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MONDAY, OCT. 26, 1931.
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Hugh J. Kearns Post,
"The Early Bin-d"
A 3-Act Otcsc Kay
Wednesday-Thursday, Oct 28-29
PLATZ THEATRE, PlatUmoulh
A modern American Comedy fcuilt along business lines. Fourteen in
Cast, under direction of L. D. Hiatt, old time Theatrical Producer.
Popular Prices
Entire Main Floor, 50c Balcony Seats, 35c
Seat ReserTations beginning Monday morning, Oct. 26th
Mail Orders addressed to Leo Boynton, Plattsmouth,
will receive prompt personal attention
Julius Barnes
Sees Return of
Prosperity
Representative of U. S. Chamber of
Commerce Sees Growing Con
fidence in Nation
Steadily rising prices for agricul
tural products and a gradual im
provement in economic conditions
throughout the country were fore
cast by Julius II. Barnes, chairman
cf the executive committee of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
in Omaha Thursday.
"I believe prices for all agri
cultural products are on the up
grade," Mr. Barnes eaid. "I
look for a return of confidence
among industrial and financial
leaders and as. a result the be
ginning cf a period of much
better conditions everywhere in
this country."
Barnes stopped in Omaha on his
way to Lincoln, where he addressed
the state banker3 association Thurs
day afternoon. He took breakfast at
the Fontenelle hotel with J. N. Shan
nahan, president of the street rail
way company, and George Holmes,
president of the First National bank
of Lincoln. Holmes drove him to
Lincoln. He returned by motor to
Omaha in time for a o'clock din
ner at the chamber of commerce,
where he again spoke.
Mr. Barnes praised President Hoo
ver's bank pool or credit plan. He
predicted it would help restore con
fidence among bankers and business
men.
"The bank pool, however. Is
but one phase of a general prop-ram
for restoring confidence
and assuring a return of pres- 1
perity in due time, he said. ,
ji jt.it i "rrnh President's ' program
' " , will increase the volume of our (
circulating medium, which will '
bring about higher prices. This
does not mean inflation. It
merely means relief from the
cept through the federal tariff com
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AN ARTIST WITH THE KNIFE
Max O. Cullen, lamb demon
stration specialist. Is shown
above starting work on the mod
ern retail lamb cuts which he
will demonstrate here on Oct.
23th, before audiences of house
wives, meat retailers, etc. Cul
len, who is employed by the
National Wool Growers Asso-
Lamb Demon
stration Here on
October 28th
Specialist Will Demonstrate Catting
of Lamb to Provide Many
Choice Sections.
Troof that there are up-to-the-minute
styles la retail lamb cuts as
well as in frocks and gowns, will be
offered in the program which in
cludes a lecture and a cutting dem
cnsnation to be held Wednesday
evening. October 28 at 7:30 o'clock
nt the Public Library for Plattsmouth
2;c;i3ewives and retailers.
Ono feature of this meeting, which
is interded to cenvey valuable and
practical information on lamb which
f an he utilized to advantage by the
Lcu-.rv ie, and retal'.er isx cutting
clcrs: i.tiatica showing the modern
Am. Legion, Presents
deflation that now affects us."
Mr. Barnes said it was more im
portant that we set our own Indus
trial machinery in order than it was
to tinker with the tariff or to con
cern ourselves about foreign trade.
However, he said he believed a nec
essary step toward ending the de
pression in this country was the re
vision of interallied debts.
"I don't mean cancellation of
the debts," he said. "I mean
a careful, intelligent and scien
tific study of the capacity of the
foreign nations to pay and the
basing of the debts and the pay
ments on that ability to pay.
"A nation cannot pay more
than it earns. If such a study
of the interallied debts is made,
,1 think a revision of the debt
structure would be advisable."
He said he did not know whether
a scientific study of the debts would
be made, but suggested that Euro
pean statesmen were not coming to
this country to confer with Presi
dent Hoover merely for the pleasure
of crossing the Atlantic ocean.
He said he did not believe the
present tariff should be changed ex
mission and that all tariffs should
be based on the difference between
the cost of production in this coun
try and other nations.
"It Is not rue the present
tariff has shut off trade from
Germany and made it impos
sible for her to do business with
us." Mr. Barnes said. "The
United States Chamber of Com
merce made a study of that
phase of the result of the tariff
and found the statements were
not well founded."
