- r at, .- --v. i t PAGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUBNAI MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1926. Afoo Department J. C. Creamer of Elmwood was a visitor in Alvo and was attending the Alvo-Elmwood baseball game on last Wednesday. A crew of workmen for the Rock Island have been making a new bridge at the overhead crossing west of Alvo and getting the road in good condition for the winter season. Miss Francis Rehmeyer of Weeping Water, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rehmeyer of that place was spending last week at the home of her uncle, Simon Rehmeyer and wife of Alvo. Frank Zoz shopped thirteen hogs to the market on last Monday, they leing carried to market and one also for Ben Swanson by that hustling young m-u, John 13. Skinner, with his truck. Chris Nehen and the family depart ed early last week for an outing of ten days which carried them to the north portion of the state visiting also in South Dakota and Minnes ota as well while away. The chorus of the Methodist church and Bible school met last Wednesday night and with the large crowd that was present had an excellent time as well as preparing the songs for the coming Sunday service. Mrs. Edna Rehmeyer of Omaha ac companied by her children, Richard and Dorothy, were spending last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Rehmeyer of Alvo and also attend ing the chautauqua while here. Ruby Wood who is an accomplish ed artist i nthe line of hair dress ing and marcelling will be at Eagle on Friday for work in this line while Fhe will look after this kind of work at home during the remainder of the week. The lads who did the excellent ball tossing in the three games last week phut out all the opposing teams, and they were Lee Coatman, Carl Rose- now and Sherill Fifter, and sure an no anu an..... - - knew just how to toss the ball for each and every occasion. Le Pnavelev and the family de-,kt parted one day last week for Shal-! here they low Lakes. isconsin. w will spend two weeks visiting with relatives and having a general out ing which will be spent in hunting, fishing and other enjoyable outdoor tports John W. Banning and wife were ' enjoying the Old Settler's reunion, ! and Improvements on their farm lines which is the annual gala time for the j connecting with the Louisville ex pecple of southeastern cass county, change. Up to the present writing, and which is held at Union, this be- over 700 poles and 2,000 brackets ing the fortieth annual meeting. have been placed, the sag adjusted They enjoyed meeting many of their j jn so miles of wire, over 200 poles friends there. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Armstrong hocn ininvincr a visit during Tt .t from a number of their ' grandchildren, there being . f rom Ilavelock Miss Thelma and Master.has been excess ot $4,000.. . ., Iawrence Brabdt. while Keith and Cleo Armstrong of South Bend visit ing with the grandparents. The Farmers Union held a delight ful gathering at the grove of Sam Jorden. on last Friday where all en joyed the occasion and got together to discuss kindred topics to the bet tor farming and listened to some ex cellent numbers on the program which had been provided as well as enjoyed the bountiful dinner which the ladies prepared. Dr. Taul Smith of Shelby, where J;e is engaged in the destist profes sion was a visitor at the home of James M. Manners and was accom panied by Mrs. Smith at well as Mrs. Laura Hothkiss and W. A. Israel of Omaha all enjoyed dinner at the hos pitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Man ners on last Sunday as well as en joying a most pleasant visit. Mrs. Y. O. Smith, mother of the Doctor also being one of the guests, she and Mrs. Manners being sisters. See Hope in Conditions. Many rjf the farmers who were fearful of the making of a crop of corn, are now more hopeful, for with the coming of more rain, the corn is looking better and many are now parting with last year's corn crop. Among those shelling and delivering to the elevator of Simon Rehmeyer during the past week were Lantz elites. Lyle Miller, fJlen Lewis, Au gust Klemmc, Ed Taylor, Perry G. Cook and Elmer Klyver. Chautauqua This Year. The Chautauqua this year, while no doubt possessing all the excel lence which has characterized these institutions of learning, have failed . . a- . . . 