Nebraska Newspapers

    VAttfmaT - - " THURSDAY. JAIT. 7,
FLATTSIIOUTlI figrt-UHClLY
PAGE POUR
union items.
Miss Vera Reicke who is attending
school at Lincoln was a visitor at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Reicke for the holidays, re
turning to her studies the first of this
week.
Last Monday morning Frank Bauer
and Elmer Withrow were called to
Plattsmouth where they had some
business matters to look after at the
court house, they driving over in
their car.
Messrs. Hallas Banning and Pat
Roddy were over to Lincoln on last
Saturday where they were both look
ing after some business as well as
visiting with some of their friends
in the big town.
Miss Nola Banning who has been
spending the holidays at home with
the family and also enjoying a visit
with her many friends, returned to
take up her studies at the Peru Nor
mal school on last Sunday.
The Hon. W. B. Banning, candi
date for the state senate, was called
to Lincoln on Wednesday of this
week where he was attending the
State Agricultural meeting which
was in session there for the past few
days.
Mrs. Belle Frans of Nebraska City,
where she is making her home with
her son, C. K. Frans who is engaged
in the barber business there, was a
visitor on last Sunday with her sister
Mrs. Jennie Fran and other relatives
In Union.
A. W. Propst of Nebraska City,
where he is the distributor for the
celebrated Chevrolet, was a visitor in
Union for a few days during the first
of this week, njeeting with his many
friends here as well as looking after
some business matters.
Mesdames Bruce Wolfe and Ezra
Albin were over to Murray on last
Tuesday where they were in attend
ance at an extension meeting which
was being held there and as the day
was stormy had somewhat of a task
getting home in the evening.
D. Ray Frans and family, accom
panied by his mother, Mrs. Jennie
Frans were guests for the New Year's
day and for an excellent dinner
which was served at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Rue H. Frans of Syra
cuse, they driving over for the oc
casion in their auto.
Notwithstanding the very heavy
snow Joe Greene was unloading two
cars of coal which the Frans Lumber
company received on Tuesday of this
4 week. It was a fortunate arrival of
the coal when the snow was so deep
and thus provided an abundance of
fuel for the hustling city of Union.
Rev. W. A. Taylor was in Platts
mouth on Thursday of this wee'c
whorp h was service at the funeral
of the late Sheriff Reed, who die.i
early this week. Rev. Taylor and Bert
Reed were friends for many years
and it was with profound soitow that
Rev. Taylor ministered in the capac
ity of spokesman at the last sad rites
Of his friend.
Miss Sara Upton, who is an in
structor in the schools at Wauneta,
which is in the southwestern portion
of the state, was spending her holi
days in Union, and departed for her
work on New Year's day to get there
before the coming of the storm which
followed shortly afterwards. Vera,
who is at Lincoln was also home and
returned to the capital city a few
days before.
Gilbert Hull, the driver of one of
the trucks for Ralph Pearsley was
a visitor in Omaha on Wednesday of
this week and was pleased that the
overpass on highway 75 near Fort
Crook was completed, thus avoiding
the former detour which led over the
bills heretofore. The completion and
opening of this viaduct is a great
bocn to the people who have to travel
this highway.
Shipped Cattle to Omaha.
B. B. Everett who is an exper
ienced feeder of cattle and who has
had as nice a bunch as can be found
anywhere had them ready for ship
ment, and notwithstanding the storm
had them trucked to market at Om
aha, they going on Tuesday night and
being on the market Wednesday.
They were taken to market by the
trucks of Carl Hanson, Wayne Ackley
and Henry H. Becker.
Made a Menv Paitv.
Messrs. Ben and Justin Anderson
and Mr. S. Watkins. with Misses
Helen and Bessie Watkins and Miss
Vera Reicke made a merry party who
were enjoying a play on last Sunday
at the Overland theatre at Nebraska
City.
Father Dies In Illinois.
