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MONDAY, SEPT. 15, 1930.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE FIV1
1RD0CK
E. G. Osborne, of Lincoln, was a
visitor with friends in Murdock on
"Wednesday forenoon of last week.
Mrs. A. J. Tool was spending a
few days visiting in Sioux City with
her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Meyer and
husband.
Mrs. Turner McKlnnon of near
Alvo was spending a few days in
Omaha as the guest of her niece, Mrs.
George Work and family, last week.
John J. Gustln and wife and Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Kruger enjoyed at
tending a very pleasant dance given
in Ashland on Saturday night of last
week.
Bryan McDonald was a visitor In
Lincoln on last Tuesday, where he
went to look after some business mat
ters and to make purchase of goods
for the store.
Mrs. Aaron E. Palling and Bon,
Robert, of Byron, were guests for a
few days at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
L. D. Lee, Mr. Pailing and Mrs. Lee
being brother and sister.
A. II. Jacobson was called to Lin
coin on last Wednesday to secure re
pairs for some work which he has at
the garga.e He also looked after
other business while there.
Mrs. Harry McCulloch, who is a
sister of Mrs. John Eppings and who
makes her home near Murray, was a
visitor at the Eppings home for three
days during the past week.
Miss Myrette E. Wood, carrier of
the mail out of Wabash, was a vis
itor at Plattsmouth last Saturday,
driving over in her auto to look after
some business matters and visiting
friends.
The Murdock, Louisville and Cal
lahan churches will hold a union re
vival meeting at the Callahan
church, beginning Sept. 21st, and to
last ten days. Rev. P. E. Ebinger, of
Fullerton, will be the preacher.
Mrs. H. V. McDonald, who has for
the past two weeks been visiting at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Eastman, at Sterling, Colorado, where
they have both enjoyed the visit, re
turned home on last Saturday even
ing. On account of the rain, which kept
Frank A. Melvin and John W. Kru
ger from working at the house west
of town, they put in the time cut
ting rafters and doing some work
about the driveway leading into the
lumber yard.
Louis Siekjost, of Eustis, was a vis
iter at the state fair and after hav
ing enjoyed one of the most wonder
ful of state fairs, he came on down
to Murdock and visited with his
friends here for a time, being a
Ruest while here at the home of
Henry Bornemeier and family.
Miss Verna Knaup left Saturday
morning for Billings, Oklahoma, at
which place she has been visiting
with friends. From there she plan
ned to go to Enid to see her grand
mother and thence to Drummond to
visit aunts and uncles and other rela
tives, also Louis and Albert Dehnings
and families.
The Pilgrims spent a very enjoy
able ' day at Louisville Methodist
c hurch last Sunday. It was a delight
to teach a very interesting Bible
class, who show a keen interest in
Bible study. The preaching service
that followed was an inspiration, and
their choir and orchestra added very
materially to the success of the ser
vice. Harold Brunkow and wife and Mr.
and Mrs. John Kruger were enjoying
a picnic on last Sunday, when they
journeyed to Crowell park, a number
of miles out of Omaha, where they
spent the day and sure had a good
time. luey remained, eating their
dinner and supper there and return
ed home late in the evening, having
had a very fine day.
A. II. Jones and wife, of Weeping
Water were guests for the day last
Sunt'ay at the home of Postmaster
L. B. Gorthey and family and all on
Sunday took their dinners to the fox
farm west of Louisville on the other
side of the river, where they enjoyed
looking over the fine -specimens.
From there they went to the state
fisheries south of Gretna, where they
picnicked and ate their supper, re
turning home in the evening.
Burial Vaults.
We have the only self sealing
buriel vaults, automatically seals it
self, excluding water or any other
substance. We deliver them on call
to any place in Cass or Otoe coun
ties. MILLER & GRUEER,
Nehawka, Neb.
Making Aeroplane
Lawrence Race, during the time
when trade is not so rushing, has
been making some toys for the child
ren, the latest one being an aero
plane, which is a toy that the young
sters will enjoy very much.
Has New Truck Motor
Alvin Bornemeier, who believes in
being equipped the very best for the
work which he has in hand, has just
had a new truck chassis placed under
hi3 school bus and is now so he can
brave any kind of weather or roads
in the collecting and returning home
of the rural students who attend the
Murdock consolidated schools.
