THURSDAY. DEC. 12, 1929.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL
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WEEPING WATER
V.. C. Osborne of Lincoln was a.
visitor with his friends in Weeping
Water for a few hours on Tuesday
of this week.
Mis.s Agusta Ash, stenagrapher for
tlif Farm Bureau was a visitor in
();.iaha for the day on last Tuesday,
when- h was looking after some
j ir' -I'll l ist mas shopping.
Th.e Cole Motor company have
just recently added a number of
st. el ui:it: in the form of additional
..'Uii-ts for the caring of parts for
tl.'ir cars ar.d repair department.
ii. Hinder and son, Ralph, were
-.r;ed to Lincoln on Tuesday of this
. 1: to look after some business mai
lt rs. tiny driving over to the big
toAii in their auto Tuesday aftcr-
!. ill.
The Weeping Water Republican
i- to be congratulated by the fact
i f Mieir acquiring the services of
1 1 . fold Laker, who will master the
:' ree of workmen who are to conduct
Il.e p:;jnr litre.
Calvin Carsten. the eight year old
.-"II of Mr. ami Mrs. Fred Carsten,
;;i'ig south of We' ping Water on the
( strict road, is reported as being
; wii with th- measles, but is g..t
:'; along nicely at this time.
Mrs. Fred H. Gorder was a visitor
the honi" of Mr. and Mrs. K. M.
'or.' near Alvo. on last Tuesday and
Wednesday, where she was called on
attotint of the death of her old time
t", l r.d. Mrs. Bina Kitzel. who passed
away on last Monday.
The Do.vbr Bros, sedd to Fred
! nchau of Eagle, one day last week,
o'ie of their imperial sedans of the
i t lebraied bigger and better Chevro
b t sixes, which he will use for his
!'::.ii;- and himself in the caring of
il'.-ir transportation needs.
Fred Carsten and father. Louis
('ar.-'t n 01 Avoca were locking af
t. r some businei s matters in Weep-ii-i:"
Water on last Tuesday, and ar
ranging that Mr. and Mrs. Carsten
might attend the four-day poultry
show which is in progress in Platts
: i utli this week.
That their iilling station may be
! pi the cleanliest and most invit-i-
lt. L. II. Lane ami Win. 'an Kvery
have In . n painting and otlu rwise
phu ing the Handy Filling station
in ri.'.e condition. With the place
Taint d immaculate white on the in-;
! ri.n it is looking sure tvat and
ill' M 1 . .
J"!m D.iv.kliff. during the past
. ' ' made the purchase ot a n- w
Mo.!. 1 A truck, which he will uso
fi r the t ransporiaiton on the farm
and to market with his farm prod
ucts. Mr. Duikliff has- sure made a
tine selection frr the work which
;. has in hand, as this is the last
wrd in economical transportation.
1 1. I. Wainscott. county agent,
; . Fiat t? mouth, the greater pcr
if tii- v.-cek this week, and wa--
attirdii.tr the four days session of
Tri-'V.'.i'.iiy Foultry show which
w; - i'eing h id in the American Le
rton Inhling there. S. Ray Smith.
,s h i is -,i n: ;v:b r of the hoard of di
r -i '.ors of the show association, was
: l - . in .vtteMda.iii .
Th, Fast Matrons club cf the Order
of I'as.. rn S'.ar of Wteping Water
n,,s held on last Monday afternoon
a the heme ot
A
G. R. Finger
an.! with Mr-;. Alice ("oh- as the
s'li. o!' honor, a very enjoyable time
was had. Tin- laai.-s also held th-ir
.!,.li"U and selected for their o.il
. v Mrs. "!: nc Tt e-ran'en as their
;! nt. ar.d Mr:
as their seen :iry.
Kdna Thomas
e f tint 'ions of
e order being entirely social, intie
not rt-'iui.ed any further officers.
(K,,,r L. Hoffman who has been
jt.tr in Ho- picking corn for
..rae McFadden. until thty had
veil the crop in the crib for him.
