Splat t nth l Page One Section Two VOL. NO. XUV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1928. NO. 18 am 1 r Many Autos are Frisked and One Stolen Postmaster J. W. Holmes Walking Today as Car Taken Early This Morning. From Monday's Ta!ly At a very parly hour this morn ins the police wtTf kept very busy in trying to round up the party or par ties that ver nulling off a number, of petty theft and which culminated in the stealing of th' Ford coupe of Postmaster .F. W. Ilolm from near the Herold apartments, where he re-ridt-s. The parties were ope rating in sev eral parts of the city, as fhey stole a frrip from thp car of Dr. Ji. 1. Vetuver. which had been left park ed nar his residence on High school hill and the grip was found later in! the car of George F. Dovey near the lei old apartments. The e ar of Charles Hula, which was also left parked n. ar his home on High school nut, nan trie battery removed and the cells drained ami rendered useless. The chief basis of the activities of the mischief makers appeared to be in the vicinity of the Herold apart ments, where they took the car of H. H. Ilov.iiur from his home iuxt north of the apartment house and rolled it down to the apartments on ".th street and left it in place of the car of Mr. Holmes which they took and apparently made their getaway. An attempt was also made to get away with the car of Waldemar S nnk hsen about 5 o'clock this morning, but the parties were .seen by members of the family and the police called. In the meantime they were able to make their getaway be fore being apprehended. The work seems to have been that of some mischief maker or someone v ho was unbalanced, judging from the nature of the stunts that they pulled off and it is thought that the car of Mr. Holmes will probably be found later, abandoned, as was the case of the tar of Mr. Howeiter. the persons taking the car seemingly not caring to make a getaway with the property. BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS From Monday's Daily- Landscaping of the grounds in front of the Legion 'community build ing is in the hands of Henry Jasper, the enterprising Plattsmouth florist and landscape gardener, who volun teered his services in this line and lias already transformed the appear ance by setting out considerable shrubbery. His plans called for a couple of window boxes and no soon er bad the call pone forth than A. F. Stnrmy of Nehawka. donated a pair of the concrete boxes manufactured in that enterprising- town, and which were brought up yesterday by John Wiimierlich. The continued interest of the public in the building project is highly appreciated by the members of . the Legion w ho are striving by ; chief of Police A. R. Jobnsan, charg sheer hard work put forth on their ; e(i with having disturbed the peace dance promotion enterprise to not ; anj also for being in the state of only pay off present indebtedness but , intoxication. The young men were to lay up a fund for completion of able to arrange bond for their ap the structure within the next few j pearanee Tuesday before Judge Wil years. iliam Weber to answer to the charges Messrs. Jasper. Sturm and Wunder- preferred against them by City At lich have all won a vote of thanks torney J. A. Capwell. The two men for their fine work. j it is alleged created a gTeat deal of VISITS AUXILIARY UNITS Saturday Mrs. C. A. Rosencrans first district committeewoman of the . American Legion Auxiliary and Mrs.; V. R. Gohelman, state press repres- j entatlve of the Auxiliary, motored j to the southeastern part of the state From Monday's Dally where they visited with the units of i Yesterday the observance of Palm the Auxiliary at Peru and Nebraska Sunday in the Roman Catholic and City and as well motored to Auburn ! Episcopal churches was featured by to look over the situation there, special services at the morning wor where there is no unit of the Aux-jship hours and with the distribution iliary as vet. At Peru the unit there of the palms to the members of the gave a "luncheon at the Baptist congregations of the churches, church in honor of the visiting ladies The day was featured by special :.nd which was a verv delightiul services aiso at the St. Paul's Evan event and presided ove by Mrs. Dal-: gelieal, Methodist and Presbyterian lum. the unit