Little likelihood the nations of the
world will adopt bimetallsm was seen
by Mr. Barnes. He said he was con
fident England and other countries
which recently went on a silver basis
would return to the gold standard.
' "Improving conditions, high
J er prices and greater prosper
; lty generally will raise the price
of silver-antr- snake it possible
for the silver countries to buy
more goods," he said.
He said that in his opinion Pres
ident Hoover was working out a pro
gram that would improve economic
conditions in this country.
ciation of the Colorado-Nebraska
Lamb Feeders Association,
has developed modern ways of
cutting lamb which are bene
ficial to both the retailer and
the consumer, it is said. The
program here is under the direc
tion of the National Live Stock
and Meat Board with the Uni
versity of . Nebraska co-operating.
methods of fashioning lamb for the
retail market. This demonstration,
using an actual carcass of lamb, will
be given, by Max O. Cullen, demon
stratlon specialist of the National
Live Stock and Meat BoaTd, and
Should prove helpful to the woman
who purchases and prepares the
daily meat for the family, as well as
the retailer who serves her. The
demonstration wil -be supplemented
by information on the uses of the
various cuts, identification of cuts,
etc. Prof. TV. J. Loeffel in charge of
meats work at the University of Ne
braska will lecture on meat, offering
practical information for the woman
in the home.
The lamb cutting methods which
will be shown have been developed
after long study and experimenta
tion, it is waid. Many cuts which
have been shunned by the housewife
in the past are prepared in such a
way as to equal in attractiveness the
more popular roasts and chops.
It is the hope, through thts pro
gram, to be of real service to local
women and the retailers. A cordial
invitation to attead is extened to
all. There is no afl-fetMien charge.
Alv Nevjs
Mrs. George Frisbee was hostess
to the Double Four Study club on
last Wednesday afternoon.
Simon Rehemeier shelled his ac
cumulation of new corn which work
ed out nicely and now is ready for
other ear corn.
George Braun and wife of South
Bend were visiting at the home of
the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm Yeager, on Wednesday of last
week.
Mr. Earl Hermanse had the mis
fortune to get his foot smashed while
working on bridge construction work
and is getting around by using
crutches.
The W. C. T. U. met on Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. T.
McKinnon to organize for the com
ing year. There was a good attend
ance including a few guests.
Rex Peters of Greenwood was over
last week to Alvo and purchased a
load of corn from Simon Rehmeier
which he had trucked to Omaha,
having made a fortunate sale to some
feeders there.
Mrs. Frank Cook entertained the
Sunrise Project club on last Friday
afternoon. There have been several
new members who have decided to
take the work and are very much In
terested with the circular.
Several of the friends of Walter
Nickel surprised him on his birthday
Tuesday evening, anA a very good
time was spent together after which
refreshments were served and all de
parted wishing him many more such
events.
On Sunday, Oct. 18, Mrs. Dick El
liott entertained the following fam
ilies to a dinner in honor of her
father. Albert Weichel's birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Weichel and daugh
ter of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Pearl
Royer and son, Keith, of Lincoln,
and Mr. Weichel and daughter, June,
of Elmwood.
Ed L. Nelson and wife, with their
two daughters, were visiting on last
Sunday with their many friends in
and around South Bend, they driving
over in their auto for the occasion.
The Nelson family made their home
at South Bend about five years ago
when Mr. Nelson was with the Rock
Island there.
Had a Great Trip.
Early last Sunday at about three
bells. A. B. Stromer, Willard Davis.
Art DInges, Earl Dreamer and Simon
Rehmeier, departed for Raven a,
where they had been led to believe
the pheasant shooting was good, and
they were right, for they were. The
pheasant is a peculiar bird, they will
stand still and let some people shoot
them while they will move just as
the others get aim and do not get
a shot. However, the boys had a
good time and A. B. and Earl were
able to shoot all they were allowed
to and could have gotten more but
the law said - not. The birds eemed
afraid of Art, Simon and Williard.
and especially the latter, for they
kept side stepping and Mr. Davis was
not able to get his full amount. One
reason was probably because he
thought Art, who was the driver, got
to close to the other cars coming the
other way, and which might have
made him nervous. However, they
had a fine time, got home safe, and
were still laughing over the trip the
middle of the week.