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finding the yield very satisi.tc
they w re v.t 11 ph ased with
returns. The weather has not
ihe mo-t satisfactory but by
of keeping at it they have gu
;! -vekinir Ce'uphttd. Follow
.!r. Hoffman has been Sissh-ting
1 1
ir
the g;.'.h'ling ot torn 101
1 Cole. Th- gathering has not
ii t- 'z - rapidly on account of
w a. .!: b'U the boys are sticking
1. the vork just the same.
!s. ;'!; : Him line, mother r;
lilm- r ?.!i( In l- n. making hv
; ;. ll.-o'u. Whel'e sh.e i-; post -:
l:d with, the p"sTo.ce in
;: .! t!ie husband who is deputy,
:. Hint-line is staging at Weeping
r
h- re she is assisting in me
d'o.-Mi-r the rui-h ot business
; li e v.tiks p".-ct tlinir the holi-
!iv the way Mr. and Mrs. Mi
i, a:- t njoying a very tine biud-
1,
. -- at ;!.:- tin if am! have been frince
t; , ;r eo.ning to Wet ping Water. See
i".,-;r excll.-nt oiler in the Sky Rov-
r. tin- hist word in the iadio world.
S'i'i in the s'oie and h.ear what a
v.t-nderfnl receiver tins excellent in
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Enjoyed Fins Supped.
"ith Mt ' -lames G. R. Hinger and
C TX
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Weeping Watar Variety Store
Elmer Michelson
C. E. Pool as the entertainine hos
tesses, at the gathering which was
nau at the Congregational church in
Weeping Water on last Monday eve
ning, and an attendance of about
seventy, including members and their
husbands, a most enjoyable evening
was had. The banquet which was
given in form of a covered dish
luncheon, and with the very fine pro
gram which was presented made the
occasion one of much pleasure. Fol
i -. i
lowing ine mncneon games were
played and a most enjoyable time
had.
Will Hold Annual Meeting.
On Saturday the 14th of December
will be held the annual meeting of
the Cass county Farm Bureau and at
which time a number of people in
prominence in the work from the
state office at Lincoln, and associated
with the State Agricultural college
Two Young Americans.
On Tuesday cf this week John
Cole was a visitor to Omaha where
Mrs. Cole has been for a short time
and where on Tuesday, she presented
Mr. Cole with a very fine baby boy,
born at a maternity home there. The
mother and young man are doing
very nicely, this making two sons
which have come to bless this fam
ily, and a everybody happy and do
ing very finely.
Mrs. A. H. Jones Home.
Mrs. A. H. Jones was called late
last week to Murdock by the illness
of her sisters children, Mrs. Roy
Oorthey. of that place, and on ac
count of the very serious illness of
Mr. L. B. Gorthey in the east which
called him there, it made the cares
and work of Mrs. Gorthey very
heavy. The children are doing nice
ly. however.
Thirty-Nine
Towns Seeking
Cage Tourney
Nine Would Stage Both Sectional
and Regional Meets State
Tournament at Lincoln
Thirty-five schools or towns have
be n designated as regional or sec
tional basketball centers for the
lf'20-1930 cage meet sponsored by
the Nebraska high school athletic
association.
Application was mad to the sec
retary of the board and referred to
that group in ssesion here last week.
Alma. Dana college, Blair, Colum
bus. Curtis. Geneva, Kearney, Lin
coln Ag college ar.d Norfolk have
expressed a willingness to sponsor
both, sectional and regional meets.
February 2S and March 1 are the
dates set for the sectional tourna
ments. Regional meets will be held
March 7 and S and the state tour
ney in Lincoln. March 13, 14 and 15.
The following towns are listed
as prospective tourney centers:
Sectional: Alliance. Alma. Beaver
Crossing, Bellevue college, Dana col
lege. Rlair, Cotner college, Lincoln;
Columbus. Curtis. Dorchester. Gen
eva. G-ordon, Harrison, Hastings, He
bron college, Holbrook, Johnston,
Kearney college. Lincoln school o?
