KONDAY. SEPT. 7. 1931.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE FIVE
MURDOCH ITEMS
Mr. Edmond, of Lincoln, was a
csller here last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Peters, of Green
wood, were guests of relatives here
Sunday.
Friday the different 4-H clubs held
their Achievement day displays and
program at the school house.
The Pilgrims spent a very profit
able day last Sunday with Rev. Mc
Kdvit and his flock a' Myr.ard.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Elliott, Sr.. of
near Alvo. were callers at the F. A.
Melvin home Wednesday and Thurs
day. Mr. and Mrs. John Srheel. Sr., cel
ebrated their forty-seventh wedding
anniversary Friday by taking a trip
to Lincoln.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Peters, of Wis
ner. a former pastor of the Trinity
Lutheran church, north of here, was
tailing on friends hen. Wednesday.
Edward Morrison was assisting
J. H. Buck with some of the heavy
work at the blacksmith shop in the
sharpening of the blades of the gra
ders. A lovely little eight pound daugh
ter arrived at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Henry Jacobsen Friday evening.
August 28. Both mother and baby
are doing nicely.
Mrs. Hurlbutt and daughters and
her grandfather, Mr. Fa Ik. of Nebras
ka City, were guests at the Laurence
Rase home several days last week.
The ladies are sisters.
John Eppings and the family were
enjoying a very pleasant visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancas
ter of Murray, they driving over in
their car for the day.
Mrs. Joseph R. Kelly of Platts
mouth has been visiting in Murdoch
for the past week at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. O. E. McDonald, and
where all have enjoyed the visit.
Douglas Tool and his mother, Mrs.
A. J. Tool, were enjoying a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Georee Wnr Omnna
on last Wednesday, they driving
over to the big town in their auto.
Ferdinand WenJt. of Crawford, had
a load of cattle at the Omaha market
the first of last week and spent Tues
day evening with his brother, August
Vndt. and called on their sister,
Mts. John Scheel. Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith, from
Ithica. and daughter, from farther
west, were in town Tuesday, calling
on their friends. They also spent the
night with their daughter. Mrs. John
Bornemeier and family.
L. Neitzel and O. TJaur took in the
convention at Milford. where Mr.
Neitzel read a paper at the laymen's
'onterence. which was voted to be
published in the church papers of the
Evangelical church and thus brought
to the attention of the entire denom
ination. Wm. G.tkemeier and wife and their
daughter. June, who have been visit
ing here for some two weks. depart
ed tne day last week for their home
at Chicago. While here they enjoyed
a very splendid visit with relative?
and also with their many friends in
this community.
The Bank of Murdock has just had
installed a new posting machine to
care for the work of the bank and
with Henry A. Tool and the daugh
ter. Miss Mary, doing all the work.
th-y are needing rapid methods of
handling the bookkeeping and ac
count of the bank.
Mrs. Fred Stock. Sr.. and her two
sons. Harry and Jesse, departed early
last week for Imperial, where they
visited for a few days with friends
and relatives. They stopped on their
way , ... Lincoln, where they pick
ed up Mrs. Albert Zaebcl. who is a
sister of Mr. Stock and who went
alone also, enjoying the visit very
much.
Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Lee. with their
son. Billie. and accompanied by Mrs.
Lee's parents. Judge and Mrs. W. E.
Xewkirk, who have been visiting
here from their home at Greenwood,
were all over m Shenandoah, Iowa,
on last Sunday where they visited
the broadcasting stations of that city
WOMEN: watch your
BOWELS
Whit should women do to keep their
bowels moving freely? A doctor should
know the answer. That is why pure
Syrup Pepsin is so good for women. It
just suits their delicate orsanjsin. It is
the prescription of an old family doctor
who has treated thousands of women
patients and who made a special study
of bowel tronLIcs
It is fine for cnildren, too. They love
Us taste. Let them have it every time
their tongues are coated or their skin
is sallow. Dr. Caldweli's Syrup Pepsin
is made from fresl. laxative herbs, pure
pepsin and other harmless -ingredients.