Word was received last week of
the very serious illness cf the father
of our townsman. Phil F. Rihn. who
has been poorly for some time past
IVfr. Theohold Rihn. who was oast
eighty years of age. had been quite
111 for some time and taken to a hos
pital about a month since where he
had been receiving treatment. With
the notice of the very serious illness
f the elder Mr. Rihn. his son. V. t
Rihn, departed on last Friday for the
home of the rather at Highland. Illi
nois, but was not able to arrive be
fore the nassine of the father, which
was on last Saturday. Mr. Rihn im
mediately notified the wife who also
departed on Sunday for the east
C::h Tells The Story
With the beeinnincr of November, the
merchants have adopted the Cash
system, and as a result we are to sell
gcods at a greater saving of money.
V Some Sample Prices
T-Done Steak, per lb.. . . .18c
Slrlmn Steak. Der lb IOC
Round Steak, per lb 19c
Pork Roast, per lb.. . . . .15c
Nothing has been learned as to the
funeral. A fuller account of the life
and the death of this excellent citi
zen will be given in another issue
or this paper. The deceased formerly
resided In Plattsmouth but returned
to Illinois a number of years ago and
has since made his home there.
Birthdays Near Each Other.
James H. Frans and wife, living
west of Union, can. handily celebrate
the passing of their birthday anni
versaries easily, as Mr. Frans was
76 years of age on Tuesday, January
5th, and the good wife who is fifteen
years his junior, was born on Jan
uary 7th, and passed her 61st birth
day anniversary on Thursday of this
weeks They are both feeling pretty
well, thank you, and are looking for
ward for mnay years of happy use
fulness. Here is to you friends, we
are hoping that you may enjoy many
more happy birthdays.
Union Man is
Winner of Corn
Growing Contest
Sectional Champions Are Announced
by Nebraska Crop Growers
Association
Champion corn growers of Nebras
ka were announced Tuesday at the
meetings of the Nebraska Crop
Growers association. Winners nam
ed were Lee Faris. Union, eastern di
vision; Hal A. DeMay, Danbury. cen
tral division; George Eiker, Brule,
irrigation district, and Tyre Nelson,
Curtis, western division.
Donald Sutherland, of Lancaster
county, won the 4-H club honors of
the eastern division of the state, and
Lawrence Larson, of Polk county,
took first honor in the 4-H club cen
tral division of the state. The con
test, known as the ten acre corn
yield contest, was sponsored by the
Crop Growers association.
Certain fixed costs, were recog
nized in deciding the winners. Man
labor was computed at 25 cents per
hour, horse and machinery charges
at 13 cents an hour, use of land at
two-fifths or one-third of the crop,
tractor power at from $1 to $1.50
an hour depending upon the size of
the outfit, and corn at 35 cents a
bushel. '
Lee "Faris, eastern Nebraska win
ner,, had a yield of 68.9 bushels an
acre on his plot of corn, and made a
profit of $5.09. His total score with
the judges was 92,7 points. E. H.
Stone of Howells was second in the
division, and Claude Heikes of Da
kota Citv was third. Hal DeMay,
central division winner, scored 99.3
nnints with his vield of 64.3 bushels
and a profit of $8.58 an acre of corn.
George Paus of Spring Ranch was
second and D. O. DeMay of Danbury
was third in this division. Eiker,
winner in the competition among ir
rigation farmers, had the highest
mm vlplrl of anv romnetitor 95. S
bushels an acre. His profit was $6.90
an acre. W. R. Nicholson of Beaver
City was second, and Earling German
of Cczad was third among the irri-
gationists.
Sutherland raised sixty-one bush
els of corn per acre and made a prof
it of $4.01 an acre. Eugene Hardy
of Thurston county was second to
the eastern 4-H clubber, and Mil
ford Smith of Cass county was
third. Larson. Polk countv bov.
raised forty-eight bushels of corn an
acre for a profit of $4.48 an acre.
Duane Allison of Polk county was
second with forty-nine bushels an
acre and a profit of $2.0 an acre.
Milford Rathjen cf Webster county
was third, with lmy-one rusneis an
acre the highest yield Cf any boy
in thp central Nebraska district.
Harold Caster of McCook wr s first in
the irrigated division with sixty-two
hiiKbels an acre. His brother. Floyd.
was second. Tyre Nelson won first in
the western section. He lives at Cur
tis. Lynn Shanburg of Maywood was
second.
FOR SALE
Two Durham milk cows. Extra
good. Test 5 and IVt butterfat.
