PAGE FOUR MONDAY. JAN. 5, 1031. PLATTSMOTTTS 8210 - WSEEXT JOVJJtML .i..i-i..i..:.-i..i..i.-iiiMr..i..M-M. f GREENWOOD 4- I..I..:..I,.;..I..T,i..I..I..:,.I..I..I,I..r E. L. McDonald was looking after some business matters for the day on last Wednesday at Waverly. driv ing over to the hustling little Lan caster city in his car. Jack Mick family of Eagle moved from their home at Eagle to Green wood on Tuesday of last week, and are now citizens of Greenwood. They are conducting the pool and billiard hall here. Miss Margaret Moon who is at tending school atBrownell Hj.11 at Omaha, is a visitor with her grand parents, P. A. Sanborn and wife cf Greenwood and where she is visiting with her many friends here. Our old time friend and pioneer of Cass county, W. C. Boucher, has not been feeling the best for some time past, however he is so he can get about and see his friends but has not been feeling the best of late. Mrs. Dewey Head ley who has been quite ill for the past few weeks is feeling much improved at this time and is so she is able to get out a little. Her many friends are pleased that she is showing this fine improve ment. Mrs. O. F. Peters was enjoying a visit from his friend and former nei ghbor. O'.af Bergreen whom he knew for years when they both resided near Wann. Mr. Bergreen was pass ing through Greenwood and stopped to visit his old time friend. Garfield Dunning of Pueblo. Colo rado, who has been here for tiie past two weeks visiting with his sister, Mr.-. O. F. Peters and other relatives, departed on last Tuesday morning for his home In the southwest, after having enjoyed his stay here werj much. Lee Quimby of Omaha with the Farmers Western Central Grain com pany, and accompanied by his little son while on their way to Dwight. stopped for a short visit with his friends. O. T. Peters and Rex Peteis. on the last day of the year, they ex pecting to spend New Years with friends at Dwight. The hustling firm of White and Bneknell have been busy during the past week taking stock and finding out just to the penny how the bvsi- j ness is going. They have enjoyed a good business during their time in I business in Greenwood and are new enjoying the same. This Is due to the straightforward manner of tne conducting of the business and their right treatment to the public, whe ther their purchases be great or small. They are extending a New Years greeting to all with the wish that all may prosper. Leo Peters entertained at the country home on Christmas clay and had the entire family with the sin gle exception of one who makes iier home in California, as guests for the occasion, thus making almost a com-, pleted family reunion. There were there for the celebration O. F. Peters and wife. Rex Peters and wife. Barye Lewis and family of Yerdon, E. L. James and family of Omaha. Glen Grant and Norman Peters of Green wood. Also Garfield Dunning Of Pueblo, a brother of Mrs. O. F. Peters who has been spending some time visiting here with her sister. A most enjoyable time was had. Greenwood Transfer Line We do a general business make trips regularly to Omaha on Monday and Thursday, also to Lincoln Tues day and Friday. Pick up loads on those trips. Full loads at any time. FRED HOFFMAN. License Granted for Pool Kail. The city of Greenwood at their meeting on last Tuesday, among other tilings pertaining to the wel fare of the city, granted to Jack Mick the privilege of conducting the pool hail here and will expect to con duct the business and place in the very best manner. Enjoyed Visit MucTi. Mrs. Henry Wilkins and sister. Miss Esther Ingrahm. who have been visiting at Maumee, 111., with an other sister. Mrs. Aloert Pratt, and where they enjoyed the visit with many other friends as well as the old home of former years, returned homo las Thursday in tir.ie to ei joy the New Years at home with the folks. Enjoyed Family Reunion. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Bailey on Christmas day were gathered most of the families of the Colemans. the gathering being un der the auspices of the Coleman sis ters and relatives. A most enjoyable time was had and a most sumptions Christmas dinner. There were some thirty-six there to enjoy the hespi tality and conviviality of the hos pitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, Among whom were E. A. Landon and wife. Wayne Landau and family. Mis.