Celebrated Opening Duck Season.
On last Tuesday evening, or rather
Wednesday morning, for it was aft
er midnight ,a number of the hunters
of Alvo found their way to the Platte
river where they had supposed there
were ducks, and there were at that.
Their boat was new and untried and
after launching it they found that
there was a leak in the body and
the boat was filled and was about
to sink when they grounded on a
sand bar. One of the party was not
able to swim and had to be handled
very ginderly. Another shot a duck
and jumped out to get it, thinking
his waders would be enough to keep
him from getting wet, but stepped
into a hole and went down to his
neck. He like the young lady in
"September Morn" took a cold bath
whether he wanted to or not. How
ever, they all enjoyed the trip very
well. If you want to know any more
about it, ask Carl, Elmer, Lyle or
Willard.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
From this date I will not be re
sponsible for any debts or obliga
tions that my wife. Pearl King, may
contract. A. C. King, Alvo, Nebras
ka. o22-2tw.
DEATH OF A CONGRESSMAN
New York Representative Flet
cher Hale, republican of the First
New Hampshire district, died Thurs
day night at the United States navnl
hospital in Brooklyn a few hours ntt
er he returned from a European trip.
Mr. Hale was taken ill two days aft
er he sailed from London. His 6on
dition was so serious, the steamship
increased its speed from eight knots
to twenty-one knots and arrived
twelve hours ahead of schedule.
.Mr. Hale, with representatives
Montague of Virginia, Lanham of
Texas and Cole of Iowa, had attend
ed the twenty-seventh conference of
the Interparliamentary union in
Bucharest.
Mr. Hale's death leaves 213 re
publicans In the house of represen
tatives against 214 democrats. His
death was the second among repub
licans in the last week.
$200,000 TOE DESTROYS
E0LDER2XES3 SCHOOL
Holderness, N. H., Oct. 21. Fire
early Wednesday destroyed the Hol
derness school for boys and drove
more than 40 students to the street.
Damage was estimated at approxi
mately 1200,600.
Cass County
Family in Auto
Vrec!i at Eajjlo
Mr. and Mrs. John Scheel, Sr., and
Daughter, Miss Sophia, Suffer
Injuries in Wreck
Saturday afternoon a serious auto
wreck, occurred on the "O" street
road three miles east of Eagle when
the car of Mr. and Mrs. John Scheel,
Sr., of Murdock, was turned over in
the gravel at the side of the road and
they injured as was their daughter,
Miss Sophia.
The Scheel car as well as one
driven by E. W. Soderholm of Lake
City Colorado, were going east on
the highway at the time of the acci
dent and the accident occurred at the
time the cars were passing.
There was no one hurt in the Sod
erhalm car, but Mr. Scheel was quite
badly injured as his car was over
turned, Mrs. Scheel also suffering
severe gashes on the legs and the
daughter bruised and shaken a great
deal in the accident. Medical aid
was given the injured parties and
the car which was badly damaged
was taken on Into Eagle.
PROPERTY MAY BE TAKEN
Chicago Al Capone's property
probably will be seized by the gov
ernment Thursday in satisfaction of
the gang leader's overdue Income
taxes. It was announced Wednesday
night by Robert E. Neely, collector
of Internal revenue. Neely said he
expects to receive a letter from Wash
ington, authorizing him to obtain
tax liens against Capone in federal
court. Any property owned by the
gang chief, from real estate to his
$135 suits, may be seized on the
liens, Neely said.
Capone will be sentenced Friday
for income tax law violations, of
which he has been convicted by . a
federal court jury. He is liable to a
maximum sentence of seventeen
years imprisonment and $50,000 in
fines. The tax liability charged in
the criminal action was $215,000,
but the government is expected to
attempt collection of about $500,000.
Penalties and evidence of additional
income brought. out at Capone's trial
account for the increase.
INSURANCE PLAN FAVORED
Washington Even tho he looks
upon unemployment insurance as
only a palliative and not a cure,
Gerard Swope thinks some such relief
for those out of jobs is "absolutely
essential." He said so Monday be
fore the special senate committee
studying unemployment insurance
systems here and abroad. The presi
dent of the General Electric com
pany--however,1 opposed governmen
tal action to force, industry to adopt
such systems.
