PLATTSMOUTH SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1926.
PAGE SIS
Greenwood Departments
Prepared in the Interest of the People of Greenwood and Surrounding Vicinity
-Greenwood-
The Greenwood State Bank wishes to ac
knowledge the excellent work which the
citizens of Greenwood have done to make
Greenwood the best town of its size on the
map. ... In the prooperity of the com-
munity we have enjoyed our share, and are
pleased to reside among the people who are
friendly and who work for this, our to'.vn.
To Ycu our Friends and Patrons Please accept our
wishes for your Happiness, Health and Success. Come,
let us all get together and make this a bigger and bettsr
Greenwood in 1927. What do you say to this proposal?
Greenwood State Bank
Greenwood, Nebr.
Earl Jardine wa s looking after
some business matters at Raymond
during the early portion of the week.
wE. Baldwin and Louis Det
satier slrtlled and delivered corn to
the Farmers elevator during the past
wtek.
A. F. Weibke and the family were
spending Christmas at the home of a
sister of Mrs. Weibke, L. G. Taylor
and wife, cf Lincoln.
Messrs. W. C. Emelund and son.
Nelson Emelund. were spending their
Christmas at Lincoln, where the
senior Emelund resides.
Mrs. Robert Matthews and son vis
ited for a few days last week at the
home of the mother of Mrs. Mat
thews, in Powhattan. Kansas.
Clifford Armstrong, who is now
traveling on the road for some elec
trical company, is spending the holi
days at his home in Greenwood.
EL M. Jardine and wife were visit
ing with friends in the capital city
c,n last Monday end were also looking
after some Christmas shopping as
well.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Capool. of Lin
coln were visiting for a short time
and also looking after some business
matters in Greenwood on last Wed
nesday. C. E. Hurlbut was carrying the
mail to and from the station on last
Monday, during the time the regular
carrier, Mr. Samuel Aaron, was mov
ing to another location.
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Hall, of the
Greenwood State Bank, were enjoy
ing their Christmas at the home of
his mother in Lincoln, where they
also spent Sunday as well.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mowery were
enjoying Christmas at the home of a
sister of Mrs. Mowery, Mrs. Jessie
Castle, of Lincoln, they driving over
in their car for the occasion.
J. P. Perry and wife, of Lincoln,
were guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. M. E. Peterson, of Greenwood
for the day last Sunday, where they
all enjoyed a very pleasant visit.
Leonard Jardine and wife were at
Waverly on Tuesday of last week.
wher they were attending the fun
eral of the late Mrs. Jessie Wilson,
who was an aunt of Mrs. Jardine.
John Armstrong and wife, of Lin
coln, were visiting and looking after
some business matters in Greenwood
on last Wednesday, they driving over
from the capital city in their car.
M. E. Peterson and wife were in
Lincoln on last Monday, where they
were looking after some business mat
ters, as well as shopping for the
Christmas which was then so near
at band.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nickles and
the children were enjoying Christmas
and the following Sunday at the home
of the mother of Mrs. Nickles, at
Union, driving over in their car for
the occasion.
O. M. Hartsook has been feeling
quite poorly for a number of days, in
fact the most of last week. The many
friends of this estimable gentleman
are hoping he may be in his accust
omed health again soon.
J. I. Carpenter and the family were
enjoying Christmas at Ellis at the
home of the parents of Mrs. Carpen
ter. J. T. Ellis and wife. They were
accompanied by their son, Douglas,
and enjoyed the visit very much.
The Burlington railway has been
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replacing the old iron in the elevator
siding with new steel rails, putting
it in good condition for heavy traffic,
as there is much use for this piece
of trackage and especially during the
winter.
Frank Hart and family were en
joying a visit in Murdock. while at
tending the gathering at the home of
John Scheel, which was in the form
of a family reunion, with most of the
J family of the parents of Mr. Hart
present.
Judge W. E. Hand and William
Coleman were over to the county seat
cn last Tuesday, where they were
looking after seme business and whore
Judge Hand made his final report on
the estate of the late John Coleman,
being dismissed as the administrator
of the estate.
