lIONDAY, IXBBUABY 11, 1924. FAGS THEZ1 Ai;o Department l E. M. Stone was a visitor touch with Chicago, Cleveland, Dal- "wlth friends and relatives in Lincoln las, Texas; Saint Louis and many last Thursday. other far away points. John Skinner was a visitor in Lin-i coin last Thursday when he went in 1 Meetings in Progress a truck for a load of merchandise. The revival services which are be . - Mrs. H. H. Moore who has been lng beld at the Methodist church in quite sick for some time past is re- Aivo are growing in interest, the ported as being much better during preaching being done by the Rev. C. the past few days. A. Notlin. the resident pastor, and r . John Bender of Michigan who for- the singing and music being in charge oierly lived in Alvo, writes friends Qf Evangelist DeiL here telling that he is getting along very niceiy now. I vera Lancaster oi council tsiuns. Iowa, has been visiting for the past week at the home of Mr. and Sirs. Paul Prouty, her parents. Albert (Shorty) Taylor was a bus iness visitor at both Omaha and Lin coln last week, where he was called to look after some business. Harvey E. Rasp was looking after some business matters in Omaha last week making the trip which extend ed for a number of days, on the train. The Rehmeyer Grain company shipped five cars of corn last Thurs day and Friday in an effort to clean nil t" "t-q for WnlCn Was T)rettV well filled Up. - ' "j Kenneth jvneediey who was em ployed in a band at Omaha, is home again because of the burning of a theatre at which he was playing, thus throwing him out of work. Wesley A. Davis, who has been visiting for some time past at the home of relatives and friends at Sew ard, returned to Alvo and is visiting with his daughter, Mrs. Frank E. Cook. Albert Stroemer the rural carrier who was kept from serving all the patrons by bad roads is getting over all the roads at this time but it took hustling on his part but he was good for it. Mrs. Joe Armstrong was a visitor In South Eend for a few days dur ing the fore part of last week, be ing a guest at the homes of both Roy Armstrong and family and Glen Armstrong and family, they both be- Washinton, Feb. S. The demo ing sons. cratic national committee in a state Mrs. Elmer Klyver was visiting ment made public today, points out during a portion of the week at the tha two of President Coclidge's cam home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kly- P"ign managers in California are oil ver who have recently moved to Lin- men. one of them until recently a coin and where Mr. Klyver is en- vice president of one of the Sinclair gaged in the oil business. Two tmsv men In Aim havo hoon Simon Rehmeyer the elevator man and the man who hauls the coal for Mr. Banning, there being lots of grain being delivered and also the cold weather required much fuel. The little son of Sam Humphrey and wife who had come from Elm- wood to secure a horse, was taken with the measles and has been con fined at the grain ofSce for the past week but is getting along nicely at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Boyles of Mc Cook drove In from their home in their car for a visit a week since and enjoyed the stay here very much and were expecting if the roads were suf ficiently smooth to start on their re turn on yesterday (Sunday). Messrs. T. E. Malone and Andrew, James and Mathew Donovan all from a number of miles south of Alvo, were here to take the train on last Thursday'. for, Omaha, called by the death of Mrs. Mstt Malone who pass ed away 'On -Wednesday and whose funeral occurred on Friday morning. i7C.,t m. Aicni- -It is a great gratification to me on both living near Elmwood were to know that the widespread interest In AlTo-on- last Thursday coming to ln the nomination of President Cool-catch- the -train- for Plattsmouth idze which exists in California, has 7 VL . m"2 a'- was c&uea to officiate as bailiff but a later phone cftll from the county seat can- celled the call and the gentlemen re- turned to their home. Winfteld Scott Jordan who has! been enjoying with the wife a visit irum an uaugaier, airs, lois Miller , and.tha.two grand children on her departure last Thursday after a cnmZniirA til SJ;U, Tme ac;( companled the daughter and grand children to their home at Havelock visiting for the day and also looking after some business matters. I On last Thursday afternoon Mr. Arthur DInges installed at the home ' of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jordan one of the famous Crosley radios which put the United States on Mr. Jordan's map, he the first night getting in In Touch With the World! That is what you can do now. We install complete a Crosley one-tube radio, Model V, with everything com plete. Nothing else to buy. Installed and working fcr ARTHUR ALVO -:- -:- it Vur inlornsss iibd Now is Just Do not wait until time to Coatman Hardware