Nebraska Newspapers

    LET CONTRACT
FOR POSTOFFICE
Hartington’s Present Build
ing and Equipment
Are Condemned
Hartington. Neb., April ' (Special)
—A contract has been let by the
government to William Israelson, of
this place, for the erection of a new
postoffice building.
This action follows the recent visit
here of Inspector J. 8. Blough. He
condemned practically all equip
ment In the building. Scores of lock
boxes are damaged beyond repair an&
the office is badly battered.
The new office will be 25 by 80 and
Will be on Broadway.
ASSAIL WHEAT
GROWERS’ PLAN
Marketing Scheme Attacked
As Violating Individual
Rights ,
I
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Lincoln. Neb., Apr!' —An attack
has been launched In supreme court
ngainst the vital principle of co-oper
ative marketing, the right of the
marketing corporation to enforce
against members the contracts they
sign for exclusive handling of their
products by the association, C. C.
Norquest & Sons, extensive farmers
of York county, signed such ft con
tract with the Nebraska Wheat
Orowers’ association. In 1924, get
ting a better price for their crop than
they estimated the association would
he able to pay, they contracted to
sell elsewhere. The Injunctive power
of the courts was employed by the
association, and Judge Hastings held
the contracts are enforceable.
In supreme court the attorneys for
the Norquests have filed a brief In
which they say that the contiact Is
clearly In violation of the anti-trust
law of the state, particularly that
passed a dozen years ago and which
broke up the grain dealers’ combina
tion. That law makes It restraint of
trade for any organization of men to
agree upon the price of wheat they
have for sale and to keep up the price
by withholding It from market by
concert of action, and which Inter
feres with free competition.
They insist that the contract Is
unconstonable, unfulr and unjust and
so oppressive that the law will not
make it binding. The Norquests had
signed n five year contract that hinds
them to sell only to the growers’ as
soclatlon during that time, and to pay
25 cents a bushel liquidated damage*
if they sell to anyone else.
The case Is attracting considerable
attention because of Its bearing upon
CO-operatIve marketing In this state.
The legislature has Just passed a hill
■ hat attempts to give power to non
profit selling organizations to make
and enforce such exclusive contracts.
HEAVY FIRE L08S ON
FARM NEAR CREIGHTON
Plalnvlew, Neb.. March (Spe
cial)—One of the heaviest losses from
fire which has occurred In this local
ity for some time was that resulting
front the burning of a large barn on
the Neuniar” farm near Creighton.
The loss is about $4,000. There was
but $700 Insurance. Casper A. John
son, who works the farm, suffered ft
heavy loss as the contents of the
barn, consisting of 100 chickens, 10
head of cattle, four horses, three
mules, is tons of hay, numerous small
tools, harness and farm machinery,
were lost. The fire’s origin Is un
known.
FIRST TO BE FINEO
UNDER NEW STATE LAW
O’Neill, Neb., March » -Lee Mc
Coy of Ciuart, Neb., plt.Med guilty
In County Judge Malone's court here
to selling a pint of liquor Friday,
and Is believed to be the first person
sentenced In the state under the new
pint law just passed by the legisla
ture.
He was given a fine of *100, and a
*0 day jail sentence, and was per
mitted to return home for a week to
arrange his affairs before beginning
his jail sentence.
McCoy was one of the 12 men ar
rested in Holt and Boyd counties by
Prohibition Agent Bob Samardtck
and his squad Friday. McCoy was
the only one of the 12 allowed by
Samardtck to plead under the new
state inw.
OMAHA ICE PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Omaha, Neb., Aprl- —The Lake
side Ice company building, owned by
• Edward J. Cornish, of New York, was
destroyed by fire Tuesday at an esti
mated loss of *150,000. Thirty-eight
thousand tons of lee stored at a cost
of *1 per ton was destroyed with the
building.
8ETTLE8 HeTTDAMAGE
8UIT FOR $800
Council Bluffs, la., April ' —The
suit of Miss Emma Blumer, a nurse,
against Theodore Ivers of Minden, la.,
in which she asked *15,000 damages,
was settled for *800. She alleged Im
proper advances.
PA86ION WEEK TO BE
OBSERVED BY CHURCH
Wln.--de, Neb., April (Special)—
The Methodist church will observe
Passion Week by having services
•very evening, beginning April 5.
Among the speakers will be Kev. W.
