.MONDAY. TONE 15. 1931. PLATTSMOTJTH SEMI WEEKLY JOTONAX PAGE THREE Cbc plattsmoutb lournal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOTJTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Postal Zone,' $2.50 per year. Beyond 600 miles, $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, $3.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. WHAT ABOUT GERMAN BONDS I Germany, in its role as the world's leading debtor, has contracted bil lions of. dollars of obligations to pri vate investors. Particularly have Americana been liberal buyers of Ger man bonds. The last calculation shows that the United S.ates. with an investment of nearly $1,500,000,000. has purchased 70 per cent of the to tal loans issued by Germany since 192 4. The most important were the so-called Dawes and Young loans, en thusiastically received in America. The holders of these bonds are wondering how they will fare in the event of German recourse to the mor atorium clauses of the Young plan. Not a single dollar will be affected. The moratorium applies- to the debts payable to governments, not those which are a direct responsibility of i he German Government to private persons. Nor will the moratorium extend to to the total .sum which Germany pays in reparations. Only two-thirds of the annuity will be affected. This is tailed the postponablt portion. It corresponds to the amount which the receiving governments have to pay in war debts to the United States. The remainder, which is destined to meet reparations proper, is nonpostpon able. It was the idea of the authors of the Young plan that this portion should be commercialized; in lay language, that the German Govern ment should float bonds and. with the borrowed money, pay this por tion of its obligation to the creditor governments. The effect would e, of course, merely to change an obli gation to government to an obliga tion to world investors. Only one such operation out of what was intended to be a series has so far been effected. This is the so called Young loan of last year, which yielded about $300,000,000, or about an eighth of the capital sum of non postponable reparations. Here is where the misapprehension of bond holders has apparently been aroused. Yet. as with all other commercial obligations, the Young loan is a di rect and unconditional obligation of the German Reich, and is thus out side the scope of the moratorium fea So easy to stencil furniture, floors and walls I Three H. L. KRUGER Paint and Wall Paper Store tures of the Young plan. What the future of Germany may bring forth is in the lap of European and American statesmanship. Some idea of the American stake in Ger many may be gathered from the fig ures of investments. Bui, looked at in its immediate connection, the se curity of German bonds would be strengthened rather than weakened by recourse to the moratorium fea tures of the Young plan. Clearly, if Germany need not transfer repara tions to governments, it will have ttir. t much more money available to meet its commitments to world investors. : o :- BORAH BEGINS TO BLEAT Between elections, Senator Borah of Idaho roars like a lion. Then he is a great "progressive," independent, the merciless and fearless critic of the reactionaries. But when election time begins to draw near, the lion of Idaho starts to bleat like a lamb. In fact, when the election actually is on. Senator Borah is likely to be foud on the stump campaigning for the election of a reactionary presi dent. No one man did more to elect Her bert Hoover than did Borah, who since has been one of Mr. Hoover's severest critics. Yet now, with an election coming next year, the cour ageous Borah is piping down. He's beginning to bleat again. Word comes from Washington that Mr. Borah is discouraging progressives who want to go out and make a real fight on the renoinination of President Hoo ver. This, of course, is not surprising. To those who have watched Senator Borah's futile career in what passes for statesmanship in these days, it was only a question of when his cour age would begin to ooze through his pores. It's oozing already, and no body should be shocked to see Mr. Borah on the stump again urging the re-election of Mr. Hoover next year when the leaves begin to turn. For he's one of the great progressives, this Borah one of the greatest of the progressives. Milwaukee Jour nal. AT' I Artistic Stencils FREE (Regular SH Value) -with every purchase of any one of thesa well known Pittsburgh Proof Products: Velum, iia Flat Wall Paint Sun-Clo Enamel Florhide Enamel WaterSpar Quick Drying Enamel or Varnish Each of the three designs en a separate stencil sheet. Make it easy to secure b&autiful designs and effects on furniture, walls, and floors. It's really more simple than "a'Lover' painting. THE VITAL FACTOR OF GRAIN RATES There is no longer any doubt that the railroads generally are disposed to demand substantial increases In freight rates. Eastern lines are for rtui.ating the:- applies. tun ti the in terstate commerce commission. South ern lines have expressed their inten tion to follow suit. Officials of western roads are said to be watch ing developments elsewhere to guide them. Meanwhile, the western group has taken the last resort course of appealing to the courts to prevent the reduction in grain rates ordered by the commission in western territory Court action was taken only