MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1926. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL FAGE FIVE l:f. 3 MU. Henry Heineraan lias been assist ing in the garage of A. II. Ward dur ing the past week. Victor Thimgan was looking after some business matters in Louisville for a number of days last week. E. Y. Thimgan sold a new Ford sedan to John Bornemeier which will make this gentleman an excellent v. agon for his use. Ivan Buskirk was shipping hogs to the Omaha market on last Mon day and Wednesday, they being haul ed by E. W. Thimgan. Joss Landholm and the family were visiting for over the New Year in Ofciahu, where they were guests of friends for the year's end. Henry Schlueter is the proud pos sessor of a new Essex coach, which he thinks just the thing for the win ter and in fact all weather use. Misses Anra and Marie Bornemeier were visiting in Omaha last Tuesday, they making the trip via the train and remained for the following day. Mrs. George Towle, mother of Mrs. J. E. McIIugh and Fred Towle, is i pending some two weeks at the home of lit n daughter, Mrs. Jess J. Hill, of Omaha. Miss Thelma Winkleplex was a visitor in Lincoln last Saturday and Sunday with a number of her girl friends and enjoyed the occasion very much. I'auline Kroh has been spending the holidays at their old home at Stella, and while there has been a guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. W. James. Miss Viola Everett has been as sisting in the work at the postoffice, and thus allowing the postmaster, Mr. L. B. (iorthey, an opportunity to get out his reports. Mrs. L. M. Amgwert has been vis iting with the children in Omaha and Council Bluffs for the past week, re turning with them after their visit here for Christmas. Mrs. C. I. Long, who has 'been at the hospital for some time, is mak ing progress towards recovery and it is pleasant news to her many friends that she is doing so well. A. H. Ward and family were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Gillespie for the day New Years and enjoyed the excellent dinner which was served by Mrs. Gillespie. Alvin Bornemeier has purchased a new sheller and tractor from an Ash land firm and on last Thursday he brought the outfit home and is now prepared to look after the wants of the people in the line of shelling their corn. The Bible class taught by Mrs. Wil liam Rikli met at her home last Wednesday and worked on the con struction of towels and a comforter, wlmh is to be presented to one of the orphan homes which is looked af ter by the- ohurch. - Edwin Ran, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rail, the third of the children in be stricken with scarlet fever, is at this time reported as be ing vt ry sick at their home, where every care is being taken of the lit tle. fellow, both as to nursing and medical rare, but still he remains very sick. Mr. and Mrs. Taiil Goehry, who are farming roar Burchard, tfpent the holiday season at the home of his parents, Jacob Goehry, of Lincoln, and on last Thursday drove over to Murdock from the capital city for a visit at the home of his sister, Mrs. H. W. Tool and enjoyed the occasion very rivh. Averill Kroh. who underwent an operation at the hospital last week, is making very satisfactory progress towards recovery at this time and is in hopes of being able to return home soon. lie has had the best of care, as the mother with a mother's love has seen to his nursing, which has helped much in his getting along so well. A. H. Oehlerking has been having quite a siege with a number of his teeth, several of which were badly ulcerated, and he has been making a few trips to Lincoln to have them removed. It's hard to have to lose the old time friends, but still better than the growling which discontent ed molars are some times disposed to exhibit. W. TI. (Billy) Rush has been stay ing at Lincoln for the past few months, where he was working for a portion of the time at the carpen ter trade and (hiring the remainder of the time assisting in the taking of inventory of a large commercial house there. Having linished up his work, lie came to Murdock one day lan week and will make his home lure for the remainder of the winter and will keep house with that prince of good fellows, E. M. Shatto, thev both living in the "Shatto Apart ments." For Sale Three male pigs, full blooded Ches ter Whites, ready for service. ly. miles west of Murdock. G. V. PICKWELL, . d7-10sw. Murdock, Neb. Played Basketball The Alumni of the Murdock schools and the present high school team FOR SALE! Red Scotch Shorthorn bull, Chancellors