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PLATTEMOUTII SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Fall Milk Pail From Foil Feed Pail
Foil milk pails in a good dairy
herd are possible only When liberal
use is made of the feed paiL says
the Blue Valley Creamery Institute.
Unless cows are given plenty of
feed all the year round, they will
not produce to their full capacity
and consequently are unable to
show a good profit over the cost of
the feed they eat. On the other
hand, it does not pay to be extrava
gant and feed more feed than is
necessary.
The fallacy of keeping: feed eosts
down with no regard for the amount
of milk the cows produce is well
shown by the records of an Illinois
dairy herd improvement associa
tion. The lowest producing herd in
this association had an average
yearly feed cost of $23 a cow
the highest herd, $70 a cow. The
latter herd produced S75 pounds
hutterfat and made an income over
the cost of feed of $120 per cow.
The herd with the low feed cost of
$29 a head produced only 1S5
pounds butterfat for the year at a
profit over feed cost of $C0 per cow.
HEAVY EATING DAIRY COWS MAKE MOST
MILK AT GREATEST PROFIT
61
ATE 29 WORTH
OF FEED
PRODUCED
185 fbsuTBVTTERFAT
Made an Income
or 50
OirFP FEED COST
CAD
u in one tear-'
ITfe THE PROFIT MADE AFTER FEED BILLS
ARE PAID THAT COUNTS
Helen Wills
Moody Gets a
$20,000 Legacy
Named Among Others as Eeneficaries
of Phelan Millions Foun
dation Gift
San Francisco. Cal., Aug. 15.
California!!? who achieved fame in
art. literature and athletics were r
warded and charitable institutions
aided by the 10 million dollar will of
former Senator James D. Phelan,
filed for probate here today.
Helen Wills Moody, world's wom
an tennis champion, was bequeathed
20 thousand dollars in appreciation
ot her "winning the tenuis chain- !
pionship for California." She also
was given a portrait of herself paint
ed by the Polish artist, Sigal, two
year. ago.
The bequest immediately raised the
question of whether Airs. Moody's
amateur standing would be endang
ered if she accepted the money. Mrs.
Moody declined to comment because
she received set aside for the pur
pose. Recognition for work in literature
won a -20 thousand dollar gift for
Gertrude Atherton, California writer
whose book, "Black Oxen," created
nationwide discussion several years
ago.
Home to Art Group.
The irgest single bequest war
one million dollars for the creation
of the James D. 1'helan foundation
in San Francisco, city of Phelan's
birth. The former senator willed
the income from this money for
nursing the needy and poor of the
city in their homes.
Another large gift was the beau
tiful Phelan home. Villa Montalva,
near Saratoga, south of here, to the
San Francisco Art association. The
home and grounds are to be main
tained as a public park with the
income from 230 thousand dollars
set aside for the purpose.
More than 130 bequests to indi
viduals and institutions were made.
These included 100 thousand dol
lars to his sister, Mary Louis Phe
lan, "and sums up to 50 thousand
dollars to nephews and nieces. All
employes wer remembered, their leg
acy depending on their length of
service.
Bequests to Schools.
Schools, churches and charitable
organizations of San Francisco and
California were given amounts up to
50 thousand dollars. Included in
these was 50 thousand dollars to
Old St. Mary's church for the poor
of Ft. Mary's parish, where Phelan
was born. Another 50 thousand dol
lars for a park in Chinatown where
the church is located was provided.
Several California historical or
ganizations benefited.
In addition to specific requests,
the senator willed the residue of
the estate after 25 years to Noel
Sullivan, nephew, and Alyce Mur
phy and Gladys Doyle, nieces.
World-Herald
IDENTIFY BODY TAKEN
FROM MISSOURI EIVER
Falls City, Aug. 15. Mrs. Joseph
Wahwussuck, Indian woman of Hor
ton. Kan., Friday identified the body
of a man taken from the Missouri
river near Rulo as that of her hus
band. The man's body had been bur
ied for over a week, and she identi
fied it by the teeth and hair. The
woman said her husband drowned
Aug. 3 during the White Cloud rodeo.
