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a of of Nebraska State Journal FOUNDED IN 1867. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1929. THREE CENTS WAITING ON HOOVER FOR FARMER RELIEF House Leaders Say Present, Session Inopportune for Legislation. COOLIDGE NOT URGING IT Others Outspoken for Early Action -President-Elect in Home Waters on Return Trip. WASHINGTON, Jan.

President-elect Hoover's approaching return to Washington and its possible bearing on farm relief legislation WAS debated in the house today, following a statement by Chairman Snell, of the rules committee, after a visit to the white house that he saw no hope of passage of such a bill at this session, discussion was started by Representative McKeown, democrat, Oklahoma, who advocated enactment of 'a farm bill at the present session of congress the ground that. relief was urgent. He said it was even more needed than tariff revision because a majority of the manufacturers of the country were not in a hurry to have the tariff changed. Representative Burtness, republican, North Dakota, agreed with McKeown that legislation WAS needed at this session, declaring if it were postponed until a special session this year's crop would not be benefited. Favors Early Action, Asked by Representative Williams, republican, Illinois, a memof the house agriculture committee, whether he did not believe the matter should go over until Hoover administration, Mr.

Burtness replied would not be difficut for the agriculture committee. to convert the presidentelect's ideas into a "workable piece of legislation." The North Dakotan added that the board to administer the legislation could be appointed by Mr. Hoover in April if a bill were passed now. Representative Adkins, republican, Illinois, another member of Continued on Page 3, Col. 1.

LINCOLN MAN IS SUMMONED H. M. Davis to Be Questioned on Alleged Public Utility Propaganda. WASHINGTON, Jan. The federal trade commission will reopen public hearings in the propaganda phase of its public utilities investigation Jan.

10. The commission announced today that Leon C. Bradley, of Birmingham, director of the Alabama public utilities information bureau, and Horace M. Davis of Lincoln, former director of the middle west division of the National Electric Light association, have been subpoenaed for Jan, 10, but that Mr. Davis has been excused for personal reasons until a later date.

On Jan. 11 Mrs. John D. Sherman of Estes former president of American Federation of Women's Clubs, will testify at her own request regarding paid articles on public utility subjects published in the federation magazines and entered in the record during the hearings F. G.

last R. sprintion. of Haverhill, formerly of the joint committee of national utilities associations, will also appear Jan. 11. AIR OUTLOOK PROMISING Secretary of Commerce Is Looking for Expansion of Aviation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (P) Commercial aeronautics promises to be established as an integral part of American industry and of transportation during 1929 in the opinion of Secretary of Commerce Whiting. Discussing the government's program of co-operation for the coming year in the field of civil aviation the secretary today predicted a number of improvements including the extensions of airways, the increased installation of lights and other air navigation aids and the experimental works of the bureau of standards in aiding manufac turers to improve power plants and increase stability. "Commercial aeronautics in the United States has been definitely removed from the realm of experlmentation and established as a fact," Mr.

Whiting said. HOLDUPS ROB OIL STATION Roughly Clad Pair Get Sum From W. G. Ryman Company Register. Two armed bandits entered the W.

G. Ryman oil station, Four teenth and Stockwell streets, at 6:10 p. m. Thursday, forced Gerald Frost, attendant, to "hold 'em up" with his face to the wall, cleaned the cash register of the $26.20 it contained, then toward the business section old touring sped, car, in which a third man was waiting in the driveway. So quickly did the holdups do their job and make a getaway that young Frost got only a meager description of them.

He said the two that entered the station were both young men, were clad- in overalls and presented rough appearance. They drove in from the south, he Horace M. Davis Asked to Testify on Propaganda Lincoln man summoned by federal commission in its ties investigation. said. About $50 hidden in the station was overlooked.

Police were notified soon after the robbery, and authorities thruout this vicinity have been told to be on the lookout for the trio. L. B. JOHNSON APPEALS OMAHA ARMORY SUIT State Auditor DefendantActs as Attorney General Spillman Retires From Job. State Auditor L.

B. Johnson fled an appeal Thursday evening in the Omaha Armory Building company supreme court in the suit. of the vs. the state auditor and secreatry of state. The time for an appeal, three months, will expire Jan.

10. No appeal having been filed by Attorney General Spillman before he retired from office during the afternoon, the state auditor and his special counsel, John P. Breen of Omaha, arranged for an appeal. was filed by Deputy Auditor Donald Smith who advanced the necessary $20 fee paid into court. The duty of defending the state auditor in this case will devolve upon the new attorney general, C.