W. Hull, of Carroll; Rev. C. E. Cor
bett, of McLean; Rev. W. O. Row
den, of Pierce; Rvv. J. Bruce Wylie.
«-nd Rev. L. R. Keckler, of this place.
Easter services will begin at 7 o'clock
Easier morning. A baptismal ser
vice al eleven o’clock, and a pageant
"The Cate Beautiful” will be presen*'
"'•d in the evening
THINK MOTHER
TOOK CHILDREN
They Disappeared Monday
From Columbus, Neb.—
Parents Divorced
Columbus, Neb., April (Special)
—A . search for Archie Ewing, 14
years old, and his sister. Hazel, 10,
who dropped out of sight while on
their way to school Monday, has con
vinced the people that the children
were spirited away by their mother
who since her divorce In Iowa, a year
ago, from their father, Eee Ewing,
has remarried to a Mr. Markham
and has been living at Oakdale. Ia.
The mother has not been seen since
the children disappeurtvl. The child
ren have been living with their father
since their parents' separation three
years ugo.
SHIPPERS ASK
FOR NEW ORDER
Want Railroad Companies
To Provide Partitions
In Cars
Lincoln, Neb.. April /. (Special)—
Tho state railway commission devoted
the better purt of Wednesday to um
piring a debate between representa
tives of the farm bureau federation
and members of the legislature on
one side and of the railroads on the
other over a request of the feder
ation for an order on the latter to
supply partitions hereafter for use
whenever farmers desire to use curs
for mixed shipments of live stock.
When cattle and hogs are placed
In the same car a partition is ne
cessary to prevent the hogs from
being injured by the cows and steers,
and up till now the shippers have
been furnishing the partitions. Now
they want the railroads to be com
pelled to do this. They say that
most of the partitions shippers use
ure not properly constructed and
that while the railroad Is respon
sible for stock injured In transit
they prefer a safe partition that
will keep the animals apart.
They want these partitions kept
at various points along the lines
from which they may be readily
distributed whenever need arises for
their uae. The railroads oppose on
the ground that this will materially
add to the expense of handling live
stock and there is no way suggested
by which they can secure reimburse
ment- The leglelature had a bill
of this sort before It, but It was
ulmndoned In favor of commission
action.
THINKS HIS AFFECTIONS
WORTH MORE THAN $15
Lincoln, Neb., April (Special)—
Mrs. Bertha A. Dunham appealed to
the supreme court today to ascer
tain If $15 was all that the affec
tions of her husband, a former Sev
venth Day Adventist minister, were
worth. She sued the second Mrs.
Dunham for $10,000. The defendant
did not appear, and tb< case was
tried before Judge Mason Wheeler,
bachelor,
The wife said that Miss Floy
Bowes came to their home to room
while she was engaged In teaching,
and that while she was home at
tending to thetr children Miss Bowes
went to Bible readings with her hus
band and off on picnics. She said
that their trouble began when her
husband pretended to pity Miss
Bowes ns sleeping alone and Insisted
upon his wife Inviting her to snare
the conjugal couch.
PONCA DEBATERS IN
LINE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Ponca, Neb., April (Special)—
The decision of the debate in favor
of Ponca, held here Thursday night
■t the high school auditorium, places
Ponca’s team In line for the
championship of northeast Nebraska.
Natalie Millard, Dorothy Miller and
Norman Morten, of Hartlngton, de
bated against Joseph Olnsburg. Rob
ert McPheran and Charles Logue.
the ponca team. This was hartlngton's
last debate this season and first de
feat.
Prof Grogan of Trinity conge.
Attorneys W. V. Streetvllle and
Peter Balkema. all of Sioux 'City,
acted as Judges
MEMBER OF SISTERHOOD
FOR HALF CENTURY
Auburn, Neb., April —A celebra
tion was held by jhe parish of St.
Joseph's church Tuesday In honor of
Sister Leander, mother superior of
the parish school, on her fiftieth an
niversary as a member of the Order
of Sisters of Loretta.
Sister Leander entered the order
In Kentucky at the age of 17, and for
the past 26 years has been mother
superior of the school here.
High mass was said In her honor
following a procession of school
children. A reception and dinner fol
lowed the mass, and hundreds of par
Ishoners, visiting priests and nuns
were present, two of the latter be
ing Mother Superior Lavialle and
Sister Lydia of Our Iaidy of Lourdes
school in Omaha.