II. E. Warden, Union. Nebr. J7-Ztw
FORMER MATES TOGETHER
Vow Vnrt .lamps A. Stillman and
thi former Fift Potter added Monday
another chapter to their dramatic
domestic life by taking luncheon to-
c-nthoi- uith hpr nrpspnt nusnana.
Fowler McCormick of Chicago, who
hrat fnmo into the household &8 a
ninvmatft of their children. The
riettlnp trvnk nlare in the Park ave
nii0 mnnainn Mr Ktlllman DUrcnaseQ
oflor his reconciliation with his wife
and their "second honeymoon" five
years ago.
They met, Mr. McCormick said, to
discuss nlans for "the children all
the children" two of whom are his
contemporaries and only one of whom
thp "Rahv Guv" of the sensational
Stillman divorce suit a decade ago
is still a minor, uuy, now iweive.
lifes with the McCormicks in Chicago
nnrt nccomnanied thein as far as Har
mon, N. Y., where ho left the train
for the estate at Pleasantville, N. Y.,
which his mother retained in the set
tlement at the time of her divorce
from Mr. Stillman and her marriage
to Mr. MccormicK last spring.
OMAHA FIRM APPEALS
WATER SEEPAGE SUIT
Lincoln, Jan. 4. The Omaha Life
Insurance Co. appealed to the supreme
court Monday from a decision of
Scotts Bluff county Jury . In favor of
the Gertng and Laramie .Irrigation
district. ' - ' '
The insurance company had asked
more than $8,000 damages for seep
age from "-an- irrigation canal' onto
the land which it owns In Scotts
Bluff county. It charged that failure
to allow it damages meant that its
property had been taken for public
purposes without compensation.
Attack en Amer
ican Council at
Harbin Brutal
Apology of Japanese Government
Made to U. S. and the Beaten
Up Consular Agent
Mukden, Jan. 4. A statement
later described by American dipla
matic authorities as "highly" provo
cative" was made by Japanese offi
cials here Monday in apologizing for
the attack by two Japanese soldiers
and an Interpreter upon Culver B.
Chamberlain. American vice consul
at Harbin.
The statement referred to included
the allegation by Major Nakagawa,
spokesmen for Japanese military
headquarters, that "confidence in the
American flag had been lost" by its
alleged use to disguise activities of
Chinese plain clothes men and dis
turbers of the peace.
Lieutenant Colonel Matsui, chief
of the intelligence section of Japanese
sentries to stop foreigners and de
mand their full identification.
The Japanese spokesman said the
two soldiers concerned in the inci
dent "believe" Chamberlain was
reaching for a pistol when the "at
tack occurred.
The interpreter involved in the af
fair has been dismissed from the ser
vice. The two soldiers are under ar
rest pending decision as to measures
of punishment.
In the course of the diplomatic
Interchange which followed the
Japanese apology, it was pointed out
Chamberlain was attacked while rid
ing in Consul Myers car, which car
ried an American flag.
In discupsing possible justification
for the attack, the Japanese admitted
they knew of no case were an Amer
ican, Britisher or other foreigner
had used the flag of his own coun
try to carry on activities which
might be regarded in any way as
subversive.
The three assailants were taken
into custody on a complete identi
fication furnished by Chamberlain's
Chinese chauffeur, who also was at
tacked. During preliminary examination
of the prisoners at military head
quarters. Japanese officials emphas
ized that chief blame, if any, attach
ed to the interpreter and that the
two soldiers were merely acting un
der orders.
At the request of Consul Myers.
Chamberlain sent a personal report
of the incident to the State depart
ment at Washington.
"My face was lacerated and
bleeding," he said. "Had I re
sisted I believe I would have
been shot.
"I am at a loss to account
for this entirely unprovoked
and brutal attack.
"My identity must have been
realized when the attack was
made."
Chamberlain's report declared one
of the soldiers struck him from one
side while the interpreter rained
blows upon his head, the entire at
tack being interspersed with tirades
in the Japanese language. Chamber
lain pointed out that the heavy fur
cap he wore to ward off Manchuria's
bitter cold, alone prevented serious
injury.
The explanation of the incident by
Japanese military authorities. Inter
national News Service learned, was
regarded by American officials here
as "highly provocative."