A. Sorensen, who took the oath of office Thursday afternoon. Whether he is to retain Mr. Breen as- special counsel for the state auditor has not been announced. The suit was started by the Omaha Armory Building company 88 an appeal from Auditor Johnson's disallowance of a claim of $375 a month from the Armory company for rent charged the Nebraska national guard units in Omaha.

Judge Stewart of the Lancaster county district, court ordered the state allow the claim and all others under a contract for army rent entered into by Adjutant General Paul, upholding the validIty of the lease and contract for rent. Auditor Johnson gave as a reason for disallowing the claim for rent that the city of Omaha had donated the building used to the Nebraska national guard and that no rent can be paid as none is charged, that the rent bill is excessive and not a profit to armory building company, that the lease is the adjutant general has no authority to bind the state for a period longer than two years or life of a state appropriation. He said the state has paid $10,124 rent under this contract. "DEAD" MAN LOCATES CHILD Grand Island Resident and Daughter Reunited After Thirty-Two Years. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan.

3. (P) A thirty-two year search for 8 daughter who had believed him dead ended here today for Frank Feber of Grand Island, when he was reunited with Mrs. Marie Jackson, Feber, who is now sixty-two years of age, left his home in 1896 to do some construction work for a railroad. He was absent for some time and when he attempted to get into communication with his family he found they had moved. The daughter, then only six years old, thought her father was dead, but he continued his search for her.

At last he learned. thru a distant relative that she lived here. After several months effort he' obtained her address and today's reunion was the result. PAIR DENY LIQUOR CHARGES Floyd Drumm and Frank Schmitt Plead Not Guilty When Arraigned. Frank Schmitt, alias Frank Smith, charged with sale third offense possession of intoxicating liquor, and Floyd Drumm, charged in two complaints with possession and third offense possession of intoxicating liquor, pleaded not guilty when arraigned in municipal court Thursday afternoon.

Schmitt's preliminary hearing was set for Jan. 19, and his bond was fixed at $1.500. Drumm walved preliminary, was hearings bound on over the to the district court under a $1,500 bond. Drumm was arrested on Dec. 28 and again Jan.

3, for like offenses. Schmitt was arrested by Plainclothesman Goodwin on Dec. 25. STOLEN CARS. Van Kirk.

1186 the capitol m. and 11 p. m. A BACK SEAT FOR THE NAVAL: BILL IS SENATE PLAN Indicates Intention to Give Kellogg Peace Treaty Right of Way. BORAH HOLDS UPPER HAND Proponent of Peace Measure Confident of Carrying It to Successful Conclusion.

Continued on Page 8, Col. 3. TRYING TO FORESTALL A DOUBLE EXECUTION Lawyers Working Hard to Save Condemned Man and Woman Slayers in Louisiana. WASHINGTON, Jan. The Kellogg treaty renouncing war nearly overtook the naval construction bill as the senate lifted the barrier the two propositions today, and the treaty backers were confident tonight of keeping it ahead until finally acted upon.

Scattering applause from some women in the gallery attracted attention to the motion of Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee, in charge of the pact, as he moved to proceed to discussion the tion treaty went late thru in with the a day. The perfunctory movote, which registered no nays, and a crowded chamber listened attentively as Senator Borah launched the much awaited debate. Chairman Hale, of the comPreviously, under a questioning mittee and in charge of the cruiser bill, confirmed an agreement with Senator Borah that the treaty would be permitted to displace the naval measure "temporarily." Hale Defers to Borah. Senator Reed, Missouri, who waited his chance today to rip into the treaty, asked Hale about the cruiser treaty agreement and was informed Hale that he would give a "reasonable time" for action on the treaty before seeking to bring 'up the naval bill again. Hale said he believed this would facilitate final action on the cruiser bill.

Smiling confidently, Borah listened to this discussion. He believes he has sufficient votes to keep the pact constantly before the senate regardless of the agreement. There were long waiting lines at the gallery doors and the senate floor was well filled with members as Senator Borah de livered his opening address. devoting attention to a history of the NEW ORLEANS, Jan. (P) With their clients standing on the threshold of the gallows, detense lawyers today were making herculean efforts to forestall the hanging, scheduled for Saturday, of Mrs.

Ada Bonner Lebouef and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher, sentenced to die for the murder of the woman's husband. Mrs. Lebouef would be the first white woman to pay the extreme penalty in Louisiana.