When you've a sick headache, can't
cat. are bilious or sluggish; and at the
times when you are most apt to be
constipated, take a little of this famous
prescription (all drug stores keep it
ready m big bottles), and you'll know
v : Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is the
iavorite laxative of over a million
'.vomen!
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712 Locust Street Telephone 647 -J
Plattsmouth, Neb.
as well as looking over
teresting places of the
the other in
magic city.
Shower Bride-To-Be.
Mrs. Emil Keuhn. aunt of the
bride-elect. Miss Florence Thinigan.
gave at their beautiful home in Mur
dock on last Friday evening a very
joyous reception to the numerous
friends of the contracting parties
who are to be married soon, IQsfl
Florence Thinigan and Mr. W. J. B.
McDonald. The gathering was large
ly attended and a most pleasant eve
ning spent by the young people
Many were the beautiful and useful
gifts which were presented as well
as the manv hearty wishes expressed
for the soon-to-be wedded young peo
ple. Many Festivities Given.
Miss lone Weddell gave a
charming supper in honor of
friends. Miss Mary GatTurine
Huirh. who is soon to depart for
vt ry
her
Me -
Om-
aha. where she enters the Immanuel
hospital as student nurse, and who
is to be accompanied also by lUsfl
Le!a McBrid-. The merry crowd of
young people fully enjoyed the oc
casion and following which they
were entertained by Miss Mary I.
Tool at a slumber party and all join
ed in a six o'clock breakfast. The
young woman are leaving on Tues
day of this week.
Give Six O'Clock Dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Tool en
tertained lat week at a six o'clock
dinner. gi-en in honor of the com
ing marriage of Mr. W. J. B. McDon
ald and Miss Florence Thimgan. at
which onlv the immediate families
of the contracting parlies were
UU - IS.
Boys Enjoy Horseshoe.
Well, it is I healthful occupation.
calling tor nre unoo oi pite-nincr .
which also generates a good steady !
muscle and nerve and a good judg
ment of distance. With the lights i
which enable the game to be enjoyed
hi the evening, the game continues j
until the wee small hours. The play
ers are open ror a game wnn an
comers and will show them all a good
time.
Looking the West Over.
Mrs. Albert S'raisch and son. Will,
and daughter, Miss Lydia. departed
some time since for the western por
tion of the state where they went to
vis-it at the home of Herm::n Diit
man and family at Imperial and aft
er the conclusion of their stay there,
went on to Denver and other points
in the west, expecting to be away for
about ten days.
Ate Moving To Iowa.
George Miller, who has been a
resident of Murdock for the past
nearly two years, is moving to Win
terset. Iowa, where Mr. Miller has
employment and as closing the busi
ness which they have conducted here.
They have had the cream station
and also carried a stock of Wear I
Well shoes. The cream station will
he taken over by other parties and
the stock of shoes will be shipped
elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have
made many friends while here who
will be sorry to see them leave, but
are wishing them success in their new
field of endeavor.
Prominent Physician Passes.
Dr. Stewart B. McDiarmid. eras
born June .". and passed away
Aug. 25. 1931. He was hoi n in Om
aha and passed his whole life in thi
city. In !914 he was married to Heta
Neitzel of Murdock. Nebraka. Which
happy union was brofceu all too soon.
He leave.; his wife and one daugh
ter, Dorothea June.
Dr. McDiarmid was a life lOAg
member of First M. E. church, where
he was organist for five years: in
the absence of his pastor. Dr. I).
Baltsley, of Kountze Memorial Luth
eran church, who was an Intimate
friend of the departed, officiated at
the funeral. The wish of Dr. McDiar
mid to he cremated, was compiled
with. Dr. McDiarmid was closely
identified with all the activities of
his home city, in all manner of wel
fare work. He wis jn unusual active
member of the Optimi.-tic clu' and
Ad-Sell dobs. His cheerful dispoi l
tion and big heartedness won him a
host o' friends.
He had a large and lucrative prac
tice as nhvsieian. among all classes
of people, his cheerfulness and be
coming smile in the sickroom had
almost the same effect a his medi
cine. He did not spare himself, but
worked altogether too hard for he
good of others, which accounts some
what for his early departure.