Supreme. Calved April 3, 1924. Registered number 1290534. v-ired by Premier Supreme. Dam Lady Chancellor, she by Dales Chancellor, second dam by Victor Sultan of the Duthrie Bonnie Belle family. This bull is an out standing individual and of unsurpassed breeding. J. L. CARNICLE, Owner South Bend, Nebraska CK DEPM PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL. played basketball at the high school gymnasium one evening last week, at which time they put up a most spirited game, and which resulted in the Alumni winning by a score of 25 to 15. Evangelical Church Services Services at Louisvill6 churcn at 9:20 a. m. Bible school at both Louisville and Murdock churches at 10 a. m. Services in English, 11 to 11:30, and services in German, 11:30 to 12, at Murdock church. Young Peoples' meeting at 7 p. m. and evening preaching services at 7:30. tf Nehawka and Murdock The basketball teams of Nehawka and Murdock tried the matter out in the contest for supremacy at basket ball with the result that in a very tightly contested game the Murdock boys won over the visitors on last Tuesday by a score of 33 to 17. Hohtein Bull for Sale I have an exceptionally fine speci men of a Holstein bull for sale. Can be seen at my home on the west church road at any time or address me at South Bend postoffice. WILLIAM STOCK. Enjoyed Visits Very Much Last week J. E. McIIugh and fam ily and Fred Towle, single, were vis iting at Omaha, where they were the guests at the home of Mrs. Thomas Walling and J. J. Hill and wife. Here they had a splendid time. On their return. Edmund Walling accompan ied them, being met here last Tues day by his mother, they visiting un til Thursday, when Mrs. Walling and son departed for their home in Om aha. Saw the Old Year Slip A very merry party of relatives and friends were gathered last Thurs day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gakemeier, where they had two ob jects in view and accomplished both. One was to see the old year slip thru the calendar, which it did with the grace of a six year old; the other was the sociability which the gathering afforded, and sure they enjoyed ihe occasion. There were present Herman Gakemeier and family. (J. Bailor and family, Louis Schmidt and family William Rikli and family and Dan Panska and family, as well as Rex Peters and wife of Greenwood. Watch Party at Bornemeier Home The young folks were gathered at the home of Henry Bornemeier last Thursday evening, where they cele brated the departure of 192 5 and wel comed the arrival of 1926 In the best of manner. They waved farewell to 19 25 as they would to a long trusted friend, for the year had been good to them, and welcomed 1026 as they are expecting many favors and good times from the youngster. However, they had an excellent time just the same. The party was made up of Gust Gakemeier, Fred and Henry Gake meier, Gust and Henry Blumberg. of Hubbard, Iowa, who are visiting in Murdock. Alma Scheel and Fred To nak, Minnie and Marie Tonak, Her man Gakemeier and family and Emil Lau and family. Had An Enjoyable Time The work of the old year having been completed, the pleasure loving citizens of Murdock gathered at the hall, where they enjoyed an old fashioned dance and had a splendid time. Breaks Arm from Fall on Ice Last Tuesday evening while Mrs. Frank Rosenow was walking along the street which was very icy, she slipped and fell fracturing one of her arms very severely. The fracture was of such a nature that it was de cided best to take her to a specialist at Lincoln which was done and the fracture reduced. She was able to return home the following morning( and while the arm is paining her a great deal yet. she is getting along as well as could be expected. It will be some time before this excellent wom an is able to look after her work again. Surprised Their Friends A number of the friends of Mrs. Fred Tonak went to her home on last Wednesday, where they were laden with good things to eat, and had a most delightful afternoon, surprising her on her birthday. Mrs. Tonak en joyed the occasion as well as all of the ladies, who provided a good time fcr their friend. Fifteen former office-holders in St. Louis (rum racers,) have been sen tenced to the penitentiary. Chief among them is Nat Goldstein, the hi republican controlcr of that city for years. Have you anything to sell or buy? R YEMEN T. Pershing to Leave for U. S. at Eary Date "Not Leaving Because of Impossible Condition at Arica," State Depart ment Says in Announcement. Washington. Formal announce ment at the State department Tues day that General. Pershing