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MONDAY, JULY 15, 1929.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Young Mother
Confesses to a
Daring Holdup
Moscow Action
Awaited with
Apprehension
But Not Believed at Tokio Russia
Will Dare Invasion of
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Harbin. Manchuria. July 12.
Northeastern China boiled today in
a ferment of Sino-Russian antagon
ism, which admittedly may have the
gravest consequences.
Harbin itself spent a night bor
dering on panic, with near riots and
wild scenes oeeuring every time a
train on the Chinese Eastern rail
way, seized yesterday by the Chinese
authorities, departed from the sta
tion. Russians fought with Manchurian
police in many parts of the wealthy
province, and there were reports here
that soviet troops in eastern Siberia
were ready to move eastward into
Manchuria.
Thirty expelled Russian officials
of the railroad were started at 6
p. m. yesterday for eastern Siberia,
and nearly three hundred others,
with orders to move in 12 hours,
are leaving the province today.
Chang Ching-Hui, governor of the
Harbin district, handed O. X. Melni
kov, soviet consul general, passports
for the expelled Russians. M. Em
shanov. manager of the railway, was
confined to his residence under heavy
guard, after being forced to give up
his post.
Fan Chih-Kuang, a Chinese, was
appointed to replace him. The new
manager issued a statement in which
he said the expelled Russians would
be replaced by Russians naturalized
as Chinese or by white Russians.
It was reported that Ostroumove,
manager of the railway in czarist
days, would become manager.
Directory's Statement.
Lu Yung-Huang, president of the
Chinese Eastern directorate, issued
a statement saying:
"Five years have elapsed since the
Mukden agreement of October 8,
1924, during which soviet violations
of the agreement have been so num
erous that Russian actions cannot
be ronstrued otherwise than as a
manifestation of deliberate inten
tion to repudiate the act
"Only China's conciliatory atti
tude has saved the situation hereto
fore. China repeatedly called the
attention of Russia to the latter's
violations of the 1924 agreement but
without avail owing to Russian in
sincerity. Hence the Mukden agree
ment is void because of Russian non
observance. "Moreover, soviet communist pro
paganda through all agencies con
nected with the railway is proved
by documentary evidence seized in
the recent raid at the soviet consulate
general in Harbin. Consequently I
am constrained to take the present
drastic measures to safeguard China's
interests in the Chinese Easiern rail
way. "If Russia resorts to retaliatory
measures China is prepared to deal
effectively therewith."
Woman Takes Full Blame for Bob
bery, Exonerating Her Com
panion in 'Love Nest'
Topeka, Kan., July 12. A comely
young brunette, mother of a 7- year-
old girl, and two others were in Jail
today following her alleged confession
that she committed the $14,000 day
light holdup of two employes of the
Security Benefit association here
June 28.
The woman, Mrs. Vivian Scraper,
25, and Cecil Streit, 24, employe of
the association, were arrested yester
day in an apartment where they
were living together. Marie Rainey,
16, who lived with them as their
"niece," and was Mrs. Scraper's
only confidante after the crime, also
was arrested, but later released.
$13,690 round Hidden
Officers found $13,690 hidden in
an overstuffed chair and behind a
picture in the apartment.
Mrs. Scraper told Sheriff "Wayne
Horning, he said, that it was be
cause of her love for Streit that she
committed the holdup, after forcing
A. G. Perlich, Kansas City salesman,
to drive her to the scene of the rob
bery. Streit is a brother of Louis
Streit, one of the association's em
ployes whom she robbed.
Takes Full Blame.
Sheriff Horning said Mrs. Scraper
had refused to implicate Streit or
anyone else in her confession.
Streit, who had been employed in
the auditing department of the asso
ciation for several years, and Mrs.
Scraper occupied the same cell.
Mrs. Scraper admitted, according
to the sheriff, that she planned the
holdup a month before but delayed it
because she "lost her nerve."
Uses Unloaded Gun.
She also said the revolver she used
was not loaded. There wa3 no cart
ridges in the gun when it was found
shortly after the robbery.
Arrest of the three was said to
have resulted from information given
authorities by the Rainey girl's
mother.
Mrs. Rainey and- Mrs. Scraper and
Cecil Streit appeared at her home
within an hour after the robbery
carrying two blankets.
Officers believe the money was hid
den in them. Two days later, Mrs.
Rainey said, the couple returned and
took away a shoe box which, offi
cers said, apparently contained the
loot Omaha Bee-News.
OBITUARY
Magruder is
Placed in Charge
After Leave
Author of Articles Assailing Naval
Economy Is Again Command
ing Naval Base.