His epitaph should be: "He was
a friend of man."
LEA AGAIN INDICTED
KnT'lle. Tetin. Col. Luke Lea.
Nashville publisher, and J. Basil
Ramsey. Knoxville backer, wore in
dieted by a federal grand jurv con
sider, r.g the collapse of the Hciston
Union National bank here last No
i vember.
A Gang of
Thieves Visits
Wood River
Leavr- Stolen Car. Take Gas,
Clothing. Jewelry and Truck
Loaded With Com.
Oil.
Wood River Wood River was
visited early Friday morning by a
gang of robbers. Their activities be
gan at the Standard of station where
a Buick touring car from Buffalo
county showing the name of Htury
Hopp Was left. It had been stolen
at this place. Several gallons of gas
and oil was taken. A abort distance
away the office of Wood River Mill
ing company was broken into and
articles of clothing taken. A Ford
truck with white body with seventy
five bushels of white corn loaded on
if wa.- taken. Next the Horde ele
vator office was broken into and
clothing belonging to Manager Brid
ger taken. Crossing the railroad, the
thieves entered the Hoyes drug store
and took more than $100 worth of
jewelry and merchandise, leaving
some of the articles taken from the
elevator.
The general merchandise store of
S. A. Sherrered and the Flory Hard
ware entrance was attempted by pry
ing open the coal chutes, but this
failed.
The McKee building was entered,
but being unoccupied, nothing v. a.
taken. County and village officials
are on the trail.
Chief of Police Campbell. York.
"Id State Sheriff Entires Friday that
Lis force had recovered a truck on
the streets of York that is believed
to have been used by a gang of store
burirlars operating in that part of
the state. When found, the truck
contained a large number of tools,
thought to have been stolen. The ve
hicle had been repa?-ied recently.
Inder its latest dress was lettering
indicating that it formerly belonged
to a cleaning plant at Sioux City. Ia.
It bore a Nebraska license tag.
VETS ADVOCATE DRY REPEAL
Kansas City. Sept. 4. Prohibition
v.as condemned in a resolution
adopted Friday by the 3 2d annual
Di ampment of the Veterans of For
eign Wars. The resolution demands
repeal of the Eighteenth amendment
and modification of existing dry en
act ments.
Reading of the resolution was the
signal for prolonged cheering by the
! veterans.
Its adoption was wltnont
discussion, and almost unanimous.
I nanother resolution congress traa
urged to provide pensions for wid Wl
and orphans of world war veterans
without consideration of whether
the soldier's death was due to service-incurred
injuries or disease.
The veterans advocated increased
pay for men in military service, both
officers and enlisted men active ant:
retired.
SENTENCE SOLDIEES
FOB U. P.
ROBBERY
Rawlins. Wye. Sept. 4. Russell
Howarth, 19. and Ceorge A. Bach
maun, 2 who held up three pas
sengers on a I'nion P -cific passenger
train near Hanna. Wyr.. May IS.
j were taaen to t:;e :-tate industrial
school at Worland Friday after plead
ing guilty to a charge of robbery.
The pair, soldiers at Fort F. E.
Warren, was sentenced to imprison-
i ment of not more than 14 years.
On a train near Hanna they en
tered a compartment occupied by
Mrs. M. A. Johnson. Mrs. Joseph K.
Huber and he son. Herbert T. Hu
ber. all of St. Paul, and took (65.
They were captured vefore the train
! reached Green River, Wyo.
LAPTDUS IS RELEASES
Omaha Harry Lapidus.. wealthy
Nebraska political leader. WSJ freed
from prosecution for causing death
while driving an automobile reck
lessly when a Harrison comity. Iowa,
grand jury refused to indict him.
C. Earl Weldey. Onriha baker,
was killed in an accident In which
I.apidus figured near Logan. Ia.. May
IS. A c .Toner's jury recommended
he be held and he was indicted by a
grand jury. This indictment was
luled faulty and charges dismissed.
