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VOL. NO. XLTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1929.
SECTION TWO
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Code Fight
in Assembly
is Held Up
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Governors Appointments Of becre-
taries Passed on to Commit-
tee; Clash Certain.
Lincoln, Jan. S. The expected
fight over Governor Weaver's con-
solidation of the welfare and labor
departments did not materialize when
the two houses of the legislature met
in joint session this afternoon. The
confirmation of the governor's ap-
poiutments of code secretaries was
deferred into the hands of a commit-
tee which will make its report at an-
other joint session later in the week.
The objection to Governor Weav-
er s appointments was voiceu oy sen-
ator J. C. McGowan of Norfolk, who
is opposed to placing the welfare
and labor departments under one
head. lie feels that the labor depart
ment, which administers the work
men's compensation law, should not
have the divided attention of one
man.
Scott Approved.
By placing the matter in the hands
of a committee to investigate the
qualifications of the code secretaries.
merelv a routine matter, the joint
session gave Senator McGowan an
opportunity to take up the consoli
dation with the governor personally.
The senate approved the appoint
ment of Harry Scott as state tax com
missioner. House rolls 1 and 2, pro
viding for salaries and expenses of
the session, were passed by that body.
The contest over the seat of Senator
A. J. "Welch of Milford was referred
to the committee on elections and
privileges. Charles Meacham, repub
lican, who lost the election by three
votes, is the contestant.
Radio Stays Out,
An effort to reconsider the motion
made vesterdav excluding radio
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broadcasting equipment from the
house chamber was defeated by a vote
of CO to 33. The equipment was in
stalled by KFAB of Lincoln.
The election of Andy J. Welch, Jator A . B . Wood of Gering was elect
democratic senator from the Eight- ed to tne executive board to take
eenth district, was contested by the piaPe Gf will Owen Jones who
Charles Meacham of Crete, republi- j die(i (iurjnp: the past year. W. E.
can candidate at the November elec- Hardv of Lincoln was re-elected. The
tion. Welch was declared elected other three members. N. C. Abbott of
by the canvassing board with a ma-' Nebraska Citv. E. P. Wilson of Chad-
jority of three votes.
The sealed depositions of county
officers of Saline and Seward coun
ties and election officials were plac
ed in the hands of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Williams, along with the no-
tice .of contest These ' "f P8" I
ed to the senate and referred to the
committee on elections and privil
eges. Omaha Bee-News.
RE-APPOINTED DEPUTIES
With the re-adjustment of the of- !
fices at the court house and the new
and re-elected county officials taking
their seats there has been in the mat
ter of appointing the deputies and
clerks in the various offices and the
public is pleased that there is no
change in the efficient force that has , fact that more room is the imme
been maintained. diate need of the society. Its
County Judge A. H. Duxbury has rr;iIT,Ded headauarters in the base-
announced the re-appointment of ment of the university library build
Miss Lillian White as the deputy in ins nave long l)een inadequate and ,
the judces ornce ana wnicn mii e
very pleasing to the patrons of the
office, as Miss White has had a long
iharity with the ofiice has made her
mr.t vainnh p in thp position. Mis3
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White served for a number of years
under former Judge Allen J. Beesson
and through the first term of Judge
Duxbury and her continuance in the
office will be very pleasing to the
patrons.
In the office of the district clerk
it has been necessary for the clerk to
file a new bond to cover the addition
al two years of the term and also to
make the appointment of a deputy
and in this position Clarence E.
Ledgeway has been re-named by Mrs,
Beal. Mr. Ledgeway is known as the
"Silent Cal" of the court house as he
has the habit of being all business
.md little of the froth of the conver-
Rationalist, but when it comes to ser- ment; Charles Grayhair, Winnebago j01.. PPle
vice and record work Mr. Ledgeway Indian; Mrs. Daniel Freeman of . eniy l say
is all there and with tne gracious Beatrice, who with her husband were
and accommodating clerk of the court tbe first homesteaders in the United
makes this office or real service to states; Judge A. T. McCory of Tren
the public and the continuance of ton ; and John N. Dryden of Kearney,
these two efficient officials is very ;
pleasing to all who have business at
the court house.