after the railroads had used every other means of delaying the cut, which was order ed a year ago last April. Railroad officials base their claim for higher rates primarily on their losses to competing transportation trucks, busses, waterways and pipe lines. Yet these losses are due mainly to the lower rates offered by competi tors, although promptness and direct ness of collection and delivery are factors. There has been a good deal cf astonishment that the railroads s'.iould prose to meet low cost com petition by raising their own rates. Railroads are seeking higher net earnings on the ground they are not making profits approximately the 5 per cent permitted under the transportation act. That rate is not a guarantee, but a maximum allow ed without any recapture of profits for the benefit of the less remuner ative lines. Railroads show a disposi tion not to accept their due share of general declines In profits due to de pression. The grain states are perhaps the most itally interested in prospec tive changes in freight charges, be cause of the low status of agricul ture compared with its past records and w.th other industries at this time. These same states also are deeply concerned in all factors affect ing the livestock business. The Kansas public service com mission has just issued a statement in which it is shown that grain rates now are 47 per cent higher than be fore the war. while the purchasing power of the Kansas farmer's wheat is 6i: per cent lower. It takes three bushels to buy as much transporta tion now as one bushel purchased in the pre-war period. It is on the basis of this injustice to the pro ducers that the interstate commerce commission ordered for reductions that now are pending In the federal court of Illinois. Should the railroads be sustained by the court, it is probable that the western lines would join with the eastern and southern in a demand for general rate increases. Should the suggested 10 per cent horizontal increase eventually be allowed, the grain rates would be increased 26 per cent over the charges ordered by the interstate commission. Ac cording to the Kansas commission, basing its estimates on July futures at Kansas City, the Kansas farmer will get about 40 cents per bushel at his shipping point for the 1931 crop, while the pre-war price, taking the average of 1909-13, was 85 cents. At the same time, according to the department of agriculture, the farm er is paying for things he buys an average of 36 per cent more than pre-war prices. The two factors, re duced to a common percentage, show that Kansas wheat now will purchase only 35 per cent of what it purchased immediately preceding 1914. If rates should be increased, of course, this purchasing power would decline still further. On the other hand, since 1922, the railroads of the western district have earned more than 100 per cent of their pre-war net profits up to and including 1929, when the rate was 108 per cent. The exact figures for -930 are not at hand, but the earnings of the western district were substantially lower than the year preceding, and are running lower now. But the rail roads had prosperous years before the present decline in earnings. The sur plus account of the lines in the west ern district in the pre-war period offi 1909-13 average 877 millions, but it had increased by 1929 to more than 2 billions, or 136 per cent. The interstate commerce commission fre quently has proceeded on the theory that it must consider trends in earn ings rather than passing fluctuations. Of all the interests affected by proposed increases, that of grain is most acutely concerned, a fact re cognized by the interstate commis sion in its now suspended ruling. A comparison with the grain industry at its best and the condition of the carriers in the western district at its worst leaves the advantage heavily on the side of the railroads. This lack of balance, it would seem, should appeal to the carriers as well as to the grain producers, for in a large measure their interests are common in the states affected. WHY CRIMINALS ES CAPE PUNISHMENT The criminal escapes punishment through the failure of prosecutors to prosecute far more often than he does through the failure of a trial jury to convict. Such is the finding of the Wickersham commission as given in its latest report, dealing with the subject of prosecution. The commission has found that relatively few such escapes result from acquit tals by a trial jury. In New York City only 4.3 per cent of the releases followed jury trials; in Chicago 2.7 per cent, in Cleveland 8.5 per cent, in Cincinnati 5.8 per cent and in St. Louis 12.1 per cent. Few prosecutions ever reach the jury stage. In Xew York City the number is 4.7 per cent, in Chicago 3.8 per cent. In Cleveland 13.6 per cent, in Cincinnati 11.8 per cent and in St. Louis 13 per cent. The jury trial, it appear-, plays a relatively minor role in the disposition of the offender. A far greater number of leaks in the administration of justic occur in the office of the prosecutor. Indict ments may be dismissed by nolle prosequi; cases may be dismissed for want of prosecution; or they may be settled without trial by the ac ceptance of a plea of guilty to a lesser offense than the one charged. These maters are largely within the discretion of the prosecutor. He can decide which offenses are to be prose cuted, which laws are