It was believed no further a' tempt
will be made to prosecute. Lapidus.
TELL TEE
WORLD
OF PLATTSKOUIH
I have envelopes with story of
j Plattsmouth. Anyone wishing their
friends to know
annul ou:
for some
city call
envelopes.
at Journal office
They are free.
ML S. PRIGGS.
TWO W0I.IEN HAVE DUEL
Mexico City Two women fought
I pistol duel as the result of rivalry
for the affections of Sergic Silva, a
tailor, and one was perhaps mortally
I wounded.
The duel ended when Senorita Sofia
Mendoza fell with a bullet wound
in the chest. The shots attracted a
policeman who sent Sofia to a hos
pital and took the other duelist.
Maria de Los Angeles Garcia, to jail.
i
J. M. LEYDA
Attorney
Bonded Abstracter
Real Estate Titles
Defective Titles perfect
ed at reasonable expense.
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Manley News Items
Business called R. Bergman and
wife to Omaha on Monday of last
week.
Mrs. Henry Osbom e was a visitor
in Omaha last Wednc ,day. where she
was shopping and al.-o visiting with
friends.
Miss Wilma Benja; lin, of Lincoln,
as a guest for the day on last out
day at the home of her friend, Mrs.
Oscar Dowler.
Mrs. Eli Keckler and the kiddies
and Miss Lizzie Bauer were guests for
the evening last Sunday at the home
of Mrs. Alice Jenkins
Miss Dorothy Meis;;,gir was enjoy
ing a visit from one of her girl friends
of Belleville. Kansas, for a few days,
extending over the week end.
Ado-fph Steiskamp was looking af
ter seme business Batters in Sarpy
county for a portion of last week, re
turning home on Wednesday.
Elmer Vosbeig. Clarice Allen and
Vietor Hawea were all enjoying the
show at Lincoln on last Wednesday,
i v driving over in their car.
Frank Snaveley, of Lincoln, was a
visitor in Manley on last Monday and
was consulting with G rover Lauren
sen about some church matters.
The Royal Neighbors of America
met cn Wednesday of this week, there
heing fifteen members present and
were entertained by Mrs. Alice Jenk
ins. The contrac tors who have the mat
ter of grading Highway No. 1 in
hand, have been hauling out the cul-
rt tubing for the work the past
week.
Mrs. Catherine Earhardt was a
isttor in Omaha for a short time on
East Sunday, where she was a guest
of her daughter, who is attending
schout there.
On last Thursday Joseph Miller
was taken to the hospital, where he
underwent an operation for the re
laoval of his tonsils, which had be
con.e affected.
Ifesdamefl Rudolph Rergman and
A. B. Hill were enjoying the Ring
ling Bros, circus in Lincoln Wednes
lay of last week, they driving over
for the occasion.
Theo. Harms and the good wife
were enjoying a visit of a few days
with their daughter-in-law, the wife
of Wm. Harms of Los Angeles, who is
"::".g in Omaha and Manley.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Woods, of
Weeping Water, he secretary of the
"ass county fair, and she a reeristered
inrse, were visiting in Manley last
Sunday, they being guests at the
borne of Mrs. Alice Jenkins.
Mrs. Rose Kelley departed on last
Monday for Plattsmouth. where she
is to make her home in the future, i
th goods were taken over via truik.i
John Mockenhanpt and Frank Ear-1
hardt taking them over for her.
Teddy Harms and August Kreck-t
low mad. up a party who attended j
he Ringling Bros, circus in Lincolnj
on Wednesday of last week and sure
they are good judges of shows and j
reported that the aggregation was
going strong in every detail.
Frank Mlsehex. who with the fam
ily are staying in Iowa, where he is j
employed in pipe line construction
work, was a visitor for a short time
at Manley last week, and after look- ,
ll g after some business matters at
the home, returned to his work.
Walter Jenkins and family and
their son. Lloyd, of Havelock. were
v - ing in Manley for the day last;
Bni lay, confing to bring Mrs. Alice
Jenkins home, she having been stay-i
Ing in Havelock for some time past.