-. C therine Coleman, A. N. Wright and wife. Louis Wright and famil yof Greenwood, while the number were augmented by W. P. Biiley and fam ily, e. E. Buck and family, Bimer Coleman am! family. Lyle Bailey and Miss Lillian Deere of Ashland. Car of Lumb3r New Years. To begin the vear 1931 properly, the Searle Chapin Lumber company, whose plant here i bo ably conduct ed by their manager, Mr. Dewey Headley. to properly celebrate the New Year received a car of lu nber which they unloaded and placed in their yards. At Anvil Again. After a six weeks vacation Which he spent in New Hampton, Mo., with his friend. Andy Stevens, the hust ling blacksmith of Greenwotid, S. Peterson, arrived home on last Tues day evening, driving from the Mis souri home with his trusty auto. So phas says the country down thai way was rather quiet, as the wea- ther there was very dry during the summer and the crops were not so gocd as here. While he had a very fine time while he was away, he was rather pleased to get back to Green wood and the old time friends again. Sophas brought some plow lays and cultivator shovels home with him which he will put in extra condition and take them back probably when he finds a good opportunity in the spring. Atlanta Board Pians Relief Jobs for Idle Many Employers Pledge Cooperation With Better Business Com mission Atlanta. Ga. The Atlanta Better i Business Commission, consisting of business and civic leaders of the city, held its second meeting recently, with Fa view definitely to meet the prob lem of Atlanta's 12,009 unemployed. Determination to use every effort to expedite the erection ot the pro posed new post office building; speedy handling of claims of veterans of the World War and Yeterans Bureau, with the assistance of the Georgia Senators and governmental agencies jin Washington, which would release ! $1,000,000 per year by taking vet erans and their families from relief and charity organizations: a definite i request to all contractors and em- plovers not to cut wages, were among the outstanding points brought out at this meeting. Veterans were urged not to bring their families to Atlanta when filing i their claims without sufficient means .f caring for them, so that they would not have to call upon relief organ isa : tions. Unemployment in 325 of Atlanta's elading firms shows an increase of 11 per cent in comparison with the same time last year, and there is a ; prospect of continued unemployment after the holidays. Frai H. Neely, chairman of the i commission, stated that distress is j being increased here because people !trom out of town are pourir.g into !the city in increasing numbers ex pecting to be cared for here rather I than in ther own communities, thus j increasing the problem here. The i commission will not expect to care for these cases. The relief work for the commission 'is affiliated with the regular relief agencies in the Community Chest, ami close scrutiny will be given to every case. "There are 6S leading firms in At lanta in which 50S2 were employed as cmpiired with S372 last year." la member of the commission stated. ! and these firms, he stated, had In formed him they would not cut down ! their forces during December, Jan- uary and February. Certain execu tives had told him he said, that 141 employees were being kqft at worlr in these firms who were not actually needed. ' This is the type of cooperation we are going to get from business, and it is indicative of the fine and loyal manner in which they are going to back up the work of this commission. They are to be congratulated upon their sion with. cooperation, and this commis on having such men to deal ' he stated. NO FELONY IN SP00B DEATH Norfolk A verdict that Theron T. Spoor, twenty-one year old cigaret salesman, came to his death here last Friday as the result of "a fall or poison, or both, not feloniously inflicted," was returned by a coron er's jury that met here late Wednes day. Spoor returned to his apartment here early last Friday morning, his landlord. John Reinhold. said. Soon after a loud crash was heard. Rein hold said he rushed to Spoor's apart ment and found the young man un- ; conscious. spoor died two hours later, while being taken to a Nor folk hospital. An examination of the dead man's stomach brought from state chemists a report that there was sufficient poison to cause death. It was under jstood here that Spoor was buried at I Maryrille, Mo.. Tuesday. Spoor's mo ther, Mrs. Sidnie Spoor, lives at Mary- ville. LEGION AUXILIARY LEADER RECITES GOALS FOR 1931 Mrs. Donald Macrae. Council Bluffs, past national president of the American Legion auxiliary, has is sued