All work and no play you know
the eld saying. Well, vacation is
here and it's play time in Platts
mouth. You can get all kinds oi
athletic goods at Bates Bock Store.
The feed bill of the higher produc
ing herd was more than double the
feed cost for the lower producers,
yet the profit over feed cost for
these higher producers was likewise
more than double that of the cows
of lower production.
1 For greatest profit from any
dairy herd, be it only two cows or
20 cows, the important thing is to
feed good milk making rations, and
to feed each cow as much of this
ration as she will eat for greatest
return. To learn how much feed
a cow needs for most profitable
milk production, a daily record is
needed of the amounts of milk pro
duced and feed consumed by each
cow. Every cow should be fed her
grain strictly according to her pro
duction. Is she does not respond
profitably to good feeding, she has
no place in a good dairy herd. Only
cows capable of eating lots of feed
are able to make the greatest
profits. Give good cows plenty of
feed. It never pays to skimp on
their feed bilL
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OVER FEED COST
FREMONT FIEE LOSS IS $34,000
Fremont, Aug. 15. Following a
checkup Friday, John G-umb, man
ager of the Fremont Beverage Co.,
announced the loss from the fire that
swept the company's plant early Fri
day would amount to $34,ou0.
The new evaluation placed the
worth of the contents of the build
ing at $10,000. instead of $G,0u0,
as estimated first. Mr. Gumb said
his company would not erect a new
building to replace the old one.
Investigation. Mr. Gumb said,
failed to reveal whether the fire was
caused by sparks from a passing lo
comotive, a carelessly tossed cigaret,
or spontaneous combustion.
Firemen spent several hours blast
ing down the wall that stood throush
the blaze. City officials ordered the
removal of the walls as a matter of
public safety.
Flaring up at midnight, the
flames roared through the old struc
ture for two hours before six regu
lar firemen and 4 0 volunteers could
gain control.
Two other buildings were threat
ened. One of them, the main build
ing, not used since prohibition, is
empty. Its original cost was $150,
000. The other is an old bottling
house.
PROGRAM AT LEWIST0N
C0IMUNITY CENTER
Thursday evening, August 21, the
following program will be rendered
at Lewiston community center:
Selection by Band.
Piano Duet, Geraldine and Flor
ence Suddith.
Reading by Katherine Leyda.
Piano Solo, by Mrs. Mumm.
Selection by Band.
Specialty Numbers under the di
rection of Mrs. Hall.
Reading by Katherine Leyda.
Fax and Clarinet Duet by Gwen
dolyn Hansen and Fern Frans.
Dancing Number by Wave Smith.
Selection by Band.
Ice cream and cake will be served.
Program free, but small charge made
for ice cream and cake.
PAWNEE CITY TO GET GAS
Pawnee City Three carloads of
four-inch steel pipe for gas mains
were unloaded here and four cars
at Table Reck Friday for the Truman-Smith
Construction Co., Eldo
rado, Kas. Seven cars of Sterling,
one at Graf and one at Elk Creek
were unloaded Thursday.
The development in this territory
of gas lines is to start within three
weeks, F. B. Tracy of the Fairybury
People's Gas Co. representative, told
the city council. Pawnee City is
plotted at the end of the four inch
line that will run north of Palmyra
for junction with the large main now
under construction from Texas.-
Pawnee City granted a gas fran
chise to the Iowa-Nebraska Light
and Power Co.. and Table Rock last
week gave one to the Nebraska Na
tural Gas Co. The former residents
should have gas by November Tracy
said.
DIES IN WASHINGTON
The information has been received
here of the death on August 13th
at Spokane, Washington, of Mrs.
Ada Peterson, of that city, a former
resident of Plattsmouth where she
will be remembered by the older
settlers as Miss Ada Cooper. Mrs.