Ag.. Lodge Fo'e, Long Pine, Mina
ta.ro. Mullen. Norfolk. Creighton uni
versity, Omaha; Ord, Roseland,
Spalding, Stella. Tobias, Trumbull,
Waterloo.
Regional: Ainsworth. Alliance,
Alma. Beatrice, Dana college, Cotner
college, Columbus, Curtis, Geneva,
Gordon. Grand Island, Hebron col
lego. Lincoln school of Ag., Mitchell.
Norfolk. Cnighton university, Noilh
Platte, Oallala, Teru college. York
college.
EIGHT MILE GROVE
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. A. Lentz, Pastor.
Midway Between Plattsmouth
and Louisville.
Sunday, December 15.
Sunday school at 9:30 with Eng
lish preaching services at 10:30.
The students from Martin Luther
seminary, Lincoln, will be here to
sing for us during the service. If the
weather permits, and God wills, they
will sing for us and give us several
addresses on Sunday evening, begin
ning at 7:30 o'clock. No offerings
and no pledges will be taken up. This
is a visit and service of good will.
Come. Everybody is cordially invited.
At 2:30 there will be practice for
the Christmas program. All who take
part must be there.
The ladies aid will meet on Wed
nesday, December 18th at the church
parlors. Hostesses, Mrs. J. Kreager
and Mrs. J. Engelkemeier.
Journal Want-Ads get results.
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U. S. Citizens
Flee Before
Haitian Riots
First Marine Detachment to Isle;
200 More Leave for Action;
Hail Priest as Hero.
Washington. Dec. 8. The first de
tachment of United States marines
rushing to the aid of American High
commissioner John H. Russell in
Haiti, arrived at Jacmel at S a. m
Sunday, it was announced Sunday.
This detachment, numbering 300
officers and men, sailed from Norfolk
on the U. S. S. Galveston Dec. 5.
Orders to evacuate the American
women and children were hurriedly
issued by General Russell in the fear
that the uprising might spread to the
interior and defenseless American
civilian employes with their families
would be the first to suffer.
Accordingly, all American women
and children Aux Cayes embarked
Sunday on the steamer Martinique of
the Columbian line. The Martinique
was due to arrive at Port-Au-Prince
some time Sunday night.
200 on Way.
Meanwhile, the second detachment,
Wright from Norfolk Sunday morn-
numbering 200, sailed on the U. S. S.
ing. They are due in Haiti Wednes
day.
Two Amphibian planes, dispatch
ed from Langlej field Saturday, were
due to arrive on the island late Sun
day night.
Jacmel, where the marine rein
forcements landed Sunday, is near
Port-Au-Prince and only SO miles
from Aux Cayes, where the disturb
ances of the past few days, includ
ing the clash in which five natives
were killed and 20 wounded by the
marines, occurred.
Dispatches to the State department
indicate the situation still remains
tense and all precautions are being
taken by Commissioner Russell to
avoid public demonstrations.
Women Flee.
Despite this, various disturbing in
cidents are contained in his report.
American women and children are be
ing evacuated from the interior. The
telephone connections between Aux
Cayes and the interior are in the pro
cess of being cut in order to isolate
the small inland settlements.
A French Catholic priest stands
out as the hero of the present sit
uation, according to General Russell's
dispatch. Saturday morning a crowd
of some 2.000 people gathered at
Chantel and surrounded the outpost
building, shouting threatening and
subversive cries to the tiny garrison.
They were prevented from making
mass attack on the building by the
guard and the priest, who harangued
the crowd and urged them to return
peacefully to their homes while the
soldiers were vainly telephoning for
reinforcements.
Threaten Fort.
Further instances of the bad tem
per of the populace were cited by
General Russell in reporting an inci
dent at Torbeck, near Aux Cayes. A
crowd estimated at 1,000 collected
there and threatened to kill the cor
poral for telephoning to the author
ities the approach of the mob tne
preceding day.
The crowd kept shouting "Down
with Borno." "Down with Freeman.