3 TU' greatly iu uuiaii me iiuviu. iuc Camp Fire Girls, who are ever alert to the interest of the city "have ex ercised all effort for the promotion of the sale of tickets, and visited the rural districts but still the at tendance has been poor and there . . , .. was consmeraDie eiencu aner ine completion of the series. This may be the last for some time, let us hope they will come again. Give the Wife a Chance! Say, do you know it is pretty hot over an old cook stove? We can furnish you an oil stove that will not roast the cook. See us for garden hose, lawn mowers, 2-row ma chines and cultivators and all kinds of farm machinery. Price and Quality are Right Coatman Hardware Co. . ALVO -:- -:- -:- NEBRASKA Wolloping- the Ball. Now that it just what the Alvo team has been doing for some time, they are making an honest efTort for the capturing of the banner for the Bible School League and with much hopes of success. Last week, on Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday they played almost faultless ball. The game on Monday was with Palmyra and resulted in a victory for Alvo, the score being 4 to 0. On Tuesday they played with Weeping Water and the result was the same Alvo winning, 4 to 0. On they Wednes day they played Elmwood. They had every confidence they were to win over Elmwood and Elmwood also was rather chesty as well, and offered the declaration that they would win over the Alvo team. The Elmwood team took every precaution that they could to win the game from the Alvo lads. The Aivo team also bad a good organization, and with Lee Coatman the invincible, in the box, the game was called, and the tention tighten ed. With a percision of an Indian shooting a penny out of a split stick Lee delivered the globe Just where he wanted it, and with the cultur ed batters of the Elmwood team, fanning the air like a school boy fighting a bumblebes regiment, the ball always going safe into the hands of the catcher. When the game end ed and an accounting taken, there was six scalps of the visitors hang ing on the belts of the Alvo braves, while, dangling from the belts of the Elmwood nine were nine eggs laid by mother goose. Some Competition. On last Wednesday the elevator over which Simon Rehmeyer presides was paying 73 cents for corn, two other competing towns were paying respectively 67 and 68 cents for the de of corn. Now you can same gr a i.?. n at 1hs,t for corn- at tnat- LINCOLN COMPANY MAKING EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS From Saturday's Dally The Lincoln Telephone and Tele graph company have had a gang of men here making extensive repairs have been reset and over 100 insu lators have been replaced, besides completing many other repairs con- sisting of placing anchors, guys and '.crossarms. The cost of this repair job It is intended to nave tne neavy construction crew come to Louisville as soon as possible and repair the heavier lines in and around the Louisville exchange. Louisville Courier. WILL START SCHOOL YEAR From Thursday's Dally F. A. Rothert, manual training teacher in the high school and also the director of athletics at the school, came up last evening from Peru where he is attending the summer school and visited for a few hours hero with friends and was accompan led to this city by Lester Ivers, a school associate. Mr. Rothert is ex pecting to arrive back in the city In a few days to start in on his work as he has a class to work with before the regular opening of the school, in September. Mr. Rothert has been one of the most popular members of the high school faculty and his friends are legion here in the city and who arep leased to learn that he will soon be back on the job. NEW FICTION AT LIBRARY The most popular book received at the public library this month is Bess Sstreeter Aldrich new novel, "The Cutters." Others on the list are: After Noon ; Ertz Wild West Sinclair Deep Seam Bethea Doctor's Wooing . Phillip? Miss Blake's Husband Jordon Hangman's House Byrne Mr. Bottleby Does Something ' Thurston Highway . Mason Red Ledger Packard DODGE SALES AND SERVICE STATION One-half block south of Main on Fifth street. All makes of cars re- .paired at reasonable nrir-o Phnno 93 i- - - Legal blanks of all kinds for sale at the Journal office. Yes, Lady We Appreciate Your Position and well do the best we can to fix Estrada and the members of his band up your engine SO that you can get 1 were arrested near here last Sunday a quick start, but if it's broken you' night had not yet been made, but will have to be patient and wait un-1 that information already received til we can weld the broken carts 1 from the documents shows an ex m we can weia tne DroKen pans. . tenslve revolutionary plot. Welding our way will save it if any-; Attempts to incite trouble among thing can. Ask us for repair prices. Frady's Garage Phone 58 ASHLAND VISITORS - AT LOUISVILLE From Saturday s Daily- . , ,V , " umer uauguiei, -ujiua eau, num. near Ashland, were in town last Tuesday, doing a little shopping and visiting with former friends and ! neighbors. They were met here by Mrs. Johnson's, brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hennings from east of Louisville, and were supper guests at the Hennings home. Mr. Johnson also paid his father.. James Johnson of Cedar Creek a short visit. Mrs. Hennings who is recovering from a serious operation performed a few weeks ago at the M. E. hospital in Omaha, went Irom the hospital to her sister's home in Ashland to recuperate for a few weeks as her family was under quarantine at the time, She is gaining steadily but is still not able"to look after her house hold