BEGIN DEMOLISHING
THE OLD CAPITOL
Lincoln. Neb., April (Special)—
Within a few minutes after the leg
islature adjourned slue die at «
o’clock Wednesday afternoon, tbs
contractors who have the job of tear
ing down the old capitol started on
the work by prying off a few cap
stones on the east side of the main
building. Five of the state offices
are still in the old building, but the
last of them will b« out within two
weeks. The supreme court meets
tor the last Urns next Monday.
PRAIRIE FIRE
LOSSES HEAVY
Feed for Range Cattle la
Now Great Problem
In Territory
Valentine, Neb., March *. (Spe
cial)—This section of Nebraska and
the adjacent counties In So^ith Da
kota, while recovering from the two
day fight against one of the worst
prairie fires In recent years, are try
ing to appraise the loss to the ranch
men and farmers In the stricken
area. Best estimates are that terri
tory of more than 2,600,000 was In
cluded In tho fire swept region, but
not all of the acreage In this terri
tory was burned. Conservative esti
mate* placing the value of the range
and hay land at $1 art acre put tho
total loss In the neighborhood of $1,
000,060.
While complete reports of losses to
farmers and i anchors have not hem
received, It Is believed that not more
than si* or eight sets of farm butid
ings were destroyed. It Is known that
about 200 head of livestock perished
and between 2,000 and 2,000 tons of
hay were burned.
One of the serious problems fol
lowing the lire will he the feeding
of cattle on the ranches, where the
meadows and pastures were burned
over. Unless rain comes shortly the
black stubble will furnish little pas
turage and this year’s crop will be
short.
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MOTOR CARS ON
THE BURLINGTON
That Road to Try Experi
ment on Its Branches in
Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb., March . (Special)
—The Burlington Is planning to put
motor cars on the less important
branch lines It operates In Nebraska
to take the pluce of steam treins.
Passenger traffic on branches has
been shot all to pieces by the auto
mobile, since the train service has
never been very good for lack of
patronage and only In bad weather
do the trains make even out pocket
expenses. The motor car Idea is not
a new one, but the difficulty In the
past has been to get a car that would
stand the pace and attract patron
age.
The new cars the Burlington has
been trying out and \\ 11; adopt are
expected to solve the problem. They
have two separate power units, one
In each truck. This has the result of
reducing the vibration so objection
able in the old types and of making
it possible to keep go'ng when one
unit gets out of order. The railway
commissioners were guests today of
the conipuny so that they might
have an Idea of what is being offered
the public when the commissioners
nre asked to authorize the substitu
tion of these for stgam trains.
NEBRASKAN TO AID
INTERSTATE COMMISSION
Lincoln. Neb., March ' (Special)
—H. O. Taylor of the ue railway
commission l as been named as a
member ot the committee of 15 state
commissioners who are to work with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
In readjusting the present rate
schedule the country over. Mr. Tay
lor fs also a member of the executive
committee of three that is to direct
the work and designate tl e state
experts who are to he drafted for the
job.
Mr. Taylor Is just back from Wash
ington, and reports the federal body
ns intent upon making a thorough
job of rate revision. Chairman Alt
chlson says that business interests
need feel no unrest over the situa
tion, anil that while the task Is the
biggest the commission ever had it
will be carefully done. The aid of the
state commissioners and experts Is
expected to make possible a reason
ably early completion of the Job.
The federal and state commissioners
will co-operate closely, says Mr.
Taylor, In dovetailing rate changes
so that there will be,*1 generally
speaking, no conflicts between those
for Intrastate shipments and those
for interstate shipments.
SURVIVE AUTO PLUNGE
OF EIGHTY-FIVE FEET
Fremont. Neb.. March ; -A coupe
routing William Driver of Rapid City,
S. D., and Edna Drive*. Lincoln,
Neb., school teacher, his daughter,
plunged off the road Into Kim t>oek
Canyon, two miles south of Frenvhnt.
tumbling 85 feet to the bottom. Roth
escaped serious Injury, although bad
ly bruised. Driver was toking Ms
daughter borne.
WAKEFIELDS WATER
FOUND TO BE GOOD
Wakefield. Neb., March ; (Rpe
cial)—The city water here Is chem
ically pure according tc a report re
ceived from the state laboratories
at Lincoln where a sample of the
water was sent by the board of
health for analysis.