Borno is the president and Freeman
believed to be an official of the
American customs service.
Marines on Way.
In addition to exacuating the
American population at Aux Cayes,
orders were also issued to have the
Martinique stop off at Jeremie for
five American women and children at
that port.
Fresh From China.
The marines that lef Norfolk Sun
day morning on board the U. S. S.
Wright were in charge of First Lieut.
Lester E. Power and the other oBl-
cers were First Lieut. T. Bailey, a
former football star on the University
of Maryland, and Second Lieuts. Roy
M. Gulick and Walter E. Reaves.
The marine detachments already
sent to Haiti have only recently re
turned from China and Nicaragua. It
is likely that they now face from six
months to a year more of foreign ser
vice. Omaha Bee-News.
FREIGHT BY AIR FIRM FORMED
Lincoln. Dec. 9. Nebraska's first
aircraft corporation contemplating
the transportation of freight and
merchandise by air has been organ
ized at Hastings.
The concern, created as the Great
Plains Aircraft Co., has been capital
ized for $100,000 by L. H. Stein,
W. M. Dutton, jr., and C. J. Leinhart.
In addition to its freight business,
the company contemplates passenger
transportation along with the de
velopment and operation of landing
fields and airports, incorporation
papers filed here indicate.
Another Nebraska concern which
will engage in the sale of oil burn
ers and electrical devices, to be
known as the Paramount Engineers
and Manufacturers, also filed papers
Monday.
This company, composed of Boyd
C, and Anna F. Briggs, is capitalized
for $10,000.
Wanted Farm Hand!
Married man with small family for
steady employment, if satisfactory.
Wages $50 per month with usual ex
tras. Must be experienced with
stock, good farmer and able to handle
tractor. Address with all .particulars
to "B.J.," care Journal, PTattsmouth,
Nebraska. n21-tfw
Phone ycur Job Priatin order to
Kb. 6. Prompt service.
Supreme Court
Says State May
Collect Levies
Banks Accepted Benefits of Law and !
Can t Complain of Burdens
Now Existing.
With Judges Rose and Day dissent
ing, the supreme court Saturday re
versed the action of District Judge
Frost nf T.inrnln In flpr-lnrine the
state deposit guaranty fund invalid !
because confiscatory, set aside his
judgment and dismissed the action,!
which was one brought by 559 state
banks to enjoin the state officials
from enforcing that provision of the
law which called for periodical and
special assessments based on daily;
deposit balances in the banks, for
the benefit o. the fund. Judge Dean
wrrote the opinion, which puts back
into full force and effect those parts
of the law suspended by the district
court injunction.
The law is upheld on three broad
grounds. One is that unless it is
clearly shown that a legislative act is
against the public policy or clearly
contravenes a provision of the con
stitution, the courts, not being em
powered to pass upon the wisdom of
the legislation, have no right to set
It. aside. The second is that the sup
reme court of the United States has
three times upheld similar enact- i
ments, that of Nebraska being one of
the number, as not being pugnant to
the constitution. The third is that
the banks having accepted the bene
fits made much of the protection of
the law in advertising campaigns and
otherwise sought to increase their
deposits by setting out its benefits,
cannot now be heard to protest its
invalidity.
The decision of Judge Frost was
that theoperation of the law, under
existing conditions, where many of
them were not making any money,
was confiscatory and its enforcement
would result in taking property with
out due process of law. He perman
ently enjoined the collection of any
further assessments.
Testimony taken at the time of the
trial was that the fund was then
suffering a deficit of $26,000,000
against which there was approximate
ly $10,000,000 of assets, leaving a
net deficit of $16,000,000. Siuce then
more than three score of banks have
failed, and it is estimated that the
net deficit has been increased be
tween $6,000,000 and SS. 000. 000.
The maximum levy permitted by law
is one-half of 1 rer cent a year on
the average daily deposits. If these
are around $200,000,000, as estimat
ed, this calls for a contribution of
around $1,000,000 a year from sol
vent banks, which have already paid
nearlv $15,000,000 into the fund
since it was started.