would would leave Arica shortly for the United States was coupled with the emphatic statement that his trip had no political or diplomatic signific ance in connection with the diffi culties which has confronted him in his task as neutral head of the Tacna-Arica plebiscitary commis sion. General Pershing has been suffer ing for some time with his teeth, and the pain has affected his face, officials explained, but no comment could be obtained from them with respect to the development of high blood pressure, which has given his physician considerable concern, niness "No Excuse." Department officials characterized us absolutely untrue any suggestion that illness was being used as an ex cuse for the withdrawal of CJ-eneral Pershing from an impossible situa tion at Arica and expressed confi dence that he would return to com plete his work. An official spokesman for the president declared Tuesday that he had no intention of withdrawing as arbitrator of the dispute and that the arbitration would continue. General Pershing is not to be con sulted in the pending appeal of Chile from the rulings and motions made by him as president of the plebis citary eommisssion, the attitude of Coolidge being that the only parties which can legitimately be con sulted in the matter are Chile and Peru, which have been asked to file formal briefs and documents in the case. Since the date for filing these papers has been set for January 9. the appeal may have been decided before General Pershing reaches the United States, about February 1, if he sails from Arica January 15, as now planned. Had Planned Christmas Trip. The general had contemplated a trip home over the Christmas holi days, primarily to obtain dental at tention, but the crisis which devel oped in the Tacna-Arica situation prevented. The Chilean appeal has proven the first lull in the work of the plebis citary commission, and although of ficials are frankly disappointed t'.iat his departure from Arica is neces sary at this time, the situation there is such that he will be able to re main away about two months after January 15. without causing interruptions in the proceedings. 3,239 Shake Hands with the Coolidge Family Diplomats ar.d General Public Received at White House New Years. Washington, Jan. 2. More than 3.000 men, women and children 3.130 to be axact flocked to the White House to shake hinds with President and Mrs. Coolidge. who re ceived for nearly three hours in con tinuance of the New Year's custom established more than a century ago. A third of the crowd high govern ment officials, diplomats and others were admitted by card. Later the doors "were opened to all comers and for an hour the executive with Mrs. Coolidge at his side, greeted a con tinuous flow of visitors at the rate of 40 a minute. The reception began an hour before noon, with members of the cabinet, foreign diplomats, senators and repre sentatives, army and navy officers, lesser government officials and rep resentatives of various patriotic or ganizations exchanging New Year's greetings with the president and his wife. The general public was received after a brief luncheon rest. Both Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge ap peared to enjoy the handshaking or deal and to each calcr they extended greeting?? of the season. The marine band divided into two orchestra sec tions, played almost continuously as the line wound through the stately rooms of the executive mansion, af fording many their first glimpse of the president s residence. PLATTSMOUTH MAN HONORED Court Reporters' Association held their annual meeting at the court house in Omaha, Nebraska, December 30, 1925, opening with a symposium on short cuts in reporting work, and how to attain speed, conducted by Thomas E. Wilson, formerly District Court Reporter in Omaha, but now retired. Following this there was a general discussion of reporting problems, after which the following officers were elected for the ensuing vear: Presi dent. Chaa. B. Scott, O'Neill, Neb.; vice president. L. L. Turpin, Platts mouth. Nebraska; secretary-treasurer, James M. Johnson, Omaha, Neb.; and librarian. Edwin H. Mockett, Lin coln, Nebraska. Lincoln. Nebraska, was chosen as tile meeting place for 1926. TROLLY PLUNGES; FOUR ARE KILLED; FOUR HURT Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 31.