The first thing that must be done,
he said, is to stabilize unemploy
ment as much as possible. Then,
since a certain amount of unemploy
ment is inevitable, there should be
insurance for the protection of those
affected. Swope described the Gen
eral Electric's - plan under which
workers contribute 1 percent of their
salaries and the company gives an
identical amount. He said the plan
had worked out. very satisfactorily
and no -employes of his company had
been thrown upon the community.
BERNARD SHAW HAS CRITIC
Washington George Bernard
Shaw's trans-AfJantlc remarks ex
tolling Russia to "dear American
boobs" were said by Father Edmund
A. Walsh to be "demonstrable false
hoods" from "the licensed charlatan
of English letters." he regent of
Georgetown university's foreign ser
vice school and author of two vol
umes on modern Russia replied just
a week later and over the same net
work to the bearded Irishman's first
radio talk exclusively for America.
After a ten-day visit to Russia,
Father Walsh said, "that venerable
comedian was enabled to compare the
entire Russian achievement with
conditions in the United States which
he has never visited for so much as
one day. There's a lightning calcu
lator for you." Shaw, he continued
is "frankly an intellectual snog, but
claims his trlents give him the right
to be.
B0NTFAZ HAS BIG LEAD
Guayaquil, Ecuador Neptall
Bonifaz, liberal, was leading in Ecu
ador's presidential race Wednesday
night on the face of incomplete re
turn's from Tuesday's election and
was regarded in some quarters as
having won the presidency. The
count showed: Bonifaz, 26,062
votes; Modesto Larrea Jijon, 15' -630
votes; II Defonso Mendoza, 12,
628. Only unimportant points remain
ed to be heard from and it was not
believed their vote was large enough
to change the indicated majority for
Bonifaz. Altho Senor Bonifaz ran
as a liberal and has promised a lib
eral government, it was Bald in some
circles he bad been elevted by con
servatives. The only disorders of the
election occurred in Tulcan where
some casualties were reported in
clashes at the polls.
ED DON GEORGE THROWS
MEYERS IN 87 MINUTES
New Ycrk Ed "Don" George,
heavyweight grapplcr from North
Java. N. Y., threw Dr. Fred Meyers
of Chicago at St. Nicholas arena.
George used an airplane spin ond
body slam to end the "fln'sh" match
in 37 minutes 31 seconds. George
weighed 220 pounds, Meyers 221.
Deeds, Eongagei, Contracts and
all kinds of legsl blanks for tale at
the Journal oZisa. '
PAY TRIBUTE TO INVENTOR
Washington For one minute
Wednesday night lights were put out
at the white house as it led Presi
dent Hoover's effort to erect a mo
mentary monument of darkness to
the inventor of the electric lamp
Thomas A. Edison.
Similar scenes were enacted in
thousands of homes. The farmer, tho
suburanite and the city dweller
alike thought of the man who gave
them daylight at night. In New
York harbor, the light of freedom
that burns steadily in the hand of
the statute of liberty went off; her
torch was darkened.
Order 1,3C0
More Troops to
Cow War Front
Objectors Estimated at Nearly One
Thousand Await Action
Some Are Armed
Burlington, la., Oct. 21. Under
conditions supercharged with tens
Inn, two determined camns tonieht
awaited resumption of hostilities in
the southeastern Iowa battle over
tuberculin testing of cattle.
At the farm of Jake Everstman,
three miles north of Burlington, men,
women and children estimated at
from five hundred to one thousand
were gathered to resist indefinitely
administration of the state compul
sory bovine testing law.
Indicating they will resort to open
fighting if need be, they barred en
trances to the farm of the county
president of the Farmers' Protective
association and admitted no one ex
cept those they knew to be opposed
to the statute and the presence o
troops.
Scarcely five miles away was an
other ramD. In it 250 veterans o
similar but less bitter demonstrations
In three other counties prepared for
the arrival late today ot reimorce
ments of 150 cavalrymen from Iowj
City, Des Moines and Washington
la., and a platoon of liaison workers
Testing Discontinued.
in addition. 1.300 other Iowa na
tional guardsmen of 24 companies
were ordered hastily mobilized by
Adjutant General W. H. Bailey, when
it hecame annarent that previous re
belliyns would be repeated In Des
Moines county. Tne guardsmen i
camp commandant, Brigadier Gen
eral Park A. Findley, said no test
ing would be attempted until the ar
rival of reinforcements. This was
taken to mean late tomorrow or Fri
day. In the last two days. 15 herds
belonging to non-objectors have been
inoculated in this area.
