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MONDAY, FEBB.V151932. rLATTCHOUTH SIZ3 PACTS TT70 C7EE3J CY J0UIU7AL i J ! 5 V ( -. -. ! Joseph Vlckers was a visitor iu Omaha on Tuesday of last week, tak ing with him a load of cattle which be has just fattened in his feed lots and marketing them while here. County Agent p.D. Wainscott, of Weeping Water, was a visitor In Alvo on last Wednesday, coming to see the corn exhibits and also to look to the matter of finding where some good seed corn might be obtained. Mrs.. H. SI. Wyatt, wife of the popular section foreman of the Rock Island, departed early last week for Colby, Kansas, where their children reside and where she visited for the remainder of last week, enjoying the visit very much. Will E Heler, . during the early portion of last week, shelled and de livered corn to the Rehmeier elevator, getting some of the crop out of the way before the time when the spring v.-ord crowds the average farmer. This will be cut of the way for Mr. Meier, so he can go after the work when the time comes to again till the soil. The Sehroeder brothers, residing five miles north of Alvo, were hauling car corn to the Rehmeier elevator on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. They took two wagons and two teams and when the hills were soft they doubled teams and then went back for the other load. How ever, they got the corn in and safely In the crib. Lose One at Home On last Tuesday evening at the Alvo High school the local team of the school met and battled with the like team of the Elmwood schools in a very tightly contested game, in which the visitors lost by one count, they having 17 points to 18 for the visiting quintet. Fine Exhibits at Corn Show The Farmers Union staged a doub le exhibit, one in the form of a corn show, which produced some thirty exhibits of very fine corn and taking it all in all the exhibits were super ior to the displays at the Cass county fair and equal to those shown at the etate fair. There was much interest taken in the display. The display showed conclusively that the western part of Cass county is one of the very best sections of the country to raise the very best corn. This Is true of iraost all other farm products. Athei church there was a meeting ..of the farners' wives and daughters; and despite the" fact that they were busy discussing problems cf their own, they were able to take time to pre pare a fine luncheon, which was en joyed by the crowd, both the ladies and the gents. Used Telephone Mayor Arthur Dinges is often trou bled much by traveling men coming to his place of business to sell goods and thus keeping him from his work. During the recent very bad roads the traveling men would call him by long distance telephone, when he would tay, "I do not need anything," and the interview was over. They did not care to drive to Alvo through the .mud. Boy Bennett Better Hey Bennett, who has been so ill fcr some time and who was at the hoepital for a while, returned home last week. During the past few days the abcess which had come on the back of his neck has been lanced and was allowed to drain, thus relieving the pain from which -he had been suffering. . Have Excellent Meet The Alvo Woman's club, which is ono of the leading woman's clubs in the county and one which continual ly keeps to the front in the matter of betterment of the community, held its meeting at the home of Mrs. Ar thur -Dinges on la3t Thursday, where a very interesting and worth-while program was enjoyed. The members were entertained by the genial hos tess with a very pleasant social hour as well as a delightful luncheon. WAR ON GAMBLING PALACES Wabington The senate commerce committee Thursday approved a bill aimed to break up "gambling pal aces" outside the three mile limits of American shoes. . Introduced by Senator Johnson, it would require small vessels carrying' passengers to and from -"stationary ships or barges" outside the three mile limit ; to ob tain a navigation permit. Permits would be -denied-if it-were found the stationary vessels were what Sen ator Johnson described as "gilded palaces of vice.'' Advertising is the life of trade, and the merchant who advertise consistently and" regularly will reap the grat?st tancflt. Let the Journal assist you. tSadinc Stccha Up as Reserve ' i . . . , : . Gains of $2 to $7, Some Higher, are Noted in Wall Street Close : - alTHssreirCtotUy- New York, Febr. 11. Wall street again experienced the thrill today of a sudden surge" of security values, coming unexpectedly fn -the midst of a particularly dark hour.. " The proposal to revise federal re serve banking practice in a manner designed to restore normal banking services to the nation's business was widely proclaimed in highest banking quarters as one of the most promis ing steps yet. taken to combat the paralyzing effect of excessive defla tion. - The stock market, which had been slowly- sinking during the last week Into new depths for the last decade, went quickly upward. Price averages indicated that some two billion dol lars was. restored to quoted values In the New York security markets. Leading stocks pushed up 2 to $7 