-Four were killed and four injured, one possibly fatally, here Wednesday night when a trolley car plunged from the municipal bridge more than 100 feet into the bay. The car broke in two when it hit the water. The operator of the car escaped by jump ing before the car fell. The dead: Mrs. Robert Scott, her 6-year-old son, Robert; G. A. Farrow and Torojiro Oboyoshi. The possibly fatally injured passenger is Earl Hurd, railroad engineer. All are Ta coma ns. Those who lost their lives were not killed outright, but died in hospitals. Four of the injured are not in a seri ous condition. A heavy fog is believed to have caused the accident. Nebraska Car Census Grows Percentage of Increase Gain Over That of 1924 Shows Report 300,168 Cars. Percentage of gain in the total number of automobiles in the state of Nebraska registered in 1025 over these registered in 1924 was slight ly larger than the gain of 1924 over the previous year, according to fig ures published by the motor mag azine. Total number of cars registered this year was 33ti,f(. of 9.2 per cent more than the 30S.713 tallied in 1924. The gain registered last year was only 7.9 per cent over the total for 19 23. Total of 300.163 Cars. Last year Nebraska had 277.477 picture cars and 31.26C trucks. This year the cars total 300, 1GS and the trucks 36.492. More than 20,200.000 motor ve hicles were registered in the United States in 1925. The gain over 1921 was 2.477.753, or 13.0 per cent. The total of passenger cars was 17.G5S, 491, an Increase of 2.13275S over the previous year, while the com mercial vehicle total was 2,545,709. an advance of 344,995. The figures, with part of Decem ber estimated, show the second largest numerical gain ever record ed, although the percentage increase was tbo smallest. The record year in point of numbers was 1923 when registrations leaped ahead by 3, 012, SS8. Many Vehicles Scrapped. Comparison of retail sales figures for the United States this year with the gain in registrations indicates that more than 1.000.000 ancient vehicles were scrapped or taken out of use. There were no especially sprcta ular numerical gains by states. New York has the distinction of being the first to piss the 1.500.000 mark with an increase of 20 4,000 cars and trucks. It now has in operation nearly three-quarters as many motor vehicles as all Europe combined. MATRIMONY IS CALLED THE LINEST OF ARTS Rome. Jan. 1. Matrimony is the most difficult of all sciences and the finest of all arts in th opinion of Celestino Fabietti. for 23 years cus todian of the ante chamber of the marriage clerk of Rome's city hall. Men, 'averts Fabeitti, are much more afraid of marriage than women. Sometimes, he says, it has taken ail of his great tact and skillful diplo macy to prevent reluctant benedicts from bolting before their turn came to face Hi" marriage clerk. "To know how to be a husband or a wife is a profession in itself," he say?. "The best way to read a person's character is to listen to him pro nounce the fatal "yes." he declares. rabietti declares that his room at the City hall has seen more comedies rnd tragedies than all the theaters of Rome put together, but he adds happy endings have been the rule. ! KEOKUK DAM SALE APPROVED BY STATE ' I ! Jefferson, City. . Mo.. Dec. 31. 'Approval of the sale of the Keokuk hydro-electric power plant and dam on the Mississippi river and Keokuk. Ia., to the Union Electric company, St. Louis was made late Wednesday by the state publlic service commis sion. The commission also granted the Union Electric company permission to issue $10,500,000 stock, proceeds' of which are to be used for the pur- chase of Keokuk properties fromj the Mississippi River Power com pany and the shares of stock of the . Central Mississippi Valley Electric properties. FIFTEEN ARE SENTENCED IN WHISKEY REMOVALS Indianapolis, Dec. 30. Sentenced to two-year terms in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kans., for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law, 15 men prominent in St. Louis and Cincinnati are held in jail here pending their removal to prison Monday. Their penalties were fixed for their parts in removal if 891 bar rels of whiskey from the Jack Dan iel distillery and warenouse at St. Louis in 1923, for which they were convicted here December Iff. Radio Programs Succeed, Linking the Two Worlds London, Sending- Music to U. S. Hears It Rebroadcast from Station WGY, at Schenectady. New York, Jan. 1. In thousands of homes of the two Americas and Europe tonight listeners heard the old world and the new speak to each other by radio. In the most successful attempt yet made to encircle the world, music played in a London club was re broadcast through nine stations in the United States to all parts of this country, Canada, Cuba, Bermuda and South America, while a program from New York was picked up in