the following year-end message: "More than the people of any oth er state, the citizens of Iowa should be familiar with the American Le gion auviliary; for Iowa has always been a leader in auxiliary activities. The example and inspiration of their endeavors has had wide influence on development of the auxiliary to its present position of the largest and most in uential women's patriotic organization in the world. "To care for the victims of the last war. to keep alive th pure patriotism that burned in the hearts of our people in 1917 and 1918, to eruard nirainst future wars, and to preserve for the youth of America the priceless heritage of American institutions and ideals these are the things for which the auxiliary is striving." GUATEMALA NAMES LEADER Sao Salvador. Republic vador Dispatches from said Wednesday that Dr. rade had been chosen president of that republic of San Sal Guatemala Rein a And provisional after Pres ent Lazaro Chacon and Gen. Manuel Orellana, who assumed power by a coup d'etat Dec. 15, had resigned. General Orellana was notified this week that his regime would not be jrecognized by the United States. Alvo News Roy Bennett was making i trip to Khnwood on Tuesday of last week where he was called to look after some business matters for a short time. Business called Art Dinges to Lin coln on Tuesday of last week where he was looking after some business matters and securing some supplies for the garage here. Charles F. Rosenow was a visitor for last Thursday, New Years, at the home of his brother, Frank Rosenow, east of Murdock, where ttiey en joyed the time very nicely. Albert Bornemeier of east of Mur dock was a brief visitor in Alvo on iast Wednesday while on his way to Lincoln where he was going to look after some business matters. Carl Rosenow and the good wife were over to Lincoln on last Wed nesday evening where they were visiting with friends and attending i New Years watch meeting where i hey enjoyed the occasion. Edward Linch, a traveling sales man, making his home in Lincoln, was a visitor in Alvo on last Wed nesday looking after business mat ters and also was the guest of his brother, P. J. Linch, while here. Mr. and Mrs. John Skinner enter tained at their home on New Years day and had as their guests for the occasion the R. M. Coalman family and Mr. Charles H. Kirkpatrick, and where all enjoyed the beginning of the year in excellent spirit. Richard Allen of Alliance, where he is an instructor in tne public schools of that place, and who was united in marriage o:i Thanksgiving lay to Miss Wilma Krwin of Alvo, an instructor in the Alvo schools, was spending the holidays here with i he wife. John Woods of south and a slight distance east of Alvo, former mer chant here, with the good wife en tertained for the New Years day and had as their guests for the occasion, Henry J. Miller and the good wife, 3. C. Harnock and family. Lyle Mil ler and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Ar chie Miller and the family. J. C. Ganz of Dunbar, father of ICarl D. Ganz of Alvo, was spending i i number of days in Alvo the past i week, extending over the New Year and was enjoying a visit with the j son and family. His daughter. Miss I Ruth Ganz, who was an instruc tor in j the Union schools last year is this year teaching in the schools of Bay ard. Joii.ing with that j county east of Alvo icountry adjacent to portion of the embracing the Elmwood and ! Murdock there was a led on last Tuesday waif hunt stag which resulted of some seven in the rounding up I wolves and a portion ot hlcn were old being about thirty dollars which I was given to the Salvation Army for their use in relieving the needs of i needy people. 6n New Years day Mr. and Mrs. 'Simon Rehmeier entertained at their pleasant home in Alvo. and had as 'their guests for the occasion, Mr. I and .Mrs. Wm. Rossnoggle of Lin coln, and their two daughters. Miss Lois, who is an instructor in the schools of Alvo and a sister. Miss i Verle Rossnoggle, and wnere all en joyed the coming of the New Year most pleasantly, with a very fine din ner served by Mrs. Rehmeier. Attended Funeral of Sister. Early last week Mr. and Mrs. S. C. j Hardnock returned from the west I where they had been called to attend l the funeral of the sister of Mr. Hard nock. formerly Miss Emma Hardnock. ! but who is now Mrs. Emma Devore. Mrs. Devore has been making her home in the west for some time, and was at the time of her death about sixty-five years of age. Mrs. Devore has been