When the action was first begun
both sides indicated that however the
state courts decided the case it would
eventually be taken to the federal
supreme court, the position of the
banks being that changed conditions
justified asking that tribunal to re
consider its provisions finding that
the original law was unconstiutional.
Forty days time are allowed for the
filing of a motion for rehearsing,
which is a part of the usual pro
cedure. Judge Eberly did not concur
in the opinion, but assented to the
result.
PAIR SOUGHT BY
ARKANSAS LAW
Grand Island. Dec. 9. Raymond
Cope and Charles Moore, arrested at
Lewellen two weeks ago on a charge
of violating the federal motor ve
hicle theft law, and held in the coun
ty jail here pending trial in federal
court, are wanted at IJentonville.
Ark., on serious charges. Sheriff Pal
mer announced Monday.
Sheriff Palmer said he received a
telephone call Sunday from Sheriff
Fields of Bentonville, who stated
that Cope and Mo e were "wanted
for everything frr.n auto theft to
murder."
The Bentonville sheriff indicated
that he will seek to gain custody of
the pair through extradition.
Cope and Moore twice escaped
from Oskosh authorities. The first
time they were found hiding in a
brush pile and the second time they
escaped they were recaptured at
Scottsbluff.
They are accused of having trans
ported a stolen automobile from Par
sons, Kan., to Lewellen. '
SIFT BOMBING KILLING THREE
New York, Dec. 9. Police Mon
day were seeking a solution for a
bomb explosion which killed three
children in the kitchen of their
Brooklyn home.
The mother and two smaller chil
dren were in another room and es
caped injury. The father, Joseph
Falzone, who was away at the time,
was taken into custody for question
ing. The children were getting ready
to attend mass. Finding a package
on the kitchen table, which they ap
parently believed to be an early
Christmas gift, they gathered about
it. As Mary reached for it, there was
a terrific explosion. Mary and Phillip
were killed instantly.
Falzone recently received a series
of threatening letters. He reported
them to police.
FOR SALE
One roan Polled shorthorn bull,
nine months old. Tf interested call
phone 3S04. Frank Parkening.
Tne mercnant wno acrvertiaes reg
ularly ti.e year round, kxews cf no
slack business period.
I Mam.
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Clara Bow
Denies Story
of Stabbing
Asserts from Hospital Bed That Site
Was Injured in Auto Accident
Versions at Variance
Hollywood, Cal.. Dec. S. Clara
Bow's finy tresses drop on a hos
pital pillow today because the high
strung little firebrand of the films
plunged a knife into her bosom when
Harry Rirhman told her he would
never marry her. This, at any rate,
was thf story that came from Rich-r-tian
as he talked of his former fi
anew today.
"Former" it is, Richman insists.
H gave this correspondent an ac
count of the breaking of the en
gagement that makes up in melo
drama what it lacks in gallantry.
Rirhman did not spare himself.
Two days before Miss Bow went
to a hospital a fortnight ago. Rich
man declared, he told her their en
gagement was over, that he was
through. Clara made considerable
of a scene, according to Richman.
Strangely, Miss Bow, from her
hospital l'd. insists her engagement
to Richman is not broken and adds
that .she did not stab herself, bur
was injured in an automobile acci
dent somewhere between Agua Cali
ente and her home here.
Ri(hmans vivid account of the
breaking of the engagement is:
He told Clara it was all over
She flung his 10 thousand dollar
diamond at him and stormed out.
Two days later he was with friends
at United Artists' studio when some
body said: 'Clara's coming.. She's
in her night gown, and she's only got
her fur coat over it and it looks
like she's been stabbed because
there's blood on the bosom of her
nightgown."
Richman hid in a closet. Miss
Row soon left and went to the hos
pital in tears. Later, Richman said,
he learned she had driven a knife
into her own breast after crying for
him.
Miss Bow, now recovering at the
hospital, declines to comment on
Richman's story except to say it is
all wrong and that she is still engaged.-
World-Herald.