John Strcdley, who locks after the
highway, is ure a rustler, for when
we arrived at Greenwood a short time
after daybreak, we found this gentle
man out rustling to make the roatls
better, and the good condition of the
roads around Greenwood reflect the
gocd work which he has done.
We were impressed with the very
nice window which Mr. C. E. Calfee
had arranged for a Christmas dis-
play, and it surely was very attract
ive, gaining the attention of passers
j by and prospective purchasers for it
rwas very artistically executed and
who saw it.
George Lucas, Jr., and wife, of
Palmyra.Oivere guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilkin for a
(few days during the early portion cf
jlast week, they having lived neigh
bors to the Wilkins family before the
latter moved to Greenwood. Need
less to say, they all enjoyed the visit
i very much.
Little Hazel Skulling, the third
child of Mr. and Mrs. John Skulling,
is down with typhoid fever and is
very sick at their home in Green
wood. "Bud," the son. who was so
sick for a time, is now making very
satisfactory improvement. This fam
ily surely seems to be having their
share of this scourge.
!, Wm. Wilkin, living east of Green
' wood shelled and delivered corn to
the elevators in Greenwood on Tues
day and Wednesday of last week. Mr.
Wilkin will move from his farm some
(time this winter as the farm has been
Isold and will be occupied by Walter
, Lenhart, who now lives southeast of
Greenwood, but who has purchased
: the Wilkin place and will reside
there the coming year,
j W. E. Baldwin, living a few miles
! from Greenwood, was visiting in Iowa
for some time the previous week, re
turning last week, and had much to
say about conditions in Iowa, where
they do not have any bank guaran
tee laws, saying the conditions there
are very serious. He said, however,
that the quantity of corn is very
;good, although the quality is poor,
there being much soft corn and a
'good deal of it frost bitten, making it
i sell at a very low price.
Entertained for Christmas
I At the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Landon on Christmas there appear
ed to be some enjoyment, when the
j members of the family were there for
the dinner and sociability, which
were both there in full measure. The
turkey was browned to a turn and
with the appetites which all possess
ed, there was much eating as well as
conversation and "All went as merry
as a marriage bell," for sure they did
enjoy the occasion. There were pres- j
ent for the occasion, besides the host i
and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lan-;
don, V. P. Bailey and family, E. E. ;
Duck and family. Wayne Landon and
family, Aaron Wright and family,
Elmer Coleman and family, Miss
Catherine Coleman and Mrs. Ella
Marshall, of Ashland.
Two Mason
Brothers Face
Murder Trial
Men in Barber Shop Testify To
Seeing Gun Used in Slaying
One Man Saw Gun Fired.
Schuyler, Neb., Dec. 22. Ted and
Dufly Mason, brother gypsies, ac
cused of shooting to death Duffy's
19-year-old American wife ps she sat
in a barber's chair at Leigh getting
her hair shingled, were bound over
to the next term of district court on
separate charges oi first degree mur
der after a preliminary hearing here
today. Bond was denied.
As today's hearing started, each
spectator was carefully questioned
and some were searched for firearms
so as "to be sure no demonstration
would take place." the court explain
ed. The courtroom was crowded.
Both brothers refused to testify,
ar.d the court entered pelas of not
giulty for each. Each is charged with
first degree murder. In addition.
Duffy is charged with aiding and
abetting in murder.
The state charges and several wit
nesses testified today that Ted fired
the shot in the presence of Duffy.
Saw Sbct Fired.
Tedford Busse. barber in the
Thorpe shop, said ho saw a gun in
Ted's hands at the time of the shoot
ing, held about si:: inches from the
girl's head. After the shooting.
Bur..e raid. Ted left the shrn. gui
in hand, and fired onco into the air
while on the street.
Elmer Busso of Hazard. Neb., a
brother of Tedford. was visiting the
shop at the time and saw Ted. shoot
the girl, placing the gun near the
back of her head and firing, he testi
fied. He also said Duffy was in the
shop at the time and that he threw
his hat and coat on the floor say
ing: "My brother and I are not afraid.
We won't run."
Dr. Charle3 Eby of Leigh, who at
tended the girl, said the bullet enter
ed the base of the skull and lodged
in the forehead. She died ten minutes
after the shooting, he said.