EIGHT BANKS ARE UNITED
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 8. Eight
banks in three states were united to-
day thru a holding company of north- special meeting at the capitol today, which are called poker.
west financiers. The institutions are to consider the construction of aj And the names on the parchment
the Northwestern National bank of $100,000 dormitory at the Peru State were many.
Minneapolis and four Minneapolis normal school under the provision ' And Ruths' wife arose as a thief
banks affiliated with that institution; of the law of 1925. which provides in the night and didst committ gi-and
the Minnesota Loan and Trust com- for payment of such buildings out larceny, by taking from within her
pany of Minneapolis; the First Na- of rentals without appropriations keper's pocket the piece of silver,
tional Bank and Trust company of or other obligations by the state. And when the morning had come.
Fargo. N. D. ; the First National bank The board accepted a contract of- ! she exchanged it for sticks, which
of Mason City, Ia. I fered by the First Trust Co. of Lin- are used on lips, and paint that is
The holding company will be cap- coin to finance the building by sup- !not placed on houses,
italized at from 125,000,000 to $30,- plying funds as they are needed. A 1 And the shekal was passed back
000,000. The banks already in the local board at Peru is to be formed J as hange to one maidservant, who
corporation will have approximately to which the normal board will ; didst purchase of manna from one
$150,000,000 in combined resources, lease the ground upon which the ; mana baker. And the man who
Later it is planned to obtain other building is to be built. The trust baked manna didst pay the miller
banks in key cities thruout the north- company is to receive reimbursement ' who ground the grain. And the mil
west. Each bank will retain its pres- from rentals. No lien will be placed ! ler returned the silver to him who
ent identity and officers, altho stock
will be owned by the holding com -
pany.
EXPECT FINAL SETTLEMENT
Paris. Jan. S. Final settlement of
the irritating question of reparations
will, it was predicted in reparations
circles today, come with the advent
of spring. This forecast was based
on the work of the Dawes committee.
Men closely associated with the new
effort to end financial controversies
between Germany and the allies cal-
culated it would require two months
!to over he ground again. i
j The experts will assemble in Paris
the finst Monday in February, and
their report ought to be due about
April 1.
ne of the chief tasks of the ex-
Perts De to work out some
scheme whereby German railroad and
industrial bonds, issued as guarantee
of the annual payments, may e
made commercially negotiable. This,
u was said- Probably would have an
efffct on the final total which Ger-
many must pay in order to release
"" .. "b"iu" iu me
allies.
Re-Elect Offi
cers of Histor
ical Society
More Room Needed for Society Ex-
hibits Reports Emphasize
52 Annual Meeting
The Nebraska
State Historical
society,
holding its fifty-second an-j
eting in Lincoln today,
nual mee:
uictiru tin viin.ci iui auuiun iai "
at an executive board luncheon at ;
the university Club Tuesdav noon. I
; tinue as president. John Y. Rob-
liiiis ui uuimia is iiisl uir uicsi-i,.,
a T it;ii ,.f ijo., t 1
v.iru i , . j.. 11111 vj l xl 0.0 uiio, rrt.ujiu
vice president: and Don L. Love of
't : 1 -.... r-,, ti, r. fr r.r. a
;t-r, r cat. t inr.i cunin.
UlUll lj. .uriUUU VI L 1 11V V'.ll, fiufl l in
t.ndent and secretary, was not up for
consideration
At the general business session of
the societv Tuesday morning Pen
I ron and D. S. Dalbey of Beatrice,
hold office another year.
Favor Reunion
Following the annual reports of
President Hanson and Secretary
troduced by Mr. Abbott, was passed
unanimously:
"Resolved: that the Nebraska
State Historical society favor a re
union of the Blue and the Gray at
Washington. D. C, in the summer
of IHofl ne advncatpfl hv L. D. Rich-
ards of Frem0nt and as set forth in
the bill introduced in congress by
Representative Edgar Howard." A
copy was telegraphed to Mr. How
ard at Washington.