duties and has as her able as sistant. Miss Elsie Heil, from west of Louisville. Her many friends will hope for her complete recovery in the near future. Louisville Courier. WILL LOCATE IN CALIFORNIA From Saturday's Dally Reports in this city from Omaha are-to the effect that ; Hon. Francis E. White, one of the leading Masons of the state, with Mrs. White are planning in the near future to re move to California to locate and make their home in the future. Mr. White, who wras for a long period of years secretary of the various state Masonic bodies, has laid aside these tasks and is the honorary secretary of the state A. F. & A. M. in re cognition of his long service, which office is not exacting and allows him to enjoy a well deserved rest from the work that has heretofore kept him closely occupied. Mr. and Mrs. White have relatives and a very large circle of old friends on the west coast and will find their stay there most pleasurable. Just how soon the White family are planning to leave for the west has not been learned. ENTERTAINS AT LUNCHEON From Thursday's Daily A most charming 1 o'clock lunch eon was given this afternoon by the Misses Ruth Shannon and Helen Wescott at "Sunnyside" in honor of Miss Harriett Reed of Boulder. Colo rado, a guest at the J. L. Tidball home and Misses Virginia Anderson and Erma Mueller of Chicago, guest of Miss Alice Louise Wescott. The settings of the luncheon were carried out in a color scheme of pink and green, the Ophelia roses being used in the floral decorations of the dining room and lending an enchanting touch to the charming event. Those attending the luncheon were Miss Reed, Misses Mary, Ruth and Jean Tidball. Alice Louise Wescott. Virginia Anderson and Erma MeuP ler of Chicago. NEW PASTOR ARRIVES HERE From Friday's Daily This morning the Rev. George P. Clark, the new pastor of the First Christian church of this city arrived here with his household effects to become permanently located here and to start in on the work, of his new charge, one of the largest and most active of the Christian churches in the eastern portion of. Nebraska. The pastor will spend the next few days in getting settled in the parsonage and getting aquainted with the mem bers of his new charge. SHOWS SOME IMPRAVEMENT From Friday's Dally - Last evening Fred Vincent was at Omaha Whfre hA-RnAnt a fnw hnnrs with rr vin..n t v.n-TTni.cWv hospital where Mrs. Vincent has been i for. the past -week recovering from ot 113 emoarrassmeni. iae uau wa the effects of a very serious opera-' operated by W. E. Stewart, cashier, tion. For several days Mrs. Vincent'.??" oI SerL n henJ?rfS was in quite serious condition but The capital stock IslO 000 and the has now taken a change for the bet-, ?p"it8. re placed " ter.and It -is thought .-that in the Stockholders paid a 100 Tier cent next tew .days the chanf,-es;wlll put " assessment last year to .keep it go her permanently ; on the highway to ln- recovery from the effects of the at-1 . ' taci. j Have you anything to sell? Tell ; ' r "-' vi" the world about it through the Jonr " Joe Brandt, Real Estate . Union, nal's Want -M department. " Mexico Is in (he Midst of a Revo lutionary Rising Insurrection Is Only Small Part of Movement Against the Government. San Diego, Cal., Aug. 20. Infor-. mation showing a widespread revolu tionary plot against the present gov ernment of Mexico and indicating that the insurrecto band led by Gen. Inrique Estrada, former Mexican secretary of war, constituted only a small part of the plan, has been un covered by United States officials. Capt. A. A. Hopkins, department of justice agent, said today. Hopkins stated that a complete tne prisoners at the marine uase nere . . . ... . , last night resulted in two alleged ringleaders being transferred to the county jail. The prisoners are un der a small guard of deputy United States marshals, and efforts were be ing made by the- two ringleaders, it is said, to induce the men to over power the- guards and escape. Mexcan Troop Movement. E. Paso, Tex., Aug. 20. Con flicting announcements by Mexican nffioiolj tn.lav foil or! tn cliori licht nn reports last night that Mexican troops had been ordered to a border point m .. rv.l.,Tr.K,,a "V opposite Columbus, N. M, after the discovery of an alleged plot by a band of heavily armed men to cross Unto Mexico in a revolutionary move ment. Manuel M. Mascarcnas, collector of customs at Juarez, said no troops had been ordered from Chihuahua City to Palomas, the border point. Gen. Roman Lopez, commandant at Juarez, however, insisted that troops have ben sen and now are on their way to Palomas. No word has been received here of the actual movement of troops northward from Chihuahua, and it was stated that no request had been made of G-en. E. B. Winans, Fort Bliss commander, for permission from Washington for Mexican troops to cro?s United States territory. May Solve Religious Dispute. Mexico City, Aug. 20. Consider able hope has been aroused that the reigious question