troubled with a cancer lor some time. Will Vote On Water Works. In accordance of a passage of an ordinance bv the city council of Alvo ! there is to be called a special elec tion for the submission of the ques tion of whether the city of Alvo : shall or shall not vote construction of a system of water works for the Icily, which shu'.l cost approximately If 1,700. The election is to be held Ion January 27th as per the action of the council on December 29, 19;I0. Will Engage In Farming. Jesse Brant, well known educator, and a very popular instructor in the Alvo schools in former years, but making his home at Prescott, Iowa, at this time, was a visitor in Alvo last week and was meeting his friends and of which there are a large number, enjoyed a very pleas ant visit while here. Mr. Brant will engage in farming with the com ing of spring and will have charge of the farm of his father in that por tion of Iowa. Grandmother Ellsworth Poorly. Grandmother Ellsworth, who with the aged husband make their home in the west edge of Alvo, still con tinues very ill, and is being cared for in the very best manner, but lit tle hope, however, exists for her re covery. Her friends and she has many, are earnestly wishing that she may soon show improvement and be able to be out again. Knights Are Active. The Knights of Pythias are active at this time and are all working in harmony for the increasing of their membership, as well as getting the present membership interested in getting out to the lodge meetings on last Tuesday evening there was a meeting and there was a goodiy number in attendance and all say interest in the work is picking up Makes Slight Change In Time The Rock Island has announced a I change in their running time which I will greatly effect the people who may desire to travel by the way of the road. The train whloh has ran east in the forenoon near ten o'clock, has been changed so that it passes Alvo for Omaha at 6:10 in the morning, thus allowing any one desiring to do business in Omaha an opportunity to get there early and get tnelr mat ters attended to so as to get home in better time and not be rushed. All having correspondence would do well to remember the change. ATTEND LINCOLN MEETING Mrs. Nelson Berger left Tuesday morning for Lincoln where she is attending the meetings of Organized Agriculture, held at the Agricultural College campus, January 6, 7, and S. 1931. While there she will at tend the luncheon given by the Farmer's Wife magazine in honor of the Nebraska Master Farm Home- makers. Mrs. Berger is one of the state committee of judges who se lects the Master Farm Homemakers. The recognition is sponsored by the Farmer's Wife magazine of St. Paul, Minnesota, co-operating with the Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Nebraska. WOULD ALTER DRIVING LAW Falls City E. T. Peck, republican elected to the state legislature from this district, will seek to have the driver's license law changed to al low high school boys and girls, who travel long distances to school, to drive cars, he has announced. The law at present prohibits youths tinder sixteen from driving cars. Peck feels the law works an injustice on many boys and girls who are at tending high school in town and nec essarily depend on cars to get from farms to school and return. Peck would like to "see the law amended to permit boys and girls over fourteen to drive cars where the driving is necessary for school attendance. FOR SALE Carl E. Day & Sons will sell one of their 2 year old Registered Black Pen heron stallions at the Theo Davis farm. Sale 2 miles south and one mile west of Weeping Water on Jan. 20, 1931. They also have at their :tock farm, for" sale at private treaty, ome young teams of heavy draft horses, either broken or not broken, to work. We have four good young Short horn bulls for sale, two roans and wo red ones. Come and visit us. Three miles south and one-half mile wi st of Weeping Water. Phone 2230. PERMISSION IS ASKED TO EXTEND LIGHTING Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. 31. The first application from a municipality for permission to extend its electric light ing service as permitted by constitu tional amendment, enacted In the November election, to give service to ruray homes was filed with the state railway commission today by the city of Fremont. Fremont asked authority to build, operate and maintain a transmission line near that city to serve five farms. FOR SALE Sweet clover and alfalfa hay for sale. Also wood. Tele. 3903. S. T. Gilmour. Itw. A lesson from life. We've never been much of a plunger. The time we made a mat of cockleburs, when a child, and used them for a hat taught us to look before we leaped. PUBLIC AUCTION The undersigned will offer for sale at Public Auction at the farm 3 miles west and one-fourth mile north of Murray. 