All enjoyed a verv fj ne dinner here.
While Chris Mochenhaupt was as-
listing in some work at the black
-mith shop he accidently allowed a
Dieci or iron to slip, falling on one
f his feet, with tne result mat ne
had
a very sore pool ior a r.umner oi
However, it is getting along
days.
?ettrr now.
Jchn C. Rauth and Walter Mocken
hanpt. with the family of the latter,
were visiting in Omaha last Sunday,
Mr. Rauth visiting with his daughter.
Miss Anna Rauth. and Mr. Mocken
hanpt and family cr.joying a pienh
with the Marks family, which was
held at Hanscom park.
George Vogler made thr purchase
of iho Wm. Wendt farm r.nri on which
there was more parage room than
was needed so he selecting one of the
structures moved it witr. tne am or
his son to the place where he has
been rc-iding and which was short
j i i i .
on garage room a'iu now ne uu cue
thine; emialized and bo"' the farms
. . . .1.1 .
are ballaneen ni' i- periecuj in n:i
regard.
Returns to Home
Lou's Krecklow and the
who have been spending some
he home of his parents.
K reck low as well as with
family,
time at
August
othei
Mends and relatives for the past
week, donartcd on last Monday morn
iir for their home in Milwaukee.!
Tiny are driving a large Buick Six.
nnd departing from Manley at three,
o'clock Monday morning, they were
intending to arrive at their destina
tion that same evening, which, if you
ask us. is some drive, being 2fi i
miles. Coming out they were able to
make it in one day. and barring car
trouble, expected to do as well on the
return trip.
Pastor Very Sick
Hi try Wautcllc. parish priest
St. Patrick's church, who is in
ho8r;tal at Lincoln, where he is
of
the
re-
civing treatment, is feeling
poorly al this time and while
pretty
every
thing is being done for this excellent
man. he does not respond to the treat
ment in the manner which is desired.
School Begins Today
Theschool year in Manley begins
dt . . Monday. Sept. Mh, and with a
bran nev. school DOOM equipped with
all the latest appliances, a year of in-;cn.'-i
cVic:iiion work lies ahead of
the youngsters. While a part of the
term was held in the r.ew build
ing, the -r.ir.ir.z srnener s :11 he the
first full term in it. PupilB and pa
trons have good reason to be pleased
with their excellent new building that
is so far ahead of the old one, there
is really no comparison.
Has Fine Herd.
Oliver Henton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Henton. living northwest of
Manley has a very fine herd of good
Birkshire shoats, and two very
fine grown hogs, a boar and also a
sow weighing about six hundred
pounds each. Oliver is buying some
bred sows to add to his herd and will
expect to have many more in his herd
in a short time. He was for a time
thinking of making an exhibit, both
at the state fair and county fair, but
thought the risk he might run in
the exposure to other hogs which
might be infected with flu or
other
diseases, so he concluded he
not exhibit this year.
would
Phony Cur
rency is Passed
at Mitchell
State Sheriff Gets Bills Made
Pasting Halves of One and
Five Together.
bv
How to make ten dollars out of
six was exhibited at the state sher
iff's office Friday in two "doclored"
!ill that had been passed on mer
chants at Mitchell. A one
and a five dollar bill had been split
in half and the top of one pasted on
the back of the other. On the one
c'ollar bill the figure 5 had been
traced in each corner with white ink.
R. E. Sherman, chief of police at
Mitchell, told Sheriff Endres the bills
were passed at the L. B. Murphy
store and Mitchell Mercantile com
pany by two men on Sept. L Des
criptions of the two were furnished,
and federal authorities have been
notified.
Endres believes the bills had been
slit after being held over steam for
ome length of time. It then would
probably be possible to slit them
with a razor blade or slender knife
blade. In this process, however, the
silk threads between the two halves
ot the bill are lost and do not show
on the doctored currency. The white
ink lettering in the corners is very
crude, and a little examination
quickly reveals the counterfeiting.