Troons Called.
The companies ordered mobilized
were:
rno Hundred Thirtv-third infan
try; service company and medical
detachment. Fairfield.
Headquarters troop of First bat
talion and Company C. Cedar Rapids
fnmnanv A. Dubunue.
Companies B and D (machine gun
troop), Waterloo.
Companies F and H (machine gun
troon. Mason City.
Company E, Webster City.
Company G. Fcrt Dodge.
Company I, Sheldon.
Company K. Le Mars.
Companies L and M. (machine gun
troop), Sioux City.
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infan
trv Medical detachment. Des Moines.
Company E, Shenandoah; F. Villis-
ca; G. Centerville; I, Ulenwooa; l.
Council Bluffs, and M. machine gun
company, Red Oak.
One Hundred Thirteenth cavalry:
Troop A. Council Bluffs, and E, Ot
tumwa, with horses.
Fveratinnn said his followers WOUld
stay with him until state veterinar
ians and their military protectors at
tempted to continue the testing.
While he and his lieutenants con
forrod nhnnt nrobable developments.
some of the throng beguiled the
hours playing horseshoes ana plan
ning a barn dance.
Two Cavalry Troops.
ITonnuMlo in Don Mntnps. officials
seemed to be apprehensive of condi
tions and to regard tne garnering
at the farm as being of a distinctly
threatening nature.
Sheriff Delbert Murray of Des
Moines county reported to General
Bailey that some of the farmers were
armed. "We believe that tne pres
enro of a" nredominant number of
guardsmen will be the most Import
ant factor in preventing cny serious
clash," General Bailey said.
Governor Dan Turner, in Des
Moines, declared that "We will do
everything that is necessary to put
down an armed insurrection."
Adjutant General Bailey said the
troops would be moved to the newest
storm center cf the test war as soon
as arrangements for special trains
could be completed.
Two of the companies ordered to
Burlington were additional cavalry
forces, ordered to report with horses.
With troops already reported, the
total forces that will be mustered at
Burlington will be approximately 1,
700 men, Bailey said. World-Herald.
DUSEK, SUBBING FOR
' GARIBALDI, WINS MATCH
New York Rudy Dasek, 215
pound Omaha wrestler, substituted
for Gino Garibaldi of Italy in the
main bout of the Ridgewood Grove
orrt nnrf threw Joe "Toots" Mondt
of Colorado with a head and neck
hold in 36:30. Mondt weighed ziv.
ZEPPELIN HOPS FOR DAY'S
v CRUISE IN SOUTH BRAZIL
Tmnimhuro. Brazil. Oct. 21. The
diririble Graf Zeppelin left
here Weinesday morning for a 24-
hour trip to the seuthwara:
Surrender of
Mrs. Judd at
Los Angeles
Says She Killed Women After One
Had Shot Her and the 0?r
Hit Her With Board.
Lcs Angeles, Oct. 23. Mrs. Win
nie Ruth Judd. 26, sought for five
days in the "trunk" murii-; of Miss
Hedvig Samuelson and Jltt. R'.Uh
Agnes Le Roi of Phoenix, Ariz., sur
rendered to police and sheriff's offi
cers at 6 p. m. Friday.
Mrs. Judd was taken into custody
by Undersheriff Eugene Biseailluz
and Chief of Police Detectives Joe
Taylor.
Mrs. Judd told her husband that
she quarreled with Agnes Leroi and
Hedvig Samuelson last Friday r.ight;
that Miss Samuelson shot her Li the
hand and Mrs. Leroi struck ho with
an ironing board, and that s2 took
the gun away from Miss Samr.-lson
and Phot both girls.
It ended a dramatic search that
drew to a close Friday afternoon
when the 25-year-old hunted wom
au telephoned her husband. Dr. Wil
liam Judd, and her attorney, Richard
Cantillon, who immediately negot
iated for her surrender.
Mrs. Judd was found in a funeral
parlor not many blocks from "the po
lice headquarters, where the frenzied
five-day search originated.