Entertain ladies Aid
The Ladies Aid of the Murdock
church were very pleasantly enter
tained by Mesdames W. O. Gillespie
v :i Otto Eichoff at the hotel on last
Thursday. The ladies came to work
and sure they did just that, for their
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CLEMENTS & CO.
Undertakers and
Ambulance Service
We solicit your kind patronage.
Over thirty years experience!
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
BANK OF MURDOCK
of Murdock, Nebr.
Charter No. 678 In the State of Ne
braska at the close of business
Sept. 6, 1930.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $196,316.93
Overdrafts 222.lt
Bonds and securities (exclu
sive of cash reserve) 37,331. 21
Judgments and Claims 476.62
Bunking house, furniture and
fixtures 9,700.00
Cash in Bank and
lMie from National
and State Banks
nubject to check.. $ 6C.608.03
Checks and items
of exchange 99.22
V. S. bonds in cash
reserve 750.00 67,457.25
TOTAL $311,504.21
LIABILITIES
Capital stock
Surplus fund
.$ 20,
5
000.00
000.00
018.2S
Undivided profits (Net)
Heserve for Dividends, Con
tingencies, Interest, Taxes,
etc
3,500.00
Individual deposits
subject to check. $100,104.44
T'm certificates of
deposit 177.316.78
Savings deposits . . 1,990.25
Cashier's checks .. 410.50 279,821.97
Due to National and State
banks
Re-discounts
Bills Payable
Depositor's guarantee fund
none
none
none
163.9-J
TOTAL $311,504.21
State of Nebraska "1
J. ss.
County of Cas J
I, H. A. Guthmann, Cashier of the
above named bank do solemnly swear
that the above statement is a true and
correct copy of the report made to the
Department of Trade and rommrrce.
II. A. GUTHMANN,
Attest: Cashier.
HENRY A. TOOT., Director.
J. E. GUTHMANN, Director.
Subscribed and sworn to before nr?
this 12th day of September. 1930.
L. B. GOTtTHEV.
(Seal) Notary Public.
(My commission expires Sept. 7, 1932.)
needles were busy, and at the same
time they enjoyed the afternoon so
cially as well. They were served
with a very delightful lunch by the
genial hostesses.
Selling Many Cabinets
O. E. McDonald, who was looking
after the exhibiting of the Kitchen
Kob Kabinets. which are manufac
tured by the Tool Lumber company.
of Murdock, reports that much in
terest was taken in the cabinets,
which are a most convenient piece
of household furniture. Mr. McDon
ald hooked many orders while they
were on exhibition.
A Good Koad Man
John Eppings, who has charge of
the Red Ball highway for that por:
ticn extending from two miles north
of Elmwood to east of Manley, keeps
at the work and with a careful study
of the needs of the road is keeping
this popular highway in good con
dition, especially considering the fact
that it is most all only dirt road.
This road, which runs through the
central portion of Cass county,
should have been made a good road
the first one in the county as it ac
commodates more people than any
other road, a3 laterals to all towns
cculd be extended from it, and thus
all the county served.
Hustling with Truck
Notwithstanding the fact that
someone stole the truck with which
Charles Schaeffer delivers his goods,
only a short time since, the truck
has been recovered and Charles has
it delivering oil and gas again. Ver
ily, you cannot keep a good man
down.
Buys New Auto at Fair
Mr. and Mrs. Gust Gakemeier
attended the state fair last week,
and being attracted by the elegance
and many other fine qualities of the
Marquette auto, which was on ex
hibition, they acquired a sport coupe,
which they brought home and are de
lighted with the new means of trans
portation. Feeling Nicely, Thank You
Last Sunday night, Mrs. I. C. Mc
Crorey, who has been at Excelsior
Springs, Mo., where she was taking
treatments and baths for her health,
returned home and reports feeling
much improved. This is good news
for her many friends, as well as to
be home again.
New Car Works Well
A. H. Ward, of the Murdock fill
ing station recently secured a Master
Six sedan, getting the same through
the agency of Ralph Clymer, of
Greenwood. Mr. Ward is a good
judge of autos, but that he might
know just how the new baby works,
he and family and Mr. and Mrs. W.