Witness Says Confessed.
August Koppel of Leigh, who op
erates a pool and soft drink parlor,
testified that Ted came into the par
lor, brandished a revolver, and shout
ed: "I've just killed a woman."
He said Duffy entered and then
asked him to call the marshal, which
he refused to do.
Percy Fowler, village marshal at
Leigh, said he arrested Ted and Duf
fy, and that Ted said he had killed
Duffy's wife. Ted's revolver, with
two chambers empty, was turned over
to him by Ted, he said.
Frank Mason, C 0-year-old father of
the brothers, and C. L. Thorpe, who
was cutting the girl's hair at the
time of the shooting, testified this
morning, but neither could say who
fired the shot. The third witness was
Louis Shafer, father of the girl, who
told only of quarrrels between his
son-in-law and daughter.
The elder Mason told of going to
Omaha last Thursday with his daughter-in-law,
of returning to the gypsy
camp near Leigh, of the quarrel, and
of his gift to the girl of five dollars
"so she could buy what she wanted."
"After she had gone to town, I
feared she might have bought the
wrong thing at the Leigh drug store,
so I followed her," the father said.
He would not amplify this statement
any further, however.
Thorpe said he was cutting the
girl's hair when the door opened, and
Ted and Duffy entered. A minute
later, he said, he heard a shot and
the girl slumped in her chair, shot
through the head. He said he did
not know where the shot came from.
TEAPOT DOME OIL
CHARGES ARE UPHELD
Washington Dec. 23. The Teapot
Dome criminal Indictment, charging!
former Secretary of Interior Albert
B. Fall and Harry P. Sinclair, oil
magnate, with conspiracy to defraud;
the government, was upheld as valid'
by Justice Jennings Bailey here to-
day, when motions to quash were
overruled. j
Fall and ' Sinclair pleaded "not!
guilty" immediately. I
Justice Bailey set February 2 as'
the date for the trial to start.
The defendants sought to kill the
indictment by demurrer. They lost,!
and carried a special appeal to the'
circuit court of appeals. That court'
dismissed the appeal, under the
1926 Walsh law forbidding such ap-
peals In cases not yet tried. The
United States supreme court denied
them a review. Then the defense at
torneys filed motions to quash,
charging that congress has usurped
executive power by appointing special
counsel to prosecute.
W omen's Public
Duties Defined
by Legislator
Study of Ward Politics Is
TTrtrprl
w - o
In Order That the Home May
Be Safeguarded.
Chicago. "Women not only can master of the American chapter,
will elections but we can make them' The American chapter is the first
worth winning," said Mrs. Katherine to be created in more than a cen
H. .Goode in an address before mid- tury in any part of the world, and, in
winter graduates at the University keeping with ancient custom its mem
of Chicago. Mrs. Goode is serving her bership will be limited to about 25
second term in the Illinois legisla- persons.
ture. She spoke on "Woman's Stake
in Government." She added: np f
"Today a woman may, without be- I fV5C ft.fl Si OT1
woman's responsibilities wherever j
scattered energy on strategic points
in public office and with the same
expenditure of energy entertain rea
sonable hope of success.
"Tomorrow, may we predict, no
woman will be considered truly wo
manly who evades those responsibii
ities "or who makes no effort to help
raise a degraded political standard,
to a respectable and next to an hon
orable level. Tradition will not pre
sent formidable a front to a young
er generation.
without relf-consciousness. We have
' i tia no i rtr i n nv nivn uiifi I'M ii iinh
never reallv lispd it. We have studied
tho Constiution and can repeat the season's acreage. Farmers in approx
preamble. but unfortunately the Con-' lately 60 counties have formed or
stitution never mentions precinct or ganizations for the general reduction
war committeemen the source of of acreage while pledges of reduc
political power. What shall it profit, tion have been made from many
an American citizen if he can enum- planted in half a hundred additional
crate the. duties of a Roman consul counties.