Co. ALVO -:- -:- -:- NEBRASKA Still Furnishing Entertainment The business men of Alvo are still furnishing entertainment for the public and have for the coming Sat urday the fourth of the serial which i3 known as "The Haunted Valley," which seems to be growing more in teresting with each number and for the laughing portion the comic is "Haunted Spooks" and that is where you will get your merriment. Mules Sold Well At the sale of Mr. E. O. Harlan which occurred on last Thursday, February there was a good crowd -" t-3rnt- auu lumgs m pruri ai v-ui at a very satisfactory price. One span of mules selling for $350 or $1S0 each. Others come at good prices as well. The highest prices paid for a team was the ones which went to Charles Hollich who surely trnows a good team when he sees one. COOLIDGE MAN AGERS WERE SIN GLAIR OIL MEN Chosen by Butler and Heartily Ap proved by Millionaire "Angel" Work in California. on companies. "Two of the five maneger3 of President Coolidge's campaign in California," the statement says. "have been conspicuously identified! with the oil industry, and one of them Mark L. Requa, was recently, a vice president of the Sinclair Con solidated Oil corporation, of which Harry Sinclair was at the same time president. Ralph Arnold, an other of the president's five man agers, is a geologist and engineer, who was for a time in the employ of the Trinidad Lake Petroleum com pany. "Requa and Arnold, along with the other three managers, were selected by William M. Butler, personal rep resentative and director general of Coolidge's campaign. Announcement was made of their selection through Frank W. Stearns, personal friend of the president and associate of Butler in the general management of the president's campaign. "In making public the selection of the five managers. Including the two experts in oil, Mr. Butler, speaking through Mr gtearns. said: manifested itself in the selection of mmmittc tr tato rh9r nf th coolidge campaign there. I heartily approve the names suggested.' " Dr. T. P. Livingston, wife and son, Bobbie, were among those going to Omaha this mornine on the earlv morning Burlington train. Valentines at the Bates Book and e.. c, . . ,. , stationery Store. A great line of new and np to date designs. RESTAURANT FOR SALE A good restaurant In Cass county doing a good business for sale. Ad- dress Journal office, "J. T.," Platts- mouth, Nebraska. fll-2sw DINGES -:- NEBRASKA the Time! start your Spring work. COURT UPHOLDS PATENT SALE U. S. Suit Against Chemical Foundation Dismissed by Judge Morris. CONSPIRACY CHARGE FAILS Conduct of Chemical Foundation Praised In Use of Former German Patents fcr Benefit of Ameri can Pecple. Wilmington, Del. In a sixty-two page decision which swept away ev ery one of the Government's majcr contentions as being without basis in fact or law. Federal Judge Hugh M. Morris dismissed its suit to set aside the sale of seized chemical and dye patents by the Alien Property Custo dian to the Chemical Foundation, Inc. The decision rebuked the Govern ment for including in the bill of com plaint a series cf conspiracy charges unsupported by evidence at the trial and refuted by the defense as well as by documents filed by the Govern ment. In declining to compel the Founda tion to restore the disputed patents, numbering some 4,700 and bought for $271,000, from the Government, Judge Morris held there was no evidence bearing out allegation of a conspiracy by American manufacturers to effect a monopoly through the Foundation. The court ruled that there was no evidence of fraud or deceit practiced on President Wilson, Mr. Polk, Under Secretary of State; Attorney General Palmer and other high officials of that Administration. Garvan's Course Upheld The opinion praised Francis P. Gar van, president of the Foundation, and its trustees, as having met the most severe of tests in their conduct of the Foundation "the test of actual trial." j They were declared by the court to afford, through their high integrity and unquestioned patriotism, a thor ough assurance of loyalty to their trust. "It has kept the faith," the court cf the Foundation's work. Judge Morris found without merit the Government's contention that the criminal laws were violated in that Mr. Garvan, as Alien Property Custo dian and thereby a public trustee, sold to himself as president of the Foundation the patents in question. He had acted by direction of Presi dent Wilson and his acts, supervised by the President under the latter's wide war powers granted by Con gress, could cot be br&ugfct to court Congress had not delegated legisla tive powers to President Wilson. at maintained by the plaintiff, end the courts couid not pas3 judgment r the wisdom or lack of wisdom of Presidential war acts. Judge Morris recited that although Colonel Thomas R. Miller, present Custodian, who had approved two