Lose Faith in Flag
Discussing results of the pre
liminary investigation of the
three prisoners, Major Naka
xgawa, spokesman for military
headquarters, emphatically de
clared several times that "con
fidence in the American flag
had been lost."
Major Nakagawa declared that al
though martial law has not been de
clared in Mukden "soldiers must act
as if martial law were in force due
to the restless situation."
He accused Chamberlain of acting
in an "arrogant manner, demand
ing to know the name of the inter
preter who stopped his car and "even
reaching his hand out of the car to
graps him."
Defending the actions or tne Jap
anese, Nakagawa said the two Jap
anese soldiers declared Chamberlain
was reaching for a pistol "hidden in
side the door" when the sentries
opened the door. One grasped Cham
berlain's right hand while the inter
preter "struck him several times.
causing an abrasion of the nose and
what Americans call a black eye.
Defend Flag Charge.
"He has always been mild
mannered," Myers said, "and
it is impossible to imagine him
acting otherwise than unassum
ing." Myers' declaration was borne out
by members of the foreign commun
ity who knew Chamberlain prior to
his transfer from Canton.
The Harbin apology was delivered
by Lieutenant Colonel. Hyakutake,
Japanese military representative. He
called upon Chamberlain at the
American consulate and inquired aft
er his condition. Bee-News.
ALL DISTRICT JUDGES
FILE FOR OFFICE AGAIN
Lincoln. Jan. 4. Nine judges who
constitute the bench in tne rourtn
Judicial district, all but one living
in Omaha, filed Mondav with Secre
tary of State Frank Marsh as candi
dates for renominatlon on tne non
nolltirnl ballot. "
- Jirle 1Yd AJ. Wrlrht.' who; had
beent mentioned As a possible candi
date for chief justice- of the supreme
court, is among the nine. , The others
hr-a T.tnM M FttMteraW. William A.
Redlck. Charles Trfalle, W. G. Hast.
Inrs. Frank M. Dlneen, Arthur c.
Thomsen. Charles E. Foster and Her
bert Rhoades. Judge Rhoades lives
at Tekamah. .
DEATH INQUEST POSTPONED
Chicago While officials started a
search for bank stocks owned by Miss
Mary Roth, River Forest nursemaiu
who hanged two sleeping children
and herself, a coroner's inquest was
postponed for three weeks. There
was no logical explanation why Miss
Roth, twenty-three, should have
taken the lives of herself and the two
children In her care, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Heindel. They were
John B., four, and David, nine
months.
The coroner's jury was told that
the girl owned bank securities, but
little else was known about her. Mrs.
Frank Gressman, in whose rooming
house Miss Roth stayed before going
to the Heindel home seven months
ago, knew of the stocks.
Bill to Give
Relief to Indians
of Nebraska
Howard Urges Enough to Prevent
Actual Starvation Women's
Clubs re Active.
Washington, Jan. 4. Emergency
funds totaling 200 thousand dollars
for relief of Indians, provided today
in the first deficiency bill reported to
the house from the appropriations
committee will be expended partly in
Nebraska. S. M. Dodd. chief finance
officer of the Indian bureau, report
ed in hearings made public toaay.
Dodd said the relief fund request
was prompted by "unusual demands
for relief brought about this year in
the Dakotas, Montana and Nebraska,
by reason of grasshopper infestation
and drouth."
He said the Red Cross already had
advanced 75 thousand dollars for re
lief in these states "with the uner
standing that such aid will be con
tinued only until such time as we
could get an estimate before con
gress and obtain the necessary appro
priations." Doubts Sufficiency.
Economy plans of the administra
tion led the director of the budget to
reduce the amounts the Indian bu
reau believed necessary to care for
the situation, Dodd indicated.
In the meantime. Representative
Edgar Howard, chairman of the In
dian affairs committee of the house,
said today he did not believe that "re
lief work thus far has been sufficient
to meet the situation." Howard has
urged the Indian bureau to make a
demand on congress "large enough
to prevent actual starvation among
Indians in Nebraska and other
states."
Women's Clubs Active.
The Nebraska representative said
he expects to have conierences uur
ing the coming week with many or
ganizations interested in the welfare
of the American Indian, in an effort
to develop public sentiment toward
the Indian problem.