but has not learned the A. B. C. of) An extensive movement for a cut
his own political language? I in cotton planting is being promoted
We hear it said of the young folks
today that they insist on facing the
facts. Such a generation has not
come a moment too soon. There are
plenty of important facts that need
facing. Let us hope that they will
be willing to face the lamentable fact
that 90 and 9 of our future citizens
have so long been allowed to leave the
grades of our public schools with no mum reduction in next seasons cot
slightest working knowledge of theirjton acreage of 20 per cent,
duties and powers as citizens. As a result of unusual circum-
"Of the younger citizens I may say stances during 1926. it is believed by
that it is their genius for co-opera-'officials of farmers organizations that
tion, for organization, which gives us'a change in Texas agriculture is be
most hope. It will be easy for them ing brought which marks a now era
to join with their neighbors for the' both as to production and market
common good, ing. Last year, despite the exhor-
"Let us not despair of the Ameri-, tation of their leaders, the farmers
can political system by what we see; planted a huge crop of cotton, many
about us. These results are in many 'of them at the expense of food and
rases not the .results of the working! feed crops. They are harvesting a
of the system but of the neglect of it.
Ibe machinery itself is simple it
has to be simpler than the rules of
bridge. If tho ballot is too long it
can be shortened. The beauty of the
American system-is that it contains
an amending clause."
Looking back to her grandmother's
day, "when there were no delicates
sens round the corner, no refrigerat
ing plants, no green, vegetable in the
winter market and no caterers to
come in," Mrs. Goode pictured the
changes that lave come into the
home-maker's life.
"Not only have processes gone
from the home," she said, "but the. 604,000 as compared with $490,766,
young people and the others whoo00 last year.
helped her form the processes must
now follow them into the factory.
It is true that it did take a stagger-
ing burden off mother's shoulders , ooo in 1925; wheat, 40.014,000
but it put one on her heart. For no ( bushels, as against 10.156,000. and
longer was she able to control the oats 29.259.000, compared with S.
quality of the food or regulate for : 45400.
her young people the hours and con- '
unions 01 laDor. iJut our sense or re
sponsibility for these matters so vital
to our families is as keen as ever."
Women must regulate them thru
taking active part in government
and to do so they must co-operate,
.Mrs. Goode insisted.
"Nothing but the 'pull all together
is likely to be registered,." she de
clared, pointing out that this method
is being rapidly learned by women
in thousands of clubs.
Unable to Locate
Scattered
Money
Confessed Texas Bank Robber Be
lieved to Be Hiding His Share
of the Loot.
Clarinda, la., Dec. 22. Altho led
by James Hairston, twenty-one-year-old
Texas youth, Clarinda authorities
failed today to locate the $2,000 of
the Odell, Tex., bank loot which
Hairston says he scattered along the
roadway near Nebraska City, Neb.,
while fleeing from arrest. As a sim
ilar esarch had failed to uncover the
money yesterday, police feel Hair
ston is hiding the money, or hiding
some facts of the robbery. Therefore,
he was brought back to jail here to
await arrival of the Odell sheriff
who is expected to arrive here late
tomorrow.
The other men named in Hair
ston's confession, as his mates in the
robbery of the Odell bank, are be
ing held on charges of suspicion at
Nebraska City until the Odell sheriff
arrives. They are Clyde Stratton and
Lyter Huffman The $3,600 In cur
rency found In their pockets, when
arrested is being held by police. In
formed that Hairston had confessed,
implicating them, Huffman replied:
"Is that so? That's nice. If he
sqawks, let him prove it."
Stratton's divorced wife, eighteen,
who is working in an Omaha fur
shop, said she didn't believe Stratton
had nerve enough to rob a bank.
FOR SALE
Rhode Island Red Cockrels.
birds, from $1.50 to $2.00 each.
Fine
J. II. Reinke,
South Bend, Neb.
Phone, Ashland, 1715. tfd
"
Legal blanks Of all kinds for sale
at the Journal Office.
KNIGHTS OF MALTA
New York, Dec. 22. The Soverign
Order of the KInghts of Malta, one
of the oldest and most important
Catholic orders, has former an Amer
ican chapter which plans to hold its
j first meeting shortly after the first of
I the year.
