investigators until they found he had a peniten tiary record, will be allowed to re main in city hospital as long as treat ment is necessary, city welfare di rector Dudley Blossom said. Thur bur's illness lias been diagnosed by one doctor as "dlstomlasls," an ex tremely rare disease in the United States, but other doctors said they did not know what was tin.- matter with him. Nebraska Leads Entire Nation in Forestry Work Government Expert High in of State at Conference Agents at Denver Praise of Nebraska is ahead of the entire country in many respects in its farm forestry program, Fred R. Johnson of the regional office of t? " United States forest service in Denver said thi3 week In discussing the matters with extension agents. The friendly relationship between the extension service and the nur serymen of the state during the past four of five years that trees have been distributed, is an outstanding feature of the Nebraska program, Mr. Johnson believes. In number of trees sent out, the Cornhusker state ranks ahead of practically ev ery other midwestern state. A few of the states in the Allegheny moun tains have sent more trees, but dis tribution in those states is on a dif ferent basis than in the middlewest. According to figures compiled by Clayton W. Watkins. extension for ester, about 975.000 seedlings were sent out to farmers in the last few weeks. These seedlings wtire Intend ed for woodlot and windbreak plant ing. Over 900.000 went out a year ago. The growth in demand has been steady during the past few years. Mr. Johnson worked last week with Mr. Watkins in the North Platte val ley near Scottsbluff on two demon stration plantings. One of these plantings was an ordinary farm wind break on the fafm of Congressman Robert Simmons who was particular ly interested in the forestry program. The other planting is on govern ment land around Lake Minatare whieh is being developed as a picnic ground for western Nebraska. Last fall the foresters and the people in that section held a big community meeting in Scottsbluff to work out a plan to develop the pic nic grounds. They decided to do the planting on Arbor day this spring. The allied chambers of commerce, the American Legion, the irrigated district and several other organiza tions have been helping the commit tee work out the details. A snow storm on Arbor day hin dered the plans to some extent but the crowd of people who attended the meeting planted about 1,200 trees around the lake. Chinese elm, honey locust. Scotch pine, red ce dar and green ash were chosen as the varieties. KLKKULND MAY OTHERS OF ACCUSE SLAYING GIRL Valparaiso. Ind.. April 29. Pos sibility that Virgil Kirkland may ac cuse four other young men indicted with him of causing the death of his sweetheart, Arlene Draves, was in dicated as the former Gary football star's second trial for the girl's mur der got underway here today. To each prospective juror. Oscar P. Thiol, defense attorney, put this question : "If it is true that Virgil Kirkland had nothing to do with the killing of Arlene Draves, but that the other boys did. will you bring in a verdict of 'not guilty'?" Both prosecution and defense at torneys indicated the trial may hinge solely on the last two of the four counts in the indictment. They are murder by rape and murder by at tempted rape. ECONOMIC PARITY OF CENTRAL STATES WATERWAYS AIM" Sioux City, la., April 29. Address ing the annual meeting of the Traffic club here tonight Major T. Q. Ash burn, executive chairman of the In land Waterways corporation, declar ed the government is making an ef fort through the corporation to re store the economic parity of the cen tral states. "vVhen cue section of the country is being penalized to favor another, it is the business of the government to step in," Ashburn said. "VVhen high transportation rates force indus tries to forsake the inland cities, agriculture is impressed by the loss of Its market, the retailer is impressed by the loss of agriculture's purchas ing power, the wholesaler is impress ed by the lessened purchases of the retailer and the railroads suffer from the drop in transportation." PLAN DEDICATION FOR SIOUX LOOKOUT STATUE North Platte. April 29. With the arrival of a large statue of an Indian chief expected sometime this week, plans are under way to dedicate it to the Sioux Indians following erection on the top of Sioux Lookout, a large hill overlooking the Oregon trail about 13 miles southeast of here. Bates Book and Gift Shop is ex clusive Dennison decorative snppliet dealer in this vicinity. More than 500 Thousand Nebras kans at Work Per" -utage in School Is Growing Illiteracy 1.2 Out of 100 Trend Is to Cities More than half a million residents of Nebraska above 10 years of age are engaged in some sort of gainful occupation. Of the more than 430 thousand in the state between the ages of 5 and 20, a total of approximately 332. 