Last night Governor Long formally announced that he would not interfere, overriding the state pardon board which had recommended that the sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. Defense lawyers won their first skirmish when they persuaded Judge James D. Simon, the trial judge, to grant a hearing at Franklin, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock to determine whether 8 sanity commission should be appointed to inquire into the present mental condition of the condemned pair. Ben J. Daly and L.

O. Pecot, of defense counsel, pleaded before Judge Simon in New Orleans today that both Dr. Dreher and Mrs. Lebouef were now insane and asked for a lunacy commission. If Judge Simon rejects their plea tomorrow the attorneys plan to rush back to New Orleans and seek a mandamus from the state supreme court summoning Judge before the Continued on Page 7, Col.

PLAN EDUCATIVE PROGRAM Walton League Will Ask Game Authority to Give Address. Officers and directors of Lincoln chapter of the Izaak Walton league met Thursday night in the chamber of commerce and tentatively fixed Jan. 25 as the date on which Gov. ernor Weaver and legislators are to be guests of the league at the Temple theater. It was announced that Jack Miner, of London, Ontario, Canada, had been asked to appear on the program with a lecture on bird life, refuges and the need of conservation.

He is also to show motion pictures of refuges which he has established or has been instrumental in establishing. Mr. Miner has a large reserve in Canada which he started several years ago when he was an ordinary laborer. American financiers have 'contributed to this preserve until it is today a vast refuge to fowl come yearly in large numbers. Ed Irvin, president of the iocal chapter of the league, said that it was the purpose of the organization to foster an educational program which would result in legislation to protect fish and game in the state.

"A program of conservation is un hampered only, when it is ur. Former Congressman Is Dead at New York NEW YORK, Jan. NEW YORK, Jan. C. Adamson, former Georgia congressman who sponsored the railroad act named for him, died of pneumonia tonight at Presbyter ian hospital.

He was seventy-four years old. Mr. Adamson, a resident of Carrollton, was taken to the hospital a little more than a week ago. While at times, some improvemen't was noted in his condition, today he had been said to be "very poor" and oxygen was administered at intervals. affected by change of political administrations," said Mr.

Irvin. Mr. Irvin said that he held a telephone conversation with Frank Brady, state president, at Atkinson, Thursday night, when Mr. Brady said he was interested in seeing the proposed meeting result in legislation which would protect fish and game. The program as planned for the latter part of the month is being sponsored by the state organization, said Mr.

Irvin. M'MULLEN ASKS $34.843,861 FOR STATE EXPENSES Budget Message: Calls for Four Million. Dollar Increase. LESS THAN HALF BY TAXES Retiring Governor Would Appropriate 450 for Biennium From Tax. Governor McMullen's budget message, copies of which, with vol- THE WEATHER: Nebrael Unsettled probable, warmer north portions; Saturday, partly cloudy, possibly snow southenst portion, colder.

Tewa: cloudiness osalbly show in west portion followed unsettled probably now Friday and in south and Saturday; somewhat warmer northwest and north central portions, colder Saturday north and west South Dakota: Unsettled Friday, snow probable Saturday partly cloudy; slightly warmer Friday, colder Saturday. Kansas: Unsettled Friday and Saberday; mow probable in north and rain or snow in south portion Friday and day night and east portion Saturday portion Friday, slightly colder warmer Saturday. in northwest Sixty degrees above 'highest emperature recorded over the coutitry Thursday. This mark was hung up Galveston and Jacksonville. The coldest weather was experienced by Minneapolis and Bismarck, where the highest ternonly 16 degrees.

In Lincoln, 16 remained below freezing all day, the warmest being 30 from 3 to 4 p. m. uminous tabulations, were laid on the desks of members of the legIslature today at the conclusion of the reading of the governor's retiring message before a joint session of the house and senate, calls for the expenditure of $34,844,595.70. This is an increase of $3,966,903.32 over the total amount appropriated by the legislature two years ago. The governor calls attention to fact that more than half of the recommended total is met from funds raised other than by taxation.

The total requests from funds filed with the governor totaled 843,861.60. The retiring governor declined to grant requests amountIng to $1,999,265.90. These were cut out of his recommendations. Not including the capitol levy, which is a special levy, the retiring governor's recommendations for appropriations from the general fund, the only other tax levy, is $14,370,450.44, an Increase of $1, 196,134.89. The total appropriations upon the general fund by the last legislature was $13,174,315.55.