I The certificate of membership, is-
sued on authority or Pope fius XI, by
Prince Galeazzo von Thunund Hohen-
. ..... nncago me united states, as ar
stein, grand master of the order, has!t!nT1 oannnt ,ivo ttf ,' that he robbed women
been received by James J. Phelan, of
Boston, who has been designated
1 1 - . T T Til, , 1 C
Raisers Plan a
Smaller Crop !
State Growers Organize to Reduce
IZfvj Planting tav Twentv
Per Cent.
Dallas, Tex. Cotton farmers
U1
this state, credited with
raising a
" i
fiftn of the world's supply, are pre -
paring a severe reuueuuu in iicii
through a number of agencies, chief
among which are tr.e lexas bate
Farming association, the Texas Bank
ers association, the Farm Labor
Union and the recently organized
Farmers Marketing association of
America with headquarters as Dallas.
Estimates, based upon actual
pledges from farmers, indicate a mini-
huge crops of cotton and selling it
at a price which, because of the
size of the yield, is declared to be in
sufficient to allow them a fair returr
for their efforts.
Favorable cotton weather i3 not al
ways conductive to big yields in other
crops, but this year unprecedented
increases were shown in the 16 major
crops of the state.
Production increases in some cases
are as high as 250 per cent over last
year.
Government estimates of the 1926
crop values are $115,000,000 over
1925. The total for the year is $606,-
Among some of the more notable
gains are: Corn, 1926 crop. 100, 99S,
000 bushels, compared with 29,490,
More Americans
Killed by Autos
Than World War
Insurance Man Declares Deaths Will
Exceed by 75,000, Total of 1925
T. 3. Fatalities Decrease.
New York. Deaths In the United
States Drobablv wil exceed by 75.000!
tho tntal nninhor In 149; ITonrv S I
of the Equitable Life Insurance corn-
pany of Iowa, said in an address Fri
day before the convention of the
Association of Life Insurance Presi
dents. More Americans were killed by
automobiles during the last two years
, ,v , . . i auu Wiieu inline ineu iu iuii ana;
than in the world war he asserted I , d and fe whereupon Birch
estimating that the total number of,.. .7.., nn. . af. him .5th
death victims in automobile accidents-
would exceed 22 000 this year. Sul-j
cides increased 10 per cen during the.
year, wniled eaths by murder drop
ped 7 per cent, figures so far Indicate,
he s.iid.
1 i .. .1 1 v.
1111s jtai iiitifase in 1110 ueaiii
rate, Mr. Nolen pointed out, should
not be taken as indicating such a
trend for recent years as the mortal
ity rate during the period of the last
six years alone has decreased more
than 9 per cent.
Heart disease, responsible for the
deaths of more Americans than any
SVnon jLniLn
a, Ported- Deaths from,
n S IJ6'1, 3n? Sf mv '
oilier itauiufc, causes ot moriaiiiy .
" ' . "Ya "uT," ;ru ii" I"
year, he said, while deaths from tu
berculosis continued to decrease.
FOB SALE
Pure bred White Wyandott cock
erels. Martin strain. $2.00 each.
Phone 3923. Mrs. R. W. Wiles,
Plattsmouth. d23-4tw
BLACK WALNUTS FOB SALE
Black walnuts hulled and dried.
$1.50 per bushel. Marlon and Der-
wood Henry, 2 miles east of Mur
ray. W. G. Davis and wife left this
afternoon to spend Christmas with
Mrs. Davis' parents. Mr. and Mrs.
K. C. Bell, Kansas City .Kansas.
Duty to Future
Shown America1.
Tolerance, Poise, Humility to Aid
Progress, Says Canadian v
Rail Head.
. ' - ""'"
any more than can an individual
it was emphasized by Sir Henry W
Thornton, president of the Canadian
National Railways, in an address here
at the annual dinner of the Illinois
Manufacturers' association. He spoke
in familiar territory for he is a na
tive of Logansport, Ind., not far
from Chicago.
"Your greatest menace is your
wealth," Sir Henry told 1,000 middle
western manufacturers. "Only by
tolerance in your national and inter
national relations, only by that poise
which comes from education and a
knowledge of mankind, and only by
hat humility which finds its source
n wisdom, will you be faithful to
your responsibilities and restore the
maieii u. nviiuduun wu.r.i uut w fi)
lias been retarded by that greatest
of all disasters, the great war."