The reports of both Mr. Sheldon
nT.f1 Mr Hanson emnhasized the
j0tn iIr Hanson and Mr. Sheldon
seek a new building. Mr. Hanson,
in nis rep0rt, proposed building one
ment just east of the capitol at Six-
. i. ,i t . ., i. ni.
l IT Li 1 11 clllU l DIICCL3 i y priiiiife
joining lots which the society owns,
p.oth men reviewed the progress
made by the society in the past year
and said tnat the tremendous stride
taken warrants a new building which
I would house all of the material the
society has collected. At the present
this material is in four different
buildings, none of them fireproof,
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sdav
in various parts of Lincoln
At the Temple tneatre Tuesda
" C ii r n n o n - 1 fl rifcnf ti firn 1 ni TiT I
bv J. G. Masters, nrincinal of the
0maha central high school; John
Howe. Frontier cotinty pioneer; Dr.
John D Hicks. chairman of the Uni-
Vprdtv of VphraBtfl hktnrv riPT,nrt-
pjJN DORMITORY
AT PERU NORMAL
Lincoln, Jan. S. President T. J.
Mayors of Peru and other members
of the State normal board held a
upon the building. Dhen it is paid
. for the buildings will be the proper-
ty of the state.
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the Trade Dollar
and the Community
B.
A. P.osencrans of This City in
Chicago's Men's Wear Apparel
Gazette Has Timely Story
Now there was a certain city in
those days whose name was called
"Yourtown" which is in one State
toward the setting of the sun, in
the country named America.
And its people didst till the soil,
fish the rivers and didst barter with
each other for their substance. And
those who didst labor didst eat and
have plenty, and prosperity and a
full dinner paii was upon the face
of the earth.
And it was well,
j Came a time when one fellow,
i whats name was called Watt didst
observe jumping of the lid which was
! on his teapot dome, and with steam
I and oil didst cause one iron horse
, to move on rails and pull many wa
; gons, which are called cars,
i So didst Fulton whose sobriquet
! was called Bob. cause a furnace of
fire to be placed in the bowls of an
ark. And the ark didst move upon
; the face of the flood, even into the
tide that cameth his way.
Then out of the East cameth the
j words of Haynes, "Behold thy peo
1 pie and thy things traveleth worse
! than the speed of oxen and snails."
and he was sore vexed, "I shall build
a chariot of fire that speedeth away
and returneth simultaneously, and it
re-!shal, w faster than Hel, scorcneth a
f fQ,t h "
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I - X i U l l Ulil IV S fc-Jt 111(4 1 i . 111,'
'Ford who dwelt in Detroit which is
in Michigan, goeth him one better
until his wagons were upon the high
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:Uiiiii uis vkasuu? r.r uuu uir iwii
ways and byways, in ditches and up
Western Union shade trees, which are
("aiieu poies
And when all tho?e men. their
wives and neighbor's wives and their
handmaids who dwelt in Yourtown
had gat themselves horseless car
riages, the merchants of that city
fell down and arose and thundered
even unto the sky.
The ways were too many for the
populace to hie themselves to adja
cent cities for robes of silk and san
dals. The ships, the trains, the
trucks and chariots of fire, which
were known as motors even to this
day, and cherubs that flew on the
wings of the wind, didst strangle
their trade.
And it came to pass when those
which dwelt in apparel didst per
ceive their business going to the
bow-wows, one Hornsby, pinch hit
ter for a club which is called Com
mercial didst call a pow-wow of that
organization, in its tabernacle.
And when they were all assembled
in the chamber: the birds that sold
shoes: and the beasts that sold hats
and shirts and ties and what have
you; and the poor fish who didst deal
in costly raiment which are called
suits; and the living creature which
didst barter in changes of socks,
Hornsby spake unto them.
"Hear ye, what I speak, the signs
showest us there is something put
rid in Denmark. 'Kopeks and talents
fly through the mail unto other
cities and returneth never more."
And they wist why it was so.
And he blew on his bazoo further,
saying, "Alas the rube is no more.
. , . .. . hi h
,more annul si)ie man one Dira wnun
is called peacock. He heareth from
out of a tin horn named radio, the
prices of raiment, and much bull,
even before we have arisen from
our couch." "Build ye not a wall
around our mighty city, lest ye have
ill luck like China. Sell the truth
unto our peoples, to prosper we must
keep our talents and kopeks and yen
j in our krael, sticketh thus together
li1 tne tenacity of thy bride's pie
i crust, ie, even as two bull dogs."