to be enforced. This power makes his position crucial in the administration of the criminal law. Because he can stop prosecutions, the Prosecuting Attorney's office be comes a political prize and organized law breakers find it to their interest to control it. He is subjected to poli tical pressure. The appointment of his subordinates becomes a matter of patronage. Usually his staff is com posed of young beginners. And its rate of turnover is high. The equip ment, organization, system and meth ods of the prosecutor's office are generally defective. His salary is low, his term of office short and his tenure uncertain. Because his office is elective, he frequently adopts an ineffective, perfunctory routine for the general run of cases and seeks publicity by the spectacular treat ment of exceptional, sensational cases. The prosecutor combines the func tions of investigator, magistrate, so licitor and advocate. His work as an investigator gives rise to senational publicity and reacts adversely on the quality of his work as a lawyer. At the same time, the policeman, the sheriff .the coroner and the prose cutor each goes his own way. There is no organization which compels the agencies of law enforcement to co operate. The administration of the law is decentralized. The local pros ecutor is independent of central con trol. The result is a diffusion of re sponsibility which often results in failures of enforcement. The commission's program of re form calls for better selection, longer tenure and higher pay for the prose cutor and his staff. It also recom mends the creation in each state of a central executive office beyond the reach of local politics for the direc tion of prosecutions, and the unified control of the state's entire machin ery of law enforcement. Such an of fice, built upon the model of the Fed- for ANY BABY can never be sure just what W makes an infant restless, bat the remedy can always be the same. Good old Castorial There's comfort in every drop of this pore vegetable prep aration, and not the slightest barm in its frequent use. As often as Baby has a fretful spell, is feverish, or cries and can't sleep, let Gas bona soothe and quiet him. Sometimes it's a touch of cone Some times constipation. Or diarrhea a condition that should always be checked without delay. Just keep Cast or ia handy and give it promptly. Relief will follow very prvTmptry; if it doesn't you should call a physician. J KG BAKING POWDER I! .J...I..1 25 ;; ptrtHMt ' ; . eu 25 You save in using KC. Use LESS than of high priced brands. m FOR OVER 0 YEA IT'S DOUBLE ACTINO eral Department of Justice, might well be expected to increase the ef fectiveness of the administration of justice and prevent the continued es cape from punishment of large num bers of law breakers. :o: TRIAL MUST GO TO FINISH San Diego Superior Judge Tur rentine denied motions made on be half of Alexander Pantages and his three co-defendants in the "girl mar ket" case to slrike prosecution testi mony and dismiss one or both of the accusations against them. The rul ings came after many hours of argu ment. Judge Turrentine said he would not comment on his rulings at this time, but added that some of the matters included in the motions might be taken up in his instructions to the jury at the conclusion of the taking of testimony. He said he did not wish to state what the instruc tions might include, since it might mislead either prosecution or defense counsel. Counsel for Pantages then called their first witness, a Los Angeles po liceman. The policeman was asked about his questioning last Decemner of Lvdia Nitto, complaining witness against Pantages. He said the girl told him she was twenty-two years Did. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of Nebraska. Cass coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Oscar Keil. Deceased. To the creditors of said estate: You are hereby notified that I will sit at the County Court room in Plattsmouth, in said county, on the 2Gth day of June, A. D. 1931 and on 'he 25th day of September. A. D. 1931. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of each day to receive and examine all claims against said estate, with a riew to their adjustment and allow ance. The time limited for the pre sentation of claims against said es tate is three months from the 26th day of June, A. D. 1931, and the time limited for payment of debts is one year from said 26th day of June, A. D. 1931. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court this 29th day of May, A. D. 1931. A. II. DUXBURY. (Seal) jl-3w County Judge. LEGAL NOTICE In the County Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the trusteeship of the estate of Anna Gorder Ploetz, deceased. Order of Hearing. On reading and filing the petition of Anna MeCarty, and L. L. Mc carty, alleging therein that Augus tus F. Ploetz, trustee of the above estate, departed this life at Omaha, in Douglas county. Nebraska, on or about April 19th, 1931, and that by reason thereof a vacancy has oc curred in the said trusteeship pro ceedings and that it is necessary that a new trustee be appointed iby this court for the purpose of receiv ing the assets belonging to this trust estate from the administrator of the estate of the said Augustus F. Ploetz, and for the distribution of said trust estate as provided by the last will and testament of Anna Gor der