Amnnc those with whom the chair
man of the Indian committee will
nnnrur ara i plofn t pi T mm the Feder
ation of Women's Clubs, who have
interested themselves in the problem.
Howard says he Is looking to xne
fnrti'itinn of a "more humane as well
as a more scientific attitude toward
tha American Indian." The immed
iate problem, however, he said, is to
prevent starvation during tne winter
on many reservations.
District Legion
Convention to be
at Seward, 14th
Fred Witt, Commander, Announces
Tentative Program urs. nosen
crans on the Program
Tn.eifii Htotrift annual convention
T.eeion will be held
January 14. in Seward, it was an
nounced Saturday by uistrici iom
manrlpr FYpd Witt of Nebraska City.
Distinguished guests will be State
Commander Robert R. Flory ana de
partment Adjutant H. H. uuaiey. m
Lincoln. District Commander Frea
Witt will preside at the convention.
Tn.-inriori anion e the other guests
who will be present at this meeting
and who will appear on me ir"si-"
in xt r Tittip Rosencrans. depart
ment president of the American Le
gion Auxiliary: sam iteynuius. Mo
tional committeeman, ana v-nanw
G. Beck, manager of tne u. &. vei
arnna Rlir0a.ll.
The convention will be a one-day
Seward Dost will act
as host. In addition to tne Dusiness
sessions the post has arranged the
entertainment for tne aay.
The tentative convention program
is registration at 10 a. m.; conven
tion nniipri to order by district com
mander, advancement of colors, Invo
cation, reading of convention can auu
mil null of nontn at i:i& D. m. ; greet
ings from the post commander, re
sponse by the district commanaer ana
appointment of convention commit.-i-aft-
address bv Robert D.
Flory at 1:55: greetings irom tne
aHTiiurv at s?is: address "Organi
zation and Membership," by Henry
tr rtiirfiav at 2 'SO talk on the work
tho it. a veterans Bureau by
Charles G. Beck at 3; address by Sam
Reynolds at 3:25; taia Dy a memur
of the state fund relier committee ai
9-as- . rennrti of convention com
mittees at 4: IS: election of district
andeouqty commanders at 4:30: new
business, and i announcements at 5
anoreurement or. epiora n ujuu,u
rh ovn in tr'a entertainment wil
be arranged by the Seward post of
the American Legion. Plattsmouth
post will send Its quota of delegates.
beaded by commanaer install.
Journal Want-Ad cost only a
few centa and gat real results!
III
Omaha Condi
tions Declared on
the Upgrade
Eighteenth in Bank . Clearings and
volume of Betail Sales In
creases 25 Per Cent
Omaha. Jan. 2. Although Omaha,
in common with other metropolitan
cities felt the 1931 depression keenly,
things here are not. in such a bad
condition, according to statistics com
piled by Frank Fogarty, secretary of
the publicity bureau of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The new year found this city In
eighteenth position in the United
States in bank clearings, although
the total amount fell off considerably.
Last year Omaha s position was
twontv-RPCond. Bank clearine for
1931 amounted to $1,724,857,290, as
compared with $2,183,257,401 In
in 1930 and bank debits to $2,034,-
855,875 against 1930's record of
$2,509,417,777.
The volume of retail sales show
ed an almost unbelievable increase of
25 per cent over 1930, although the
amount of sales In dollars and cents
was about 10 per cent under the
previous year, due to decreases in
price. Advertising and special stunts
was responsible, retailers said.
The city's population increased
3,271 during the year, it was esti
mated. Forty-four new wholesale distribu
tors and nineteen manufacturing
firms were added to the city's indus
trial life.
Storage Capacity Up
The grain storage capacity was in
rcased 27H per cent, the largest of
anv irrain terminal in the country
and gives Omaha space for 26,450.000
bushels of grain. Grain receipts, now
ever, fell to the lowest level since
1926, being 57,052.600 bushels in
aeainst 78.295.000 bushels, a
new record, in 1930. Grain shipments
were 43,214,400 m i3i ana d,
073.800 in 1930.
The droD in the price of foodstuffs
which comprises 80 per cent of the
products manufactured nere cut into
the dollar value of manufacturers
which was $254,661,800 in 1931 and
$348,298,400 in 1930. Volume was
the same.