The budget is summarized by the governor in this way: "The total the coming ennium $34,844,605.70. Of this total from each and federal funds and from the gasoline tax and registration fees conseryatively. timated. at $10,165,000. Also fees and conses appropriated in the sum of leaves $17,645,826.44 specific appropriations, or appropriations from taxes on property and ineludes proximately the capitol building Deducting of The capitol buliding levy, $1,875,376 the specifio appropriations, $17,645,826.44.

remains balance of then deducting approximately $1,900,000 Continued on Page 15. HONORS NEBRASKA WOMAN Miss Helen Porter of Alma Awarded Distinguished Service Medal. NEW YORK, Jan. -The Near East Relief announced today that fifteen of its workers will be awarded the Cleveland H. Dodge distinguished service medal at a trustees' meeting tomorrow.

Those to receive citations include: Miss Esther Louise Marks, of New York; Ray C. Baker, Clyde, Carl Hallin, Minneapolis, Miss Mildred Hunting, St. Petersburg, Miss Elsie Jarvis, Washington, D. Dudley Kalloch, Leupp, Miss Ruth Mellis, St. Louis, Paul H.

Phillips, Garland, Miss Helen Porter, Alma, and George M. Robertson, Minneapolis, Minn. M'MULLEN OUT AND NEW EXECUTIVE IN: Retiring and Incoming Governors Deliver Legislative Messages. WANT GUARANTY RETAINED Agree on Strengthening the Banking Situation. MORAL OBLIGATION URGED Both Executives Insist That Help Must Be Given Bankers in Present Grave Orisis.

McMullen's farewell message to the legislature will be found on Page 11 and Governor Weaver's address is on Page 14. Governor McMullen bowed his way out of the office of chief executive after four years of service and Govern Weaver bowed his way in Thursday afternoon. This event, which constituted a farewell for one and inaugural for the other, was staged before the two houses of the state legislature met in joint session for the purpose of hearing the reports and recommendations of the retiring state head and of listening to the plans and program of the incoming executive. These took the messages presented in person, with printed copies of each lying before the members that they might better follow the labyrinth of words and ideas. Governor McMullen, retiring gOvernor, and Arthur J.

Weaver, incoming governor, were greeted with applause when they appeared the joint session of the legislature. As many spectators as could crowd into representative hall witnesses the ceremonies. Owing to the length of the sages the ceremonies lasted until late in, the evening. Induction into office of all newly elected state officials was a prominent part of the proceedings. The elaborate program or order of business began when Lieutenant Governor Williams called the joint convention to order at 2:45.

The roll of the two houses was called WORLD'S RECORD ESTABLISHED BY BIG ARMY PLANE Old Mark for Sustained Flight by Refueling Is Surpassed. BAD WEATHER EXPERIENCED Poor Visibility and Choppy Air Fail to Stop Fliers From Continuing Flight. LOS ANGELES, Jan. (P) world's record for sustained flight by refueling was broken tonight the American army monoplane Question Mark, which took off here on New Year's day and was still flying tonight at 8:46 o'clock. At that hour the ship had been in the air 61 hours, 7 minutes, or an hour longer than' the record established by two Belgian fliers last Aeronautic standards require a record must be passed by an hour to be broken.

The great ship soared on toward another record, that for sustained flight, regardless of refueling, set by the Germans at 65 hours and 25 minutes. At 12:51 a. m. Friday, if trimotored plane is still going, the second new record mark will have been reached. Two hours after the Belgian record had been equalled the great ship was still circling over Imperial valley, having shifted to that section this afternoon because of tog along the original route between San Diego and Los Angeles.

The motors were still humming smoothly at last reports. Going is Dangerous. After a night described "hectic" by Major Spatz and a day during which poor visibility placed t1 the trimotored monoplane in constant danger, the huge craft wheeled its way to the valley which lies below sea level and is Burrounded by the mountains. Refueling plane No. 2, formerly stationed at San Diego was ordered to proceed to Imperial airport, fear Elcentro, and to prepare to remain there until the fog on the coast dispersed.