5 1 miles north of Ne ll a wk a, Nebraska, on Thurs., Jan. 8th beginning at 10 o'clock a. m., with lunch served by the ladies of tbe Murray Pfrenbyterian church, the fol lowing described property: 71 Head of Live Stock onsistlng of six head of good work horses, one red cow giving milk, to be fresh in sp'ing; 50 head of good, thrifty fall shoats weighing about 70 pounds; 13 bred sows to farrow between March 29th and April 10th, and one Hampshire boar a good breeder. Farm Machinery One John Deere binder, like new; one Shrader 34-foot corn elevator, with horse power, in good shape; cne John Deere 8-ft. disc, 16-in. discs; one new Superior press drill, com plete with grass seeder attachments, only sowed 35 acres; one Internation al 2-row lister, wheatland type; one John Deere corn planter; one Oliver 2-row machine in good shape; one J. I. Case 2-row machine; two Bad Iger cultivators, like new; one 1-row Rock Island cultivator; one 1-row Rock Island riding lister, complete with planter attachments; one 2-row Sterling stalk cutter; one David Brad ley 12-in. gang plow; one 16-inch walking plow; one old 4-section har row; one Newton wagon with tight box; three sets 1-in. work harness; several good leather collars; flynets; doubletrees; automatic hog catcher; 80-egg Queen incubator; grindstone, and other articles not listed. Terms of Sale On sums of $10 and under, cash. On sums over $10 a credit may be arranged with the cleTk on bankable 8. for the purchases must be settled removing property from before prem- ises. Aubrey M. Hopkins, Owner. REX YOUNG, Auctioneer W. G. BOEDEKER, Clerk. notc bearing interest at 8. AlLsaia. j Ban to be Asked in Nebraska Batch of Amendments Ready for Con sideration When Legislature Convenes Lincoln, Dec. 31. Nebraska's 24-year-old primary election system is due for remodeling if the prelegis lative plans of those who are opposed to some of its provisions are fulfilled. With the dual primary election filing of United States Senator George W. Norris and George W. Norris. the erstwhile Broken Bow grocer, who was forced off the Republican bal lot through irregularities, still fresh in their minds. Republican leaders are now mapping a campaign to hereafter discourage any future at tempts to muddle up the state's poli tics. Although demanding relief legis lation, they are opposed to outright repeal of the law. Favor Remedy Both major political parties, smart ing under a division of sentiment in cident to the Norris affair, went on record in state convention favoring some type of remedial legislation. Attorney General C. A. Sorenson. of the progressive wing of the party and 8 firm supporter of Senator Nor ris, has initiated the lead in a de mand for a revision of the present vehicle. With both political groups open ly hostile, as organizations, to any attempt to repeal the primary sys tem and revert to the old conven tion system, it seems improbabl that a move in that direction will gain impetus at the hands of the legislature. One step already taken to discour age a repetition of the senatorial fi asco was the adoption of a resolution by the Republican forces providing for party conventions prior to the' primary. In the same breath, however. Re publican adherents bfirugged should ers at another suggested provision whereby the conv ntion might en dorse candidates. This move was in terpreted by the progressive wing a us an attempt to read Senator Norris out of the party. A maze of amendatory provision have been suggested and the attor ney general is ready to suggest a number of them to the legislature next month. May Make It Crime. Mr. Sorensen would ask an amend ment making questionable political filings criminal. This, he believes, should he operative in prosecuting primary candidates devoid of sincere intentions, or who enter contests for the purpose of deception or confusion. He would restrict acceptance of political filings to those whose can didacies bore names of a stipulated number of valid petitioners thus eliminating personal filings. All questioned filings, Mr. Sorensen would urge, should be amenable to judicial ouster in a court of equity. Mr. Sorensen would protect can didates