Total dividends Daid bv eight larg
est corporations amounted to $6,029,
000. Ranks naid 589.000 in divi
dends and building and loans $2,204,-
497.
One of the hest indications of re
turning prosperity is seen in the fact
that during 1931 a total ol 4,x&v
?ity real estate mortgages of $19,
617,055 value were released and but
3.149 mortgages of S14,lS4,zub
value recorded.
There were 1,017 building permits
issued during 1931 against 854 in
1330 hut the total cost fell from
ss 126 825 to S3. 914. 556. due to the
construction of several large buildings
in 1930, it was said. Live stock re-
-eiDts were 8.739.996 head in 1931
and 8,377,792 in 1930. Of these, the
packing houses butchered 5,317,53
head, an increase of about 30,000
over 1930.
Prospects are Brighter
Prosnects for 1932 are growing in
creasingly brighter, the report con
tinues. It pointed out that tnis city
has grown rapidly in aerial transpor
tation, having been made the hub for
nirmnil servire for the middle west.
The extensive state road building pro
gram of 1931 will be mcreasea in
1932, which means much in bringing
trade here.
Omaha's wholesaling, which total
ed $330,775,000 in 1931, despite a
break of 20 per cent In price, win oe
tlv increased next year. Victory
of the chamber's traffic bureau in its
battles with the interstate commerce
i-ntnmUslfln for ereater consideration
in the matter of railroad rates, will
have far-reaching effect, rrospecis
are bright that the upper Missouri
t.-iii ho reaHv for navigation in isod.
Farm prices, .according to J. M. Gll
lan, chairman of the chamber's agri
culture committee, are due for sharp
rises.
"But best of all," Commissioner
Glen B. Eastburn summed up, was
the ,fact that the city's civic spirit
did not lag during 1931. me com
munitv chest was DUt over, the Mu
nicipal university, the Joslyn Memor
ial and the new Union station open
ed, and other things which ican be
measured nninnc the finest in the
city's history were achieved in per
haps her leanest year of all times."
BARROW, BILBO PLAN DE
BATES ON PROHIBITION
JnnVon. Miss.. Jan. 2 Governor
ThunHnro n nil ho. who savs his fav
orite drink is Bulgarian buttermilk,
is to meet Clarence Darrow. outspok
en opponent of prohibition, in a series
of debates on the Eighteenth amend
ment and its results.
a schedule announced here toaay
calls for the Chicago lawyer and the
rover nor of MIssisslDDl. who relin
quishes his office January 19, to fling
verbal thunder at eaca r,mer on iu
wet and di question In several se
lected state capitals of the south and
middle west, beginning possibly in
February.
Governor Bilbo will argue for re
tention and even more rigid enforce
ment of the Eighteenth amendment,
which was once termed by Darrow
the sacrosanct amendment to the
sacred constitution."
BOYCOTT OF THE BRITISH
, '- Calcutta, Bengal The provincial
nationalist congress committee ap
pointed a "wfcr council"- of three
members with one of them as a "dic
tator" ahd then suspended itself. The
new group launched a debate on
Which of the "unmoral" British laws
should be broken as part of the Ben
gal program and which British goods
should be boycotted - firsts
I FRIENDS OP RITCHIE
ORGANIZED IN OMAHA
Omaha Fifty friends of William
Ritchie. Jr., met here Monday, form
ed a state organization in his belief,
listened to reports from over the state
on progress of his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for governor
and heard Mr. Ritchie speak on or
ganization. Formation of a group of
100 to be known as the "home savers"
was authorized to outline a definite
program of taxation to which the
candidate will support. The group
elected Bernard McNeny of Red
Cloud permanent chairman; Mrs.
Nora Helfrich, Hebron, vice chair
man; E. G. Kroger, Grand Island, sec
retary; Alfred Scheibel, Grand Is
land, treasurer. Miss Lulu S. Wol
ford represented Lincoln.
Search in Hills
for the Slayers
of Six Officers
Southwest Missouri Scene of Manhunt
for Harry Younj and Compan
ions One is Arrested.
Springfield, Mo., Jan. 3. While
the Ozark hills' greatest manhunt was
pursued by poFses, airplanes and blood
hounds in quest of the slayers of six
prate officers in a farmyard massacre,
police and vigilantes Sunday night
had rounded up six members of the
sut-pected wholesale killers' family.