a share, with some making even wider gains. Auburn went up. $16.50, and all gains were practically at the top. Bonds and leading commodities registered substantial advances. Says Proposal Constructive Walter E. Frew, chairman of the Corn Exchange bank, and a veteran among the heads of Wall street's prominent institutions, said fee con sidered theTroposal "one of the most constructive step3 undertaken by the administration and congress during this depression. The broadening of the loaning facilities of the federal reserve system to meet modern Ameri can banking requirements remedies in my opinion one of the great defects of the present reserve banks." While other banking heads declin ed to issue formal statements, most cf them were in substantial agree ment, seme going so far as to say that the proposal was -not only one of the most constructive-measures, but was indeed the most constructive measure yet proposed. . It was pointed out that the meas ure would give the federal reserve system part of the same flexibility in currency issue enjoyed by the Bank pX France and other leading banks of i$sue, and . would free sufficient, gold to remove further concern over with drawals oi foreign balances. ; ' Uncertain of Gold Outflow The early January upswing in stocks, it was recalled, coincided with reports that the federal reserve was entering upon a program of credit ex pansion. This program was evident ly delayed by foreign gold withdraw als. Bankers were uncertain today as to whether the gold outflow would con tinue., but felt that an accurate ap praisal abroad of the proposal should make New York more attractive for foreign funds, since all doubts as to its ability to meet demands should be banished. The day's gold exports ap proximately $16,500,000, but were taken entirely from stocks already under earmark for foreign account. As measured by price averages, the market regained all but a minor frac tion of the ground lost since the first of the month. Ford Motor company's announce ment of forthcoming production of new models was encouraging, as was the Union Pacific railroad's ordering the regularly quarterly dividend of $2.50. MATTERS DIES AS FREE MAN Thoma3 II. Matters,. 73, died Fri day morning at his home, 315 South Happy Hollow . boulevard. Omaha. after an illness of several weeks. He escaped death in the Nebraska penitentiary by only two days. He was released from prison Wednes day morning when his family sent an ambulance for him. Falling health, culminating in a severe case of influenza led to an obsession he would die in prison and caused Matters to appeal to the state parole board for immediate re lease instead of on April 1. His re quest was granted just in time for him to reach home before his death. Matters entered the state pent t en tlary -March 2Z. 1931, to serve a cne-to-two-year term on a-charge of embezzling '$200 from a -client. At the hearing on his application fcf a parole a month ago he charged he had been railroaded to prison. He was porn iff La Salle, 111., and came to Nebraska when a small boy. Shortly before his death be said he had met every, governor .Nebraska, Including David Butler," first gover nor. '- . He is survived by three daughters and one son , Mrs. Jean Lanberg, Mrs.. Irene Stuphen and Miss Helen Matters, ell of Omaha, and Thomas H. tfttters. jr. Of New York, and PoulSiy Uantoil These Price Good All Thb Week Mono 4V2 lbs. and up, lb. . 1Z$ Under 4V41b.7 lb; . . 1C? Lcc&prn Hens, lb. . . C Stag? and Springs . - Qr Old Cos, lb. ...... C Capons Over 8 lbs., lb 17 Under 8 lbs., lb. 15 Ducks, per lb. . . . Geese, per lb 1Q We Want Your Eggs '. CASH or TRADE Sbennichsen' Pbttsaouth, Phone 42 two sisters. Mrs. Janet Johnson of Council Bluffs and Miss Jean Mat ters of Omaha. Cummxngs Ral lies Roosevelt Forces in East Refusal of Johnson Seen as a Drop ping Ont of Race Not to En- -ter Berth Dakota Primary Washington, Feb. 12. The demo cratic supporters j of Franklin . D. Roosevelt took up milltantly today the challenge of the stop-Roosevelt, brigade, while the republican man agers for Herbert Hoover and the in surgent friends of Hiram Johnson de cided alike to stand aside from a pri mary contest in early voting, Nor.tb Dakota. ... ! These three developments, among the many produced by a day of far- flung political action, cast giginin- cant shadows lojp,. the presidential ! Lessens likelihood. , .,.. . iThe Hoover decision not to eijter the North Dakota primary of March 15 Indicated a conviction among his managers that his renomination Is assured without the disagreeable necessity of battling for disputed states particularly the states where the party is largely in the hands of the insurgents. Senator Johnson's refusal to go in to North Dakota, on the other hand, greatly lessened the likelihood that he will run at all against Hoover. He left the door open to later action in other states, but his friends no longer had much hope of his candi dacy. Attracts First Attention. A complete slate of delegates for Alfred E. Smith, including the gov ernor and both senators, was report ed ready for filing in Massachusetts. The Roosevelt people nave not yet