' .So saying he took from out his
PKe Yn L , n Un
our children as the dollar. Being at-
: tachei one piece of parchment
Parer, with lines for scribling names
unto you, let him
be over," in whose lands this shall
fall, scribe his name and send it
forth to other merchants in exchange
for sustonance and things to wear."
"Ere the seting of another sun
our good people will wot why is it,
ve shall see when coin is Tent nt
home, it pays many things, and
stays with us even unto the end."
So saying the gathering was dis
missed, and those that didst stav
played put and take with small cards
tilled the soil and raised the grain.
And the tiller of the soil cried
out, "hot-dog" unto the multitude
which are a fare line called tele
phone, I have the trade dollar in ex
change for my crops;, I knoweth it
shall make prosperity in Yourtown
and I go to the village to make pur
chase with it."
And he gat himself to a store and
didst buy one suit of clothes which
are called overalls even unto tins
day.
The clothier scribed name, af
ter the fashion. And whin the ,,
their had bought meat, and tin nie.i
of the market place didsi buy a new
head covering, and the haberdasher
didst pay hij help on the sixth day.
low. the shekel villi many names,
didst come into the house cf the
Lord on the seventh day, which is
called Sabbath.
Tlie minister rejoiced and didt
keep it holy ii!l the rising ft' the
sun, when he didst make purchase of
one shirt with hardbuiled front and
one collar which buttoneth in the
back.
And the tickets shew the dollar
had made an hundred pur; .-liases.
And it was so.
Came a time when the Club didst
wax wroth when they oouldst not
see the dollar ev r more. The
life
and
had
of it had been but
countless hundreds
one moon,
of tills it
warmed.
And it was done.
And thev w re sore v xed
like one
hatter.
And they swore larte blue swvars.
And they caused to be placed in
all the newspapers in the land, one
want ad. 'Please return our dollar."
Came a time, when one house that
is in the Eost, and which didst send
out catalogs which are called "silent
salesmen" didst make answer, say
ing: "Oh ye poor simps, the wife f
thy clothier didst send us thy dol
lar as payment for stockings, shekel.
may come, and mighty few return,
and this one is gone forever."
Then the clothier was given tin
Grand Oriental Razz. And Hornsby
spake unto them, "the fruit of cur
dollar is gone, and a lesson this shall
be to all of you, if you couldst build
a great city, thus shall practice as ye
preach. Trade with him that smile
thee, and sell the truth unto thy
family they wife and thiy maid ser
vant and they neighbor, must trade
within the village, and so must your
old man.
And he turned from the water to
wine, and fed the poor fishes.
And this town grew, and how.
WILL GO TO COLORADO
The many friends in Plattsmouth
of Carl Weigel. the genial and able
gentleman who has served as organ
ist at the Parmele theatre for the
past year, will regret very much to
learn that Mr. Weigel is soon to leave
this city and expects to go to Colo
rado Springs and Denver within the
next few days.
Mr. Weigel came to Plattsmouth
on September 1C. lf'2T and in the
little over a year that he has been
a resident here he has grown to be
a real factor in the community and
a man that was active in everything
that would add to the community ad
vancement and Mr. Weigel, while
CARL WEIGEL
having no permanent interest here
hasc contributed to the community
far better than many of the long
time residents of the community.
The many beautiful numbers that
Mr. Weigel has given on the Wur
litzer organ at the Parmele has en
deared him to the music loving pub
lic of the city and it is with the
most profound regret that the music
lovers learn of the leaving of the
. city by Mr. Weigel.
j Mr. Weigel is a musican or more
' than usual merit and his talents
have not been alone confined to the
! console of the organ as he has a
number of his own compositions and
to which he hopes to be able to de
vote some time inthe future.
It is a distinct loss to the com
munity to have this genial and agree
able gentleman leave the city and
those who have known Carl will feel
a deep personal loss in his going and
1 will retain a warm interest in his
future and which should be very
I bright with the talents that he has
1 in the musical line.