president. While at Auburn the Plattsmouth ladies were guests of Mrs. Flan, wife of the com mander of the Legion post at that place. ENJOY HIKING PARTY From Monday's Dally Yesterday a group of the young i ladies of the city enjoyed a very de-j lightful hike out over the hills in the ! v icinity of this city and in the pleas-' antness of the springday found a1 great deal of pleasure. The party was composed of Helen Smetana. Viola Meisinger, Elizabeth and Marie Nolt - Ing. Eleanor McCarthy and Lucille and Marie Ilom JUDGE DUXBURY ILL From Monday's Dally County Judge A. H. Duxbury was confined to his home today as the , result o.f a very severe attack of the I flu that .has proven very annoying and kept the Judge from his usual duties at the court house. The many friends of the genial Judge are trusting that he "may soon be able to recover from the attack and be aide to resume his usual activities. STATE PRESIDENT HERE 1 From Monday's Daily- Mrs. J. G. Ackerman of Aains .worth, president of the Nebraska Federation of Women's clubs is in the city to spend the day, visiting: as the guest of Mrs. E. I!, Wescott and ar- ranging with Mrs. Wescott, who is t i charge of the program for the state convention of the federation, the details of the program for the state wide gathering which is to be held in Omaha this year. Mrs. Ack erman will also meet with the Platts mouth Woman's club this evening at their meeting at the home of Mrs. W. L. Heinrich and will ad dress the ladies at that time. From i. ' m.. a . ,. to attend the first district conven- tion. Pioneer Bridge is Closed and Will be Wrecked J Plattsmonth Auto and Wagon Bridge Which Was Erected in 1911 to Be Dismantled. From Monday's Dally Yesterday the bridge over the Platte river which has been operated by the Plattsmouth Auto and Wagon Bridge Co., was closed to travel and the structure that has 6erved as a meai of crossing of the river since 1911 will soon be a mere memory. This bridge was one of the first structures of its kind in the state and was erected when the travel over the highways wa3 not as heavy as today and at the time that T. H. Pollock of this city, with Ralph Duff of Nebraska City and others, erected the bridge, its success as a paying investement was a matter of doubt but it was built to give the residents of the southeastern section of the state a means of travel over the river and to Omaha and points north and at the time of its erection was a very advanced step forward. The first year of the bridge were lean for the owners of the structure but with the vast development of the auto industry and the thousands of cars .and trucks coming into ser vice, the bridge became a great suc cess and in the past ten years has been a source of a fine return to the owners for their foreslghtedness in placing the bridge in service. Since the erection of the tew steel and concrete bridge that Is operated by Cass and Sarpy counties has been in service the older bridge has fal len off in its patronage as the state aid bridge will soon be a free struc ture led to the decision of the company owning the older bridge to sell the structure and have it dis mantled. YOUN MEN IN TROUBLE From Monday's Datly , Yesterday morning Lee Schulter of Louisville and Edward Jenkins of ,runbar. were taken into custody by disturbance in the residence section of the city that resulted in the offi cers of the law being called to the scene and placing the two men un der arrest. PALM SUNDAY SERVICES churches with programs and special musical selections in keeping with the day. Very large congregations were present at each of the services at the churches and record breaking attend ance was noted at all of the churches. SUFFERS INJURED BACK From Monday's Dally Joe Kanka, one of the employes of the Burlington at the local shops, js taking an enforced layoff due to a tall that he sustained a few days ago l when he fell into a pit while at his 'work. The. fall has caused an injury -to his back and several of the ribs iul air. iuura uuu ua urcu tcij puiu ful and sever and preventing carrying on his usual work. his SECURES MARRIAGE LICENSE From Monday's Dally Saturday afternoon County Judge A. H. Duxbury issued a marriage -license to Marie E. Harland and Miss Pauline Davis Greeley of Gravity, Iowa. The young people