O. Gillespie made a trip to Platts
mouth last Sunday and viewed the
new bridge which spans the Missouri
and again went to Beatrice, where
they visited at M. G. Keedy's on Sun
day, which tested the car and it
proved all that was desired.
Jolly Chefs Meet
The "Jolly Chefs" cooking club
met at the school house August 20th.
Eleven members were present.
Lesson V was read and studied.
The president had charge of the busi
ness session and it was decided to
have Achievement Day Saturday af
ternoon,' Sept. 13th.
On Friday afternoon, August 22(1,
the Priscillas invited the Jolly Chefs
to a picnic at Mrs. Amgwert's home.
A good time was had and a wonder
ful lunch served.
September 6th, the Jolly Chefs
and Priscillas met together to plan
for our Achievement day. The meet
ing was in charge of our leaders,
Mrs. Amgwert and Mrs. L. McDon
ald. Our final reports were httndisd
in. Club Reporter.
Lau Family Reunion
Last Sunday, Sept. 7th, at the
hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lau, in Louisville, occurred
a meeting of the Lau family. The
plans were well carried out and with
an ideal day before them, the crowd
assembled with well filled baskets
and soon the large table was ar
ranged with a great variety of food
and ice cream.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lau and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Will Lau, Sr. and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ferdinand Lau and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Lau and son, Leonard,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lau. Jr., and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Will Lau, Jr.,
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lau and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. New
man, Sr., and daughters, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Neuman, Jr., and family,
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Stohlman and
family, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hass, Sr.,
and family, of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs
Charles Haas and family, of Omaha,
Miss Clara Alice Barbe, of Omaha,
Mrs. C. E. Schaetsle and son, Omaha
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wiles and fam'ly,
Mr and Mrs. George Kraft a:id
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Thimgan and son, Victor, Miss Aman
da Stroy, Miss Laura Reihart, Leon
ard Fornoff, Arnold Ileil, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Dieckman and son, and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kupke and daugh
ter. Everyone present reported a good
time and a committee arranged for
a reunion next year.
What Does the Lutheran Church
Stand For?
The above question will be answer
ed in a special service held on next
Sunday evening, Sept. 21st, at 7:30
o'clock at the Trinity Lutheran
church (north of Murdock), in which
the entire Lutheran confession, as
embodied and found in the Augsburg
Confession, will be read to the con
gregation and briefly explained and
discussed.
This will not only give the mem
bers of the congregation an oppor
tunity once more to hear their own
doctrines and confessions, but it will
also give others, not connected with
the church, an opportunity to hear
"what the Lutheran church stands
for," what it really teaches and be
lieves. Our experience shows that many
people know very little about our
church. We would, therefore, like
to urge you to be present at that ser
vice and get better acquainted with
us.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend this service and hear "What
Our Lutheran Church Stands For."
G. A. ZOCH.
Pastor.
Famous Cities cf the Bible
VII BETIISAIDA
This was one of the cities that was
highly exaulted in the time of Christ,
but fell at last under a curse. The
name means: "A place of nets," be
cause of its fishing industry. It is
located on the west coast of Lake
Genessereth, and was the native city
of Andrew, Peter and Philip. An
drew's name is cf Greek origin and
means "manly, strong." He is named
in connection with Philip; when
some Greeks wanted to see Jesus,
they appealed to Andrew (John 12:
20) and once more in the feeding of
5.000. After this no more mention
is made of him. Tradition has him
working among the Greeks, but he
went as far as Russia, whose saint
he is. Philip is the first disciple
whom Jesus called direct to follow
him. (John 1:43). He also became
the first missionary, who brought
Nathaniel to Jesus. (John 1:46-49).
Peter is the most prominent among
the apostles; his father's name was
Jonas; his mother's name Johanna,
by profession fishers. ' Peter and An
drew inherited their father's home
in Capernum, where they had moved
from Bethsaida. Bethsaida gave the
church these three prominent men.
Thus we have Bethsaida on the east
side of the lake (a suburb of the
larger city on the west side), where
Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves
and two fishes.