GENERAL PERSHING
VISITS IN LINCOLN
Lincoln. Neb„ March . -General
John J. Derailing, commander of the
American expeditionary forces in
France, during the World war, ar
rived In Lincoln Sunday for a short
vacation prior to taking up the duties
assigned to him by President Cool -
ldge as head of the commission to
supervise the plebesctte growing out
of the award In the controversy be
tween Chile and Peru over Tacna
and Arlca.
REHEARING OF
TAX CASE ASKED
Attorney General Thinks
Supreme Court Erred in
Bank Assessments
Lincoln, Neb., March ^ (Special)
>—Attorney General Spillman has filed
application with the supreme court
for a rehearing of the case in which
that tribunal held that the Nebraska
law, taxing banks at capital and sur
plus Value, held Invalid once because
It conflicted with the federal statute,
was not revived when congress
changed the federal law. #
Mr. Spillman maintains that the
mere fact that a statute is made In
operative by reason of being Inconsis
tent with the federal statutes does not
make it invalid under the federal
constitution if it is such a statute
that congress may authorize a state
to pas. . He says that while it is
true that if the act were one forbid
den -hr the federal constitution it
would be void, yet If it is not speci
fically forbidden it is not void, but
mereTy inoperative until federal per
mission is given.
As tiie state law is entirely consti
tutional, so far as the state constitu
tion Is concerned, the only effect of
a federal law Is to render the state
law inoperative as long as the two
are in contradiction, he maintains.
NOVEL PLEA MADE BY
MAN CONVICTED OF SLAYING
Lincoln. Neb., March i . (Special)
—W. L. Phegley, Uoone county farm
er who went clown to Adams county
to see his divorced wife and got
into an altercation with her in which
she was killed, has asked the supreme
court for a rehearing. That tribunal
recently sustained his conviction and
sentence of 12 years in prison.
Phegley insists that he cannot be
convicted of second degree murder
when the information did not charge
him with that crime. He also insists
that the undisputed evidence Is that
his wife was the aggressor and that
If she had not grabbed his hand,
which held a revolver and was thrust
into a pocket, there would have been
no tragedy. Phegle.v's story is that
he is near sighted and that when he
began the conversation with his wife
he reached in his pocket for his
glasses. She thought he was going
after a gun, grabbed his hand and
the revolver waji exploded in the j
struggle. His attorney insists that
under such circumstances nothing
that he did can be lawfully held to
be voluntary.
LEGISLATORS MAY GET
THE OLD FURNITURE
Lincoln, Neb., March !v' (Special)
—If Governor McMullen consents
each member of the house will be
privileged by plunking down one dol
lar to take home with him either the
chair in which he sat or the desk by
which he sat during the session. It ,
h> wants both, two dollars will take
them. The chairs and desks are j
many years old, and will cost mem- !
bers about $10 when they get them J
home. They will be discarded in the
new Capitol, and for sentimental rea
sons the members desired them. They
voted to ask the governor to say they
can have them.
—
STIFF PENALTIES FOR
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS
Hartlngton, Neb., March (Spe
cial)—One to three years in the peni
tentiary was the sentence of Henry
Foecke, in district court hbr?, for
signing John H. Retfenrath’s name to
a check for $53, several months ago.
Ora Hurlburt, in jail here for several
weeks, for uttering his brother’s name
to a check, for $3, was given one to
two years in prison. Judge Mark J.
Ryan is presiding.
Another interesting case in court
was that against Peter P. and Ida
Kleinsehmidt, charged with operating
a still and having liquor in their pos
session. Mrs. Kleinsehmidt was
fined $1,000 and costs and given four
months in the county jail. Her sen
tence was suspended during good be
havior. She and her husband were
also each fined $100 and costs.
TWO CARS WRECKED AT
HIGHWAY INTERSECTION
Randolph, Neb, March (Special)
—Although both car#- turned over
and were badly wrecked their occu
pants escaped without serious in
jury, yet some received bad bruises
and sprains when the coupe driven
by George E. Raskopf, a traveling
salesman, of Norfolk, side swiped a
sedan, driven by August Huwaldt,
of Randolph, and tried to climb
the big car which resulted in the pil
ing up of both cars in an overturned
position at the Intersection of the
Meridian highway-an dthe Randolph
road. Mr. Raskopf, who admitted the
blame, expressed Joy that no or.e was
Injured seriously and offered to pay
the entire expenses of repairing both
cars.
OAKDALE. NEB, MAN TO
HEAD WINSIDE SCHOOLS
Wlnslde, Neb, March (Steclal)
—Harley Rhodes, of Oakdale, Neb,
has been elected —’•perintend^nt of
the Wlnslde schools and his wife
has been elected assistant prlucipal.