decided whether to file there. ' The sudden stiffening of th Roose velt campaign attracted first atten tion among all of these developments, year of. 1932. The rally here of the Roosevelt forces, led by Homer Cummlngs of Connecticut and 11 democratic sen ators, signalized the beginning of an aggressive -nationwide push against the wall of opposition which several party leaders are seeking to rear between the New York gover nor and the nomination. Cummlngs is an old-timer In democratic councils. A decade ago he was national chairman. He held most of his conferences today in the office of another former chairman, Senator; Hull of Tennessee. Thus the Roosevelt boom today took on an at tribute heretofore largely lacking definite direction under experienced leadership. World-Herald. L0S2S EYE AS LI0U3 TC?3 SUGAR CUBE3; . AWARDED l0,Cp0 Los Angeles, Feb. 12. For the loss of an eye, allegedly because it was struck by a sugar cube tossed at a Lions' club luncheon in 1S29, William J. McWhinnie has been been awarded 10 thousand dollars. Protestations' of attorneys that, at the height of the ' fun, McWhinnie poured a glass of water into the coat pocket of Elot Amar, and that sugar cubes so filled the air : that no oh could Do certain Just who hit Mc Whinnie. df dnot shake the superior court Jury's belief that McWhinnie was eaUtled 1 to - damages from Aman Hcovor Tribute 'Paid Lincoln as HattaaV Savior Outstanding Figure in Time of Stress and Country's Greatest Son; -Epeaks from -Washington.- " Washington Naming ' Abraham Lincoln as the greatest American since Washington a preserver of the nation's solidarity in its period of greatest stress President Hoover Friday night led in a national tri bute to the Civil war-president. He spoke from the Lincoln study in the white house, the room in which Lin coln fought his part of the north scuth conflict. Contrasting it with the present "fight upon a hundred fronts," against tless tangible eco nomic forces, the president called for wartime unity And predicted an other national triumph. While the chief, executive was de livering his address other adminis tration leaders appeared in person before a score of similar gatherings thruout the country. Tribute to the ideals of the re publican party was 'paid by Mr. Hoo ver as part of his eulogy of Lincoln. He said its "traditions and tenets are precious to all those who ad here to It." The nation at. present, the pres ident said. Is in a period of stress which hlstorf will record as one of the most difficult since Lincoln's time. The fight against forces invis ible "yet potent In their powers of destruction" he said, there is re quired the unity of strength and the "sense of devotion as in war. "It was in this room from which I am speaking that Lincoln labored incessantly day and night for the preservation of- the union. No one can enter here without being sensi tive to those invisible . influences of the- men who have gone before. It was from this window that for .five years Lincoln '.looked across the Potomac upon a flag-under which embattled forces, threatened our na tional unity. Unafraid, he toiled here with patience,; with understanding, with steadfastness, with genius and courage that those wounds of a dis traught nation might be healed and that that' flag, which waved over this hose might.be restored as the symbol of a united country. t ''"The'' forces "with which we are contending are Tar less tangible than those of Lincoln's time. They are in visible forces, yet potent in their powers of destruction. We are en gaged in a fight upon a hundred fronts Just as positive, Just as definite and requiring Just as greatly the moral courage, the organized action, the nlty of strength and the sense of devotion In ' every commnlty as in war.'"' " "I am confident of the resources. the power and the courage of our people to triumph over any national difficulty. They are rallying to their responsibilities. They are thus do ing more than serving their immed iate needs. They are buttressing the very foundations of self government They are defending the very prin ciple of liberty and freedom. They are showing the patience and stead fastness of Abraham Lincoln. "Abraham Lincoln more than any other man gave expression to Hie heart and the character and the faith cf our race. Washington was indeed the father of our country. Lincoln wa3 its greatest son." State Jour nal. ROOSEVELT HAS BACKING Manchester, N. H. Roosevelt pledged candidates for delegates to the democratic national convention prepared themselves for battle and sacrifice at a harmony meeting Wed nesday. Under the guiding hand of Robert Jackson,' democratic nation al committeemaif and supporter of Governor Roosevelt, the candidates mapped out an arrangement whereby they hope to wage a victorious fight against a slate of candidates pledged to Alfred E. Smith at the state pri mary, Mar. 8. Eighteen candidates met with Jackson and decided that six of their number must sacrifice their ambi tions in behalf of unity and harmony In the Roosevelt ranks. The state can send only twelve voting dele gates to the cdnventiOn and 'with eighteen candidates now In