of the sales involved, verified tne com plaint, in his testimony he admitted that be couid not enumerate any of the facts alleged to have been with held and suppressed from him. "In obv per a weapon wun wn:cn serious lrreme dial injury may be done to innocent persons if such charges are lightly made. It is difficult to understand why the specific charges to which the foregoing testimony relates were made." wrote the court. "Yet the re maining like charges were equally lacking in evidential support. In fact, at the argument, the plaintiff seemed no longer to press these charges against the persons alleged tc be con splrators. but it sought to have the charges sustained as against the of ficers of the Government who formu lated and carried out in the public in terest the plan of sale. . . . While 1 know of no case where by implica tion of law the duty cf clearing itself from imnuted fraud rests upon the I defendant, yet the defendant has mat even this burden." j Holds Wilson Had Full Power I While the Trading With the Enemy i Act at first merely authorized cus ! todianship of German properties in j this country. It was later amended. I recalled the Court, to give power of ' sa! under such conditions as the ' President, in the public interest, ; should determine upen. In effect, this j made the President, as agent of the i nation, possessed of powers as broad as though he were absolute owner of the seized properties. Under the pro visions of the act. the President was empowered to make any conditions of sale he considered necessary In the circumstances. The sales in dispute were not made by the Custodian ln his capacity as a common-law trustee, but under the extraordinary powers devolving upon him as the President's representative, under the additional sections of the act. "Because a trustee with only the usual powers may not ordinarily sell trust property at private sale for less than Its fair monetary value, it by co means follows that the Custodian, acting under supervision and di rection or the President, may not do eo." beld the Court. "Obviously, the rimary purpose of the act was the 'rotection of the nation, not the bene it cf the enemy. The trust was foT he beneft; of the nation a public. :ct private trust The statute ra ;ous fact taat the power to charge ........ . KM ,.c,t Ko,r, sons with fraud and conspiracy is aataMUhwl, .. thA .lnJnn. quires the President to consider the public interest. Public interest is not ft synonym for money." In this relation Judge Morris quot ed from President Coolidge's message to Congress on the Muscle Shoals problem, that "while the price is an important element, there is another consideration even more compelling. If this main object (low-priced nitrates for farmers in peace atid the Government in war) 13 accomplished, the amount of money received for the property is net a primary or major consideration." Referring to German-owned proper ty, the court said: "Much of this property was not Innocently held or held solely for trade and commerce. Information ac quired by German-owned companies had been transmitted to Berlin, and there indexed and made available to German competitors and the German Government. The files of one com pany were filled not with business papers, but with pan-German litera ture. It was a distribution centre for propaganda in this country." Upholds Confiscation of Patents Judge Morris pointed out that when America entered the war she adhered to the international convention for bidding poison gas, "but it soon be came apparent that America would be fighting on disastrously unequal terms unles3 she should make use of ail the dread weapons being used against her by the foe. When Germany persisted In her attempts to destroy her oppo nents with poison gas in contraven tion of all international agreements, she made It manifest that America's future safety lay In America's chemi cal independence. The amendment to the act was passed In the darkest days of the war (allowing the sale of seized properties). It was thought Paris was about to fa'.l anj the Chan nel ports he taken." These were the circumstances. said the opinion, "which impslled Congress to grant the President the broad powers of almost absolute ownership. It was the intent nf Congress to subordinate mere prop erty rights to the welfare of the na tion." Of the value of the ratents sold Judge Morris held, in accordance with the testimony, that while Dr. Carl Holderman, a German, asserted the Ilaber patents were worth $17,000,000 o the Germans, "the evidence is over whelming that they wera and are wi'hcut substantial affirmative value to American citizens. Had these pat eats been sold to Americans at public rather than private sale and only tne net proceeds paid to their former enemy owners these owners would have suffered am almost total Ios3 in the value of their