England and continental Europe and relayed to listeners abroad. John McCormick and Luerezla Bori were the stars on the American pro gram, broadcast from Station WJZ, New York, and its associate stations. This program was picked up by Sta tion 2LO in London and rebroadcast from there to England and the con tinent. Reports here said that var ious places in France heard McCor mack and Bori. Heard in 36 States Mr. McCormack sang some operatic selections and several popular solos, such as "When You and I Were Young. Maggie." He sang a duet with Bori entitled, "Night Hymn at Sea." The carillion of Park Avenue Baptist church was played for the benefit of London, but New York listeners were unable to hear the chimes of tBig Ben. the clock on par liament tower in London. Perhaps the crowning achievement of the experiment which was con cluded by the Radio Corporation of Arr.er;ca. was accomplished when engineers at Station 2LO, London, heard their own program, rebroad CKt from Station WGY, Schenectady, N. Y.. re-cross the ocean to them. When the program put on the air by WJZ was completed 3fi states had reported picking up London program clearly. David Sarcoff of the Radio Corporation, declared the broadcast ing "entirely satisfactory" and said it "demonstrates the ultimate possi bility of uniting the world by radio." Mny Hear London Ths rt broadcasting from London was declared a success in messages received at WJ7I from persons in (harleslon, S. C, Baltimore. Mil. New Orleans, La.. Miami, Florida, Plymouth, Penn., Princeton, W. Va.. Hattiesburg, Miss.. Hot Springs, Ark., and other points near and far. Th listeners described the re ception as "fine," "clear as a bell," "very plain" end "clear and dis tinct." The Radio Corporation said if was the first entirely successful rcbroadcasting'of an' English pro gram. SiaHort KC.O, Oakland, Cal., an r.thor of the participating stations cd vised WJZ that the London music iind adress had come in clearly and had been successfully relayed to the listeners on the Pacific coast. Other cities reporting hearing Lon don were Highpoint. N. C, Lynch burg. Va., Beaumont, Tex., Cincin nati. O., Downers Grove, 111., Birm ingham, Ala.. Memphis. Tenn., Mt. Vernon. Ia., Plaitsmouth, Neb., De troit, Mich., St. Louis, Mo., Iola, Kansas, and Cartersville. Oa. Station 2LO while broadcasting its program across the Atlantic, herd it rebroadcast from America. This was said to be the very first time in the hi'tory of radio that a broadcast has been heard across the Atlantic t the j oint where it originated. The result was that 2LO was sending and receiving the same message almost simultaneously. London and Clems ford both received WGY. IMPROVEMENT SEEK IN COLONEL COOLIDGE Plymouth. Vt. Dec. 31. The con dition of Col John C. Coolidge, father of tie president, continued to improve Wednesday. His physician. Dr. Albert W. Cram, of Bridgewater said that the heart action had been better in the lat two days. Dr. Cram made only one visit to Colonel Coolidge's bedside, and Was to have a report '-y telephone Wednesday night. Colonel Coolidge. who H 81 years old, lost the use of his leg through f;?-.lty circulation, after a series of heart attacks. Dr. Cram shnid Wed nesday that the heart and general condition were very good, but that he did not look for any change in the condition afrecting his patient's limbs. UNDERGOES OPERATION From Saturday's ril!y Tin's morning a message was re ceived from A. S. Christ at Des Moines, announcing that Mrs. Ghrisl who has been there visiting for sev eral days past had undergone an operation at one of the Des Moines hospitals of a minor nature. Mrs. Christ was taken ill while at Des Moines and it was thought best to have the operation performed at once. The reports state that Mrs. Christ came through the ordeal nice ly and tliat she is now well on the way to improvement and it is thought will soon be back in her former good health. MILWAUKEE ROAD GRANTED DEBT STAY Chicago. Dec. 31. Federal Judso James H. Wilkerson today granted the bankrupt Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad an additional year in which to pay bond debt of $1,292,000 due on' January 2. The debt is what1 remains of the redeem ed of issue of $1,858,000 that came due last July 2, ana resulted in bankruptcy proceedings. At that time Judge Wilkerson extended the debt to January 2. 