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Bocictl EUte COUN OVE iPUBLICAN THE DAILY GUARD, FOUNDED 1115; CONSOLI DATED WITH THE REPUBLICAN SEPT. 1, 1124 VOLUME 60 NUMBER 12 COUNCIL GROVE. (KANSAS) REPUBLICAN MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1934 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY CIL GR ELECT L. C. MEYERS KEEP SAME PRESIDENT Public Works Laborers on the Mississippi A 6 OC DOLLAR? ROOSEVELT MAY RE-VALUE" AT 60 OF PARITY mwow wjummmmm i mi VERDIQISSTAND JUDGEICIARK OVERRULES ATTEMPTS AT NEW TRIAL Elm Creek Escaped Re-hearing of $1,650 Damage Suit For An Alleged Bad Bridge Dissatisfied with a judgment of $227.77 in a $14,849 damage suit, attorneys for R.

H. Long-iiofer argued a motion for a new trial before Judge C. M. Clark last Saturday. The motion was overruled.

H. E. Snyder represented the defendant Gabriel Frank. The verdict given the defendant last December in the suit of the Fidelity Guaranty company vs G. L.

Mays will stand. Judge C. M. Clark has denied a motion for a new trial. The attorneys were H.

E. Snyder and TV. J. Pirtle. A similar attempt on the part of John Martin to obtain a new hearing in his $1,650 damage suit againsit Elm Creek township was overruled.

W. E. Hembrow and H. M. Tompkins were the defense attorneys.

Leave was granted the guardian, J. W. Campfcell, to answer instanter in the foreclosure of the Farm Mortgage Holding company against J. E. Runbeck.

The original judgment of foreclosure involving $10,796 stands. County Commissioner to Head Dwight Pbone Board Farmers are again installing rural telephones that were discontinued during the worst of (the economic crisis. At Dwight rural lines now have 260 telephones on the system an increase of 15 during the year. Incidently, few subscribers are in arrears it was reported at the annual meeting last week. Representatives of the Dwight Telephone Association elected these officers for 1934: President JL.

C. Meyers -Vice Pres. Harry Amthauer Secretary F. L. Aspelin Treasurer W.

L. Olson Dues were raised five cents and are now 35 cents a month. The increase was necessitated by repairs on two lines and the fart that natrons now receive free service to more, than 20 neighboring towns. FINGER ON WOMAN Evidence in Wynekoop Labora tory Slaying roinis who-. man Alone, He Says Chicago, Jan.

15. (P) Assistant, state's At.t.nrnpv Douerhertv gave a recital of the circumstan ces surrounding tne operating table death of Rheta Wynekoop, and asked the jury to send her sixty-two-year-old mother-in-law Dr. Alice Wynekoop to the electric chair. Dougherty presented a chronological account of the case from the timethe police entered the family home last November 21st and were led by the defendant to the basement surgical room where lay the victim's body. He said the defendant was calm when the police arrived, that the evidence denied any theory of suicide or murder by a robber or prowler, and that the evidence pointed to the elderly physician, and to her alone.

CORN-HOG MEETING D. Z. McCormick, county agent and W. I. Bowman, county sealer, are in Emporia today attending a session of the corn-hog allotment advisors for this district.

J. A. Lindgren, J. B. Pritchard and F.

H. Manning, the other members of the committee will attend a similar meeting in. Manhattan later. JU ANITA WAS "HIGH" Pleading guilty to a charge of being intoxicated, Juanita Wells, blonde Junction City woman, spent Sunday in the county jail. Juanita was brought into county court by Earl Wilson, deputy sheriff at after she had created "a disturbance in his cafe.

Judge W. T. Williams assessed a $5 fine and costs, amounting to $18.10. Juanita didn't have the money and was committed to jail until she paid. COUPE BRINGS $85 Roy C.

Haag of Delavan purchased the 1929 Chevrolet coupe confiscated by county officials from W. C. Buck two months ago at a public auction today for $85. The money, less $10 for repairs and publication costs, will be placed in the school funds. Harvey Carson was the auctioneer.