motored to this city and secured the necessary permission that will entitle them to. for the merchant who adTertises hif become man and wife. (goods the year VnTiTvj. J Ownership of Land on River Front on Trial Dispute Over the Right of Home stead Rights Claimed by Some of the Residents. From Tuesday's Daily The district court has spent two day in the trial of a case that in volves the title to certain land on the river bottoms just east of the Burlington station, which has been in more or less litigation for the past twelve years. The action is one in which Wil liam Hartwick and August Bach are the plaintiffs against William Fergu son and Jean Mason and which in volves the often disputed question of the right of ownership of the land formed by the accretion of the Mis souri river. Mr. Mason had settled on a tract of the land that was formed b3' accretion and adjoining the land that was owned by the plain tiffs in the case. Later Br. Mason sold the land to Mr. Ferguson and when he attempted to gain poses sion of the land his title was dis puted by the plaintiffs, who claim the land because of the fact that it was formed by the river and joining their property. This land was long disputed by the city of Plattsmouth and a group of parties that had settled and erect ed residences on the land and in the trial of the case in the courts the homstead rights of the residents was confirmed with the exception of the baseball park which had been fenced and cared for by the baseball asso ciation and title to which was vested in the city. At the time of the trial of the previous cases, the denial ot the right of the city or the Burling ton to the land, formed by accretion by reason of they having title to the land adjoining, was denied. The case has attracted much at tion and a large number of inter ested spectators have been present in court to hear the trial of the case. BURNING GRASS CAUSES TROUBLE LAST EVENING Fronx,TuedaT's Da.il ' - Last evening the fire alarm was turned in from the south part of the city, where burning grass was threatening the destruction of the lodge of B. A. Rosencrans, located near the former T. E. Parmele resi dence and the blaze for a time seem ed destined to sweep over the entire two blocks. With the assistance of the volunteer help that arrived, the fire was checked and while it burned over a considerable area there was no serious damage done. The fire was started when Mr. Rosencrans was burning off a small track of grass near, his lodge, the wind suddenly springing up from the north, giving the fire a great start and which caused it to sweep on up the hill to the south and in the di rection of the Parmele residence. The use of wet sacks and other fire fight ing implements soon had the fire under control and Mr. Rosencrans, with a number of assistants remain ed at the scene of the fire until all danger of further spread of the fire was over. The lodge of Mr. Rosencrans has one of the largest and most attractive fireplaces in the city and had the fire gained a little more headway it would surely have swept the building and destroyed this fine piece of work, the fireplace representing a number of year's effort on the part of Mr. Rosen crans and which has stones from all parts of the globe that have been sent here by friends to be placed in the fireplace. CARS HAVE SMASHUP From Tuesday's Daily Last evening an auto accident oc curred at Main and Eleventh street when the Ford truck of Jess Warga and. the sedan driven by Alex Schliscke crashed at the intersection of the two streets. Mr. Warga was driving south on Eleventh street on his way to the fire in the south part of the city while Mr. Schliscke was driving west on Main street at the time and the two cars came head on at the crossing. The sedan of Mr. Schliscke was quite badly damaged in the impact while the truck of Mr. Warga was not damaged to any ex tent. ERMAN GALLOWAY IMPROVING From Monday's Daily The reports from the Wise Memor ial hospital at Omaha 6tate that Erman Galloway of Louisville, who is there suffering from the effects of a fracture of the skull, is showing some slight improvement. Mr. Gallo way is still in very critical condition and his recovery is still a matter of great doubt but it is hoped that with his strong constitution he may be able to pass