Ploetz, deceased, admitted to probate in this Court on July 2, 1926, and to administer upon the goods, chattels, rights, credits, ef fects, and assets of said estate not already administered upon: and Praying that Frank A. Cloidt. be appointed as trustee of said estate, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the said Augustus F. Ploetz, and for such other and fur ther orders as may be necessary and for the best interests of said estate. It is hereby ordered that July 3rd, 1931, at nine o'clock a. m., is here by assigned for hearing said peti tion, when all persons interested in said matter may appear at a county court to be held in and for said county in the court house at Platts mouth, Nebraska, and show cause why the prayer of petitioner should not be granted: and that notice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order in the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi weekly newspaper printed in said county, for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. Dated this 6th day of June, A. D. 1921. A. H DUXBURY, County Judge Cass County, (Seal) j8-3w Nebraska. SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by C. E. Ledgway. Clerk of the Dis trict Court, within and for Can County, Nebraska, and to me direct ed, I will on the 11th day of July. A. D. 1931, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day at the South Front Door of the Court House in the City of Plattsmouth, in said County, sell at public auction to the highest biddei for cash the following real estate to wit: West two-thirds of Lot 4, in Block 19, in the Village of Avoca in ( ass County, Nebraska; The same being levied upon and taken as the property of Asa J. John son, et al., defendants, to satisfy a judgment of said Court recovered by Byron Golding, plaintiff against said defendants. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, June 8th, A. D. 1931. BERT REED, Sheriff Cass County, Nebraska. jS-5w SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss. By virtue of an Order of Sale is sued by C. E. Ledgway, Clerk of the District Court within and for Cass county, Nebraska, and to me directed. I will on the 11th day of July, A. D. 1931, at 10 o'clock a. in. of said day, at the south front door of the court house, in the City of Plattsmouth, in said county, sell aJ public auction to the highest bidder for cash the fol lowing real estate, to-wit: Lots seven (7) and eight (8) in Block fifty-nine (59) in the City of Plattsmouth, in the County of Cass, State of Ne braska The same being levied upon and taken as the property of T. W. Hud gins et al. Defendants, to satisfy a judgment of said Court recovered by The Standard Savings and Loan As sociation of Omaha, Nebraska, Plain tiffs against said Defendants. Plattsmouth. Nebraska, June 6th, A. D. 1931. BERT REED, Sheriff Cass County, Nebraska. j8-5w SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss. By virtue of an Order of Sale Is sued by C. E. Ledgway, Clerk of the District Court, within and for Cass county, Nebraska, and to me directed, I will" on the 11th day of July, A. D. 1931, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at the south front door of the court house, in the City of Plattsmouth, in said County, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the fol lowing real estate, tc-wit: Lots 8 and 9 In Block 2, in Stadelman's Addition to the City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska; Lots 7, 8 and 9 in Block 2, In Donelan's Addition to the City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska The same being levied upon and taken as the property of Frances Schulze et al. Defendants, to satisfy a judgment of said Court recovered by Paul H. Gillan, Plaintiff against said Defendants. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, June 6th, A. D. 1931. BERT REED, Sheriff Cass County, Nebraska j8-5w NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR SCHOOL BUS ROUTES Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Board of Education of School District No. 102. Cass County. Nebraska, on or before June 22, 1931, for the school bus routes described as follows: Route No. 1, (Hedge Corner, now driven by Elmer Bennett, length approximately 1 b miles.) Route No. 2, (Tipton, now driven by Joe Vickers, length approximately IVz miles.) Route No. 3, (Harmony, now driven by Paul Coatman, length approximately 1M4 miles.) Route No. 4, (Sand Bur, now driven by Willard Timblin, length approximately 8 hi miles.) Route No. 5, (West Route, now driven by Roy Bennett, length approximately 8 miles.) Bids should be made according to the following instructions: 1. All bids should be deliver ed to the Secretary on or be fore June 22, 1931. at 8 p. m. in sealed envelope marked on the outside "BID FOR SCHOOL ROUTE." Note The purpose of the above is so that no bids will be accidently opened by the Sec retary prior to the opening of the bids. 2. All bids should be made on a mileage basis, that is so many cents per mile travelled in delivering the children to the school house and to their homes from the school house. 3. All bids should be made for the school year of nine months beginning in September, 1931, and ending In May, 1932. 