Miss Edith Huse, daughter of E. U.
Muse, editor of Wayne Herald, is
the principal.
WINSIDE PREPARING
FOR STREET PAVING
Wlnslde. Neb, March \ (Special)
—Two city ordinances recently- pas
sed here compelling property owners
along main street to be paved, to con
nect with the new sewer, and the In
stalling of lead water pipes, 1» mak
lnk a rush of digging on Main street
In order to be ready for the contrac
tors who will arrive some time this
week to begin work on the storm
sewer.
Held That Adams Unfairly Ignored
r” Honoring Government Pioneers
From the New York Times
A plea hss. recently been put forward that the celebration fff
the hundredth anniversary of the death of Thomas Jefferson,
which coincides with the on&diundred and fiftieth anniversAry of
the signing of the Declaration of Independence, shall also includ®
exercises commemorating the death, on the same day, of John
Adams. The Suggestion has much to commend it, inasmuch as
Adams, though never such a popular hero as Jefferson, was also
one of the principal figures in our struggle for independence, and,
like Jefferson, was successively vice president and president of th®
United States.
The two men, barring the year preceding the outbreak of the
revolution and the last few years of their lives, were opposed on
nearly every question. Adams, the uncompromising federalist,
looked upon Jefferson as little short of a bolshevik. The so-called
Jeffersonian democracy, in Adams’ mind, spelled ruin for the coun
try. Jefferson, in turn, hated Adams’ autocratic manners, and
sought to pillory him before the public as one of the federalist
“monocrats” who were ever on the point of enslaving the people.
Jefferson, the facile phrase-maker and astute popular leader,
acquired a fame -which has grown with the ages, despite th®
numerous efforts in la-*1 years to lay bare his foibles. Adams, on
the other hand, has been allowed to sink into obscurity, although
he is one of the few “Fathers” who has become an “ancestor” in
the best sense of the term. His son, John Quincy Adams, outshon®
him in ability, and he has never yet received adequate recognition.
His grandson, Charles Francis Adams, added to the honor of hi®
services as minister to the court of St. James the distinction of be
ing the father of Henry Brooks and the younger Charles Francis
Adams. But John Adams, successor to Washington, was one of
the most vigorous and uncompromising of the revolutionary lead
ers, whose hostility to England, and to George III. in particular,
stirred him to whip up public sentiment in favor of the war.
Unfortunately, a proneness to be influenced'by dislikes was
largely responsible for Adams’ mistakes, and served to sour the
later years of his life. lie was a jealous man, testy and impetu
ous. With most of his contemporaries he either quarreled or re
fused to deal. Even for Washington he entertained scant friendly
feeling; and lie himself said of his own inauguration that “ther®
was more weeping than there ever has been at the representation
of a tragedy.” With a sort of savage humor, he added that
“whether it was from grief or joy, whether from the loss of their
beloved president or from the accession of an unbeloved one,” ho
did not know. Like his son, John Quincy Adams, he -was aware of
his unpopularity and secretly resented it. His character lacked
graciousness and lovableness.
But Adams unquestionably rendered invaluable services to
the revolutionary cause. What be did in the decade prior to the
battle of Lexington was of greater value to his country than what
he did as president.
Pungent Paragraphs
Not the least of spring’s fascina
tions is the uncertainty of Its ar
rival.—Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
The influenza seems about the only
thing in Italy wltih nerve enough to
attack Premier Mussolini—Lynch
burg News.
Tersons who have built homes
never cease to wonder how the birds
accomplish it with so little trouble.—
Detroit Free Press.
Dancing masters, meeting in New
York, are trying to devise an inter
national dance. Apparently they be
lieve the good old-fashioned wa?
dance is out of date.—Kalamazoo
Gazette.
A baseball player can knock flies,
but it will soon be up to the rest of
us to swat them.—Terre Haute Star.
Henry Ford having achieved quan
tity production of cars should now
try Ills hand on quantity production
of parking space.—Greenville Pied
mont.
Whatever else happens, it is to be
hoped that the Stone Mountain pro
ject doesn’t go completely on the
rocks.—Nashville Banner.
We don’t know how March will go
out. But it came in like a bill col
lector.—Muskegon Chronicle.
To become a howling success you
must do something more than howl.—
Altoona Mirror.
One reason why a lot of children
see "objectionable movies” is that
they can't be left at home alone.—
Anaconda Standard.