Another discrepancy is that the
front of the bill parries the portrait
of Washington, which adorns all one
dollar bills, while the genuine five
dollar bill carries Lincoln's picture.
On the hills received here the word
"one" had been left at each end in
small type, the counterfeiters evi
dently dependnig on quick passing of
the money to hide these defects. In
both cases at Mitchell the bills were
tendered during the evening rush
hour.
NEED ORDER FOR WAVERLY STOP
If the town of Waverly wants to
erect stop signs on the arterial D. L.
D. highway where it crosses the vil
lage main street it must first apply
to the state for permission to do so
or town officials will have no au
thority to stop motorists.
This was the informal opinion
given Wednesday by Attorney Gen
eral C. A. Sorensen at Lincoln on a
quest ion thai has bothered motorists
und the state highway department
for the past two years.
L. S. Suddith. Waverly village
clerk, had annuonced that with the
opening of school Sept. 14 the stop
i rdinaace would He enforced from
8 to 9 a. m.. noon to 1 p. m. and
4 to 4:4" p. m. He notified the Om
aiia Chamber of Commerce, but did
not communicate with the Omaha
, Auto club.
j s
. s:r.p
a protection to school children,
signs were erected where the
children cross the D. L. D. to and
from school. Town authorities and
transient motorists frequently were'
at loggerheads last fall and winter
over the matter. The usual penalty
lor violators was a fine.
This year, however, the state de-1
partment of public works is empow-I
c red by legislation to erect step signs 1
and. unless this action is officially!
taken .the village will be without
authority to act. Sorensen said.
WEATHER
PLOWING
DELAYED
BY DRY
Lincoln, Sept.
-Another week
of scant moisture in Nebraska w
as
re: ported by the Lincoln weather bu
rcau Wednesday In its resume of the
week ending Sept. L
Although there were some local
showers during the week, dry wea
ther delayed plowing and caused
further deterioration of corn and
pastures in many places. In the
northeastern section. what corn
there is left is drying rapidly and is
nearly out of frost danger.
The week was favorable for hay
ing. Showers were too light scattered
to maintain sufficient moisture in
the soil.
FIRE FIGHTERS RELEASED
Boise About Soo men have been
released from fire fighting in Idaho
'during the past three days without
a single ou'break of incendiarism
I under the rule of marital law im
posed to prevent such occurrences.
'Of the men released. 00 were paid
i off from the Placerville. Grimes
( reek and High Valley areas when
these fires were repor'-'' under con
trol. An additional 2 men have
j been dropped from th crews oper
j&Ling against fires north of MeCall.
With their discharge a large num
i her of the men were removed from
the fire areas to prevent the possibil
ity that some might start new fires
to open new avenues ot employment.
Composition books, crayolas. pens
and pencils, tablets, history paper
and all kinds of school supplies at
the Bates Book and Stationery Store,
where the price is right.
Old Employe
Drops Funds in
Stock Market
Confesses Twelve-Year Peculation
When Suspicious Broker In
stigates Audit
Chicago. Sept. 2. Walter E. Wolf.
42. a church-going man. whose only
apparent vice was "playing the mar
ket." was under heavy police- guard
Wednesday while officials of the na
tion's fourth largest banK, the Con
tinent;!! Illinois Bank and Trust Co..
sought to learn the exact amount he
embezzled from the institution in
12 years.
Wolf admitted the amount he ap
propriated is at least $1,500,000,
and it may reach the astounding sum
of $2,500,000.
Wolf never profited hy more than
500 from his thefts, it was dis
closed Wednesday, as he eagerly re
sisted authorities seekine to learn
the exact amount of his ciefaicatTons.
His home-loving wife and 12-year-old
daughter secluded themselves in
the home of relatives.
The bank's loss was expected to
be small, because a $2,000,000 in
surance policy with Lloyds of Lon
don afforded protection. Also it was
i ii -KMi ! expected laree blocks of stolen se
dollar bill ':,.. K
, 1 Li I II nuuiu it: a . v. . i v v. . . . i
; brokers, with whom Wolf, coupon
department manager, had practiced
j his deception. Ever-increasing losses
in his investment drove him deeper
and deeper until his secret hung like
!a millstone about his neck.
