MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1926.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
FAGE FIVE
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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 '
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! 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
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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.
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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.