'G. R.' SAYS WILL BE 1 BACK 'ON AIR' SOON "I have not left the air. I'll be back on again soon." This from Gene Rouse (G. R. ), who several days ago resigned as announcer at WOAW, the Wood men of the World station. Rouse said that his relations with the Woodmen had been very cordial up until the last night he announced for them, and that the only reason he left was because he wanted to Letter himself. He intimated that he had ob tained a position with another ra dio station, stating that "when I get back On the air, the fans will hear me." Judge Blames Churches for Child Crime ! L. B. Day Says They're Too Busy Justifying Sectarianism to Put Across a Real Message. Hurling the charge at the church that it is directly responsible for a part of the present wave of juvenill? crime and delinquency, District Judge L. E. Day, in a noon-day speech, to the Concord club of Omaha cited causes and remedies for these conditions. Because the church is too busy teaching history and justifying sec tarianism, it is failing to put across! its real message. Judge Day asserted, and he credited the failure fo re ligious authority with responsibility for the first step of the child to de linquency and crime. Judge Day is in charge of the venile and divorce in the district He prefaced his speech with iu- tbc statement that one in every 10 chil dren ill Omaha has come in contact with the juvenile court in the last year. "The first step of the youth to ward delinquency and crime is the breakdown of religious authority." Judge Day said. "The revolt against parental au thority is the second step. One of the greatest problems confrontinf officers is the large and ever-increasing number of boys bumming around the country, and living off the country, having run away from the restraints of parental authority. They are getting their first lessons in crime. And it is surprising the number of girls in this state today Divorces a Factor, There is another condition pecu liar to our modern life which is hard on boys and girls and breaks down parental authority. That is the great number of divorces, 150. 000 a year. Children are involved in 40 per cent of the cases. . "When the authority or religion and the home ceases to be respected then the authority of the state i defied. Here" al.-o comes the first outward evidence of maladjustment and subsequent criminality. The first manifestation of this outbreak is in truany from school. "Then this revolt against author ity lends to all other contributing causes of delinquency, destruction of property, theft, breaking and enter ing, highway robbery, forgery, sex offenses and other violations of the moral code. "What can the community do to stem the great tide of criminality?! "First it must deal with thej . . . . f . 1 ! . . 1 . ' icen.'o mmueu. wnroini, 11 iuum " lmuresseu wuu ine ih'iomij w keeping homes together. Third, the state should provide mothers' pen sions that homes may be kept in tact for the children even though the father is taken away. Feeble-Minded a Danger "The purpose of the juvenile courts is to keep children in the home and not to send them to stale institutions or reformatories. "The situation with regard to the feeble-minded is one that demands immediate attention. Of 7,000 in mates of state institutions today there are n.000 mentally deficient. There are -1,000 more who should be in institutions and who are not because there is no room. "These 4,000 who are at liberty are forced to make a living for which they are not equipped. This leads to criminality. Then they marrv and bring to the world more feeble-minded children. potential; criminals. If they were in institu- Hons all of this would be stopped. ENGLAND MAY MOVE ON THE RUBBER RESTRICTION London, Jan. 1 . take the rub out Pteps, designed to of Great Britain's which is alarming ; rubber monopoly, the United States, liave Jiccn proposed in governmental circles, j Officials here believe the rettle I ment of the difficult rum running ' problem by the 12-mile limit treaty of 1923 might be taken as a precedent. Confidence is expressed that by 1 working along similar lines of con ciliation and compromise, a solution can soon be reached which will be satisfactory to the British govern ment, tlie far eastern rubber produc ers and the American consumers. CHICAGO CATHOLICS TO WEL- ' COME EUCHARISTIC YEAR Chicago, Jan. 2. Eucharistic year will le formally ushered' in here Sun day night by members of the Holyt Xame society with solemn pontifical: benediction at the Cathedral of the Holy Xame. I His Eminence. George Cardinal Mundelein, will preside, wearing the robes of "a prince of the church." The service will be conducted by clergy of the Chicago church, and will be radiocast from station WGX. & LWZ if F?? A Real Good Time for Everybody. OOM'T tm&& ST! Old Fashioned Dance at Murray, Nebraska Wcdiissdsy, jEP.is2:y Off! AdmUMon 50c DE M0 LAY DAY OF C0I.1F0RT K;:nsas City, Mo., Die. ". M m-b.i-s of the Order of DcMoIay thru- ul. (lit- woiid will obst-rv Sunday. Januazv 3rd, l.:: !)e Md;iy Day of nil'ori. This is an annual oidiga- tory day of this young in"! s orga nization and its object is to cntinu' the ( Jirislmas spirit on into the Xe' Vear. Frank S. Band, Crand Serine of the order, bus issu d ;i t it :;.al iori from it? headquarters in this city, asking that D. M.ibiys provide en tertninni'Mi? nd r ! 