Mrs. Judd had had nothing to eat
since Tuesday, the day after she
dropped from sight after trying to
claim the two trunks at the South
ern Pacific baggage room.
She was reported to be seriously
wounded in the hand, probably shot
during the commission of the double
murder at Phoenix, Ariz.
Her arrest came after an afternoon
of frenzied excitement, beginning
when Dr. Judd received a telephone
message in response to bis appeal to
his wife to surrender.
The physician and his attorney
made several fruitless efforts to reach
Mrs. Judd after her telephone mes
sage, and finally met her in the lobby
of the Biltmore theater. They took
her to the funeral parlors, seeking to
avoid a crowd.
Immediately on receiving word
from Dr. Judd, who left to Join his
wife after receiving the message, po
lice and sheriff's men rushed to the
funeral parlor of Alvarez & Moore,
where the woman was being held.
While officers held back the crowd,
Dr. Judd and Attorney Richard Can
tillon talked with Mrs. Judd.
The battle between police and the
sheriff's office for custody of Mrs
Judd sprang up while the excitement
was at its height.
Inspector David Davidson and De
tective Frank Ryan suddenly arrived
at the office of Cantillon, where a
crowd of uewspaper men had already
gathered. t . . .. ..!
Learning the 'woman" had "appar
ently been located and efforts might
be made to keep her out of the cus
tody of the police, Davidson Immed
lately ordered police guards outside
the hall cf justice and arrest of Mrs.
Judd the moment she appeared. W ar
rants for Mrs. Judd's arrest on the
two murder charges were brought to
Los Angeles by Arizona officers.
Told his sister had communicated
with her husband, Burton McKinnell,
who had been restlessly pacing the
attorney's office for hours, broke in
to loud exclamations of relief.
"Thank God she's alive!" he
shouted. "I know she's inno
cent." Possibility an insanity complaint
may immediately be sworn to, in or
der that Mrs. JurTa may be held in
the security of the psychopathic
ward, was also indicated.
The imminence of Mrs. Judd s sur
render followed less than 24 hours
after her husband had announced he
had retained attorneys to protect her
legal rights that he begged her to
surrender without fear. The state
ment implored her to communicate
with Dr. Judd or his attorneys
Omaha Bee-News.
HUNT MADE FOR KILLERS
Menomonie. Wis. Aided by a
$1,000 fund voted by the Dunn coun
ty board, possemen pressed forward
Wednesday night for survivors or
the quartet whose bank raid here
Tuesday resulted in two deaths. Call
ed into special session, the board also
offered a reward of $1,000 for Cap
ture of any bandit preying on a
Dunn county bank at any time, and
directed to Governor LaFollette a
resolution requesting state aid in
the present hunt.
The resolution set forth that the
county is not well equipped to search
for and arrest the criminals and asks
the governor to "aid in every way in
his power to bring about such ar
rests."
Bodies of James Kraft, nineteen,
assistant cashier, and a bandit iden
tified as Frank Webber, convicted
for bank robbery at Salt Lake City
in 1919, were found six miles from
Menomonie. . Kraft apparently was
killed in a reprisal after Webber was
wounded fatally by pursuers. Belief
a second bandit may have been kill
ed arose.
TAKEN FROM LONELY BEACH
Mexico City Capt, Clifton K.
Travis, Fort Wayne, Ind., his wife
and child were rescued from a lonely
stretch of beach 100 miles south of
San Jeronimo, Oaxaco, last Tuesday
and were in Tapachula, Mexico, ac
cording to last reports received here.
They were rescued by W. W. Bradley,
of the Mexican aviation company.
who went to their aid in a relief ship
from Vera Cruz when the Mexican
aviation company, who went tawy
Aviation company's north bound pas
senger plane sighted the crippled
plane. Captain Travis, flying an
amphibian for delivery to the Pan
ama government, was torced down
by a broken gas line, and was miss-
ng twenty-feur hours.
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
.ELECT KEARNEY MAN
Norfolk Elmer L. Rhoades of
Kearney was elected president ot the
Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's
association Wednesday. He succeeds
P. E. Romig of Alliance. George To
bein of Valentine was chosen firvt
vice president; Robert A. Barlowe of
Sidney second vice piebident. and
Fred Muller of Norfolk secretary
treasurer. Speakers in the afternoon
were Fire Chief W. A. Buel of Par
sen1?, Kas.; H. E. Jnrgensen, of Des
Mcines; Congressman Howard of
Columbus and John A. Morehead of
i Talis City. .