We should stop here and look on
while the Lord performs this miracle.
Did Jesus feed only 5,000 at this
meal? In Math. 14:21, we learn that
there were 5,000 men, besides women
and children. The miracle becomes
greater, when we consider the multi
tude. There may have been ten to
twelve thousand present. Now look
at the supplies. Some lad's mother
had packed a lunch for her boy to
take along. Five loaves and two
small fishes; that is all there was.
And the loaves not of the size we re
fer to in this day, but more nearly
In size the equal of our bun or bis
cuit. But they brought them up to
Jesus.
"Sit down on the grass" is Jesus'
command. Can you imagine the
calidiscopic picture? What a won
derful sight, these orientals in their
bright multifarious colored gar
ments, covering the hillside.
Now the Lord takes the loaves,
locks up to heaven with thanksgiv
ing and a prayer to his father to
bless the gift. An example for his
followers. Then, in a moment he
breaks them, hands the bread to the
twelve waiters, who carry them to
the people. Imagine, if you can, the
disciples gave to each one bread and
fish, all they wanted, and instead of
their baskets becoming empty, they
remain full. All were satisfied, and
there was more food left than they
had at the beginning.
Let us learn from this beautiful
6tory that all depends on the bless
ings of God. "My God shall supply
all your wants," says Paul. God
performs the same miracles every
day, only on a large scale, feeding
over 17,000,000,000 people three
times a day, the earth and the sea
furnishing the supply. Oh, what a
rich father is ours.
This city was highly favored by
tha Lord, but they did not accept
hira as their savior and redeemer,
hence the curse: "Woe unto thee,
Bethsaida, for if the mighty works
which were done in you had been
done in Tyre and Sidon, they would
have repented long ago, in sackcloth
an d ashes. It does not pay to trifle
with God. Remember Bethsaida.
L. NEITZEL.
TWO DEAD IN SUICIDE PACT
Talequah, Okl. Dave Chandler,
county court clerk here and demo
cratic nominee for the state legisla
ture, died fulfilling what Chandler
said was a suicide pact made two
months ago with Mrs. Dlcie Stafford,
wife of a Tahlequah musician. Chand
ler was found Thursday night in his
automobile on a country road,
wounded near the heart by a revolver
bullet. Mrs. Stafford, shot three
times, was found dead in the ma
chine. Confessing he had killed the wom
an and wounded himself, Chandler
said, "We wanted to die together; we
loved each other."
Wayward Youth
Sent to Farms by
Woman Judge
Institutions Used as the last Re
sort in Experiment in
Michigan
Muskegon, Mich. A woman's
success in making good citizens out
of wayward boys and girls may
change the entire system of handling
delinquent children, at least in
Michigan.
The woman is Judge Ruth Thomp
son of the Muskegon County Pro
bate Court, who, at the request cf
the Michigan Children's Foundation,
established by James Couzen3, senior
Senator from Michigan, and multi
millionaire, is making the experi
ment which is expected to revolution
ize the procedure of the juvenile
courts.
The plan is simple, and calls for
the placing of wayward children in
good homes rather than in state in
stitutions. Judge Thompson was se
lected from among all the probate
judges of the State because of her
marked success in reforming children
in this way.
During her six years as probate
judge. Judge Thompson has placed
more than 40 children in private
homes, and she scorned the idea of
sending children to state institu
tions. To a large extent, her plan
has called for selecting homes on
farms.
Judge Thompson put her ideas in
practice without financial aid until
a few months ago, when the Chil
dren's Foundation ' appropriated
$7500 a year to pay the board of the
children placed in private homes.
Most of Judge Thompson's success
apparently is studying her children
and also the homes where she places
the delinquents. Accurate records are
being maintained as to the children
and also the .homes. Judge Thomp
son has aid in this work today.
The Muskegon County Children's
committee, of which she is chairman,
has seven members. They aid Judge
Thompson in investigating homos
befcre the children are placed ard
at least every two weeks thereafter.
In addition, the sponsors talk pri
vately with the children and gain
the!r confidence. X
"Not a single child has been re
turned since we started the experi
ment," Judge Thompson said. "We
first made certain of our homes, and
also the child. One child migh be
entirely unsiutable for a certain
home, .while another would fit there.