Sir Henry noted that there were
many sn-m iiiuusmai ami uaiih.ng
institutions in this country contri -
? I . .. . ... ...
I outing aminaanuy lowaru ine pro-
gross and upbuilding of the nation.
. Of the United States Steel corpora
tion. ne Bald
"Many were those who regarded
the financial structure of that or
ganization with suspicion, and few
were they that believed that its com
mon stock would occupy the position
of prominence in the financial mart
that it does today. But tolerance
and fair-mindedness to competitors,
just and fair dealing with all. to
gether with a fine technical admin-
lsiraiion. nave mane me nibiory u
j i it
mat corporation cue ui me pj i-ai j
achievements of modern industrial!
times. This was a splendid example
of the sagacity which acts as a de
terrent to over-reaching.
Concerning possibility of national -
izing rr-Hway systems of the United
States, Sir Henry said that the Cana
dian situation, with one major pri
vate line and the national system
furnishes no "compass to guide the
American people."
"It is for you to decide, from such
experience as you may have had and
such conditions as may confront you
in the future, whether or not you
wish to nationalize your railway
systems." he stated. "I have but this
to say, that if the earning power of
your railways, given an efficient and
honest administration, is so depleted
as to create Insolvency, public own
ership is inevitable and therein is
found a principal which should de
termine the policy of the public with
respect to both rates and wage3."
Omaha Officers
Lose in Appeal
High Court Sustains Damages Award
ed to Citizens Injured by
Policemen. '
Lincoln, Dec. 22. The citizens of
Omaha, who suffered injuries from
the unlawful acts of policemen, and
who were given judgment for $1,000
damages each by juries in1 Douglas
county against the officers and their
surety bondsmen, were held by the
supreme court commission tuesaay
to ntitlpd to the monev. and. in.Justmeat of intrastate commerce
addition, the defendants are ordered
in each instance to pay attorney fees
incurred by the plaintiffs in con
nection with the appeals.
One of the men who sued was
George F. Hancock. He claimed $1,
000 damages from Maurice E. An-
derson.
. .
a policeman, on account or
a shot
fired by Anderson which
wounded him in the shoulder. An
derson was shooting at another man,
Hiveley, who returned the fire, the
gun duel taking place on a busy
Hnwntnwli
street. One of the offi-
. v,n
In the other case Patrolman Wil
liam E. Birch was sued by R. T.
Richie for injuries inflicted in an al
leged brutal assault by the officer.
It was charged that Birch struck
Richie when the latter protested
against being placed under arrest
and when Richie tried to run away
fa Richie again essayed to
officerg w bei
P knocked down and 6hot ln the
leg, the bullet breaking the bone
own tho knPP The Southern Suretv!the hearings held at Lincoln on June
1 comnany was
made a joint defend- j-4" ana iszb, anno that proceed
jury found for Richio j ,nff was more In the nature of a con-
- .
ant and the
against both.
MENTION OF "SMITH" CAUSES
EXCITEMENT LN SENATE
Washington, Dec. 22. The name,
.Srnith ." softly spoken in the senate
almost CauSed a i
Several eenators heard the presen-i
tation of the electlon certificate of
onnntnr Smith" and nnnarentlv
.thougnt it was mai oi ranK .
Smith (III.), whom they want to oust far as is practicable, a common re
because of his campaign expenditures, cord will be made. This is to give
Several Jumped to their feet simul- notice therefore, that resolution No.
taneously, and Senator Pittman 81 is set for hearing at the Athletic
(Nev.), obtained recognition. club, Omaha, Nebraska, January 25,
"Whose certificate is this?" he de- 1927, and such testimony as is rc-ma.ned-
1W , t , . evlant and material to Nebraska in
Simth, that is. Senator Smith, ot trastate rate3 submitted at that hear
South Carolina," said Vice President ing will be adopted by the Nebraska
Dawes amid laughter. commission.