may be solved, as President Calles has suggested in a communication to the Catholic epis copate by bringng the matter be fore congress with a view to secur ing the constitutional amendement or before the supreme court for a decis ion amending or -j modifying the re ligious clauses of the constitution. President Calles' letter to Arch bishop Mora y Del Rio of Mexico is in reply to the request of the epis copate that the chief executive bring about a suspension of the religious regulations. In it the president rei terates his intention to stand by the constitution, but he says that the Catholic enisconate is left free to make an attempt to have the funda mental law pertaining to religion changed. MAGAZINE BARRING HELD UNWARRANTED New York. Augl 20. Action of customs authorities in holding up a shipment of the English magazine, "Key to London," because of a liguor advertisement was held unwarranted Thursday by Assistant United States Attorney Harlan. Mr. Harlan, in a letter addressed to Acting Solicitor Edward Barnes at the customs house, advised him that section 17 of the national pro hibition act, which prohibits the dis tribution of periodicals or other pub lication containing advertisements of ilquors, wines and other bever ages banned from sale by that act, refers onlv to advertisements of liauors either to be manufactured placed on sale or kept for sale in this country. LONDON PEACOCKS WILL BE MALES, HATTERS SAY London. Aug. 19. Brighter hats for men is the order which has been passed out by Mayfair haberdashers Madonna blue, plum bloom, lilac, chamoi3 and sage are among the new colors which dealers will offer in an effort to brighten Londan's gloomy streets, this autumn. More colorful suits also are to he offered 'by tailors, who are working hand in hand with hatters to get men away from dull gray and dark blue Two new browns, cedar wood and huff, will be offered in both suits and hats and also in overcoats. Suits and hats which shade to lilac with be among the novelties of the season. TRY TO ORGANIZE VALLEY BANK - Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 20. The Blue Valley State bank of Spring Ranch, Clay county, has been taken over by the state guaranty fund committee, it was announced Thursday. At tempts will be made., it was said, I to reorganize it as it is the only bank in the town Inability to real iz.e, on 1(?an8 is Siven 3 lne ,catlse FREDERICK W. MUELLER 1 LAND SOLD UNDER HAMMER Western, Neb., Aug. 20. At a ref eree's sale held at the door of the Western posfofflce 240 acres of choice Saline county land and town prop erty were sold to highest bidders to settle an estate. The property was that known as the P redericK w. Mueller land, located between West ern and Swanton. Frank Miller of Western bid in 160 acres at $11, 800, and 40-acre tracts went to Wil liam Kohlsmidt and Anton Musil of the Western vicinity for $3,500 and $2,500. respectively. A half block of vacant property in Western was sold for $500. The land is consider ed cheap at the price bid. Mullen Asserts Bryan Is Avoid im Real Issue j Says State Been Drawing on Special Funds Ever Since the Law Was Enacted. Liberty. Neb., Aug. 20. Again as serting that he had inherited un paid claims against the state amount ing to $1,089,529. Governor McMul len in an address here today asserted that his opponent, Charles W. Bryan, democratic candidate for governor in the November election, was attempt ing to detract attention from such "reprehensible handling of state finances by making the charge that gas tax money was being used for" current expenses through warrants drawn on the general fund and that a deficit would be the result." "The sreneral fund is under the direct control of the state treasurer,". - the executive declared, "who is elect- Amounts Intended for Highway ed by the people and he would not Maintenance Diverted to De honor any warrant drawn on that uuau """" " fund unless it were permitted by law. i - pleted General Fund. In some instances the law permits a! fund to be drawn on for other pur-' Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 18. The poses to the amount of 60 per cent of state's general fund, which is the the total and that practice has been fund set aside to pay salaries and carried on by the state since the law general state expenses, has used ap was enacted. : proximately a million and a half dol- "But my opponent fails to say any- ars of gasoline tax receipts intended thing about the repeated drafts made solely for highway construction and by his own administration on the maintenance. No provision to reim available three million dollar capitol burse the gasoline tax fund was made building fund in order to bolster up 5y Governor McMullen when the new other funds bearing on government etate tax levJ. wag flxed two weeks expenses that had become exhausted ar0 through extravagant expenditures on Tiijg disclosure was made today his part." jfn an investigation of the state treas- iurer's report of the