"We impress on the child and she
the foster-parents their responsibili
ties." Judge Thompson expressed hsr
views in a few words. "Give the boy
and girl every change to make good.
There is always time to send them to
a state institution, but it must be the
last resort."
FEAR TROUBLE IN POLAND
Warsaw Restrictive measures de
creed by Marshal Joseph Pilsudski
since he reassummed power as pre
mier recently have caused tension
thruout the country and foreign ob
sedvers see indicHlions of trouble Sun
day. The sharp tongued and fiery
marshal this week caused the arrest
of opposition deputies in the lower
house, or Sejm, and also banned poli
tical meetings scheduled for Sunday.
Leaders of the radical and central
parties, however, say that they will
hold meetings for public protest on
the Sabbath despite the Pilsudski de
cree. While most of the opposition
ists were rounded up in the middle
of the week, a prominent national
democrat was arrested Friday. It was
understood that he was charged with
non-payment of notes. The public is
excited over the events but there
have been no demonstrations thus
far.
HOUSE AND LOT AT
AUCTION SEPT. 20TH
In another column of this paper
will be found an advertisement for
the sale of a house and lot in South
Park addition, at Public Auction,
and which will positively be sold to
the highest bidder. This house is
located on the second lot north of
Bach's South Park store, on Lincoln
avenue. The day of sale will be on
Saturday, Sept. 20th, and will posi
tively be sold to the highest bidder,
so be on the ground at 2:00 in the
afternoon prepared to buy yourself
a home at your own price.
BLOCK OF BUSINESS
RUINED BY BLAZE
Modesto. Cal., Sept. 12. An en
tire business block lay in ruins here
Friday as the result of a r whi.;h
caused damage estimated at $150,-
000.
Points to
Failure to En
force Guaranty
y
Bryan Says Weaver Could Have Col
lected $3,000,000 Talks
at Chappel
Chappel, Neb., Sept. 12. Former
Governor Charles W. Bryan, cam
paigning for election again to the
office, continued his discussion of
the bank guaranty in Nebraska, at
the Deuel county fair here last night.
Mr. Bryan said, in part:
"The two provisions under
the old bank guaranty law for
assessments against bank3 for
the benefit of depositors In fail
ed banks were both repealed
last February, but under the
emergency clause of the old
bank guaranty law the bankers
owe depositors three assess
ments, amounting to about three
million dollars which they are
contesting in the United States
supreme court. The state ad
ministration has permitted this
three million dollars to be hung
up in the courts at Washington
without requiring a supersedeas
bend.
"The other provision of the
banking law that requires regu
lar annual assessments against
banks of one-tenth cf 1 per cent
amounting to about 200 thou
sand dollars to be collected for
the benefit of the depositors in
failed banks and no part of
this provision of the law was ob
jected to by the banks and was
not contested in the courts, and
yet Governor Weaver has col
lected no part of it from Jan
uary, 1923, until March. 1930,
at which time the governor had
the bank guaranty law repealed,
including the repeal of this pro
vision for the benefit of the de
positors. "Although the bankers pub
licly stated that they would not
fight or refuse to pay this regu
lar assessment, yet privately
they did refuse to pay it on July
1, 1929 and January 1, 1930,
and the governor has made no
effort to collect it and he has
made no public explanation why
he did not collect it, or why he
kept the matter silent until I
recently made inquiry as to why
assessments were not being made
to pay depositors. The gover
nor has the power to collect
this 200 thousand dollars and
give it to depositors in failed
banks. Will the governor ex
plain why his bank examiners
through his banking department
do not go out and bring this
money in and pay it to depositors
in failed banks in place of talk
ing about more law suits?
"Governor Weaver and his
party have apparently parted
company; the platform adopted
at the recent state convention
does not recognize that the par
ty or the governor has done
anything for the bank deposi
tors in failed banks, or that they
intend to be of any service to
them.
"Every democratic governor
that the state has had in the
last 22 years has enforced the
bank guaranty law, and deposits
were safe as long as that law
' was being operated by its
friends."