4. All bids should be made with the understanding that if the routes are lengthened dur ing the school year that the salary will be increased auto matically on the same mileage basis and if the routes are shortened during the same per iod the salary will be reduced in the same way. 5. The Board reserves the right to require all bidders to make a showing of ability to carry out the terms of their bids. The Board reserves the right to re ject any and all bids made. Dated this 3rd day of June. 1931. H. L. BORNEMEIER. Secretary. Large map of Cass county on sale at Journal office. 50c each. NOTICE Whereas, Charles Smith, convicted in Cass county, on the 21st day ot June, 1930. of the crime of forgery, has made application to tlx Board ot Pardons for a parole, and the Board of Pardons, pursuant to law have set the hour of 10:00 a. m. on the 14th day of July, 1931. for hearing on said application, all persons inter ested are hereby notified that they may appear at the State Penitentiary at Lincoln, Nebraska, on saul day and hour and show cause, if any there be, why said application should, or should not be planted. FRANK MARSH, Sec'y.. Board of Pardons. N. T. HARMON. Chief State Probation Officer. LEGAL NOTICE To William O. Barker: You will take notice that on Feb ruary 6th, 1931. A. D.. Ella D 1 ker, the plaintifT, tiled her petition in the District Court of Cass county, Nebraska, against you. the object and prayer of which is to obtain an absolute decree of divorce from you and custody of two minor children or this marriage upon the grounds ot desertion and extreme cruelty. You are required to answer said petition in said Court on or before Monday, the 20th day of July. 193 1, or the petition of the plaintiff will be taken as true ami a judgment ren dered accordingly. ELLA D. BARKER, Plaintiff. By J. R. Mueller. Her Attorney. "NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of ( ass (.un- ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the estate of Wil liam J. Miller, deceased. NoIce of Administration. All persons interested in said es tate are hereby notified that a peti tion has been filed in said Court al leging that said deceased died hav ing no last will and testament and tuavine for administration upon his estate and for such other and further orders and proceedings !n the pKin- ises as may be required by the stat utes in such cases made and provided to the end that Raid estate ami all things pertaining thereto may bs !!. nally settled and determined, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said Court on the 3rd day of July, A. D. 1931. and that if they fail to appear at said Court on said 3rd day of July, A. D. 1931. at ten o'clock a. m. to contest the Mid petition, the Court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to Chas. E. Martin or some other suitable person and pro ceed to a settlement thereof. A. II. DUXBURY. (Seal) J8-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an order of sale Issued by the clerk of the district court of the second judicial district of Nebraska, within and for Cass county, in an action wherein Lincoln Safe De posit Company, a corporation, is plaintiff, and John F. Wolff: Ella Wolff; John Doe, whose real nana is Fred J. Campbell; Mary Doe, whose real name is Clara Campbell; and The Plattsmouth Loan and Building Association, a corporation, are defendants, I will, at ten o'clock a. m., on Monday, the 6th day of July, 1931, at the south front door of the Cass county court house in the city of Plattsmouth, Cass coun ty, Nebraska, offer for sale at pub lic auction to the highest bidder for cash the following described lands and tenements, to-wit: The southwest quarter of the southwest quarter (RW4 SWV4) and the south half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter IS1- NW SWV4) of Section thirty two (32), Township eleven (111 north. Range fourteen (141 east, in Cass county. Nebraska, except one and thirty-hund-redths acres (1.30A.) described as follows: Commencing at a point ten chains south and seven chains east of the northwest corner of the southwest quar ter (SWV. ) of said section, thence east thirteen chains to the east line of the west half of the southwest quarter W SW4) of said actios to a lime stone set in the ground, thence south on said line one chain, thence west to the center of a ditch or draw running through said lanu, thence northeasterly following the meanders of said draw or ditch to the place of beginning, containing fifty-eight and seventy-hundredth- acres (58.70A.) more or fm Also that part of the north half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter iN1'. NW4 SW'4 ) of said section, da scribed as follows: Commem ing at a point ten chains south of the northwest corner of the southwest quarter (SV!, ) of Section thirty-two (SS). Town ship eleven (11) north. Range fourteen (14) east, in Cass coun ty, Nebraska, thence north on the section line one chain and seventy-five links, thence east eight chains to the center of a draw or ditch running through said land, thence in a south westerly direction following the meanders of the center line of said draw or ditch to a point due east of the starting point, thence west seven chains more or less to the place of begin ning, containing one ami thirty one hundredths acres (1.31A.) more or less. Said sale is subject to all out standing taxes and to confirmation by the court. Given under my hand this 2nd day of June. 1931. BERT REED. Sheriff of Cass County, Nebraska. E. S. RIPLEY. Attorney for Plaintiff. j4-5w