property." Praises Work of Foundation As to allegations that the sale was not to obtain a fair value, but to pro mote the interests of the chemical and dye Industries and that the transac tion was in legal effect granting a subsidy to private industry, the Court commented. "thi3 challenge to the motives of the officers making the sale is supported. I think, neither by the facts nor the law. Mr. Polk de termined the public Interest would be best served by a wide use of the ln ventions covered by the patents. If the property was sold under terms and conditions that assured its being devoted to the public use it matter not what benefits or detriments may have flowed as iacidsnts therefrom "The property is in the keeping of men who nave m its management no "No better plan for devoting the property to public use has been sug gested. The plan has stood the most severe of all tests actual trial. The defendant has kept the faith. This it has done, not only by granting li censes in furtherance of the purpose! for which It was charatered but also at its great expense, by distribution of bcoks and pamphlets showing the national necessity for practical devel opment of chemical science la Amerl ca. If. perchance, those heretofore engaged in the industries have de rived an incidental advantage from the plan, that incidental result cannot invalidate a transaction lawfully con summated in the public interest. The same charge would lie against tbe validity of every tariff act. Tbe sale was in effect to America and its citizens, not to those then engaged in chemical and allied industries." Judge Morris ruled that if the ex. ecutives entrusted by Congress with power of sale acted within tbe scope of that power "their acts are not sub ject to Judicial nullification or review. Invasion by the courts to determine whether the public interest required the property be sold otherwise than under the statutory conditions pre scribed and to set aside tbe sale should the Judgment of the court be different from that of the President would be a judicial nullification not only of the President's act but also of the act of Congress conferring on the President the power to determine what the public interests required. What the public Interest requires de pends upon the conditions existing 1b the nation. Courts do not understand the 'state of the Union' and as. I ap prehend, are not equipped to ascertain it. The statement of the rea sons actuating the President does not make bis act any the less an act of discretion. It is conceded the Presi dent cannot be brought into court to substantiate bis reasons. The statute does not require him to disclose to the purchaser the evidence upon which his reasons were based. The statute dees not limit the Executive In the assignm at of reasons to such as may be supported by legal trideace oi by factt available to the nubile." (Copy tor This Department Supplied by tbe American Legion New 6rrlce. ) REHABILITATED MEN MAKE GOOD SHOWING Vocational training of World war veterans has proved the most serious mistake in the care of the disabled by the government, according to Qen. John F. O'Ryan. Many of the vet erans would have been better off If they had not been trained, he de clared in an interview with a repre sentative of the American Legion, upon his departure from Washington at the conclusion of a ten months' Investigation of the veterans' bureau. The general said that this statement did not take into consideration any charges of negligence, extravagance or mismanagement, but consider ad only the system of rehabilitation used ln caring for the men. I am firmly of the opinion," he said, "that there are a great many the number may run into the thou sands of men In vocational training who would be better off If the govern ment had never undertakes te re educate them. By better off. I saean more able than they are now te cope with conditions and win economic In- j dependence." j "The government's vocational ma-! ehlnery never actually broke down; It never even started in the right way. Little attention was paid to getting the right men Into the right course in 1920 and 1D21. The whole thing was a travesty on the name of i rehabilitation. Instead of teaching men to strike out and paddle their own canoes again, the tendency was to cultivate habitual pensioners." "In 1922 when the federal board was merged with the veterans' bureau, things took a turn for tbe better and the situation has steadily Improved. But the evil had been done. Instead of being taught to become independ ent and self-supporting, thousands of veterans had been schooled for two years In how to get a livelihood at public expense. It has been necessary to drop a good many m&n whosa cases have become Impossible. . . I believe others will have to go. I can not see bow the bureau can turn out men a rehabilitated whe obviously