SEEK DETROIT GANGSTERS
Buffalo Detroit gangsters, driven
from that city after the murder of
Jerry Buckley, radio announcer, were
sought here Friday night as the re
sult of the abduction and attempted
slaying of William Shisler, twenty
four, of Fort Erie, said by police to
be well-known in various river-front
activities.
Shisler was pulled out of Buffalo
creek Friday morning by two men
whose names police declined to dis
close. He told police he had been
kidnaped by two men, driven about
the city in a closed car for hours,
held prisoner since Monday night,
struck on the head, tied, hand-and-
foot, and finally thrown into the
creek. He said his captors had de
manded $6,000 for his release and
had refused his offer of $500.
Seven suspects were gathered in
and held. One was said to be Toto
Di Carlo, an alleged Cleveland rack
eteer, but the names of the others
were not divulged. With the suspects
police also seized automatic pistols,
parts of a sub-machine gun and a
quantity of ammunition.
BEATEN BY SCANT MAJORITY
Detroit Official canvass of the
vote in the Seventh congressional ris-
trict in Tuesday's primary Friday
gave the republican nomination for
representative to Jesse P. Wolcott,
young attorney, with a majority of
102 votes over Louis C. Srampton,
veteran dry leader of the house.
Crampton would not discuss the pos
sibility of a recount. He said after
official totals had been made that
his future course lies his friends, and
that he will not make any move un
til he has confided with them. Under
the state law he has until Sept. 19,
to ask fof a recheck of the ballots.
The final totals were: Wolcott 25,-
753, Cramton 25,651.
Wolcott, who is only thirty-seven
years old, advocated a nation wide
referendum on prohibition in his
campaign. He declared that he fa
vors law enforcement, but is not in
sympathy with the prohibition laws.
He is prosecuting attorney of St.
Clair county and is a World war vet
eran. .
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Pershing Looks
Back Over the
Days in France
General, Now Seventy, Remembers
St. Mihiel Victory of Just
Twelve Years Ago
Washington"Twelve years ago to
day yes, twelve years almost to the
hour, the battle of St. Mihiel was
won," Ceneral Pershing said Fri
day. He sat as he spoke at his desk
in the dim, quiet office that has been
restored to him from presidential oc
cupation, an office rich with carved
and painted reminders of another,
more stately day. Saturday will find
Pershing at his desk as the seventy
first year of his life" opens. .Friends
and high officialdom will come troop
ing to do honor to America's great
captain of the World war.
But it was not of Saturday that
he thought as he sat so quietly look
ing eastward toward France. It was
not his own life story he dreamed,
colored with glory and with tragedy;
but of that day twelve years ago.
and of comrades who fell and still
sleep "over there."
Milestone in History.
That St. Mihiel victory was a mile
stone In American history. It fell
upon the evening of Pershing's fifty
eighth birthday. It was a double
victory for him. Not alone did his
legion3 sweep away in hours an en
emy salient that haa stood for years
against French armies; but the bat
tle realized the thing for which he
had fought from the hour he set
foot on French soil.
It was an American army, Amer
ican officered and under Pershing's
personal command, that fought at St.
Mihiel. And but for Pershing's dog
ged, unrelenting persistence in al
lied councils, that army might have
been dissipated in allied ranks as
manpower replacements to fight un
der foreign flags.
It is all very fresh in the general's
memory now. At seventy his face is
deep carved with lines set there in
France; but his shoulders are erect
and soldierly.
Ccmnleted Meroirs.
Pershing has completed his me
moirs, his own story of the A. E. F.
from his appointment as commander
to the armistice. It takes two vol
umes to tell It now, free of restraints
that curb official reports. And every
line of it, whether written during hi3
several trips to France to look up
data cr here r.t home. Is his own.
It was all dictated to his militnry
stenographers, then worked over in
pencil to suit him. And it deals
bluntly with many things Including
American unpreparedness for the
struggle and responsibility for that
unpreparedness.
"And it Is a book I never intend
ed to write," the general said smil
ingly. "Yet I have found that so few
folks know where our army came
from or what it actually did. Even
veterans of the A. E. F. know so
little. So I have set it down as a
duty to them and to their sons."
"And have you found some pleas
ure in doing it?" the general wa3
asked.