AILOW JUDGMENTS Judge ed the Savings against closure Mutual C. M. Clark has allow-Siwooganock Guaranty bank judgment of $8,701 Amos Herink in fore-proceedings. The Penn was given judgment C. E.

Lyon in the sum of against $4,134.86 QUIET A TITLE Title was quieted in district court Saturday for T. H. and R. R. Wilson 0n the property sold J.

H. Goms for a service station. The grantor can now give the buyer a clear title. W. J.

Pirtle was the attorney. CONFIRM TWO SALES At an adjourned session of district court Saturday, Judge C. M. Clark confirmed two sheriff sales They were A. R.

Wallace vs W. H. Shaffer and the Equitable Life insurance company vs C. F. Kandt.

DISMISS A SUIT Ida May West, executrix of the H. G. Hooten will, who brot suit against J. J. Doyle for on a promissory nite has dismissed the action in district court.

A BIG JUDGMENT The Rochester Trust company was given judgment against E. T. Anderson for $22,852.32 In a foreclosure action in district court Saturday by Judge C. M. Clark.

W. J. Pirtle was the attorney. FATHER-SON BANQUET The Men's Brotherhood of the Methodist church will give a Father Son banquet on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

Hereford Association Remits All Dues lor 1933 Drastic monetary relief, that exceeds President Roosevelt's threatened 40-cent dollar' was voted Saturday night by the Morris County Hereford Association. Instead of a mere moratorium on association dues, the members voted to remit assessments for 1933 entirely. Officers for the current year were chosen as follows: Presidents B. H. Bicker Vice Pres.

J. B. Pritchard Secretary Simon Shields Treasurer 41 H. White The livestock association agreed to continue its efforts to encourage the herd ownership among 4-H club members by offering cash premiums at the county 4-H fair for the best Hereford heifers exhibited. For many years premium money was paid only on baby beeves which were marketed immediately after each show.

By encouraging the showing of heifers, which will be retained on the farm, youthful breeders will eventually have small herds of their own. HE SUSPECTED FRAUDS But Told Boynton He Doubted If Criminal Prosecutions Would Stick Topeka, Jan. 15. Continuing his testimony at the impeachment trial of Boynton, G. L.

Light related additional details of his investigations into the so-called Satanta bond deal Light said that he told in November, 1932, that he thought Finnev was connected with the transaction, but doubts if he could show the connection. He said he called Boynton's attention to the new financial statement presented at the time the bonds were sold. On cross-examination, Light admitted that as a result of his investigation he learned that it was doubtful if criminal prosecution could successfully lie for anyone's action in the transactions. He said he so advised Landon and Boynton. TO PLAN MEETINGS Whether, the Morris County School Officers and the County Teachers Association will continue to have a joint spring meeting will be determined at a conference of the two executive groups With Co.

Kupt. Arlone Richardson next Saturday. Because of the eachnacalities of budget making it has been deemed advisable to have a meeting of school board members when new supplies are distributed just before the annual school meetings. Miss Richardson is going to give the board members a chande to decide whether to hold two meetings or postpone their own gathering until after the regular teachers conference. Those entitled to attend the committee meeting Saturday morning are Mrs.

Grove Buckley, Mrs. Grace Hodson, Miss Beulah Manning, Mrs. Marie Munsell, V. A. Ward, Radph Duncan.

Frank Jilka and Chas. Tomilson. A HOLINESS MEETING The Holiness Association of this locality will meet at the Methodist church in Dwight on Wednesday for on all day session. The program will begin at 10:30 o'clock. Rev.

and Mrs. J. F. Payne are inviting friends to join in the dedication of their new home just rebuilt. A brief service will ice held with the assistance of other pastors just after the noon hour.

ENGINEERS MOVE The office of state engineers who are supervising the improvement of No. 13 north of town, has been moved back to the old quarters in the jury room. The engineers have been sharing office space with J. A. Bruton.

district clerk, but received their old room back with the closing of the Red Cross supply room. GRUB OUT HEDGE An extra team and three more men have been added to the employment relief project on No. 10 south of White City by W. E. Dent, re-employment manager.