Washington After more than
twenty months of enforced rest, Rear
Admiral Thomas P. Magruder
whose articles assailing navy man
agement in 1927 were followedb y
his being relieved of duty will re
turn to a command on Aug. 1.
Secretary Adams Friday ordered
him to take charge of the fleet base
force on the Pacific coast, succeed
ing Rear Admiral S. E. W. Kittelle.
I Magruder was removed from com
'mand of the fourth naval district
and of the Philadelphia navy yard
in November, 1927, by former Secre
tary Wilbur, after publication of an
'article on "The Navy and Economy."
Mr. WfTbur at the time said the or
der was administrative and not puni
tive. I In the article the officer had charg
ed that the navy was over-organized
Iboth afloat and ashore; that it had
t failed to demobilize completely after
!the World war and that large
amounts of money were wasted by
continuance of uneconomical war
methods, maintenance of superfluous
navy yards and bases and keeping
in commission 6hips useless for war
I The charges were denied by the
t navy department and the admiral
was requested to submit proof oi
some of his statements and also a
plan for effecting greater economy
in the operation of the navy.
Magrunder's replies wer consid
ered unsatisfactory and he was al
lowed to remain "awaiting orders"
until Friday, receiving ful 1 pay
meanwhile. Repeated efforts were
made by friends of the admiral to
have him reassigned to duty and
6oon after the beginning of the Hoo
ver administration it developed that
his case was receiving attention.
State Journal.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jahrig and
daughter, Miss Mildred, departed this
morning; for Broken Bow, Nebraska,
where, they will spend a thort time
visiting with friends and relatives
Foreign Minister's Statement.
Peking. China. July 12. C. T.
Wang, Chinese foreign minister in
his first statement concerning the
crisis in Manchuria, declared the na
tionalist government was determined
to stamp out communism and would
not tolerate soviet propaganda in any
form. '-"-"
"We are not inimical to soviet
Russia," he said, "positively. We are
not unfriendly to Russia.
"We are thoroughly determined
not to tolerate soviet propaganda in
whatever form it may appear.
"After the raid on the Harbin
consulate by the Manchurian author
ities we deemed it necessary to take
steps to prevent further spread of
propaganda. The documents seized
at Harbin also convinced us the Rus;
sians were violating their agreement."
The agreement referred to is that
that at Mukden in 1924 conferring
a shore in the direction of the Chin
ese Eastern railway to the Russians
but exacting a pledge to refrain from
political activity. World-Herald.
MARRIARGE BUSINESS BOOMING
Hardly had the car of Judge A.
H. Duxbury rolled out of the city
en route to the Black Hills, when a
Fudden boom took place in the mar
riage license department of the of
fice and two couples were made
happy by having the necessary per
missions granted them to become
weeded.
Lloyd Wheeler McKee and Miss
Aline Henderson, both of Council
Bluffs, formed the first couple that
came to the temple of justice to seek
domestic happiness.
The second couple to seek the per
mission of the law to become man
and wife was Leonard G. Hepler and
Miss Wilda A. Carver, both of Oma
ha. These young people after the is
suance of the license hastened to
the office of Judge C. L. Graves, "the
marrying justice" where the cere
mony was performed.
Mary Leis nee Kramer was born
in the state of Wisconsin, January
13, 1S73, and departed this temporal
life at Sioux City, Iowa, July 8. 1929,
at the age of 56 years. 5 months and
23 days. The cause of death was a
complication of diseases and heart
trouble.
At the age of 16, -the departed
moved with her parents to Holt coun
ty, Nebraska, where they lived about
six miles south-east of Atkinson, and
where she grew to womanhood.
The deceased was married to John
P. Leis on December 26. 18S9. This
union was blessed with 3 sons and 2
daughters, one daughter dying in in
fancy. Seventeen years ago, she
moved with her family near Jackson,
Nebraska. Her husband passed to the
great beyond in 1913.
She leaves to mourn her demise,
three sons and one daughter. Fun
eral services were held at the under
taking parlors at South Sioux City,
Nebraska, Tuesdas. July 9th and at
Murdock, Wednesday July 10th and
the remains tenderly laid away in
the Wabash cemetery beside that of
her husband. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. H. R. Knosp,
Evangelical pastor at Murdock.
MABELLE C0EEY LOSES DON LUIS
San Remo, Italy, July 12. Anoth
er romance seems to have entered the
life of Don Luis Ferdinand d'Orleans
Bourbon, putting aside the title as
pirations of Mabelle Gilman Corey,
one-time Broadway star.