"Yes," he said, "and that is
strange because I dreaded it at the
start. Perhaps I may write again
some day. Perhaps I may start with
those boyhood days in old Missouri
and write of what I have seen and
known. Who knows?" State Jour
nal. SEEKS MISSING SON
The local police have received no
tice from Mrs. George W. Dorsey of
Prince Frederick, Maryland, asking
that they watch and try and secure
the return of her son, George W.
Dorsey, Jr., who left his home some
time ago. The young man Is describ
ed as 17 years of age, 6 feet one and
a half inches in height, liht hair.
blue eyes, decided Southern accent,
long raised scar on one side by arm.
Was wearing when he left home, a
navy blue suit, tan felt hat with
green band and had a large tan suit
case. A reward of $100 is offered for
the return of the young mjin.
Advertise regularly persistently,
for that's the way to get results.
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Come prepared to Bid 8
Asks Funds to
Add 500 More
Dry Agents
Woodcock Asserts That Additional
Men Needed in Enforcement
Work Back From Trip
Washington D. C, Sept. 12. An
increase in the funds for the prohi
bition bureau from nine million dol
lars to $11,200,000 was asked of the
budget bureau today by Director
Woodcock to permit the adition of
five hundred agents to his stac of
1,475.
The Increased appropriation,
which would have to meet the ap
proval of congress would boost the
total cost of the dry enforcement
agencies, including coast guard and
industrial alcohol bureau, to well
over the fifteen million dollar limit
now allowed.
Returning from an inspection trip
through Ohio and Michigan, Wood
cock reported "excellent co-operation"
in that territory between fed
eral and state enforcement agencien.
He declared himself well satisfied
with conditions in these states.
Satisfied with Survey.
However, Mr. Woodcock empha
sized that he was not certain junt
how ecective the prohibition work
was in this territory. He said he
had confined his survey to the per
sonnel and organization and that he
was well satisfied with these.
The monthly report of prohibition
enforcement activities was issued to
day, showing a slight decline in tho
number of arrests in August com
pared with July and a slight in
crease in unfinished cases on the doc
ket. Arrests for August totaled 5,
759 compared with 6,548 in July.
Avers Increase Needed
There were 1,255 convictions la;st
month, 41 by juries, while fines to
taled $143,451 and sentences total
ed 55,455 days. The greatest num
ber of arrests were tnade In the sec
ond prohibition district which In
cludes New York.
Asked if he could "dry up" the
nation with five hundred addition
agents, Mr. Woodcock told news
paper men he did not know. He
said the lncrear-ed staif vr.3 vitally
necessary, however.
The increased appropriation also
would be used, he snld, to meet the
expenses of the prohibition agents'
school and the cost of the 24 in
structors. World-Herald.
AIR FLEET IN WISCONSIN
Wausau, Wis. Led by John Liv
ingston, last year's winner, eighteen
airplanes in the national reliability
air tour, grounded at the Wausau
airport Friday afternoon for an over
night stop before taking off for Eau
Claire, Wis. Livingston eompletid
Khe 230 mile leg from Davenport, la..
in an hour and thirty minutes and
was followed In by Art Davis and
Wesley Smith.
Two crackups marked landings at
Davenport Friday. An airplane pil
oted by Lee Shoenhair, assistant tour'
scorer, nosed over damaging wint
and propeller and another piloted by
Walter Leese crashed when Its brakes
locked. All occupants of the airships
were uninjured.
DOING VERY NICELY
Leroy Bashus, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Bashus, who suffered the
fracture of the left leg last Saturdayi
afternoon, is doing very nicely at tho
hospital at Omaha and tho little lad
Is bearing well the annoyances of
his case. The leg is progressing nice
ly and it Is hoped that in a short,
time Leroy may be able to return
home to this city.
SWIMMER QUITS 'RODS'
TO TRAVEL IN STLYE
Fort Dodge, la., Sept. 12. Marvin
"Duke" Nelson, winner of the $10,-
000 Toronto marathon swim, is com
ing home "in style." Tbundoning
his preference for hitch hiking and
"riding the rods Nelson Friday in
formed friends that he will come
Monday in the automobile of his
coach, Johnny Walker.