The Question Mark will circle the valley indeftnitely. Should a landing be forced before the ship can return to the Continued on Page 7, Col. JUDGES MEET THURSDAY Decline to Talk, But Broady Signs Notices to the Jurors. Judges of the district court met at the court house Thursday afternoon for the purpose of appointing a presiding judge and assigning dockets and also for the purpose, it is presumed, of 'discussing a plan that Judge Frost was to present of putting the juvenile court and domestic relations cases under a separate court and cutting out one of the three trial judges. The judges were in session from 1:30 p.

m. to 4:30 but declined to give out anything that had been done. Judge Broady said that they would meet again at 9:30 a. m. Friday and that they would not let any.

one know what had been done until they had finished their business. He said they were expected to change some of court rules and would take them at the session the, Friday. Some of the notices that were sent out to jurors for coming panel were signed with the name of Judge Broady as presiding judge, but he would not state whether he had been appointed. However, he was referred to by the other judges as the spokesman. It is his turn to serve as assignment judge.

INQUIRY INTO ARMY LIFE Congressman Wants Explanation of Number of Suicidal Cases. WASHINGTON, Jan. request for an explanation by the war department of number of suicides reported in the army during the past year was made in the house today by Representative LaGuardia, republican, New York, who said the army surgeon general in testimony before a house sub-committee indicated there were four times as many in the service as in civil life. "They either are recruiting the wrong of men, or there is something wrong," the New Yorker said. "Also, there must be something wrong with the discipline in the army," he added.

"The report shows that there were 1,147 admissions to the hospital for alcoholism. If there were that many cases of alcoholism, there must have been 100,000 cases of regular NEW CHICAGO GRAND JURY Called to Inquire Into Padded Payrolls and Police Corruption. CHICAGO, Jan. new special grand jury to inquire into charges of padded payrolls, political and police corruption and the rackets they have protected, WAs ordered today to be impaneled next Wednesday by Chief Justice John Sullivan of the criminat court today on application of John A. Swanson, Cook county's new state's attorney.

The request marked the opening of Swanson's campaign to redeem his election pledge to "clean up. Chicago." Miss Helen Porter Is' Awarded a Medal Alma, woman one of several honored by Near East Relief. Miss Porter is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and a former superintendent of the AngloSaxon hospital at Havana, Cuba. BANK ROBBER KILLED AND FOUR CAPTURED Three Others Escape and Two Employes of Bank Held Captive by Bandits. KANSAS CITY, Jan.

One bank robber was killed, four were captured and three escaped in three robberies in the southwest today. Two bank employes were held captive tonight by two robbers at large. At Asher, two men robbed the Canadian Valley state bank late today, kidnaped Cashier W. M. Hampton and Carl Cochran, bookkeeper, then sped opt of town in an auto.

Altho a posse pursued them, the robbers had not been found hours after the holdup. The amount of loot was undetermined tonight. The robber killed went down after he and two other men had looted the First National bank at Mexico, Mo. One companion was captured and jailed and another escaped. Three men who attempted to rob the Gunnison Valley bank at Gunnison, early today were unable to open the safe and were tured after a chase in which one of them was shot.

The wounded man gave the name of John Briant. The two others were found hidden in haystack. In disarming Briant a member of the posse tripped the trigger of his pistol and the charge entered the robber's stomach. The dead robber at Mexico, was identified tonight Willie Hightower, while his companion gave the name of John Matthews. The trio in this robbery obtained $21,500 in cash and securities when they forced customers and enployes to lie on the floor while the Continued on Page 7, Col.

3. OLDEST ODD FELLOW DIES Major Hartson Had Been a Member of Order FiftyFive Years. OMAHA, Jan. Darius Hartson, eighty-four, oldest member of the Odd Fellows lodge in Nebraska, died in a hospital here today, after Hartson, several a months resident illness. of Omaha, held continuous membership in the order for fifty-five years.

He was born in Keosauqua, and came here in 1868. In March, 1877, he became a patriarch in the Odd Fellows order, entered the grand lodge the same year, and the grand encampment in 1892. He is survived by a son and a daughter. Funeral services will be held at the Odd Fellows temple here Saturday afternoon, NUN CONCEPCION IS AILING Suffering From Lung Ailment and Gangrene in Mexican Prison. MEXICO CITY, Jan.

(AP) The nun Concepcion, sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in connection with the assassination last July of General Alvaro Obregon, was reported to be seriously ill at the penitentiary here. She is suffering from a lung ailment and El Universal Grafico says that gargrene has developed in a foot she Injured in a fall some years ago. In view of her illness she has been moved to a more comfortable cell. FIRST INAUGURAL IN NEW CAPITOL GOES OVER BIG Crowd Estimated at One Thousand Hears Two Governors. CEREMONIES LAST LONG Many Impressed With Difficulty of Following Recommendation of the Two Speakers.