The crew is grubbing hedge. WANT A rosiOKHCET If anybody would like to be a postmaster, there are thirteen Kansas open, including two in this county. Applications may be received until. Jan. 23 for most of them.

VISIT COURT HOUSE A. C. Engle of Latimer, John Steely and son Wayne of Quinter Sarrtple Jof Alta Vista and Earl Wilson of Delavan were court house visitors today. COLDER TONIGHT Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Somewhat colder In Kansas tonight.

Treasury Indicates the New Price May Become Effective At Once Washington, Jan. 15. JP) President Roosevelt today asked Congress to nationalize the country's gold supply and give him the authority for a flexible range up to sixty per cent in revaluing the dollar. Under the present law, he is limited to fifty per cent reduction in any cut of the gold content of the dollar. In his action, the president did not actually devalue the dollor, saying: "Because of world uncertainities, I do not believe it desirable in public interest that the exact value be now fixed." "A careful study leads me to believe that any revaluation more than 60 per cent of the present statutory value Iwould not be in public interest.

therefore, recommend to Congress that it fix the upper limit of permissible revaluation at 60-per cent." Roosevent said that he wanted the government to get any dol lar profit from cutting the gold content and proposed that out of such profits the government set up a two billion dollar fund for purchases and sales of gold in foreign exchanges. New York, Jan. 15. (IP) The new treasury gold price, effective tomorrow, will give the dollar an indicated gold value of sixty per cent of parity. A TEXAS CARD Wrestling Bouts Thursday Night Promise Excitement Two finish matches, under Texas rules nothing barred but the ring posts are on the card at the Armory this Thursday night.

Preacher Alden, who had a comparatively easy opponent in the last bout here, will be shoved inside the ropes with Johnnie Plum of LaCygne, who weighs 174 pounds, and who has several original ideas about Texas rules. Plum operates on the theory that if his opponent is tied in a bow-knot three times in the first three minutes the winning falls will come his way. Alden doesn't "tie" easily, so the match probably will be all the fans could desire. Roy Stephens, who at 164 pounds, wears the Texas rules crown around about Springfield, is matched against Raymond Carlson of Kansas City. Carlson has a 3 pound advantage in weight, but Stephens plans to "rub" that much skin off the Swede, so they will be even.

Several preliminaries are arranged and the promoters, Johnnie Hatfield and C. W. Knox, promise patrons their money's worth. The preliminaries will start at 8:30. SEEK BOYD JURY Topeka, Jan.

15 (IP) The selection of a jury to try former State Treasurer Tom Boyd on charges of illegally removing $260,500 worth of bonds from the state treasury, got under way in the Shawnee county district court after a defense motion for a continuance of the case was overruled. The examination of the prospective jurors moved swiftly and at the noon recess, eieht had been passed for cause, with four being excused. The defense examination of jurymen is likely to begon before the end of the day with a possibility that the jury would be completed by tomorrow. NEW GOLD PRICE Washington, Jan. 15.

(TP) Secretary Morgenthau announced that beginning tomorrow, the price for newly mined gold would be $34.45 an ounce, less one-quarter of one per cent for handling charges. He also set Wednesday night as the deadline for delivery to the treasury of all gold held by individuals, but not includiing federal reserve banks. W. A. HOWARD BETTER W.

A. Howard, veteran Hereford breeder, is convalescing so well from a recent serious illness that barring a relapse, he will soon be up. Malor Arch Howard, who was called here by his fathers illness returned to Roanoke, last week end. Arlal Howard plans to leave for Los Angeles today or tomorrow. ASK 4 TEACHERS Herington is taking advantage of the CWA offer to provide free teachers In the city schools.

The Board of Education has filed an application for four teachers. The stipulation is for a kindergarten, an eighth grade, a school nurse and bandmaster. OVER FROM LATIMER Geo. J. Parker and Chas.

T1k of Latimer are in the county seat today on business. NEW STATION MANAGER Milton Roberts of Alta Vista has taken over the Sinclair station at DunlaD. The latter ha been closed for a number of days. put thousands of men back to work fabricating concrete mattresses ai THREE RANK HIGHER Manhattan, Jan. 15 (IP) Fraternity men at three Kansas educational institutions were found in a recent survey to have a higher scholastic standing than non-fraternity men.