cannot make good." , nrZ ,- i, vocational training, about 2,000 a month are leaving Ue Institutions as rehabilitated. Recent experience shows that aprexlmately ninety-five per cent of these men are saaklnf good after their absorption into the business life of the nation. Need $420 Annually for Each Child's Care A contribution of approximately $420 annually for the care of each child at the American Legion Biilett at Otter Lake, Mich,, is necessary for the war veterans to carrv on this Lm- portant phase of the work, according to Dr. C. V. Spawr, department com mander of the Legion in that state. Cottages are soon to be built and the whole plant extended "as rapidly as funds permit, according to depart- ment ofiicials. It Is not unlikely that this project wUI be adopted by the na- tlonal organization as one of the re- glonal homes anticipated In the na- fm- rhiw if.r. th. , The orphan's preject is La addition to another unique work of the Ameri can Legion ta Michigan, at Roosevelt Memorial hospital aear Battle Creek, where scores f tuberculosis ex-service men are cared far at the expensa f the Lerleu. Recreational Program for City of Rome, Go. A recreational prerram far tbe whole city, spensered and paid' far by the Shanklln-Att&way post f the American Lgioa in Heme, Ga has been put Into effect. Under , direc tion of a paid community worker, the plan will be extended to every person in Rome. This is a part of the eut llned Americanization program f the veterans' rganlzatlen, but is eae of the first exaaples ef city-wide Werk undertaken. Casino Aix-Le-Bains In order t make the doughboys feel at home, a replies of famous casino at Alx-L-BaLs La France, where man aalaUars apant their leave, was coastruet4 by Wichita (Kan.) American' Leglea members far taelt annual ball. Tfca big aallreem was ef fectively decorated and was peopled with HTM workers, canteen girls and ether weil fcnewn i jura f laava-araa days. Mnsle was furnished by the local Levis band, which was a con tender fer pvtce soeney at the San Branclsc eonvaotlen t the American Legion. Dignity Bey!" yelled Ue xeite4 deckhand from tat deck ef the yreat I'.ner Isa- berilie. "Mas evert aanir Wt de yen mean, yen Impertinent begrar man verBeardT" deisanded an lndigsaat bit aristaerattc voice from th Titer Mew. " 'Is Lewd sip Perdvnl Mefttnatea 'Awklns U tei board, I'd 'ave jtm know." A Communist demonstration la j Prance, made asrainst French World Kept an Eye on "Yanks war veterans failed to disturb an Amer- j jn the County Court of Cass coun Ican Legion color guard which headed ty, Nebraska. the procession of veterans. A Franco- State of Nebraska. Cass county, ss. American patriotic celebration at To all persons interested in the ChoIsy-le-Roi, near Paris, was the oc- estate of Sarah Ann Hoham, deceas- casion for a parade, which was headed by the Paris American Legion color guard, bearing the United States emb lem. Communists started to stone those In the parade, but confined their efforts to the French section, not car ing to risk the grim-faced "Yanks" in their steel helmets, who marched with fixed bayonets at the head of the procession. Relief for Hero's Family The widow and children of the most distinguished soldier of Wakefield, Mass.. of the World war, are not pub lic charges today, only because of timely assistance brought by Corp. Harry E. Nelson post of the Ameri can Legion. The post was named for the husband and father, who was the first Wakefield man to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and who died a year ago from his war wounds. Recently it was found that his family was In need, so the post in stituted a campaign of relief which brought Immediate response from the townspeople. "On-to-Paris" Club The desire to hold the 102S conven tion of the American Legion in Paris. France, will not down. A recent ex ample of this is the "On-to-Paris" club formed In Wabash. InJ., by Legion naires, who are depositing SI each veek until 192S. This money may be withdrawn only in case of sickness or death. IT IS SERIOUS"-? 1 Some Plattsmouth People Fail to Realize the Seriousness of a Bad Back. The constant aching of a bad back, The weariness, the tired feeling. The pains and aches of kidney ills May result seriously if neglected. Dangerous urinary troubles often follow. A Plattsmouth citizen shov.s you what to do. A. J. McFarland, 306 Third street, Plattsmouth, says: "I was doing some heavy lifting which strained my back and kidneys. This put me in such shape I had to walk with a cane for a number of weeks and I couldn't straighten. It felt as though her.e e'e a heavy weight across my back that was holding me down. I couldn't sleep nights and It felt as though I had been stuck in the back with a sharp knife. My kidneys act ed Irregularly and the secretions were highly colored and burned in passage. I was told to try Doan's fins ana aiter me nrsi oox my con- dition was much improved and I was able to walk straight. I used four boxes from Fricke & Co's. drug store. aiy DacK ana Kianeys nae neer bthered m,e !ince, and 1 believe that uoans win qo me same ior otaer people if they will give them a fair trial." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get t"" a "" Farland had. Foster-Milburn Co. Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Get your Valentines now at the Bates Book and Stationery Store, hefe the line is the biggest in the ; ciiy ' Thomas Lee Anthony, wife and sn' era. departed this morning for Lincoln where they will spend the day 3! wlth reiatives and friends and enjoying the week end outing. Valentines for every one at the Bates Book and Stationery Stcre, the greatest line in the city, and at the right prices. Advertise your wants Pyfo 0 B Sic FOURTH ANNUAL Purebred Poland China Sow and Gilt Sale To be held at the James Terryberry Farm -Sale Pavilion, 6 miles southeast of Cedar Creek Wednesday, February 20th Sale Starts at 1 o'clock Free Lunch at Noon We are offering 1 0 fall gilts, 24 spring gilts and 1 7 tried sows. These sows and gilts are sired by Improved De signer, Nebraska Pickett, Reformer Ladd, Parkdale Giant, The Orange Yankee. This is the best bunch of sows and gilts we have ever drove through a sale ring. Terms of Sale, Cash All Hogs are Immuned J. L Terryberry & Son James Terryberry Glenn Terryberry COL. W. E. YOUNG, Auctioneer HENRY BAG0SS, Clerk ORDER OF HEARING Notice on Petition for Set tlement of Account and eu. On reading the petition of W. E. Hand, administrator of 6aid estate, praying a final settlement and allow ance of his account filed in this court on the Gtb day of February. 1924. and for discharge of said adminis trator; It is hereby ordered that you and all persons interested in said matter, may, and do. appear at the County Court to be held in and for said county, on the 23rd day of February, A. D. 1924. at 10 o'clock a. m., to show cause, if any there be. why the orayer of the petitioner should not be grunted, and that notice of the pendency cf said petition and the Iiearinrr thereof be piven to all per "ins interested in said matter by pub 'ishin? ;i copy of this order in the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-v.eekly "fv.-p'ircr printed in said county, one week prior to said day of Titif. Tn witness whf-rf, I have here in srt n; v Lnni and the ivsl of ro'-rt. thi? th i?.v of February. . D. 19 24. ALLEN J. n- ESOX. (Seal) fll-lw. County Judge. ORDER OF HEARING an 1 Notice on Petition for Set tlement of Account. In thf County Court of Cass coun ty. Nebraska. State of Nebraska. Cass county, ps. To all persons interested in the es tate of Edna Cunningham, deceased: On reading the petition of W. E. Hand, administrator cf said estate, praying a final settlement and al lowance of his account filed in this Court on the Cth day of February, and for said administrator's large; It is hereby ordered that you and all persons interested in said matter rmy, and do, appear at the County Court to be he'd in and for said coun ty, on the 23rd day of February, A. D. 1924. at 10 o'clock a. m., to show cause, if any there be, why the prav er of the petitioner should not be granted, and that notice of the pen- dency of said petition and the hear- in? thereof be given to all persons intereste i in said matter, by publish ing a copy of this order in the Platts mouth Journal, a semi-weekly news paper printed in said county, fcr one week prior to said day of hear ing. In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand rnd the Seal of raid court, this th day of February, A. D. 1924. ALLEN J. BEESON. (Seal) fll-lw. County Judge. NOTICE 01- SALE In the District Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the estate cf George Hanson, deceased. Notice is hereby sivrn that in pur- s,nnce of an order of Hon. James T. Eeglev, Judge cf the District Court of said Cass countv. made on the 31st dav of December," 1 923. for the sale of the real estate hereinaftfr describ- ed there w, be oId at the gouth door of the court boue in the City . Df plattsmouth. Nebraska, on the 4th ; dav Qf March. 1924, at ten o'clock a. m at puDlic vendue to the highest bidder fr cash, the following describ- ed r(.aI estate, to-wit The west half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter in Section 32, and the east half of the south west quarter in Section 29, all in Township 11, north. Range 9, in Cass county, Nebraska. Said sale to remain open for one hour. Dated this Sth dr.y of February. A D. 1924. THOMAS HANSON and HENRY HANSON. Executor? of the Estate of George Hanson, Deceased O. DWYER, Attorney. fll-3w D Attorney C. A. Rawls was In Lin coln today where he was called to look after some legal matters In that city. ca lei Lft Weekly.