through the crisis suc cessfully. He has continued in a state of coma for the greater part of the time and yesterday was the first day that he seemed to show any signs ""Tm ' I , ' Tnere is HO SlacK Dustaess period ATTEND DISTRICT MEETING From Tuesday's Dally This morning a group of the mem- , hers of th) Plattsmouth Woman's 'club departed from tins city for An burn where they are to attend the first district convention of the Ne braska federation. Mis. J. G. Acker man of Ainsworth. who was here to meet with the loctil ciub accompan ied the Plattsmouth delegation to the Auburn meeting, where she is to be one of the chief speakers. The Plattsmouth delegation included Mr?. J. E. Wiles, chainrwni of the- district Better Horms comifii I tee, Mrs. E. H. Wescott, state chairman of the music department and Mrs. L. L. Turpin. president of the Plattsmouth club. The convention at Anhurn will be in session today. Wt4!n-day nnd ad journ on Thursday morning. It is expected that a ry large number will make the trip to Auburn by auto and attend the three day session of the convention. Death of Kenry G. Hoffart, at Plainview, Neb. Former Resident of Cass County and Brother of Mrs. William Rum mel of This City. From Tuesday's Dally The death of Henry G. Hoffart prominent resident of the northern part of the state and brother of Mrs. William Ruiumel of this city, occur red yesterday afternoon at his home in Plainview, Nebraska, following an illness of some duration. Mr. Hoffart has been suffering from creeping paralysis for some years and in the lai-t lew months his condition has been growing more serious until death came to his re lief. The deceased gentleman was sixty four years of age and was for a great many years a resident of Cass county, where he was engaged in farming and was one of the well known and highly esteemed residents of this county. He was married here to Miss Barbara .Horn and in .1892 the family HKve4 4' Pierce-county, where they have since resided. Mr. Hoffart has been very prominent in the affairs of Pierce county and for the past twelve years has served as a member of the board of county commissioners of Pierce county and which office he. held at the time of his death. Mrs. Hoffart and six children survive the passing of this good man. The funeral services will be held on Thursday at Plainview and a number of the relatives and o d time friends from thi3 locality will attend the services. ENTERTAIN IOWA FRIENDS From Tuesday's Daily One of the best dances of the sea son was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Shipley in honor of a few Iowa folks. The music was furnished bv Harrv Rainev. Jarvis Lancaster and Mr. and Mrs. Will Shipley. A dandv luncheon was served at twelve and everyone enjoyed them selves. Those present were: Misses Cecile and Irene Gore, Cecile and Doris Kimmer, Iva Yager. Laurance Perry, Georsre Davis. Ross Thompson. 01 Missouri Valley, Iowa; Messrs. and Mesdames Harold Hull. John Hen dricks, Jarvis Lancaster, Andy Camp bell. Oscar Campbell, Fred Beil. Jim Fitch. Joe CaniDbell. Ed Renard. Bob Shipley, Will - Shipley, Walter Fir- lontr. Harrv Rainey. and Mrs. Arm strong. Misses Mabel Furlong, Ruthie Beil Ruth and Chariot Smith. Emma and Geneva McNatt, Ada Campbell, Rene Deles Dernier, Jeanette Stone, Fern Armstrong. Mr. Bill and Jess Baker, Hershel Furlong. Merele Mc Cormick. Arthur Kuhns. Bill Arm strong Pete Campbell. Jud McNatt, Elmer Fitchhorn. Sid Smith, Ray Shipley, Carl Kent. Fred Hull. Ernest Shipley, Mr. and Mrs. John Shipley. FRED SMITH SERIOUSLY ILL From Tuesday's Daily Last evening Fred Smith of the Smith-Berger Chevrolet Co.. of this city, was hurried to the Methodist hospital at Omaha where he will re main for treatment, as his condition is very serious and it was found nec essary to have him taken to the hos pital at once in order to try and se cure some rdlief for the patient. Mr. Smith was in very serious condi tion all day yesterday and by night his condition had become such that it was decided to have him hurried to the hospital. RECEIVES GOOD NEWS From Tuesday's Dally W. R. Holly of this city has re ceived the announcement of the fact that he is again a proud and happy uncle, a fine nine pound son having arrived Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Logsdon at