current condition WALL STREET WOLF BACK i of state finances. New York. Aue. IS. "The Wolf, of Wall Street" is back in his old huntingj grounds. The presence here of David LaMar, called the wolf because of his spec- said he knew nothing about it. tacular financial raids, was revealed I Later admitting that the appear when he was served with a subpoena 'ed to be a discrepancy, he insisted to appear in court today and tell he had done no more in omlting to wht he knows of alleged manipula-' provide in his levy for the reimbuse tiens of the stock of Consolidated Dis-, ment of these funds than had Gov tributors. Inc., which deals in motor ernor Bryan and his predecessor. accessories. The stock has fluctuated during re cent weeks, so violent that an inves tigation was begun by the New York siuck fxniauge. Largo--fransactions were traced to his brokers, Ayres & Wright. As the firm is not a member of the exchange the investigators could not force it to tell who was back of the trans actions. Wen agents of the state at- torney general went to serve a sub poena on R. W. Wright, member of the firm, they found the "wolf" hav ing lunch with him. They then pro duced a second subpoena for LaMar MAKING SOME CHANGES From-Saturcay's Daily- The interior of the room in the Bekin buildinir oecunied hv the Pn - .r...... ..7 j j ie is oeing remou.ea ana , egislature has authorized us to use rranged in order to provide for the'all nf thi monev for mad construe - ew addition that Mr Sam Oiventer if. J money lor Toaa construe - ew duuuiuu nidi nir. oarn UH enter, Hon nnrl ma htsniinpp and are Khali the manager is planning, that of in- stalling a meat market in connection' with the grocery and fruit and vegc- table department of the store. The uisiauaiiuu ui a. large iue vux. lur the small stuff, and a large regrig erator for the handling of the fresh meats has been completed and ino manager of the Market states that he expects to have a new department open by September 1st and ready for business. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL From Saturday's Dally- Last evening Ernest Farker, son of Joseph Parker, was taken to Omaha where he was placed in the Methodist hospital to be cared for as he has been ill for the past month and his condition has grown worse and with but little hope for his recovery it was thought best to have the young man removed to the hospital where he can have the closest attention and care. The many friends are hopeful that Ernest may be able to -receive benefit from the treatment at' the hospital and be able to rally from the affliction from which he has been a sufferer for a great many years. FARM LOAN A 'HUMOR' "New York, Aug. 17. No official confirmation was forthcoming in Wall street today to reports that hankers and members of President Coolidge's official family will soon confer on a plan that would afford agricultural relief to the farmer through a one hundred million dollar credit .fund. President "Coolidge at his summer camp in the Adirondacks made it known today that he has no know ledge of any stirred np great Inter est in financial circles. ' STRAYED, GREY GILDING 4 year old grey Gilding. straye4 frerm sy place 2 miles north of E!3i wettfi. , Notify, int. aya Swarrs. . - 1 Elmwood. - Has load AT M3 will be sold at the Leach Sale Pavilion Un ion. Nebraska nna n n at :30 P. H- These horses are all brokeexept3 and good draft horses. AH are real gentle. If you wish to see these horses you can see them Austin Farm, one-half mile east of Union. REX YOUNG, Auctioneer Charge Gas Tax Funds Used to Boost Gen. Fund tiovernor McMullen, when asked what provision could be mafle to save the state treasury from a defi cit of more than a million dollars, A Very Bad System. "They always have left deficiencies for succeeding administrations," the g0vernor saj I had to pay over a I million dollars of bills that came , tn rno nH .hlh.T haH nnhin? tQ do with creating. I think the business of borrowing from one fund to pay the bills of another which has been the custom of this state for ft number of years is a very bad sys. tern, hut what an be done about it?" State Engineer Cochran assured e World-Herald that every cent of The f Via o-acrtlirtA ia y mAr air i n1ii1in cr a : million and a half which has been (ko. Kmc ,i UWIlUWdA lu J)aj I'ni'i nuuiu i I U TOad3 by the end f the,mittee, will return to Washington j "we don't care about the condition about SePtember 1 to assist in the 1 . lC"f e.C,JP general direction of the campaign. m me Treasury, ocuran aaiu. iue, proceed to let the contracts and vmiwa navmont for tb in navnint for them. It is up to somebody else to find the money to pay our bills. The money is due us nd we intend to use it. How Governor Figured. In estimating the total amount of money that would be required for; the next year previous to fixing the state levy, the governor and the state board of equalizations figured as fol- lows The total amount of money ap propriated by the legislature for the