SHORT SELLING ATTACKED
Washington Expressing hope that
"the damnable, conniving, ruinous
practices of the Wall street "shorts"
will not be tolerated any longer by
an enlightened people," Representa
tive Sabbath, democrat, Illinois, said
Monday if the tax he proposes to be
put on "short sales" failed to cope
with the situation, he would prepare
another bill to make short selling a
crime.
Sabath's bill would levy a tax equal
to 5 per cent of the amount of each
short sale of securities and agricul
tural commodities thru the stock ex
changes and board of trade. The eva
sio nof tax would constitute a felony
punishable by fine of of $10,000 and
two years' imprisonment.
The Illinois representative review
ed the rapid increase of brokers loans
that preceded the stock market de
cline, and charged that the adminis
tration had carried on an advertising
campaign of prosperity even after it
was pointed out that stocks were sell
ing at levels ridiculously out -of pro
portion with their earnings.
YORK
BOY JOINS
HARVARD PLAYERS
York. Dec. 9. Robert Eckles, Har
vard student, class of 25, a member
of the varsity debating team, who
will appear at the Harvard museum
Dec. 17 in the Miracle Players, will
spend the coming holiday vacation
in York, Neb., with his pare.nts, Dr.
and Mrs. W. F. Eckles. Mr. Eckles
is the first York high school student
to enter Harvard.
Q&H.M.Soemiicfasen Go.
DELAY EXTRADITION OF
STADING FROM STATE
Lincoln, Dec. S. Governor Weav
er has delayed action on the request
of the governor of Iowa for the re
trn of H. C. Stading from Lincoln to
Sioux City, to answer a charge of tak
ing $36 alleged to have belonged to
his employer, H. G. Ellerbusch, own
er of a Petroleum company. Stading
asked for a hearing before the gov
ernor, alleging he had no funds be
longing to his employer, but on the
contrary, his employer owes him
$100.
Prices are
Higher for Ne
braska Land
Three Tracts in Dodge County Bring
More than $200 an Acre ; Col
fav Land at $211.
Three farms recently were sold in
Dodge county for more than two hun
dred dollars an acre, according to re
ports of Nebraska land transfers.
A tract of 120 acres near Scribner
brought $250 an acre in a sale from
John K. Bader to Otto S. Langewisch.
Eighty acres, west of Nickerson, were
sold for $212.50 an acre, and also a
quarter section for the same price.
Another Dodge county sale was at
$182.50 an acre.
In Colfax county, 180 acres near
Schuyler brought $211 an acre. There
was another Colfax county sale at
$150.
Other sales indicate that prices
for land in this state are steadily
on the upward awing.
The sale3 reported, by counties:
Colfax.
120 acres, north of" Schuyler, to
Mrs. J. M. Cox, for $150 an acre.
Also 180 acres at $211 an acre.
Dodge.
The Ernest Beck farm, southwest
of Snyder, to Mrs. Katie Burger, for
$182.50 an acre. 160 acres, Emil J.
Anderson to George Osterloh, for
$212.50 an acre, 120 acres near
Scribner, John II. Bader to Otto S.
Langewisch, for $250 an acre, 80
acres west of Nickerson. Andrew C.
Anderson to Morris Nelson, for
$212.50 an acre.
Kearney.
The John Westsen 160 acres, 9
miles northwest of MindenfVto Harry
Golav, for $14,500.
Otoe.
115 acres near Otoe, to Adolph
Paap, for $175 an acre.
Pierce
320 acres 10 miles northeast of
Pierce, to Auren Muir, for $35,000.
Seward.
The Hageman farm near Ruby, to
John Woebbeke. for $175 an acre.
Sherman
160 acres 4 miles southeast of
Loup City, R. W. McCombs to John
B. Souler, for $10,000.
York.
The Thomas Pierce 80 acres 1
miles southeast of Lushton, to
Mathias Kleinholz, for $9,500.