of similar names whose in tentions in seeking the same office were honorable, by providing for a manner of designation upon the bal lot. In the Norris case, Mr. Sorensen sets forth, the present law prevented inclusion of any designation upon the ballot. Would Increase Fee Sorensen will further ask to in crease the filing fee for state office from $10 to $100 to discourage in sincere entries. The attorney general would also advocate elimination of the party circle. Bee-News. BIGLER TO PRISON FOR SLAYING OF PARTNER Clay Center, Kans., Dec. 31. Pleading guilty to first degree man slaughter. Lawrence Bigler was sen tenced today by Judge Fred Smith to serve from five to 21 years in the state penitentiary for the slay ing of his business partner, identi fied as Lester Stowe. Bigler and Stowe, known here as L. J. Baldwin were engaged in a cattle buying enterprise. Stowe's bat tered body was found beside a wreck ed truck on a road near his home. Bigler, who had disappeared, was arrested in southern Nebraska. County officials said he confessed killing his partner with a baseball bat during an argument over an ac counting. The Player said he hid the body in the cellar later dispos ing of it at the roadside beside a truck he wrecked to lend the appear ance of an accident. Officers were unable to find rela tives of the slain man until he was identified by acquaintances through photographs as Lester Stowe. James Stowe of Grant Park. Ill was en route to Clay Center today to view the body which has been identified as his son. Bigler was taken to Lansing. Kans., to begin his prison sentence. D0ANE CRITICIZES SCHOOLS Chicago Digressing from a discus sion of a college librarian's quali fications, Dr. Gilbert H. Doane of the library of the University of Ne braska, criticized public school sys tems in his address Tuesday before the American Library association. "The tendency today is to spread thinner and thinner the butter of scholastic training and teach the public school boy or girl more and more about less and less," Dr. Doane He described the schools as "rid den with the pedagagical theories of professional educators and per meated with the democratic ideal of education for everybody, which in the long run tends to lower the gen eral level of intellectual attainment, rather than elevate it." j g g I Ghrist Furniture Co. is giving their customers the benefit of selecting from over one hundred cars of Furniture now on display at Wholesale Furniture Stores at a saving from 25 to 50' on the dollar. If you have an odd piece of furniture to trade in as part pay, or whether you haven't, phone or write Ghrist Furniture Co. We will go with you to the wholesale floor or give you a letter to go in and make your selection. We Deliver Furniture Direct to Your Home GMt Furniture Co. 1 18-122 South 6th St., Telephone 645 Plattsmouth, Nebr. Panama Rebels in Full Control oi tapitai uty Swift and Sudden Revolution Over turns Arosemena Government Ten Persons Killed Panama city a swift, vigorous revolution Friday brought the gov ernment of the republic of Panama crashing down on Lie head of Presi dent Florencio Harmodio Arosemena. He resigned and appointed Dr. Har mondio Arias, one of the leaden of the revolt, to form a new govern ment. Ten persona irere killed in Sharp fighting that started ne:tr the i presidential palace. Hg'it of them police officers and two civilians. Hart jwell F. Ayers, an American newspa per writer, was critically wounded, j Fourteen others were wounded. By night the city was outwardly calm. Except for hurrying groups I of armed civilians and red shifted firemen directing traffic and a com plete halting cf business, there was nothing to remind of the crash of firearms, that resounded in the streets early in the day. The rebellion was sponsored by the "aceion communal," a patriot' organization which has violin i criticized what it termed the "cor ruption" of the government unde ;both President Chiatri and President ! Arosemena. Rising Without Warning. Suddenly. without warning, a group of about 100 men tn:s morn ing stormed the headquarters of the national police, who also served as Panama's only standing army. There were a few outbursts of firing and the station fell into the hands of the rebels. Simultaneously other attackers swarmed upon the palace, where, af ter a brief resistance, the defenders gave way and the rebels swept in. President Arosemena was confined to his quarters with several other government officials including Archi