1 Sheriff Bert Reed was at Lincoln
1 today where he was called to look
'after some matters of business and
jalso looking in on the state sheriff's
convention which is holding its meet
ings this week.
Avers Stale
Banks Won't
Pay Deficit
State Morally Obligated to Make Good
on Guaranty Fund, Declares
Dan V. Stephens.
Lincoln. Jan. S.- That the state
hanks of Nebraska "do not intend to
pay the deficit in the state guaranty
fund" was asserted Tuesday night
by Dan V. Stephens, president of th"
Siate Bank of Fremont and leader in
the legal fight to have the special
bank assessment declared illegal, in
an address before the Nebraska His
torical society here.
"It is useless to talk about the
banks paying the obligation," Mr.
Stephens said. "It is not their obli
gation. The moral obligation of the
people to pay this deficit cannot be
escaped. All the facts prove that
the state i. morally obligated.
Eonor at Stake.
"The state can repudiate the debt,
if it wishes to do so, but if it does
it will be a stain upon the honor of
Nebraska that can never be wiped
out. There are a few states in the
union that have repudiated honest
obligations, but they have never lived
down the disgrace that followed such
repudiation."
Mr. Stephens gave a history of the ,
bank guaranty law, severely con
demned the state for "failure to pro
vide proper supervision of state
banks," which he said was respon-,
sible for the collapse of 264 banks'
since 1920.
Political control, mismanagement,
politically appointed banking depart
ment heads, and general incompet
ence on the part of the state bank
ing department and its examiners
were blamed by the speaker for the
loss of so much money in bnk fail
ures during the past eight years.
Raps Special Levy.
He urged the repeal of the special
assessment feature of the bank guar
anty law and the creation of a bank
ing board composed of five or six
experienced bankers, who will choose
a banking commissioner and through
him supervise all the statebanks in
Nebraska.
He said if that were done the
banks could go ahead and build up a
strong bank system and guaranty
fund.
He said that unless the changes
were made and the special assess
ment of M; of 1 per cent abolished,
the state banks would join the fed
eral reserve system and that the state
banking system would end.
Mr. Stephens said that some
banks in the state had paid out as
sessments amounting to three times
their capital stock since 1920 and
that many banks had paid more than
their capital stock. Omaha Bee
News. FACTS ABOUT NEBRASKA
Forty-five states held legislative
sessions in 1927. In all 50.893 bills
were introduced and 17,199 became
laws, or about one-third of the pro
posed measures were enacted. In the
same year 947 bills were introduced
in Nebraska and 203 passed, or about
one-fifth of the proposals becoming
laws.
I There are twenty-five varieties of
native grasses growing in Nebraska's
eastern section and more than 125
species of grasses and sedges abound
ing in the sand hill regions.
! There is only one highway of con- j
sequence on a Nebraska state line and
that is about thirty miles long, be
tween Perkins county and Colorado.
Nine highways cross the state line
to the south, 7 to the west, 7 to
the north and G toward the east. ;
Nebraska's boundry line is about
1277 miles long. Roughly the state
is 200 miles wide and 400 miles long
at its greatest distance east and west.
NAVAL DIRIGIBLE ON TOUR
Lakehurst. N. J., Jan. S.The
navy dirigible Los Angeles took off
at 8:45 tonight for a training cruise
of more than 2.000 miles which will
take it south along the coast to Flor
ida. The craft will participate in the
dedication of the municipal airport
at Miami, Fla.. and then proceed to
St. Joseph's bay to the mast ship Pat
oka. Lieut. Com. Charles E. Rosen
dahl was in charge of a crew of
forty-five officers and men aboard the
ship. He expected to reach Miami
in twenty-seven hours, following the
coast line on his flight south.
WOULD DROP DUTY i
ON COLLEGE BELLS
' Washington, Jan. C. Authority !
for the secretary of the treasury to ;
admit free of duty a set of 20 bells to ,
be imported for Iowa State college, j
Ames, to complete a earrillon, was ;
j asked in a bill introduced in the j
house by Representative Cyrenus Cole
j'of Cedar Rapids.
The original set of 10 bells of the :
earrillon was presented to the college '
by Edwin M. Stanton in 1899 and
was admitted free of duty.