Uses Bonds As Margins.
A nroker finally became suspi' ious.
Knowing of Wolf's immense lo.-sc-
in the market crashes, he could not
understand the source of Wolf's gilt
edged bonds which he deposited as
margin for his account. He con
ferred with one of the bank officials.
An audit showed nothing. But Wolf
heard of the audit anc the strain
j became too much to bear. He tele
' phoned a vice-president cf the bank
fnd made a clean breast of the mat
' ter.
Wolf willingly collaborated in the
! probe of his pec ulations. With offi-
cers of the bank, he went over his
! records tor the past 12 years, during
which the theft occurred.
"I am glad to get this load
off my mind." he said. "It has
made me miserable. After I
help the bank recover what can
be recovered the authorities
can do anything they like with
me."
Lloyds of London, which bonds
the bank's employes, indicated the
Continental Illinois would be cov
ered in full on Wolf's embezzlement.
A Lloyd's official was quoted as say
ing the claim is the largest of its
kind on record.
Thefts Audit-Proof.
Wolf, a retiring man with none
of the eaudy disDlav which charac-
, terizes the professional crook, was
cast into great temptation first as
employe and later as manager of the
' bank's coupon department. Hugh
j amounts of gilt-edged bonds were ac
cessible to him. His "system" defied
audit.-.
Wolf declared he began his thefts
lin 1019. when he was employed in
'the old Illinois Trust and Savings
' bank, which later became part of
the Continental Bank and Trust Co.
At first he took only a few bond-,
which he deposited with a broker
ias collateral. He used securities own
: ed by customers of the bank. The
customer received a receipt. A rec
' ord of the security was made for the
j bank. But when Wolf took a bond,
j he also took the record that went
with it.
There was no record that the bond
I had been deposited, so far as the
hank was concerned. Consequently,
1 an audit would reveal nothing
: wrong. Bee-News.
MBS.
ALDRICH CATCHES
TWO FISH ON ONE HOOK
Elm wood -From the lins of a j
famous novelist comes this fish Story:
The sninner of the tale is Mrs. P--
St ret ter Aldrich of Elm wood. The
scene is one of the thousand lakes
j;i t),e Minnesota fishing area and
the- characters are Mrs. Aldrich, ;
four pound pickerel and a three
pound bass. The bass and the pic k-
erei. .irs. Aiaricn reiaieos, were-
caught on the same trolling spoon
hook. Both, she says, must have
struck the bait at the same instant
as she felt but one strike.
D0-X
ACCEPTS
TO
BID
VISIT
CHICAGO
Chicago, Sept. 2. Maor A. J. Cer
mak received a telegram Tuesday
from the crew of the 50-ton German
amphibian. Do-X. accepting his in-
ivitation to visit Chicago. The ship.
i which is now in New York after
j spanning the Atlantic, will he flown
here after its motors are overhauled.
SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED
AS ESCAPED CONVICT
McCook, Neb..
I police announced
' William Thomas.
Sept. 2. Medio'.;
Wednesday that
arrested here a
; week ago, had been identified as an
I escaped convict from Hutchinson.
Kan. He escaped, they said, in 1 ltd.
' His identity was revealed by finger
prints.
REPORTS CALLED ABSURD
Paris The foreign office character
ized as absurd reports from Geneva
i published in the United States that
; Erance had asked a postponement of
' the disarmament conference to be
held at Geneva next February.
"France has no intention of ask
ing a postponement." tht foreign of
fice spokesman said. we are pre
paring for the conference and we
I earnestly hope that it will succeed.
PROTESTS HIRING OF
GUARDS AT THEATER S
Lincoln. Sept. 2. James P. M
Cauley. business agent for the local
Motion Picture Operators' union.
Wednesday protested , against tt,
Lincoln Theater Corporation's ad Is
hiring men to "protect" its
houses.
Because of a wage disagreetntn ' .
union members are not working i
the company. M('auley said tin
operators had no intention of staging
demonstrations and that the p)
ment of guards was intended men
to gain sympathy.