While the world has been wait
ing to see this erratic cousin of the
king of Spain marry the former wife
of William E. Corey, multi-millionaire
steel magnate, the Spanish
grandee's friends here are speculat
ing on his growing attentions to
Signora Mastriglia, widow of the
well-known Italian engineer.
The new romance seems to have
blossomed suddenly, while the affair
with Mabelle was growing colder by
the hour despite the protestations of
the Infanta Eulalia, mother of Don
Luis.
FIVE GENERATIONS EN
JOY VISIT TOGETHER
WILL HOLD COURT HERE
Froir Saturday's raly
Judge William Foster of Omaha
will be here the next week to hear
the case of the Plattsmouth State
bank vs. A. W. Cloidt, et al., an
action involving an indebtedness al
leged to be clue the bank from the
defendant and in which the Parmele
theatre property in this city is in
volved. At the request of Judge Reg
ley the case will be heard by Judge
Foster.
FOR SALE
For sale at a discount, $100 pay
ment on new Ford at the Platts
mouth Ilotor Co. Inquire cf Frank
N. Raun. 1110 Pearl street. Platts
mouth, phone -S79-J." jl5-ltw Std.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Dill and
daughters, Loetta, Daisy Dean and
Mrs. Ray Appleby and her sons have
recently returned from Trayer, Kan
sas. They visited Mr. Dill's grand
mother, Mrs. Adams and his uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. David Yost.
Mrs. Ben Dill of Murray, Nebraska
accompanied them on the trip. This
visit is one long to be remembered
by the people who had the privilege
of being present, as it was an as
sembly of five generations. Mrs.
j Adams, who has now reached her
j eighty-fourth year, her daughter,
Mrs. Ben Dill, her son Chas. H. Dill;
;his daughter, Mrs. Ray Appleby and
her son Kenneth, are the ones hav
! ing the distinction of making up this
group. A photo of the generations
was taken to commemorate the occa
sion. Stapleton Enterprise.
Owned and Operated by
C. H. Martin
Phones 101-102 Four Deliveries Daily
CQnaces9 (SUnoSse IHaeim
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2 cans Armour Pork and Beans
2 cans Arctic Peas $
2 cans California Bartlett Pears
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Has Plan for
New Franchise
Utilities Tax
Commissioner Scott Predicts Concert
ed Attack on Proposal at
Hearing Next Week
Lincoln, July 12. A plan ad
vanced Friday by State Tax Commis
sioner Scott, whereby all public util
ity corporations in Nebraska may be
assessed for a franchise tax, is ex
pected to result in deep reverber
ations and rumblings when an anti
cipated hearing on the proposal is
held next week.
The franchise tax, it was explain
ed, would be in addition to the usual
property tax. .
The utility companies, Mr. Scott
said, have been informed of the pro
posal and he expects they will ap
pear in force to protest against the
action.
If consummated, he said, the tax
would increase the assessments of
many larger corporations, such as
the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.,
the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph
Co., and others, including power and
light and traction concerns.
At the present time, only Che
Western Union Telegraph Co. and
the American Railway Express Co.
have been subject to the franchise
tax, and the former has filed for
exemption, claiming it has no fran
chise in the state.
A reported disparity between
values claimed by some of the com
panies as a basis for earnings and
those upon which taxes are paid, is
said to have prompted the anticipat
ed action.
Hearings are now scheduled to be
heard on the proposal next Wednes
day and Thursday. Omaha Bee-News.
RULES ARE STRENGTHENED
Champaign, 111. University of
Illinois athletes and other students
engaging in evtra curricular activity
will find scholastic requirements for
eligibility more severe when they
return this fall.
The administration council Friday
ruled that any student whose reports
at the end of six or twelve weeks
shows more than one failure, otl.tr
than in military science, physical
education or hygiene, may be de
clared ineligible until the next report
is received. This would make it im
possible for the council to declare
athletes ineligible on the eve of im
portant contests. Ineligibility is not
automatic, however.
UNCONSCIOUS 17 DAYS
AFTER CRASH IN AUTO
Beloit, Wis., July 11. Seventeen
days after he was injured in an auto
mobile accident, caused when he
swerved his car on a street here to
avoid a collision, Guy Blair, 5, re
mained unconscious Thursday. At
jioon he passed the CO 8th hour.
Blair was struck on the head by a
telephone pole, broken when his auto
mobile ran into It.
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CHILDREN'S HOSE Richelieu, rib, length. Tan,
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GIRLS' WASH . DRESSES A good assortment of tub (
fast Prints. Ages 7 to 14. Wednesday, each )1
CHILDREN'S HATS A splendid assortment of this sea- J 1
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The Ladies Toggery
'The Shop of Personal Service"
Telephone 61 Plattsmouth, Neb.
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