boldo Boyd, governor of the province of Panama and Ricardo Aran go, head of the police. After a consultation for several hours with the revolutionary leaders President Arosemena appointed Dr. Harmodio Arias premier of Panama, then resigned as president, leaving Arias at liberty to form a new cab inet. With the police headquarters and l i , , . i . i ...... i . i in p.nace in iii'mi Baiiuv, cituuuu associated with the revolutionists patrolled the city under the direc tion of Gen. Manuel Quintero. Shops remained closed, there was no bus service and automobiles dashed thru the city, carrying armed men who were posted as guards on ylice duty. When Governor Calindo. of the province of Colon, learned of the revolution, he desparaged its effects, and attempted to send 300 nation;, 1 police to support the government at the capital. The Panama railroad refused to carry thr detachment. American Minister Active. While the revolt was in progress the American minister. Roy T. Davis, was one of the busiest men in the city, his coat off and his collar open. He maintained uninterrupted con tact with other members of the diplo matic corps and representatives of the I revolutionary government. He de I dined to talk for publication other jthan to say he and the other foreign ; representatives were "observing the situation." United States troops guarded the American legation. Senor Arias, head of the revolt. Overcoat Weather AHEAD Now's a good time to get "set" for it. We' ve some special bargains in good Overcoats for you right now at $15 - $18 - $20 - SsIb ! I y 1 3GO3OCC00COQO IB a native Panamanian, the son of humble parents of a northern prov ince, who went abroad In his boy li !. He is a lawyer and com para - : Ively young man. H i t well r. Ayers, the American i pi tman who earlier was re- B having been killed, was 1 tte in the afternoon. Phy sicians at the Gorgas hospital said bullets had perforated his intestines and there was little chance of his recovery.- State Journal. TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS OCEANICA ISLANDS Sydney. N. S. V., Dec. 31. Be lated woid reached here today of a tremendous earthquake and tidal wave in parts of Australasia and Ocean lea on the morning of Decem ber 24. A wireless message from the steam er Dm is to the New1 Guinea radio sta tion today said that after the earth quake a wall of water eight feet high swept the western mandated islands. Its force was so great at Awlnn that houses and cattle were washed out to sea. The European manager of the island and a number of na tives escaped by climbing the palm trees. Dispatches five thousand quakes and from Sydney from Coquimbo, Chile, miles east of the earth seismic wave reported said that high waves ..ashed the coast for three hundred Tiiles north of there Monday. The .ater was green in color and had a vile odor, attributed to suspended animal matter, believed to be from Hahes killed by a tremendous under water disturbance. MAN IS FREED OF BLAME Chicago Dr. Carl A. Hinckley, a dentist, was "completely exonerated" of all blame In the death Dec. 24 of his twenty-one year old crippled son. Merle, by a coroner5s jury Wednes day. The dentist, who held the dead boy in his arms and turned on the gas in the kitchen stove in a suicide attempt, was given an expression of confidence by a jury of three women and three men who declared the youth had died of acute dilatation and acute myocarditis of the heart. Charges of a socalled "mercy death" were dispelled when Dr. Clarence Muehlberger, toxologist for the state, testified that no trace of carbon monoxide were found during the analysis of the boy's blood. Hinckley's family physician had previously explained that in his opinion the boy was dead several minutes before the father took him into the kitchen, turned on two gas jets, and settled down in a chair to "die because his' son passed on." PRISON WARDEN SEES INCREASE IN ROBBERY Osslning Robbery's the big racket nowadays. Warden Lawes, of Sing Sing prison, asserted Thursday in a resume of his eleven years In office. "In 1919, when I became warden," he said, "only 13 per cent of the in mates were doing time for robberv. In 1927 the total had gone to 34 per cent. In 1930 the figure was 36 per cent." SKIING ACCIDENT FATAL TO HIGH SCHOOL COACH Denver. Jan. 2. Ezra Smith. 29. Englewood, Colo., high school coach and expert skier, died Friday in a Denver hospital from Injuries receiv ed New Year's day in an accident while skiing on Genesee mountain near here.