Head the Journal Want-Ads.
Puts Reads on
Trial Today for
the Last Time
Former Shenandoah Bankers Into
Federal Court on Bank Charges
Father SS Years Old
Crestcn. Ia., Jan. 7. An aged
banker. 88 years old. tonight awaited
the start of the trial that will either
send himself and his two sons to
prison or free them from charges
growing out ofihe failure of the First
."aiio?ial Bank of Shenandoah.
For 14 months, Tnornas Read and
his sons. Elbert and Henry, have
been under indictment under nine
counts of misapplication of funds of
the bank and of falsely reporting
the condition of the bank to the con
troller of the currency. Numerous
times the trial date has been set, only
to be postponed at the request of
one or the other side, sometimes by
both sides. Now, counsel for both
government and defense say, all is in
readiness and no continuance will
be suught.
If the Reads are not convicted at
this trial, government officials say.
no further charges can be brought
against them. All the indictments
that can be mvle are included in the
nine under which they go to trial
tomorrow.
These allegations, in general, are
the same as those on which the three
bankers were unsuccessfully prose
cuted in October, 19 27. at which
time some of the indictments were
thrown out, the cases on the rest
were dismissed as far as they applied
to Thomas and Elbert Read and the
jury disagreed as to Henry Read.
In the present indctmenfs. one
kind of misapplication of funds only
is alleged, that of diverting funds
paid to the bank by Carl McClure to
Stew
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During our big Store-Wide January Clear
ance Sale, as long as quantities last, we will
sell these Pure Aluminum large size (4-qt.)
Stew Pan at this amazingly low price.
Our Quantity is Limited
Only One to a Customer
0 -e"? ,-; '.. fs" aV
f 99 r( Pure Aluminum
With Pm chase
This Coupon
and Only
Coupon Good only during Our Big Store
wids January Clearance Sale
BRING THIS COUPOn
This Coupon and a purchase of $1.00 or
more from the Dry Goods, Shoes, Cloth
ing or Furnishing Departments of SOEN
NICHSEN CO. store entitles you to pur
chase one cf above illustrated Stew Pans
for only 19c. Offer good while quantities
last during our big January Clearance sale.
OilSG
private use. Two kinds of false re
port are charged, that of r-pet in
the wrong amount 01 Liberty 1 :h!s
borrowed and of reporting w;-..i!.-amount
of dividents unpaid.
L.u li of the nine counts carries a
maximum penalty of l.ve years' iin-
I prisonmeiit and a fine of fiv th.-us-.u.d
i dollars.
! The case is to be presided .-. .1 by
' Judcre Munger of Lincoln. Nib.
i World-Herald.
WARRANT FOR ALMA RUBENS
Los Angles. Jan. S. A bench war
rant was issued by Judee Elliott Gibb
for Alma Rubens, film actress. wl.-n
she failed to appear in court here
today to face trial on a charge of
disturbing the peace.
The charge against Miss Rubens
was brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Uhl.
owner of an apartment court in
which Mis'? Rubens lived. In muni
cipal court at the time of the issu
ance of the warrant were Rim Car
ewe, film actress, and he- husicind.
Leroy Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Finis Fox
and Mrs. I'hl. While Mrs. VIA fil-d
the charges against the act res- the
others were to appeal- as witnesses
against her. Miss Rubens is chare.-u
with holding "wild parties" at her
bungalow npaitmnt.
MAYOR HAGUE RELEASED
Jersey City. N. J., Jan. 7. Th" re
cent arrest of Mayor Frank Hagu-'.
democratic leader, on a lei:i:,;ativ.
warrant was declared illegal, in an
poinion har.ch d down today 1 y Yic-Ohanc-eilor
John J. Fallon. II: gin
was arrested November 22 as a r . "lit
of his re fusal to testify lufor. a leg
islative investigating comniitt.ee a
few days before tile Novenib r elec
tion. The vice-chancellor's decision
was given in a habeas corpus :otiin
instituted by Hague-. He- C. ( lare-d
the arrest, under which It was re
posed to bring Hague to trial be
fore a joint sesion of the legislature,
for contempt, was void.
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