The objects of the widespread search,
Harry Young and his brother, Jen
nings Young, had eluded posses In the
suburban farm area four miles south
west of here, where they were seen
fleeing.
Officers and civilians ccmbed the
countryside in vain and with night
fall they withdrew from the section
within five miles of the farmyard the
two brothers turned into a shambles
Saturday, resisting arrest of Harry
Ycung on a murder charge.
Oscar Young, another brother, was
arrested with his wife "Sunday and
admitted being at his mother's farm
house prior to the shooting, but de
nied he was present during the firing.
Because of his previous good record,
authorities were Inclined to believe
his story.
Trace of Fugitives
Search for Harry and Jennings
Young was intensified when the pair
stopped at the home of E. T. Page,
Springfield grocer, and demanded
breakfast for three from Page's wife,
who was at home alone. She refused
to comply and the men disappeared
in a thicket behind the house r. re
assuring her they were not "the bojr
they are looking for." Mrs. Page b'
lieved one was armed. His hip pock;t
bulged.
The aroused citizenry Joined heav
ily armed officers In a hunt over the
wooded vicinity of the Page home.
Hundreds of persons, many of them
women carrying infants, followed the
posses closely. They advanced behind
th nnsspa unheedine danjrer of an
attack for a possible opportunity of
i m
witnessing gun play, uccasionauy a
pesseman fired into a hay stack or
corn shock, or poked into barns and
outbuildings. At least three persons
besides Mrs. Page saw the fugitives
in their mad race for freedom.
State Journal.
PUSHING FIVE YEAR PLAN
T ncpnur TtumorH of an impend
ing economic council, controlling
body of soviet industry, into tnree
separate branches to push forward
the five year plan were current here.
The council probably would be split
up into at least three commissariats
In the near future, it was under
stood. The reorganization would be
in line with the recently inaugurated
policy of decentralizing those branch
es of the soviet economy which, by
rapid growth in the carrying out of
the five year plan, have become un
wieldy. (This Is the rourtn year ui
tha nvo vpar nlan and soviet Russia
has been urged by Its leaders to com
plete the plan this year.)
Establishment of commissariats m
charge of heavy and light industry,
with nrobably another ror me dis
tribution of their products, was un
derstood to be included in the reor-
o-onivatinn nlan. This would Create,
two. possibly three, new responsible
posts.
The supreme economic council is
hat It name imnlies. It is in
charge of the entire public economy
of the soviet union, eraoracins an
phases of industrial production and
distribution.
SHOT ttttts FREMONT MAN
nvomnnt The accidental dis
charge of a friend's shotgun proved
fatal Monday night to Harold Harri
cor twontv four, an enlisted man in
the'navy. George Allen was carrying
the shotgun when it went on.
With their brothers, noya nar:
riirnr anri Harold Allen, they were
hunting southwest of Fremont when
the accident occurred. Harrlger
weakened by loss of blood before he
reached the hospital here, never ral
lied. ....
A coxswain on U. S. S. California,
kau c t Can Port ro. lie WIS home
on furlough before returning to' be
gin another four year enlistment per
iod. His wife survives him.
PftHlTER KAISER. ILL
WITH FLU AND COLD
tJoorn. Holland, Jan. 3. Former
Kaiser Wllhelm ,was ill in bed to
night with a slight- attack of influ
enza and cold which he apparently
caught sawing wood during the re
cent frigid spell.
While there was no anxiety re.
gardlng his Illness, it increased the
depression prevailing in the Hohen
sollen residence because of the criti
cal illness rf WUhelm's sister, former
Queen Sophia of .Greece. ,
Congress to
Tackle Its Heavy
Problems at Once
Democratic Sponsored Tariff Measure
to Have Attention Work Be
fore Committees.
Washington Refreshed by a
Christmas '.respite, congress recon
venes Monday to consider the most
vital economic legislative problems
ever to confront the country when
not at war. Both the republican sen
ate and the democratic house have
plans to expedite the most Important
lcnabilitation iproposals. President
Hoover's ROG million reconstruction
i'.nauce corporation has the legisla
tive right of way in the senate. The
democratic house will have before it
the majority party's tariff measure.