" i "At an appropriate time, probably
CHICKENS FOR SALE immediately following conclusion of
the final hearings by the interstate
A few excellent Barred Plymouth
Rock Cockrels for sale. Otto Schaf-
fer, Nehawka, P. O. jCeive evidence as to intrastate class
. rates only. Announcement as to such
Miss Violet Grassman departed , hearlngs w1U be made later."
this afternoon for Louisville where1 ...
she will . spend Christmas with the ' AH the home news delivered to
relatives and friends.
CAT BANDIT IS ARRESTED
Chicago, Dec. 22. The "cat ban-
who has terrorized the north side
ith attacks upon and robbery of
more than fifty women in the last few
months was believed to be under ar
rest today in the person of Gordon
A. Parkinson, twenty-two.
"We are positive we have the 'cat
this time," said Thomas Alcock, lieu
tenant of detectives. Parkinson denied
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1 JUSl noia up laxicaus, lie sain,
and within a few minutes after his
arrest five chauffeurs identified him
as the man who robbed them. Park-
inson carried a toy pistol closely re-
sembling an automatic.
Will Save Early
German Records
State Ristorical Society to Be Reposi
tory for Material About Pio
neers of Teutonic Origin.
Initial sttnu tna-nrrl nresprvin? (he
; history of the German people in Ne-
braska and their contributions to the
development of the state were taken
Wednesday noon at a luncheon called
at the Unjversity club by
.si
the state
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Those in attendance were: Val J.
Peter, publisher of the Omaha Daily
Tribune; John Mattes. Nebraska
City: Prof. Laurence Fossler, Uni
versity of Nebraska; C. A. Sommer,
state auditor's office; C. R. Oyler, edi
tor cf Welt-Post, Lincoln; A. E. Shel
don and Bertrand V. Tibbels, state
historical society.
During the discussion of a history
of the German people in Nebraska,
reference was made to the recently
completed history of the Bohemian
people in Nebraska by Rose Rosicky
of Qmaha. and projects for histories
of the Swedish and Danish people of
the state.
A resolution was adopted provid
ing for an organization in the state
! for the nurnnsp of KPftirinfi' nil toj-
'iblo historical material relating: to
the first German settlers in Nebraska,
G-erman colonies, and the contribu
tions of the German people in gen-
eral toward the development of the
state, all of such material to form
aprt of a general history which will
preserve all phases of Nebraska life
and assemble material for use of fu
ture historians, genealogists anc' lit
erary writers.
The matter will be presented to
the United German clubs of Omaha
at a meeting to be held the coming
week. An organization will be made
for the purpose of gathering all this
material for preservation in the state
historical society archives.
A. E. Sheldon, who presided at the
meeting, gave figures from the Unit
ed States census showing that peo
ple born in Germany or of German
blood compose one-fifth ofth people
of Nebraska today".
Sets a Date for
Class Rate Case
State Railway Commission to Take Up
Matter at Omaha Late in Janu
. ary With Federal Body.
The state railway commission
adopted a resolution Wednesday that
sets down for hearing at Omaha on
January 27 the matter of the read-
commission's inquiry Into western
trunK line territory rates, which in
cludes shipments into and out of Ne
braska. The Nebraska commission
will sit with It in the hearing insofar
as Nebraska is affected, and a joint
hearing will be held when the Ne-
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mere win oe no connici or aiscrim-
lnation as
neiween snipmenis tnar
are within the state and those that
are interstate in character. Nebras
ka, shippers are not expected to be
heard, says Expert U. G. Powell, un
til later on, but all of the testi
mony taken will be considered in its
relation to the Nebraska situation.
In the resolution adopted, the
state commission say s that "now
that the interstate commerce com
mission has definitely assigned for
hearing at Omaha on January 5.
the related cases in the class rate
investigation including docket No.
1465, class rates to and from Ne
braska stations, it is considered ad
visable to outline the procedure with
reference to resolution No. 81, and
to give notice to future hearings.
Certain testimony was received in
ference to consider the best methods
cf making an investigation as to In-
ti-oaton - ...
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withhold further hearings In the ln-
tfastate Investigation until after the
interstate commerce commission had
more definitely determined upon the
extent ot Its class rate investigation.
So far as Nebraska rates are con
cerned. both state and interstate, the
iy and so far as is jointly and bo
commerce commission at Omaha, the
Nebraska commission will sit to re
your door for 15o a week.
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