Omaha. Mrs. Logsdon was formerly Miss Alma Holly of this city and the many , irienas nece will oe aeiignted to learn of the good fortune that has come to the family in the advent of the fine little lad. Track Sports Featured by the High School Number of Interesting' Events Are Being Ststd by Coach Rothert and School Pupils. From Tuesday's laily Track bus been adopted in the Plattsmouth high school for spring athletics. A large number of foot ball and basketball men will grad uate and not be available for next year. Coach Rothert has adopted the plan of track for developing the ma terial for ii xt year. About thirty men have reported and a larger number is expected as soon as the weather becomes better lor outside work. Robert Wurl, Hamilton M-i.singer, Edward Patterson. Edgar Wescott, Roy Turner. Don Pitman, J. Gallo way and Chester Wiles look very promising for the dashes especially t!ie one hundred yard dash and hur dles. several of those mention above in cluding George Thacker, Robert Fitch and Robert, Hadraba are work ing on the 220 yard dash. Thacker, Perry, Galloway, Hutton, are out for the 4 40. Perry. Pitman, Oliver Schneider. Caldwell, Bob and Joe Hartford. Lau ton, and Farmer, all look good on the half mile. The Hartford brothers, Gorder, Trively. and Yelick are working on the mile. They look very promising in several events. Hatt, Wurl. Meisinger, Patterson, and Hadraba look good in the high and broad jumps. Hatt, Perry and Turner are work ing on the vault. Hatt is doing bet ter than ten foot. Perry, Farmer, Teepell, Hadraba, Galloway. Fitch and Spangler fur nish most of the material for the weight. There are a fine group of Fresh men out. Chester Wiles, Robert Hartford. Merle McClery. and Gar land McCrary are giving several Sen iors fine competition. There are many other men working hard who may make their letters. The park., board has granted. the use of the tourist park for track use. A small circular track has been built which serves very well for training purposes. SCHEDULE April 6 Inter class meet. April 13 Dual meet with Ashland at Plattsmouth. April 20 Plattsmouth at Sidney. May 2 A triangular meet at Tech nical high with Tech, Plattsmouth and Thomas Jefferson. Arrangements are being consider ed for a quadangular meet at Peru or Auburn between Nebraska City, Plattsmouth, Peru Prep and Auburn. Probably Tecumseh will enter. The remainder of the schedule will be taken by the MINK meet at Peru and the state meet. OPENS NEW MISSION From Tuesday's Daily The Samaritian army has opened a headquarters in this city with Staff) Captain George W. Grissom in charge! and who will operate the mission that has been opened in the Book meyer building Just west of the Clark barber shop. The army will have ser vies each evening at the mission and the public is invited to attend these services and take part. An organ has been donated to the mission by A. S. Ghrist and which will be used in the church services each evening. Cap tain Grissom is also very anxious to receive any clothing that is in condi tion for wearing and that can be used for distribution among the poor in the towns where the army is oper ating. This organization has done a great deal of good over the country and the opportunity to aid them will be of the greatest aid to the poor and needy as well as those whom they reach with their gospel mes sages. SEEK SUGAR CANE PLANT Washington, April 1. In an ef fort to find a sugar cane plant able to withstand diseases which have ravaged present domestic types, three internationally known experts in pugar cane breeding will shortly set out on airplane expedition to New Guinea under the auspices of the department of agriculture. The menSre Dr. E. W. Brandes, senior pathologist of the office of sugar plants in the department; Dr. Jacob Jeswiet, professor at the University of Wageningen, Holland, and direc tor of that country's sugar experi ment station at Java, and C. E. Pem berton, Hawaiian entomologist. Dr. Jeswiet will arrive in New York tomorrow from Holland and ia expected to go to San Francisco by train. Dr. Brandes and Richard Peck, pilot, will fly to the west coast, where the plane, a Fairchild cabin type, will be shipped to Sydneyi Australia. The men will leave San , Francisco by steamer, April 12 to be joined by Pemberton in