Mixed Feelings
Greet Decision
of Rail Rates
Both Approval and Disappointment
Expressed at Capital Road
Heads to Convene
Washington Mingled approval
and disappointment grc-eted tho in
terstate commerce commission's un
usual proposal that the railroads as
sess a temporary surcharge on cer
tain types cf freight and pool the re
sulting funds to aid all. The rejec
tion of the carriers' plea for a 15
percent blanket Increase was not al
together unexpected. The commis
sion's sponsorship of the untried
poling plan, openly opposed by the
roads, was a rur prise.
From capitol hill came varied ex
pressions. Senator McNary of Ore
gon, said he was disappointed that
forest products had been suggested
for a surcharge. He asserted tho lum
ber industry would be hampered.
Representative Parker of New York
praised the commission for its speedy
action and expressed belief the plan
would do much to help the railroads.
The white house was silent.
Meeting On Thursday.
New York Railway oxecutivos set
out Wednesday for a two day con
ference at Atlantic City preoccupied
with the weighty matter of the most
important derision of the Interstate
commerce commission In at least a
decade. While official comment was
almost entirely lakini? from individ
ual executives, in advance of the con
ference which will convene Thurs
day, emphatic disapproval was mani
fest in railway quarters over the
commission's proposal that (he car
riers pool the revenues of a tempor
ary nnd limited increase in freight
rates so that the increased revenues
might be used to help weaker road.
The Increase in rates on certain
commodities which was KUggestcd
In the decision announced lace Tues
day, was regarded in some circles as
about as satisfactory as could have
been "expected. ' &tthrt?ie general
tenor of informal comment was ono
of disappoinement. It was Intimated
In some quarters that the carriers
might be fairly well pleased were it
not for the fact that the approval
of the increases was made condition
al on the pooling arrangement.
State Journal.
AIRCRAFT ORDERS LARGE
Washington The navy Tuesday
splurged itself on aircraft. It approv
ed a contract for building the ZRS-5,
sistership of the giant airship Ak
ron. It ordered eighteen new planes
and let a contract for beginning work
on an airship hangar in California.
The new airship is to be built by the
Goodyear Zeppelin corporation with
in fifteen months of the time the
U. S. S. Akron leaves the dock. Wea
ther permitting, this will be Wednes
day. The navy will accept the ship
oflicially as soon as Commander Ro
sendahl starts her for Lakchuret.
There she will be armed, equipped
with planes and put in commission.
The ZRS-5 is to cost $2,450,000.
about half as much as her cider sis
ter. This difference wm provided to
safeguard the company's tremendous
plant investment I nease the second
craft was not built. A contrnct was
awarded the Berliner-Joyce Aircraft
corporation of Baltimore for eigh
teen convertible observation planes.
costing $463,700. Thy are to he
used either with landing gear for
the aircraft carriers or with pontoons
for catapulting from battleships ami
cruisers.
OPTIMISTIC VIEW IS HELD
Philadelphia An optimistic view
of economic conditions, and of the
situation of the church was expressed
by Prof. Rufus M. Jones, of Haver-
ford college, in addressing the Un
itarian Ministerial union. The un
ion met in connection with the fourth
biennial conference of the American
Unitarian association.
The situation of business and the
church. Professor Jones said, is one
of confusion rather than depression.
He cited numerous Tacts or history to
show that always there comes a turn
ing point for the better and In the
case of the church said that organ
ized Christianity had "remarkable"
powers of recuperation. -
There can bo no recovery until
moral, nnd spiritual confusion ii
righted. The solution lies in the in
carnation of tho spirit of fiod in th?
life of men. I can suKceKt nothing
else."
HUNTING ACCIDENT
COSTS WOMAN EYE
York. Oct. 20. The only hunting
accident in York county during the
pheasant season occurred Monday
when Mrs. O. O. He lient. 28. of near
Brndshaw, was hot In the face and
right arm by pellets from a hunter's
gun, the Injury resulting in the loss
of her right eye.
As a pheasant rose and flew be
hind the hunters, a member of the
partv ahead ct Mrs Bedlent turned
and discharged his gun.
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