Peterson has been confined to her
bed for the past three months suf
fering from cancer. The oleier resi
dents here who were acquainted w:.th
this lady in her residence here will
regret very much to learn if her
passing.
Have you anything to sell? Tell
the world about it through the Jour
nal's Want Ad department.
w m one gear
46,000,000
Cross
Border
in a Year
Ccmmisioner of Custonis Tells of the
Efforts Being Made to
Check Smuggling
Washington More than in.000.
OfiO people cro-sed into the United
Sir.tes from Canada and Mexico dur
ing the lo"t y ;:r, accr-rding t i P. X.
A. Eble, Commissioner of Customs in
the l;ep:irtni;-ni of t'iO Treasury, who
told in a r::di talk over (he Nation
al Pro:, dv.x -ring System, Aug. 11,
liow customs rJlicers are tightening
their grip to keep cut H';iHr and
other ec-.?r:!".:n'..
Travel by air vr: introduced a
new plias-e f custom? work, just as
in the last 141 years rir.re the Cus
toms fi,rvi."c w;;r- founded th- change
from soiling vessel" and horse-drawn
vehicles to the r.te;ur.b-;a: ami auto
mobile bar, .-recesfivi-ly enlarged the
service. Mr. Eble dc!trf d. Fourteen
airports cf entry have b"en designat
ed' along the Canadian, and seven
along tbr Jlcxioan bord. is. he said,
ar.d nil rircraft croaking thf border.?
are reeulr d to alight at these ports.
Automobile trallc I:; by far th"
heavies; gvin over the borders. Mr.
Eble continued, and two inter-i-tional
bridges bear the brunt o the traffic
stream The Peace Bridge at P.ufTalo.
N. V.. cue and cne-h-lf miles long,
is eros.-r d by an average ef lG.ODO
':'vr. daily. more than half of which.
with ."U'.oOO passengers, must be in
sp eted by the customs officers. At
Ditroii. the Ambassador Bridge ac
commodates 12 lanes of traffic and
at rush hours 118 c;rs are inspected
every 10 minutes. lie r.dded. L-st
nv.-nth, 11 1.000 auiomob-b-s ci ossed
this bridge into the United States.
In.-pection of this large number of
cars is accomplished by stationing at
each bridge a trained force of in
spectors well versed in all the "tricks
of the trade" employed by smugglers.
Mr. Eble continued. At Peace Bridge
the force of inspectors is designed to
handle a peak lot d of ISOu automo
biles an hour, he said.
Law-abiding motorists need ex
perience little inconvenience in pass
ing the customs examinations, ac
cording to Mr. Ebie, since all that is
required of them is presentrtion of
their home-state automobile registra
tion card.
"If the automobile is of American
manufacture and brought back by
the same person who took it out of
the country," Mr. Eble continued,
"no further requirements are neces
sary. "As every car in each lane reaches
the inspection booth, it is inspected
inside and out. and if r.o contraband
is found or further examination is
necessary it is passed through.
"In these cases where the presence
of contraband is sujpcted or where
unusual equipment is noticed, such
cars are :-mt to the inspection center
and are driven over mirrors or re
flectors, whi.-h clearty reveal every
mechanical feature underneath the
car."
SUDIHS AT SCHUYLER
Schuvler Mr. and Mrs. Vincent
Sudik of Oklahoma City have been
visiting with relatives in Colfux
i-nimtv. The counie jumped into
prominence several months ago when
two of the greatest ci! gushers m
the world broke forth on their iand
npr.r Oklahoma Citv. The first, the
Mary Sudik ran wild for more than
a week before it was finally brought
under control. Since that date there
have bet n right other monster pro
ducers, ranging from 2;,ouo to 4U,-
000 barrels per day.
In speaking of their experiences
since the great wells were brought
in, Mrs. Sudik said: "We have been
bombarded for donations from all
over the United States, and several
foreign countires. The last and per
haps the greatest request for for
$150,000 to build a convent to be
named 'The Mary Sudik. Of course
all were refused."