RUSSIAN BOND SALES
UPHELD IN OPINION
Sacramento The sale of prewar
and war loan bonds of the Russian
imperial government and the war
loan bonds of the Kerensky govern
ment for speculative purposes was
upheld in California in an opinion by
Attorney General U. S. Webb for
Mathew Brady, district attorney of
San Francisco.
Place your order for engraved
cards now while the lines are large
for the selections. The Bates Book
& Gift Shop has the cards of qual
ity and at a wide range of prices.
at Drastic
REDUCTIONS
We are closing out our Toy Stock that we
carried at the lower store and have mark
ed them at rediculously low prices. These
include
Trains Child's Dishes
Airplanes Tinker Toys
Blocks Drums
Cars Tool Chests
Clhiasaawasre astci
GSasswaa-e
Miscellaneous Toys
also at great reductions
We still have some lovely pieces of China
ware and Glassware, also staple China
that we are closing out at greatly reduced
prices. All on the main floor. See them!
The History
of the Life
Saving Heals
The Christmas Seals Sold by School
Children of the Country Raises
Funds for the 111.
The story of the Christmas Seal is
the story of a dream come true. And
the name of the man who conceived
it deserves to be recorded among the
great humanitarians of our age. It
was in 1903 that Einar Hoebell. then
an obscure postal clerk in Denmark,
hit upon the idea of selling Christ
mas Seals to relieve the suffering of
tuberculosis patients. Copenhagen
needed a hospital for tuberculosis
children; and Einar Hoebell v.-as
daily cancelling thousands of postage
stamps on holiday greeting cards.
Why, so he reasoned, should not this
flood of mail sent out in the spirit nf
"peace on earth, good will to m-ui"
do a triple service? Every missive
bore a postage of tribute to the gov
ernment, and merry wishes to friends
for the holidays, could it not a!so
carry a much needed Christmas gift
to the sick He enlisted the co-operation
of the Danish royal family and
of influential officials, out of which
came, in 1904, the first nation-wide
tuberculosis Christmas Seal sale. The
response to the appeal was over
whelming. In 1907 a story written by Jao
Riis about the Danish Seal appeared
in the Outlook. One of the Outlook
readers. Miss Emily P. Bissell, a Re I
Cross worker of Wilmington. Dele
ware, was interested in a small tuber
culosis sanatorium. Funds were need
ed. Miss Bissell adopted the Danish
idea and that year organized an'l
conducted the first Christmas Seal
sale ever held in this country. Her
receipts from this venture was what
was then an amazing total, namely
$3,000.
Miss Bissell was actively interest
ed in the Deleware Red Cross, and
was also a member of the National
Red Cross which she persuaded to
undertake the first National sale of
Christmas Seals. That was in 1908
and the sale that year brought in
about $135,000.
The American Red Cross, however,
was not primarily interested in tuber
culosis work, so in 1910 an agree
ment was made with the National
Tuberculosis Association to carry on
the sale, the Red Cross to loan the
Tuberculosis Association its name, its
emblem and sufficient capital for fi
nancing the sale, the National Tub
erculosis Association to organize the
sale and direct the expenditure of the
funds and to pay the Red Cross a
small percentage.
This happy partnership lasted for
ten years. In 1919 both the Reft
Cross emblem and the double barred
cross appeared on the Christmas Seals
but in 1920 the partnership was dis
solved and the Christmas Seal appear
ed for the first time with only a
double barred cross.
Christmas Seals have done much
more than to raise dollars for the
relief of active cases of tuberculosis,
worth wjiile as this function is. More
powerful has been the stimulas to
establish new organizations dedicated
to educational and preventative work
which, it is hoped, will ultimately
era'dicate-the white plague entirely.
Through these activities every in
habitant of a community benefits
from the Christmas Seal sale.
'WILLS' HIS SOUL TO
MELLON, SLAYS SELF
Milwaukee, Dec. 7. Directing that
his "body should go to science, his
soul to Andrew W. Mellon and sym
pathy to his creditors," V."".!i: rt;:i
Lyle. 25. abet and killed hinicDlf in
a hotel room here Saturday.