A Star in the West.
There’s a star in the west that shall
never go down
Till the record of valor decay;
We must worship its light, though it
is not our own.
For liberty burst in Its ray.
Shall the name of a Washington ever
be heard
By a free man, and thrill not his
breast ?
Is there one out of bondage that hails
not the word
As the Bethlehem Star of the West?
“War! war to the knife! Be enthral
led, or ye die!”
Was the echo that woke In his land;
But It was not his voice that prompt
ed the cry,
Nor his madness that kindled the
brand.
He raised not his arm, he defied not
his foes.
While a leaf of the olive remained;
Till, goaded with insult, his spirit
arose.
Like a long-baited lion unchained.
He struck with firm courage the blow
cf the brave.
But sighed o'er the carnage that
spread;
He indignantly trampled the yoke of
the slave.
But wept for t/he thousands that
bled,
Though he threw back the fetters
and headed the strife.
Till man’s charter was fairly re
stored.
Yet he prayed for the moment when
Freedom and Life
Would no longer be pressed by ths
sword.
Oh, his laurels were pure! and his
patriot name
In the page of tihe future, shall
dwell.
And be seen in all annals, the fore
Mors Effective.
From the Loc Angeles Times.
A mother sent her little son to take
his even smaller sister safely to kin
dergarten. When the boy was back in *
surprisingly short time tbs mother
asked:
"William, did you act like a little gen
tleman and'treat Marls like a little lady,
as I asked you to?"
"Oh. no," said William carelessly, “we
canned that lady-aud-rnan stuff, and I
chased her most ot the way.”
Hat onec were worn only by freemen;
slaves went bareheaded. A freeman
voluntarily removed his hat as a sym
bol of respect and service, which in
time became a common courtesy. Thus
u-s taks off our ** ‘-dies.
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most in fame,
By the side cf a Hofer and Tell.
The truthful and honest, the wise and
the good.
Among the Britons have nobly con
f eased
That his was the glory, and ours was
the blood.
Of the deeply stained fields of til*
West.
—Kllza Cook, in the Indianapolis
News.
Our War Loans.
From Foreign Affaire.
The complicated and controversial
subject of America's wartime loan#
to the Allies is discussed in detaL
by Albert Rathbone, assistant secre
tary of the treasury, under President
Wilson, who was the man directly in
charge of all negotiations.
Summing up his survey of the sub
ject, Mr. Ratihbone writes:
“The purpose of our loans to the
Allies was to win the war. They
were made without stint but without
waste. We supplied to each country
availing of our loans ail the dollar#
each required in excess of Its own
dollar resources available for pur
chases In the United States. Th#
dollars we loaned, used In this coun
try by the Allied governments, were
expended for purposes approved by
our own government agencies. We did
not make loans for purposes which in
our judgment were unnecessary and
not calculated to help win the war.
We kept the amounts of our loan#
down by requiring the countries bor
rowing of us to use to the extent
available their other dollar resource#
for purposes we approved. In con
junction with Great Britain we bur
nished the finance required te ef
fect necessary war purchases of oilier
Allied governments in neutral mar
kets. Upon final adjustment we held
the promissory notes of each Allied
government to which we had made
loans, in an amount corresponding
with the financial assistance we had
furnished It under the general
principles herein outlined.”
The United States court for China,
Shanghai, recently held that the legal
rate of Interest applicable on judgment#
rendered by tho United States court for
China was 8 per cent, per annum. In the
past a rate of 12 per cent, has been al
lowed, in conformity with an old con
sulate regulation permitting this rat*
of Interest on judgments. The court
held, however, that the District of
Columbia cods provided a legal rate of t
per cent. Interest on judgments, that
this was the law for the United States
court for China, and that in the futur*
only this rats would bs permlssable.
Her Favorite Bible Story.
From Everybody's Magazine.
Mother had been reading a Bible story
to Marjory every night before bedtime.
On* night sho asked, “Well, Marjory,
what story shall I read tonight?”
“Oh, mother," Marjory answered, “I
want you to read me that one about the
ten girls #ho went out to meet th*
bridegroom and ras. out of gasoline I”
Since January 1, 1925, th# maximum
authorized draught of vessels transit
ing the Suez canal has been changed
from 11 to 33 feet, so that ships with a
draft of 32 feet will be allowed to pass
through, whereas now only ships with a
draft of not mors than 21 feet «re per
mltted to transit the canal.