"Oil production has been greatly
onrtniiod " Mr. Sn;lik said. "We are
selling only about one-eighth of our
flow. The purchase of oil has been
very greatly curtailed and workmen
w-hn nrp now working on our other
wells are merely killing time to make
the jobs last." '
ROAD CONFERENCE COMING
The Ninth Asphalt Paving Con
ference, to be held at Memphis,
Tennessee, in December, will devote
an entire session to the problem of
low-cost farm-to-market road con
struction.
This is good news for American
agriculture. It has long been rec
ognized that asphaltic materials pro
vide one of the most practical sur
faces for secondary roads, due to
their low original and maintenance
cost, and their long-wearing, wea
therproof qualities. The conference
will undoubtedly lend momentum to
the- farm rrad movement.
There .seems to be almost absolute
agreement at present among agri
cultural outhorities that farm pros
perity is largely dependent on good
roads. So long as a majority of our
farmers are cut off from their mar
kets during several months of each
year by a barrier of mud it will be
impossible for them to make appre
ciable social and economic progress.
Transportation, said to be the life
blood of industry, is likewise the
lifeblood of agriculture.
By intensive Fcientific secondary
road building programs, farming
areas in every state can be provided
with year-round surfaced roads with
out material increases in taxes or
excessive bond issues. This would
probably do more to place agricul
ture on a permanently prosperous
basis than all the artificial "afrm
relief" panaceas ever devised.
t GREENWOOD
ElL-ha G. Osborne was a visitor
with a number of his friends in
Green woe d on last Wednesday, and
also from here went to AIvo where
he was a guest as well.
Norman Peters who i. a student at
the state university is spending some
time home with the parents and on
last Sunday with them were visit
ing with friends at Coiuaibus.
Cards from Rex Peters and wife
and Perley Clymer and wife who
are in the Black Hills i.-j to tii cfitct
that they r.re enjoying :i verv fine
time there and will
home earl- this week.
expect to l
George Trunkenbolz wis a dele
crate to the meeting of the gather
ing cf the delegates from the dif
ferent posts ever the county to ar
range the picnic a week ago last
Sunday and a good time wits had.
E. L. McDonald, the merchant
prince, was a visitor in Plbttsmouth
on lt.'t Wednesday burning taking
the election returns to the county
seat and then returning to hustle
after his business at the store.
Judge W. E. Newkiik a;.d wife
v.-tre spending a number of days in
Manioc Ic where tney are tr.e guests
at the home cf their daugiilcr, Mrs.
Dr. I,. I). Lit-e and als.- where Judge
Nev. kirk is also receiving treatment
from Dr. Lee.
Win. Cope and wife were enjoying
a very pleasant visit iarfi week from
Frank Cope and family of Scott.?
r luff who drove over to sec thorn
ard are also visiting with othc-r
friends and relatives in tliij portion
of the state.
M. J. Nickel and wife accompan
ied by J. II. Wcych"! and wife and
Mrs. Harry Weychel of near Alvo
were visiting in Greenwood on last
Wednesday and were looking after
some business matters for a time
while here as well as meeting mony
oi their friends.
Phillip Reese and George Trunk
enbolz were over to Plattsmouth on
last Tuesday evening where they
were enjoying the receiving of the
returns at the court house of the
primary election as they were anx
ious to know the results as soon as
possible as George was a candidate
for nomination for sheriff.
W. C. Renwanz, Delbert Leesley
and George Isaacs were shelling and
delivering corn to the Farmer? Ele
vator in Gieenwood on Wednesday of
last week. With the rain which came
last week the farmers are feeling
much more at ease about the corn
crop which was badly threatened by
the excessively hot weather for the
past three weeks.
(Juicily but with success at the
end when the work has been com
pleted W. S. Allen is quietly work
ing away on a new corn sheller which
he is doing all himself and which is
to revolutionize the manner of torn
shelling for it will be mounted on a
truck, and built in and the power
will be furnished by the plant and
can be moved from place as readily
as now a truck is when loaded. We
are certain that Mr. Allen will raake
a success of the building of this new
machine.