the field Jackson feared 'the Inter-party con tests would provide an opportunity for ylctory for the Smith delegates. EUyCIl HLL IU ESTATE ' . - Washington A hill to direct pur chase of American produced silver by the government and provide for Its, coinage was Introduced by Sen ator Pittman, ' Nevada'. ' Journal lV:.i zxiu resujfa ? KlotS IT The Public Auction of Carl R. (Ceil, advertised for nest Friday, Febru ary 19, will not be held. Pr Keil has decided to remain on the farrm. The publlo is urged to take note of the calling off of sale. Business Boost Expected from Expansion Bill Emergency Measure Is Speeded Along By Senate Banking Committee; Will Release Credit. Washington The emergency credit expansion bill speeded along in congress Friday with a promise from the administration that it will start business on an upward trend The senate banking committee put its approval on the legislation to open the federal reserve doors for new credit after an hour's consider ation. It will be taken up by the senate Tuesday. Secretary Mills of the treasury told the house banking committee the bill theoretically "will release 10 billion dollars of credit" and "start the upward movement we are all looking for." The provision to release about 750 billion dollars of "free gold" for new currency also developed as a possible protective measure to strengthen the federal reserve system against threat ened withdrawal of about 600 mil lions in gold "ear marked" for for eign countries, principally France. Mr. Mills insisted, however, before the house banking committee that "we have sufficient gold to meet all demands that can be made." In opening the reserve system to rediscounting of new paper not now eligible, the senate banking com mittee decided to limit this one year privilege to banks with a capital izaticn cf $500,000 or less. Senator Glass, sponsor of the legislation, ex plained this was done to make the measure the benefactor of the small er institutions. The bill contemplates also per manent revision of the law to per mit member banks to obtain the aid of the . federal reserve system after they have exhausted all eligible paper for rediscount. To obtain as sistance five banks must sign a prom Isory note secured by the now in eligible but "sound" securities. Under the one year temporary provision, individual banks are per mitted to resort to this procedure. Senator Glass insisted there is 8 1-2 billions of eligible paper now in the hands of the banks which they have not rediscounted, but agreed to press the bill. Representative McFadden ques tioned Mills closely about the possi bility of gold withdrawals by for eign countries. "J am perfectly confident," the secretary replied, "that we have suf ficient gold to meet all demands that can be made." State Journal. 33 EEACTOKS IN COW TESTS Clay Center, Feb. 7. Only 33 out of 8.02C cattle comprisnig 836 herds reacted to the tuberculin test sub mitted in Clay county recently by the Nebraska department of agricul ture in co-operation with the United States bureau of animal husbandry. The 33 cattle represented .41 per cent of the total number tested and 2.87 per cent of the herds, one or more having been located in 24 of the 836 herds. The cattle of each herd from which reactors were re moved have or will be retested at 60 day Intervals until demonstrated free of tuberculosis. ,, Returns in the form of salvage to the owners of the reacting cattle through sale at slaughter amounted to $562.98. Indemnity to the owners from state and federal funds amount ed to Sl.404.66. The state vaid $720.31 and the federal department $684.25 of the total. v The cost of services paid from state and federal totaled $1,781.44. Ser vices included, besides actual. testing, organisation, supervision of the de posal of reacting, cattle and cleaning and disinfection of infected premises. Clay county's share of this expense will total $347.25. it was announced by-the state department. . Anethti rc- Una thru here and niv r Myr f m isms ef b.s fcrl-fct epeta t!icid fcr tnla vicinity, utitcr caya are comma i Bryan Glances Over the Presi dential Fi?ld - Han Must Measure up to Nebraska Democracy Standards, Accord ing to Gcyernor. "I'm not a candidate for president. I'm a candidate for governor," as serted .Governor Bryan Thursday when asked concerning -the Al Smith statement and the contest now on in eastern states for democratic can didates for president. Governor Bryan Ignored the ques tion when asked it he would accept or whether he would expect to re ceive votes in the convention. Nor would he name any prospective can didates whom he might favor. The candidate for president must be a progressive democrat, he said, and ho quickly added that the measure of a progressive democrat is the nearness with which the candidate comes up to the principles of Ne braska democracy, the Bryan pro gram, which is principally tax re duction. And the candidate for pres ident must not be a drag upon the state ticket. "I'm not a candidate to assist this or that democratic possibility," said Governor Bryan, after saying he is not a candidate for president but is running for governor. "I'm