Honolulu. The study will take from six to eight months. j All kinds of business stationery ; tinted at the Journal office. i CALLED ON SAD MISSION From Tuesday's Dally Last evening Mrs. A. B. Taylor de parted for Dunston, Oklahoma, where she was called by the very serious ill ness of her son, William Taylor, who has been in poor health for some time and whose recovery is not expected by the attending physicians. Mrs. Taylor was at Dunston last winter and returned to look after her home here only to receive the message yes terday of the serious condition of the son. Mrs. Cora Murray of Omaha, a niece, came down from her home yesterday to accompany Mrs. Taylor on the long trip to Oklahoma, as Mrs. Taylor is well advanced In years and desired the companionship of Mrs. Murray on the trip. Mrs. Martha Murray Called to Last Reward AGed Lady Dies at the Home of Her Daughter, Mrs. Bert Reed Here Sunday. From Tuesday's Dariy This morning at 9:15 Mrs. Martha Murray, mother of Mrs. Bert Reed, died at the family home in this city after an illness of several weeks and at the ripe old age of eighty-three years. Mrs. Murray was Injured last fall in an auto accident near Elmwood, and her health has been failing since that time and for the past eight weeks she has been bedfast the great er part of the time and her advanced years and weakness caused the hopes of her recovery to be very slight. In the long weeks she has borne her suffering with patience and hb her life faded away she has had the tender ministrations of her loved ones to cheer her as she drew near the end of life's Journey. Mrs. Murray has been a resident of Cass county for many years and her husband, the late Samuel Mur ray, was an old time resident of the vicinity of Weeping Water and Elm wood, and where the family made their home for a great many years. In the late years Mrs. Murray nan resided with hef daughter, Mrs.' Reed, and when Mr. Reed was elect ed sheriff of Cass county Mrs. Murray moved to this city with the family and has since made her home iu this city with the family. During her residence here Mrs. Murray has made many warm friends who learn with the deepest sorrow of her passing. The old friends over the county will learn with regret of her death and extend to the bereaved family their deepest sympathy. Mrs. Murray is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bert Reed of this city and Mrs. Albert Walz of Fort Morgan, Colorado. MONDAY EVENING SERMON From Tuesday's Duty The Monday evening sermon in the series of services being held in the Methodist church was on "Living W'ithout God." Rev. Sortor took as his text the eighth verse of the fourteenth chapter of the epistle to the Romans stating that: "Whether we live, we live unto the Lord, and whether we die, we die unto the Lord." There are many people in the world who profess no need of God or His church. They are willing to concede the apparent reality of God, but they are never gripped by the absolute inescapable presence of God. No man lives without the blessing of God. It is just as im possible as living in the United States or any other country and not being subject to the laws and bene fits of that country. The highest type of American citizenship can only be enjoyed when those subject to its power have likewise caught the idealism and spirit of American government. Just as an escaped con vict from Joliet penitentiary over fourteen years ago was apprehended in Kansas City because he betrayed innocently a fact of acquaintance ship with Billy Sunday as an orphan in an orphanage in Iowa so we are apprehended by our own stubborn ness. There is something within man which demands an open citizenship with God to be perfectly satisfied. This convict confessed the first peace of mind in the whole fourteen years, so man never has real peace of mind without an acknowledged citizenship in God's kingdom. God is the only Inescapable reality in this world which satisfies the soul of man. HITCH IN FLIGHT PLANS Dpblin, April 2. The German plane Bremen made a trial flight at Baldonnel airdrome this afternoon with Col. James Fitzmaurice, head of the Irish Free State air force, as assistant pilot. While Colonel Fitz maurice and the Baldonnell author ities deny that he will replace Arthur Spindler as co-pilot with Capt Her mann