Danger Signs Call Attention.
On the road leading east from
Greenwood are two signs placed at
each side of the road running north
frcm Alvo to A-hind, calling the
attention of the fate of it being a
dangerous corner. The place had
been made much more safe than
formerly by the clearing out of the
grow th of the trees and shrubs which
were allowed to accummulate at the
corner. It is to be hoped that this
precaution will emilinate accidents
in the future.
Tour the County.
Monday of last week the members
of the Greenwood band with Fred
Hoffman and his truck made a tour
of the county touching every town
with the exception of South Bend,
Cedar Creek and Wabash, in the in
terest of E. P. Stewart who is a band
man and who was candidate for
nomination for sheriff. The band
enjoyed the day nicely and saw one
of the very best counties in this or
any other state.
Greenwood and the Ticket.
The primary election bestowed on
Greenwood two presents in the share
of nominations for offices this fall.
The nominations were equally dis
tributed with the dominent parties
George Trunkenbtlz receiving the
nomination for sheriff on the demo
cratic party and Rex Peters the
nomination for the position of coun
ty commissioner on the republican
party. These are two young men
and full of life and pep and should
make excellent officers if elected.
Enjoyed Picnic La?t Sunday.
At the farm of Mr. and Mrs. El
mer E. Buck near Ashland and near
the Platte river was held on Sun
day last a picnic of the Coleman
.nd Wright families. There were
there for the occasion and to en
Joy the gathering Louis Wright and
family, Mrs. A. N. Wright, E. A.
Landon and wife, Wayne Landon
and family and Miss Catherine Cole
man of Greenwood, and from Ash
land there were W. P. Bailey ard
family. Elmer Coleman and family
Mrs. Ella Marshall, and Elmer Buck
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ranard, of
Omaha, were down for a few hours
today visiting with the old time
friends in Plattsmouth. Mr. Ranard
was for a number of years an em
ploye of the Eurlington shops here
and is interested in news of his form
er home town. While here, they ar
ranged to have the Journal visit them
regularly during the coming year.
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terest in phoning us the news. Call
No. 6 any time.
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Curiosity, aroused by numerous flights over Death
Valley, led Captain John A. Macready (lower let)
Shell Oil Company aviation chief, to accept the invi
Radio Nearing
Nev Status as
Public Utility
Louis G. Caldwell Says Stations Not
Now Distributed on Log
ical Basis
Chicago If the volume of ad
vertising on the radio continues to
grow so that there will be enough
time for ail advertisers to have all
tht-y want, the radiocasting business
may be put on the footing of a "com
mon carrier," it was stated here by
Louis G. Caldwell, formerly general
counsel of the Federal Radio Com
mission, in a lecture at the first In
ternational Air Law Institute at
Northwestern University. More ad
vertising is likely, he said, for very
few radio stations are breaking even,
to t:ay nothing of pbowing a profit.
Mr. Caldwell also declared that the
public will not get the full benefit of
the wave b'rd r,et aside for radio
casting until Congress repeals the
Davis Amendment to the Radio Act
of 1927. thereby enabling the sta
tions to be redistributed on a more
natural and logical basis. His talk
was ba.-ed on the query "are broad
casting stations public utilities?"
If the listener paid fcr what he re
ceives over his set, the same as he
pays for electricity, gas and water, it
would be a public utility simple and
pure without ary complications, he
said. The radio situation is compli
cated by the fact that the listener's
service is paid for by the advertiser,
said Mr. Caldwell, much as his news
paper and magazine is paid for by the
advertiser.
And the radio is not a common car
rier, like the telephone, telegraph,
express or railroad, in that it is not
obliged at this time to carry the mes
sage of any and all who present them
selves to the Eudio with an admission
price. The radio program editor, said
Mr. Caldwell, Is charged with the
responsibility of exercising good
judgment and good taste no less than
the theater manager or newspaper
editor. The casual public has no
rights on the radiocasting end, he
thinks: Its rights lie only on the
receiving end.