List of Missing
Persons Studied
in Powers Case
Try to Learr. Ii Alleged Bluebeard
Had Wide Activities Wife
B'aad Him Fiend.
Clarksburg. W. Va. County i': -ecutor
Morris and Polite Chief !)u-k-worth
scanned a mass of in for:
tion concerning missing per- ': and
the past of Harry F. Powers Y- I:,
day while Powers' attorney prepared
to defend him on chargt - of slay i
two women and three children.
The officials said they were re
ceiving mail and telegrams from hun dreds
of persons thruout the United
States who have friends or relatives
missing. They said thty would In
vestigate the cases to dettniit
whether Powers, who co:re-i".i.
with many women thru a matrimon
ial agency, was respon-ible for any
Of the disappearances.
J. E. Iaw. attorney for th ;
oner, succeeded in gaining admit
tance to the county Jail with a phy
sician who examined Powers. Tin f
were in the man's cell for mor than
an hour. Law made no announce
ment of the purpose of the examin
ation but previously he had said h
desired to have his client examined
to determine whether he Buffered .n-
jurv at the hands of the
police. The
obtained a
authorities claim they
confession from Powers
last Sa:u
day.
In Several Towns.
There was no intimation when
Pcwert would be arraigned jo '
murder charges. The anth uni---were
confining their an-::', r- -
tracing the man's past. A photo
graph officers said belonged t Pow
ers indicated he lived at Millet . S. 1..
in 1924. under the name of Joe 1.
Gildeau.
iod from
had been
field, O.;
Postcards maile d in a pe; -1924
to 1927 indicated he
at Connellsville. Pa M
Richmond. Va.; ( testlitv .
O.. and Vandalia. 111.
Detectives who questioned him
concerning the disappearance Of
Stamatifos Sfikas, owner of
shine parlor here, said Powers ude
"light" of intimations that he may
have been responsible for the mar,',
disappearance.
Wife Changes Mind.
Clarksburg. W. Va. Q n -titn '
for the second time by police inves
tigating tho "Bluebeard" n..irn.i
agency activities of her hubaaud.
Hairy E. Powers. Mrs. Luella Stron
ther Powers denounced him as a
"fiendish wretch" but denied know
ledge of his activities, police said
Mrs. Powers, who pi! u-!y had
reiterated her belief in her hn.-ba!: I
innocence when he was arrested la
connection with killine two women
and three children, said:
"I realize now he betrayed me.
and what a terrible creature In
re?ally is. I'm thru with him for
ever. I wouldn't have Mm out Sf
jail for 100 million dollars." State
Journal.
LIGHTNING HITS THBEE
BUILDINGS AT HOOPER
Hooper Lightning stru 1
buildings here, firing them,
farm home of J. M. Row. .:
west of here was burne-d tt
barn on the Emil Qustah
burned, anu th Hooper mill
slightly damaged.
in re-
The
mile
mrm
t. urn
was
C0TNER DEAN STRICKEN
WITH HEART DISEASE
Lincoln, Sept. 2. Dean J. K.
Shelle nherger of Cotner colb ge w
critically ill in a hospital here Wed
nesday night. He- suffered a !
tack Sunday as he was prnt i n. t
leave on a trip. He has been ur.
Cotner 12 years.
ADMIRAL iS DEAD
Atlantic City Rear Admi:.
Moore. U. S. X., retired, died at
Galem hall after a brief illness. II
a eighty-two years old. Hi-
died fifteen years ago.
( Poultry and Eggs
FROM NOW ON
Wednesday and Saturday
o Each Week
will be Special days for receivi: ,
Pcultiy. and on these days we mi
pay you tcp inaiket pi ices for any
thing in the Produce line. It is use
less to try to quote yon a orice a:
this time. But. icmember. we av
always as high if not higher the .
(.then and our weights and g-ade we
iruaiantee to be satisfactory. Sc.
when you sell Poultry, remember the
place for a SQUARE DEAL.
Soennichsen's
Phone 42 Plattsmouth