Koehl on the Bremen's trans Atlantic flight, the nature of today's trial, coupled with the departure of Spindler from Dublin, strengthened the belief that there has been a hich in he plana of Baron Von Huene feld, sponsor of he project. The ex pedition continues to await favorable weather. Mynard Com munity Club Has a Fine Time Large Number Are Present to Take Part in the Interesting Pro gram Arranged. The Mynard Community club held another of their splendid meetings, on Saturday night, and the building ! was filled to overflowing with tbe club members and their farnili-. to gether with representatives of the various clubs over the county and many visitors from the nearby towns. At the opening of the meeting there was the usual singing of th club songs by the audience and which was lead by Mrs. Sherman W. Cole, wfth Mrs. C. C. Barnard at the piano. Of the various committee re ports Mrs. Grover Ruffner stated that the Merry Workers' club of Eight Mile Grove, have paid for two chairs for the Community building, and that the Mynard Ladies' Aid so ciety have planned to beautify the grounds surrounding the church, by planting bulbs and plants. It was also voted to serve refresh ments at every third meeting of the club. After a brief intermission at the close of the business portion of the evening. Mr. W. F. Nolte .president, proceeded with the evealng's enter tainment with the following pro gram: Reading A Disturbance in Church Mrs. Mike Kaffenberger. Piano solos Mildred Murray. Debate Resolved, Dat it Ain't No Crime for a Nigger to steal chickens. Affirmative, S. W. Cole. Royal Smith. Negative, Reuel Sack. C. C. Barnard. President, Fred Drucker, Judges. Mrs. Otto Hike, Mr. Hild, Mr. Everett Spangler. Two-part Bongs Gypsy Ming. Sum mer Winds. Blow; Quiet Hour. By Goldenrod Study club chorus. Reading Negro dialect, Mrs. L, R. Snipes. Address A new method of Seed Corn Germination. byH. Howard Big gar,, poet and farm editor ot the Omaha Journal-Stockman. . Th evening's entertainment, was brought to a close by club yells giv en by the young folks, as follows: Yokka hoola, hlcka doola, yokka hoola hay." Let's yell for MYNARD, Hip, hip horray." "Sklnney ma rink Skinny ma ree Who loves COMMUNITY? We we we" Sandwiches and coffee were served by the ladies of tbe Community club, and the Aid society had a delicious assortment of homemade candies that sold readily. MICHIGAN PRIMARY TAME Detroit, April 2. Herbert Hoov er, republican, and Governor Smith of New York, democrat, were given endorsement as presidential nominees by Michigan voters In a preferential primary today. Unofficial reports In dicated that the total vote for presi dential preference was one of the lightest in the history of the state. Neither candidate was opposed on hi party ticket. It was estimated that fewer than one-tenth of Detroit's 463,91 registered voters went to the polls. While only the name of Smith and Hoover ffppeared on the ballots. voters took advantage of their priv ilege to scratch these entires and substitute names of other prtf erred candidates. The name of Senator Walsh of Montana appeared frequent ly on the democratic ballots. DANCERS COME LONG WAYS From Monday's Dally The dance t-rowd at the Legion's old time dance Saturday night con tained the usual number of strang ers, some coming from- a frreat dis tance. Among them was a party from Hamburg, Iowa and several from the vicinity of Dunbar. Schrelner'a or chestra more than pleased the danc ers, having with them an additional musician, who doubled on the saxaphone in the modern dame. This orchestra has been pleasing the crowd so well that it haa been hook ed for several straight weeks. PET HOUSE CAT IS LIFE SAVER Sioux City. Ia., March 31. A house cat Friday saved the lives of three members of the Anthony Phillips family here, after Phillips had succumbed to gaa fumes in the basement of the house. t Tbe cat, sensing danger in the fumes, pounced about on Mrs. .Phillips bed until the woman was awakened. Mrs. Phillips felt 111 from the fumes and called to her 12-year-old daughter to get her a drink. When the child left the room she noticed tbe fumei and warned her mother. A third child wa lapsing into unconsciousness when rescued. I I The Journal appreciate you ia- terest in phoning u the ne ws. CaO I No. 6 anj tuat.