Thursday's inaugural ceremonies in the new house chamber, delivering his retiring message to the joint legislative session. Beout crowd. Governor McMullen 00- such purpose, drew almost a sellcially dedicating the chamber for cause he speaks a little faster, Govcupied one hour and forty I minutes ernor Weaver took but one hour and seventeen minutes to look into the future, review the past and make his recommendations. GovE past ernor to McMullen review. had more of the The joint session adjourned at 6:10 p.

m. and a few moments later both legislative branches, once more gathered exclusively to themselves, adjourned to meet at 2 p. m. Monday. While there was some complaint about the size of representative hall, those about the corridors noticed that few if any people came to attend the inaugural ceremonies were not able to get Few left without getting a glimpse of the hall.

Before the entire program closed shortly after 6 o'clock, there were vacant seats the three small galleries and the lobbies on three sides where chairs and standing room had been provided for spectators, and on the rostrum about speaker's stand. The floor of the hall seated 133 members of the legislature and spectators in side aisles. Sergeantat-Arms Lundy took a count late in the proceedings and recorded 806 spectators seated or standing. Of these he found at that time 126 standing and 680 spectators seated. Probably 1,000 spectators witnessed the ceremonies or nearly as many as called at the capitol for that purpose.

The sergeant at-arms complained that many state employes early Continued on Page 3, Col. 2. CURTIS SHOWS AUTHORITY Vice President- Elect Gives Indication of Manner of Presiding. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.

-(P) The senate was given an illustration of the methods of its future presiding officer today when Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, the vice president-elect, took the chair in the absence of Vice President Dawes. This was the first time since he was elected with Herbert Hoover that the Kansas senator had been called to the chair, the post he will occupy after March 4. For the most part, Senator Curtis sat by quietly enough and listened to the debate in the most approved way with the traditional vice presidential silence. But when several senators started to speak at the same time, vice president-elect enforced the rules with a voice carrying a definite tone of authority. "The senators will observe the rules and address the chair when they wish to be heard," Senator Curtis declared snappily.

His monition was quickly respected. by Chief Clerk Corrick of house and Secretary Snow of the senate. The usual committees were appointed to escort the governor, governor elect and state of ficers to the joint convention. of the suChief Justice Goss preme court was also escorted to the hall by a joint committee. Lieutenant Governor Williams then introduced Governor McMullen, who gave his farewell message.

His budget message was laid upon desks of members without reading. Chief Justice Goss administered the oath of office to Governor Weaver who gave his address after the oath was administered to other state officers. His budget msesage will be submitted within fifteen legislative days. The chief justice administered the oath of office to the newly elected state officers who are: George A. Williams, lieutenant governor.

Frank Marsh, secretary of state. B. Johnson, state auditor. W. M.

Stebbins, state treasurer, C. A. Sorensen, attorney general. Dan Swanson, state land commissioner. Next came the administering of the oath to the newly elected judges of the, supreme court: James R.

Dean. Edward E. Good. L. B.

Day. The oath was administered to the newly elected railway commissioners: Charles A. Randall, long term. John E. Curtiss, short term.

The president introduced Governor Weaver who gave his address, The following were appointed to escort Governor McMullen and Gov. ernor-elect Weaver to the joint convention: Representatives McClellan, Burke, Neubauer, Senators Wellensiek, Banning. To escort state officers: Johnston, Johnson of Lancaster, Wells, Senators Jeary, Bowman. To escort the chief justice: Bishop, Hasselbalch, Turner; Senators Wilcox, Kryger. The bank guaranty crisis received the attention of both governors.

Both agreed that the guaranty system must be retained. Governor McMullen said that there should be no repeal, and that its provisions should be protected from nullification so long as the bank losses remain unpaid. He submitContinued on Page 15. KILLING OFF THE CROOKS Chicago Willing to Aid New York in Ridding City of Undesirables. CHICAGO, Jan.

the New York police force are unable to cope with their crooks, the Chicago police will be glad to help, William F. Russell, commissioner of poice, said today' when informed that Commissioner Whalen of New York said crooks from New York are heading for Chicago. "We will send them back to New York--in boxes, just as we did Frank Orlando, New York robber, shot here the other day," he said. "You can send word right back to New York that our policemen have killed thirty gangsters and wounded fifty-four more in the five months I have been in office, besides the ones that have killed off each other," Russell added. Avoid Missing CopiesIT IS WELL to mail renewal subscriptions to I The Journal a short time in advance of the expiration date, and avoid missing any copies of the paper.

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