comfngfiscal yeaT was $7,160,000; the total amount of money listed as on hand or available from sources other than a direct tax levy was as follows: Miscellaneous receipts and fees, $96000; In the hands of coun ty1 treasurers,' $486,000; balance in general fund, $638,000; total, $2, 084.000. This left by the tax board's fig uring slightly more than five mil-1 II 1,1 A 1 I .1 1... JI.Aftt 1 lion aoiiars iu ue raiseu uy un tax levy. ..The .records of. the gasoline tax bureau show there should be in the treasury a total of 11,516,000 unex pended balance of "the gfasoline tax fund. By the governor and the tax board computations, the general fund into which the gasoline tax collec-' tlons , go showed a balance of only 638 thousand dollars from July 1. Levy Would Be Higher. This item was takPn by. the tax board as a balance on hand when as a matter of fact it was 900 thousand dollars short of being enough to re imburse the gasoline tax fund's ere- dit of a million and a half. This This morning at an early hour Mr." situation leaves the general fund ac-'and Mrs. Henry Horn and daughter, tually 900 thousand dollars in the Miss Helen, Mrs. Mary Becker and red instead of with a 600 thousand son. Floyd, departed via the auto dollar balance, and means that , tbV rdate for the west and with the in--state tax hoard should have fixed a 'tention of spending ome time at Col--levy high enough to rise approxi-) orado Springs, Colorado, and other mately $6,500,000 by direct taxation points in the mountain country. En--instead of five million dollars. j route the party will stop at Creigh-', Had this hen,fio&e the .tax levyiton, Nebraska, where they will visit' tuia have "to !uv been attfroxi- j at the hoins of J j Horn and f acr ly cutely -35 ler tent higher than the: and enjsy visit there with the rela-- - levy as actually fix;d srHfe'SGS ti Quaker State to See G- 0. P.-Demo Senate Scramble Active Campaign Against vare, Re publican, Seen as Democrats Push Wilson to Win. Washington, Aug. 19. Inaugura tion of an aggressive campaign in Pennsylvania next Saturday for the election of William B. Wilson, demo crat, to the senate over Representa tive William S. Vare, republican, was announced here Wednesday by Repre sentative Oidfield. Arkansas, chairman of the democratic congressional cam paign committee. "We are going to-put on a real fight against Vare," Mr. Oidfield said. "We expect the senate campaign funds committee to watch expend itures in all states and we do all that we can to prevent the jporruption of the electorate in the general elec tions." Mr. Oidfield personally will open the campaign with addresses at Allen town, Bethlehem and Bangor. Other prominent democratic leaders are to follow him in the state and there, are . reports that Senator Norris, republi can, Nebraska, who indorsed Mr. Wilson's candidacy after the disclos ures of large expenditures for Vare in the republican primary in May, also would stump the state for the former labor secretary. Close co-operation between the con gressional and senatorial conipaign committees was forecast. Mr. Old field said Joint headquarters would he maintained here and that acive campaigns would be conducted in every state where the democrats had a chance of winning seats in the senate and house. Senator Swanson, of Virginia, is to have charge of the senata speakers' f uand presentative McClintic of Oklahoma, will take charge of the ; hs. J .of Rhode Island, cha Senator Gerry chairman of the democratic senatorial campaign com- ,.T think hav rhance ' ; "control of the house in the ' regain control or tne nouse in ine , next congress Mr. oidfield said. "Ex- I . . . s. i - in Pennsylvania we will wait until the last of the primaries are over before beginning the -intensive speaking campaigns. They will come in October." A PUZZLE TO BR00KHART " d Cedar Rapids, la., Aug. 18. Col. Smith W. Brookhart, republican can didate for the United States senate, - unable to account for the reasons which prompted the sending of letters threatening his life today by an un knpwn person. The letters were received shortly before 'Colonel Brookhart was to speak at the Marion fair near here and caused the sheriff of Linn coun ty to send a detail of deputies to guard the nominee while he delivered his address. The letter asserted Colo nel Brookhart would be killed if he attempted to speak at the fair. "If sent by a crank, the writer of the letters is a person dangerous to society." Colonel Brookhart said in- commenting upon the incident. "If they came from a political enemy' that's different." Postal inspectors began Jnvestiga- tion of the letters, one of which was' addressed to F. H. Schiminke, Marion druggist, who introduced the speaker at the fair, and the other written to " Postmaster Arhur' Granger of Mar-' ion. The text of the two was similar,'. Linnotjnty authorities said, but was not made public. ' DEPARTS ON AUTO TRIP From Saturday's Daily i live 3 on the westward trip. an fir I; 1 S, i i A X Yr Y E