a candi- date for governor in Nebraska. I have a great deal of unfinished business in this state which I want to do, principally to make further reduction in state taxes and revising the tax- ing machinery of the state, munici palities and school districts with, a view to requiring those who have protection of the government pay their hsare and relieve as far as pos sible taxes which are confiscating homes and farms. "The plan of politicians to help themselves in the way of voting sup port in the end to have the state and federal .governments establish doles or to finance Individuals is wrong in principle and will bank rupt the state or nation that engages in it. "The taxpayers leagues being or ganized in the state offer hope of re lief to the present overtax load and I am not only co-operating to have new figures formed but to shift the tax burden where it belongs . upon those most able to pay and who are making a profit out of the govern ment. "I am in favcr of the most pro gressive candidate for president that can be found and I measure his pro gressive democracy with one who is nearest in accord with the princi ples of Nebraska democratil program I am for a state legislature to carry out this program. "When they begin to talk issues instead of votes the west will be better able to chcose a candidate for president. He must be one who is in accord with the Nebraska democracy, who will be able to elect the state ticket and not be a drag upon It." Governor Bryan's friends are in clined to the belief that Roosevelt might be his choice but that Baker is not likely to receive his support. KENTUCKY INQUIRY WANTED Washington A congressional in vestigation into conditions ';in the Kentucky mining counties of Har- land Bell was proposed In the house as New York writers who had been driven from the counties described "a foreign of terror" existent there. Meanwhile citizens in that area urg ed that if an inquiry is to be made, the first step should be in New York with its "nest of communists." Representative Black of New York introduced a resolution for the In vestigation of the two counties wMle the writers were telling their tiou-j bles at the other end of the capiol. C3 oooEa Stan&n) Cndr Counter Sale. . H Wild's CertiBcd C Feeds, Croor Stbyei ; CS3 TtfS kzvj CirULATinO AIH Mi n n UUJ Elrocr J. VUd, ll&zcpr. at CEDAR CREEK Oaturday night February 20th Given by the Rinky-DInk 'Dancing Club MUSIC BY Chuckr Howard's Mur ray Orchestra ' OLD AMD POPULAR ISIU8IC EVerybody Invited 2 House Prepares to Study World filoney Systems Coinage- Committee Hopes to Pre serve the Integrity of the .Gold Standard. . Washington A broad investiga tion of the' monetary systems of the world and the silver program is to be launched soon by the House Coin age Committee in a serious effort to' stabilize the price of the metal and solve the universally troublesome money question. The, study will be made by the House Coinage Committee under the direction of Representative Andrew L.. Somers (D.) of New York, chair man, and will be directed into the cause and effect of the depressed value of " silvert the 'monetary poli cies of all countries and theiK rela ticn to the value oT silver and the advisability cf an international con ference to consider methods by which, by international co-operation, the value of silver can be stabilized. The resolution authorizing the study - was passed without a record " vote. In explaining the need for the in quiry, Mr.-Somers said the commit tee would direct its efforts "toward finding a solution which shall pre serve the integrity of the gold stand ard, because that system seems" best suited to the habits and customs of the people. of the United States." ' "The price of "silver, or of " any other commodity, responds," 'he' said,. "to thej. natural' law6f supply. andvdeman"4 'with,, the distinction that, unlike any . cjther, commodity. excepting gold, silver serves a dyar purpose "in that it is both a' com modity and a yardstick of value. PRUNING OF EXPENDITURES Washington A pruning of gov ernmental expenditures thru elim ination of federal functions which he regards as needless was advocated by Senator Glenn,. Illinois. He mention ed specifically in an interview the de partments of justice, agriculture, commerce and postofllce and the fed eral trade commission and. bureau pf standards as containing possibilities for economy. "There is a great deal of feeling," he said, "that the federal trade commission Is largely meddling into private business institutions and. a great many people think the whole thing could be abolished." Senator Glenn mentioned also "various agencies at the department of commerce, such as maintaining attaches in various parts of the world to drum up private business at government- expense." BEER STRIKE SPREADS Berlin The beer strike called in protest against a price cutting de cree by Carl Cocrdeler, the nation's price czar, spread considerably Fri day. In Marburg.' the first city to go on strike, it was reported that 3,000 of the 4,000 saloons were refusing to sell beer. Similar steps were tak en by saloons at Kiel. ' All Poultry Supplies DCS. V J IT