However, if advertising continues
to command more and more time on
the air, it may come to pass that the
radio commission will have to make
radiocasting a common carrier, he
says, to the extent that some adver
tisers will be limited so that all may
be given an equal chance.
The present method of allotting
stations is wrong from the standpoint
of good reception, Mr. Caldwell
stated, as it recognizes state lines
whereas radio waves do not. The
present method was set up by the
Davis Amendment in 192S. and was
designed with the view of dividing
political plums by states, he said,
urging that the amendment be re
pealed and the plan set forth in the
Radio Act of 1927 be put into effect
This would enable the commission to
distribute stations according to popu
uation served and the natural laws
which govern radio operation.
In outlining the fundamentals of
British law applying to airplane
flight, Arnold D. McNair, senior tu
tor at Gonville and Caius College,
Cambridge, England, said no action
of trespass lies merely in a flight over
land, if the flight is reasonably high;
no action for nuisance can be brought
if there is no interference with the
reasonable enjoyment of the land;
and the airplane cannot be alleged
to be dangerous in general. On the
other hand, he pointed out that in
case of damage by accident, the bur
den of proof is put upon the defend
ant. For Job Printing call the Journal
"Death Valley Scotty V Castle -
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tation cf Death VaMey Scctty (lower rigfit) to visit the
latter's new home. Captain Macready ciimbed from his
plane snd found a 40-room castle (tcp) nearing cornel-,
tion In the heart of the desert. Ten years work and $4.
OO0.0OD will have been put Into the magnificent structure
when it is completed. Explaining how it all started.
Scotty told Macready that A. M. Johnson, millionaire
Chicago insurance executive commissioned him to build
the castle. "He found that the climate here was good fcr
his health and he likes my cooking," was Scotty'c
astounding explanation.
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HOOVER TURNS TO AVIATION
Orange, a. President Hoover, his
drouth relief organization under way,
turned to aviation problems at his
mountain lodge here Friday night
with a view to determining what eco
nomics may be effected in the various
military and civil air branches. With
Colonel Lindbergh and four govern
ment aeronautics officials among his
guests, the president bope-d to de
Nelop in conferences over the week
end some definite plan of elimin
ating duplication cf effort in the gov
ernment's air services.
If this can be accomplished with
out impairing efficiency, Mr. Hoover
believes a long step will have been
takeu in the advancement of avia
tion. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh
came here with other week end
guests ahead of the president and
Mrs. Hoover. Other guests parti
cipating in the aviation conferences
were F. Trubee Davison, assistant
secretary of war; Davis S. Ingalis, as
sistant secretary of the navy; Clar
ence M. Young, assistant secretary,
af commerce, and W. Irving Glover,
assistant postmaster general. All
supervise the air activities of their
respective departments.
The aviation conferences follow
closely on the news that the chief
executive has requested the bureau
of effieeincy to make a study to de
termine whether there is aa overlap
ping of effort in the war and navy
air services in connection with the
coastal defenses.
HAND OF LAW ON NEWSIE
Omaha The war on leather lung
ed newsboys was open in full foice
here Friday with the first arrest of
a newsboy under Omaha's antinoise
ordinance.
Abe Oosterbaum, an adu't newsie,
was the one who came in conflict
with the law. Abe might have cried
his loudest except for the fact that
lie selected a corner within easy ear
shot of Mayor Metcalfe.
Mayor Metcalfe sponsored the anti
noise law and when Abe's booming
voice came sizzling thru the window
the mayor, his peace of mind thus
rudely distuibed, acted quickly. A
secretary moved thru the traffic to
the side of the news crier. He plead
ed for less strident calls and within
a minute be was back again. His
plea for silence had fallen on deaf
ears.
When Oosterbaum "got impudent.
as the secretary described it, an offi
cer was called and the newsie was
moved off to jail, later to be released
cn $10 bond.