Work on the big tax increase program
will get started before the ways and
means committee.
Senator Watson, the republican
leader, promised the reconstruction
finance corporation bill and the fed
eral land bank measure increasing
the capitalization of the system by
12 u-illions would be brought up for
tttif i. as rapidly as possible. He re
p.ardrf tht-m "most important."
Until these measures, recommend
ed to congress by the president as
important eU-ps toward economic re
habilitation, are reported by the sen
ate banking committee, the senate
may consider the Capper-Wheeler
bill to authorize the farm board to
turn over 40 million bushels of wheat
lo ieed the hungry.
The senate also faces again Its row
over the re-election of Senator Moses
cf Xew Hampshire as p'resident pro
tempore, with the western independ
ents insisting on unseating him.
The democratic Joint senate-house
policy committee meets Monday
morning to approve a party tariff
bill, which is slated for action in
the house before the end of the week.
The democrats expect to send a bal
anced revenue incrasing bill to the
senate by Feb. 1.
Committees Down to Work.
Virtually every congressional com
mittee will get to work on the scores
of pending proposals during the
week. The house appropriations com
mittee will report favorably Monday
the first urgent deficiency bill to take
care of immediate needs of various
departments to tide them over until
the new fiscal year beginning June
30. Hearings will begin before sen
ate committees on prohibition and
the controversial naval program. The
inquiry into foreign bond flotations
in this country will be resumed.
The house Judiciary committee
plans to decide during the week
whether hearings will be held on the
prohibition question. The anti-prohibitionists
are soliciting, names of
members on a petition to force a
vote, probably In March, on the wet
and dry question. Speaker Garner
and Representative Rainey, majority
leader, have served notive on the
house anti-prohibitionists that only
one vote can be had on the question
this session and then only after the
economic measures have been dis
posed of.
Secretary Mellon and Undersecre
tary Mills of the treasury are ex
pected by Chairman Collier to pre
sent the administration's tax plan
to the ways and means committee at
the opening hearings Thursday.
The problem of meeting the pros
pective billion dollar or more treas
ury deficit is considered the most im
portant hurdle the democratic house
faces. Meantime the house appro
priations committee expects to carve
the big supply bills to a minimum.
The issue over Elashing salaries of
government employes is to come be
fore both the appropriations and the
expenditures committees.
On Wednesday the controversy
over building up the navy will be
considered by the senate naval com
mittee. Secretary Adams is slated as
the first witness. Indications are the
dispute between the Navy league and
President Hoover over the admin
istration's naval policies will be air
ed. Also Chariman Vinson plans to
call the house naval committee to -consider
the navy's $616,250,000
new building program, that he an
nounced he would pponsor.
MEET TN FRIENDLY FASHION
Washington Senator Borah and
Ambassador Filipowies of Poland
broke bread together Sunday, appar
ently unmindful of their recent ex
change of conflicting views on the
troublesome Polish corridor question.
The Idaho senator made It clear his
luncheon visit to the Polish embassy
was "purely social." It was under
stood there was no discussion of the
corridor or a carryover of the wide
ly published conversations between
the two during Premier Laval's Octo
ber visit to Washington. Senator
Borah In an Interview with French
newspapermen accompanying Laval
advocated abolition of the Polish cor
ridor thru revision of the Versailles
treaty. Later he met Ambassador
Filipowies at a reception and they
aired their conflicting views.
GO TO ILLINOIS TO HARRY
Snrinefleld. 111. G. E. NUnn .
sistant attorney general, said he be
lieves the marriage of Iowa residents
In Illinois without filing a five day
notice of intention to wed 'In their
home state Is legal so long asHbey
remain in Illinois. "As to the legal
ity of such marriages after the cou
ples return to Iowa," Nelson said,
"that's for the Iowa authorities to
decide. X assume there is- some sort
of statute in Iowa concerning It."
Nelson said he did not know if
Illinois has a statute reading, as
quoted by Mrs. F. A. Stromsten. "A
marriage contracted in Illinois by a
resident of another Jurisdiction is
JrnJft0irmain JVMnt 1. void
la Illinois if it would be void tf con
tracted In such other Jurisdiction '