945, of 76.5 per cent, attend school. This contrasts with a 70.6 per cent attendance in 1920. Illiteracy in Nebraska declined from 1.4 per cent of the total popu lation to 1.2 per cent during the past 10 years. These are some of the Interesting facts on Nebraska which are reveal ed here today in a publication by the United States census bureau giving a break-up of the population figures gathered in the state last year. Tne bureau has pomeleted the cal culation of all questions asked in the census enumeration, which found 1.377,963 persons living in the state at the time of the count 1930. Surprising Facts. The bureau has Issued a on the basis of the figures April 1. pamphlet gathered. begi lining growth in with tables showing the city and country popula- lion in the state since 1890. the date of the first census-taking in Nebras ka. Surprising facts on the composition of the state's population are shown in the pamphlet, which traces in cold figures the growth of the city population from 310,862 in 1910. to 486.107 at growth in 8 SI. 36 2 to Behind the present time, and the country population from only 891.856. he figures lie the story Of Nebraska's agricultural rise in industrial and importance, leading logically to the towns and cities flow from country been experienced during the past growth of large and the natural to city which has in the midwest two decades and ' which may of revers ir only now be on the verge ? its trend. 90 Per Cent Are White. Tne nativity of the state's popu lation is preponderately white, the census publication shows, but is of far-flung races. The white popula tion is 1,353,702, the census shows, and second place total is scarcely 10 per cent of that figure. In sec ond position is the Negro popula tion, totaling 13.752. Other races follow in the ord named: Mexican. 10,509: tiidian, 6, 321, Japanese, 674; Chinese. 194: Filipino. 55: Korean, 5; Hawaiian. 33, end Hindu, 1 Giving figures on school attend ance which showed a higher percent age attending schools than in 1920, the census reports a larger percent age of girls in school but a larger number of boys actually due to the greater numerical strength of the latter in the state. There were 165, 444 girls of the total of 214.709 in school, amounting to 77.1 per cent. Of the 220,467 boys, 167.301, or 75.9 per cent, were attending school. FIND RECLUSE'S $17,900 HOARD Atlantic. Ia.. April 29. A treas ure hunt through the home of Aug ust Kubath, wealthy local recluse who was found dead Saturday after noon at his home, has resulted in the finding cf $17,900 in cash and bonds hidden in a trunk. The house was thoroughly ransacked by those in charge of his estate, and it is be lieved that all of the money and se curities have been recovered. Kubath had little food in the house His body was found on the floor behind the bunk of straw and rags upon which he slept. It was re vealed Wednesday that a robber at tempted to burglarize the house Sat urdiv night, but failed to gain en trance. Several ye; rs ago two men beat the aged man severely and ransack ed the home in search of money. Ku bath would not reveal to officers whe ther they had obtained any loot. Kubiith is understood to have owned land in Nebraska in addition to two business buildings, several residence properties and lots here. WHITELAW REID WIDOW DEAD Paris. April 29. Mrs. Whitelaw Heid of New York, widow of the for mer ambassador to England, died Wednesday at Cape Perrat, at the home of her daughter, Lady Ward. Mrs. Iteid, who arrived in Prance last week, contracted a chill during her voyage across the Atlantic. She was ill when she reached Paris and grew steadily worse. Mrs. Reid was one of the principal owners of the New Y'ork Herald-Tribune. A daughter of Darius Ogden Mills, financier, she was married in 1881. Nine years previously Horace Greeley, founder of the Tribune, had died and Mr. Reid became its editor and proprietor. When he died in 1912 she was made executrix of the estate. DOUBTS OKLAHOMA MARTIN LINCOLN ROBBER SUSPECT Lincoln, Neb.. April 29. W. C. Condit. former state sheriff and now identified with the Nebraska Bank ers' association, when Informed of the finger printing of one Paul Mar tin at Duncan, Okla.. today, said the man proaauiy is not tne raui -Yir.riin sought for questioning i l connection with the million-dollar robbery of the Lincoln National Bank and Trust company last September. Condit said the