'r sli :iient for the inn:-;tes ,f hospiu.lt. i!d lol'-: ;' hom s. ( rph-'nagc1-. I:op;(.-; for rippled hil I rn, old soldiers' homes, county farms, detention homes, retonn school.-; and sanitariums. Tliis will Je the seventh annual observance of this day by De Molays. According t' Mr. Land, ninny persons, young ami old, )i-t e tak-U! a new grip on life as a result of thes" visits. me?t liQod on Parole; Only a Few Violators Chief Probation Officer Harmon Says Flat Termers Serve Less Time Than Indeterminates. X. T. fiecr of Harmon, chief probation of the state board of pardons and paroles yin cod that is more tlian ever con the indeterminate sent good anil should be re- eiue law is tained. "I am also in favor of a leiri.-dat i ve act," stud Mr. Harmon, "that will ;Mve the board of pardons power to transfer a reformatory prisoner to th penitentiary upon discovery 1 1 a t the prisoner has served a previous term in prison. The reformatory is by law designated for first offenders, lmt sometimes courts do not have in formation in regard to the history of acdised persons. "More prisoners go out of the penitentiary by expiration f sen tence than by parole, contrary to popular belief. By expiration of sen tence 124 prisoners left the peniten tiary and Stt left the reformatory, a total of 213. From the penitentiary So wor paroled, while 7.'5 in Hie re formatory were paroled in 1!2.1, a total of la! paroles. Kvery one who left the reformatory by parole has made good or has been returned ex cept two at large. Thirteen violated paroles. 11 were returned to the re formatory. Fifteen penitentiary pris oners violated parole, 10 were return ed, one is in custody and 1 are at large, a total of 6 from both institu tions at large. "I am convinced that prisoners convicted of property crimes who re ceive a flat, definite fixed sentence serve a shorter time in prison tlian I inos0 receiving indeterminate sent said Mr. Harmon. Harmon and his assistant. ences. Mr. Walter stances B. Schroeder, cite several in where a prisoner on a flat sentence serves less tlian Ire would if under an indeterminate sentence. One is the case of a profession;, )',,r. g r with a record of service in t!ire state prisons. Wluther i:is record was known to the court dots not ap pear, but he was sentenced to sr rve two years. With good behavior lie must hr- liberated after serving 20 months. If he had been iven on to twenty years' indeterminate sent ence, no pardon board, with his rec ord before them, would lilt rate him in 20 months, argues Mr. Harmon. In another c::-e, a forger was sen Kneed to servo from one to two years. He served twenty months the maximum was liberated and again committed forgery. On bis sec ond trial tlie eourt gave liitn one year flat, which means a term of t j months if the prisoner is well l)e haved. Tims lie really received a lighter sentence for bis second offen-o than be got for the qpst ci;viciion. Judge West over of BusJiville. judge of tlie district court, recently said in a published .statement that lie Jr. de terminate sent lie and tJe Yolslea ! act vre hugely responsible ",,, a waV(. Mr. 'larmon says tlie information fib-'' v itti tlie board ol ;iar-io:is sliowr? tJiat Judge West over rarely pro nounces a flat sentence, though Hie law gives judges that privilege. Tlie record with the hoard shows Jude Westover sentenced 1 6 persons to the penitentiary in 192."). 11 of tlu-m under i'.dcterminate scnt-n, . two were given life sentences, on? ;ct one year flat fo. violation f.f iV"1 liquor law and one was ivei. a sent ence of two yean, flat 1 .-arryii.i? concealed weapons. Judge Westover sent 13 persons to the reformatory, 11 of tluni un b-r indeterminate sentences, one for cue year flat for larceny from the per son, and one for two years flat for carrying concealed weapons. REG YOUR PARDON In the Union items appearing in the Journal last week there was a statement made of the death of a son of Mr. and Mrs. which was an error Virgle Eugene, son Ralph Ranard. Edward Kanard, as the child Mas of Mr and Mrs.