GEEATEE FLOW FE0M LAKE
Washington With the approval
of President Hoover Secretary Hur
ley has solved the drouth problem
which has been most important to
the city of Chicago. Acting upon the
appeal of Governor Emmerson of
Illinois, the secretary has permitted
an increase in the fiow of water from
Lake Michigan thru the Chicago
river, which has reached a lower
level than Is essential to dispose cjf
the sewage of the city. Under the
secretary's ruling, the increase above
the 6.500 cubic feet per second es
tablished as a maximum by a su
preme court decree may be had by
decreasing proportionately cfter the
drouth the amount of flow from the
lake.
The relief was necessary in order
to benefit livestock and remove the
danger of epidemic disease, a state
ment by Murley said.
EADI0 mCOHE EEPOET
New York The Radio Corpora
tion of America Friday reported net
income of $505, 09S, for the first half
of 1930 Total gross "income t was
$52, 731', 079. Current asfcets cn June
30 were $79,393,328 and current lia
bilities $36,045,184, a ratio of 2.30
to 1.
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Pair Seized in
Fire Death of
320 Prisoner
Ohio
Blaze Thought Incendiary ;
Convicts Eemoved Secret
ly for Grilling
Columbus, Ohio,
vestigation into the
tiary fire disaster of
intensified Friday
Aug. IT,. Im
Oliio pfiiiten
last April wm
when Warden
Preston E. Thomas revealed that at
least two convicts bad been placed
in the city jail for questioning r.s
to the cause of the catastrophe that
cost the lives of 320 convicts.
First reports were that six pris
oners were in the jail, but Warden
Thomas said that only two wen
held. Their names, the warden said,
were Bernard K. Campbell and James
II. Yeager, both from Cuyahoga
county (Cleveland).
Evidence Kept Secret
They were transferred from th"
penitentiary late Thursday right
following an exhaustive Investiga
tion by Deputy State Fire Marshal
Joseph Clear, who started his in
quiry shortly after the fire.
Clear, however, declined to say
what evidence he had uneovereel.
He said that no statements would
lie made until State Fire Marshal
Gciy Gill returns to Columbus, prob
ably Monday.
Clear explained that tr reveal thi
nature of the evidence now might
interfere with his inquiry.
Believed Incendiary
The exact cause of the fire wart
not determined by the tifficial in
vestigation conducted immediat'-iy
aftf-r the tragedy.
Some witnesses expressed the be
lief that prisoners started the lire
with a view of a break for freedom
during the confusion. Others snid :i
short-circuited wire might have
started it.
Indications were that the. stat"
fbe marshal's investigators leaned
toward the incendiarism theory.
Should any of the prisoners hi- ac
cused of plotting the disaster, Ihey
would face charges of murder, arson
and manslaughter.
Eemoved in Secrecy
Removal of the prisoners to the
city jail was carried out in utmost
secrecy, officials declaring they fear
ed rioting at the prison.
Chief of Detectives W. G. Sliel
lenbarger at first denied any know
ledge of the transfer, but late d ad
mitted they were made.
Other prisoners are expecte-d tn
be questioned for information that
might reveal responsibility for th';
fire, he said. Bee-News.
The Journal has avaflahle two com
plete matrix cut services each month
fcr the benefit of its advertisers. Aie
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trated service t
EEP0ETS OF EATN SEND
STOCK PRICES SOARING
New York, Aug. 15. Raindrop
pent share prices soaring on the New
lork Stock Exchange today. Bear
traders had evidently pe;t out on their
latest venture, without their um
brellas, for their campaign was
broken up In rout.
Prices of a long listf important
shares t-hot up $3 to $12. as trad
ers who had sold stocks short were
forced to bid "urgently for shares to
cover their contracts.
A huge short interest had- bren
built up in the market by traders
who committed themselves, heavily
on Jhe theory that the drouth had
severely impaired business pros
pect?, but the soaking rains of List
night and today removed the drouth
as a psychological market factor.
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