Paul Martin he la seeking also is wanted for question ing In connection with the 10 thou Itand ir!l:ir robbery of the First Na jtlonal bank of Aurora 1 l 1927. PRISON ROUTINE FOR BURKE Marquette. Mich., Apiil 29. Fred Burke, tracked down as a desperate killer, was No. 5293 in Michigan branch prison Wednesday, and faced the routine of being photographed, finger-printed and measured. For 30 days he will be in quarantine and then will be given a Job and a chance to make good on his promise to be a well-behaved prisoner. Burke, brought to prison Tuesday to serve a lire sentence for the kill ing of Charles Skelly, St. Joseph I (Mich.) patrolman, came in an ar- Unored car under heavy guard. Burke on arrival asked his over- Icoat be given to "one of the boys" at the jail. Two Omaha Youths Givn Life Terms Eddie Jedlicka and GriiFith Sen tenced An to Jedlicka Gets Ten Years. Omaha. Eddie Jedlicka. twenty. and Bill Griffith, seventeen, confess ed murderers of Patrolman Sullivan in a filling station robbery here April 4, were allowed to plead guilty to second degree murder charges and were sentenced to life imprisonment by District Judge Wright. Anton Jedlicka, eighteen, third I member of the robber gang, was al lowed to plead guilty to assault with intent to rob and was sentenced to ten years. Griffith, the son of a Houston, Tex., insurance man. was arrested at Stockton, Calif., where he fled after ;the shooting. In pronouncing sentence. Judge i Wright made it plain that it was I their youth which saved them from j standing trial with a probability that a jury would mete out the death pen alty. The judge lefused to consider a plea of Gene OSullivan, defense at torney, that they be aHowed to serve their terms in the reformatory and sentenced them to hard labor in the penitentiary. Patrolman Sullivan was one of fifty policemen sent out on the night jof April 4 to guard filling stations jhere. He was trapped in the wash iroom of a Coryell oil station and his body punctured with nine bullets. Seventeen bullets were fired by Eddie Jedlicka and one by Bill Griffith. State Journal. Borah Attacks Those Who Give Congress Blame Says That Executive Branch of Gov ernment Is Behind the Gain in Expenditures. Washington A warning that thel federal government is building up aJ bureaucracy which will demand per manent increases in expenditures and taxation unless stopped by angryl public opinion" was issued by Sen ator Borah. The Idaho republican in a. prepared statement, said a largd share of the blame should be placed! on the executive branch of the gov ernment. He assailed what he call ed "an effort to put the sole blanid on congress." His statement was in reply to reH cent demands from President Hooveij for reduced appropriations and thej president's assertion no increase ii taxation would be necessary if con gress kept expnditures within the budget recommendations. Says Effort to Cut Made. During the last ten years. Borah said, congress has cut budget esti mates by $414,000,000. "The fact is," he added, "that congress is constantly being beseig ed by the executive departments fotj much larger appropriations than con gress is willing to grant." Borah pointed out federal appro priations have grown from $1,098 602.000 in 1914 to $4,821,374.00C in 1931. despite the "sincere effort tc cut down expenditures" by formet President Coolidge. "It needs no argument," Borali said, "to satisfy one that government expenditures are wastefully largJ and that the ever growing burden of taxation is one of the great fa tors in bringing about our present dc pression." State Journal. FRIENDSHIP IS STRESSED Secretary Stimson said a "firm an lastiner friendship" had been buil UD between the United States and Japan as a result of the London nav;i conference. The relations between the two nations were praised by th4 secretary of state in a radio speech carried over the Pacific ocean tfl Japan as part of the celebration oi the thirtieth birthday anniversary oj Emperor Hirohito. Barron Kijuro Shidehara. Japa nese foreign minister replied tr. Stimson. broadcast to this country said Japan was "glad and willing tr join in the work of naval disarm;! ment with the rest of the world,' and was equally delighted to join ir the Kellogg treaty to outlaw war. UNIVERSITY HEAD DIES Connellsville. Pa.. April 29. Stricken on a train while en route tc Chicago, Dr. Edwin A. Alderman 69. president of the University ot Virginia, died at the Connellsville State hospital shortly before 10 o'clock tonight. Mother's day, Sunday May 10th. plan your remembrances now. A fine line of hand tooled handbags ant1 morios can be found at the Bati Book & Gift shop.