The report stated that at the University of Kansas and Kansas State college averages of the fraternity men were higher than the all-men's average. At Baker unniversity, the third school studied, the report said the all-men's average was higher, although the fraternity men ranked higher than the non-fraternity men. NORMAL IMPROVEMENT Emporia, Jan. 15. A CWA project involving the expenditure of $3,000, most of which will be for labor has started at the Teachers college.

The program provides for finishing rooms in the basement of Union building and redecorating others. HONOR LANDON BABY Manhattan, Jan. 15. The infant son of Gov. A.

M. Landon has been made an honorary member of the Kansas Young Republicans club by Fred Sea-ton, who has issued him a special card under an emergency executive order. KANSASGETS MOST Manhattan, Jan. 15. Kansas, as the largest wheat producing state in the union, has received almost half the total federal wheat allotments made to date.

Of the $26,977,359 paid to farmers in 35 states, $10,297,761 has come to Kansas. LANDON HUNTS COONS Wamego, Jan. 15. Gov. A.

M. Landon joined the city firemen in a coon hunt here Saturday. The hunt was staged after a dinner, the firemen having two tame coons ready for emergencies should the dogs fail to trace any wild ones. BROKEN COLLARBONE Emporia, Jan. 15.

Mrs. D. C. Briggs is in the hospital with a broken collarbone and fractured rib which she received in a car accident on No. 11.

The machine in which she was riding turned over in a ditch. FREIGHT TRUCK BURNS Abilene, Jan. 15. A freight truck from McPherson crashed into a culvert east of town last week end and was partly burned. The driver claimed he swerved out to miss an oncoming car.

BEEF FOR NEEDY Salina, Jan. 15. A shipment of 5.580 pounds of beef is due in this county during the week. It will be distributed to registered families which are not receiving the $12 a week payroll checks regularly. WANT CHEESE PLANT Salina.

Jan. 15. Echoes of the cheese plant movement continue to find voice here. It Is proposed to make the industry co-operative, with the approval of the Farmers Union. BUILD BAND SHELL Abilene, Jan.

15. A new band shell will be erected at the city park by CWA workers. It will be large enough for mass band concerts and will add to the attractive appearance of the park. BURNS ARE HEALING Salina, Jan. 15.

Clif Ireton, farmer from Klpp, who was seriously burned in the fire In which his wife ncrlshed. is slow- ly recovering at Asbury hospl-J tai. Vast public works allotments This photograph shows workmen, Profit Island, La. KANSAS FIRE LOSSES Torveka. Jan.

15 Fir ft Insses totalling $193,422 were reported by fifty-nine counties during December. The December dam ages were $75,000 less than in December, 1932, when fires took $268,303 in property. Winter causes started more fires than other known causes. Chimneys, flues, sparks on roois, started fires that totalled more than $35,000 loss. A TARDY TOOTH Kansas City, Jan.

15 (IP) cut a tooth. The new tooth, which appeared about 6 months ago and has grown to full size, is on the right side of the upper jaw. Viets formerly lived at Sedalia, where he served as Pettis county treasurer from 1906 to 1908. LOAN APPROVALS McPherson, Jan. 15.

Between 15 and 20 annlications for loans on city property have been approved by the state division of the Home Owners' Loan corporation for McPherson. The loans approved amount to according to John Ost-lind, county agent for the corporation. LOST $20,00 SUIT Norton, Jan. 15. Mrs.

Evangeline Coy lost her $20,000 damage suit in district against Geo. Cutting, a druggist. The plaintiff alleged her husband had been injured by drinking Jami-ca ginger sold by Cutting. EXPECT FREE BEEF Augusta, Jan. 15.

The first shipment of free beef will be made to this county by packers today. It will consist of 4,300 pounds and will be distributed only to those with food cards. BANKS CONFIDENT McPherson, Jan. 15. The banks of this county reflect better business conditions and returning confidence.

Starting the new year the banks of the coun ty have $3,700,000. Cash and legal reserve on hand amounts to a million. HAS 13 MONTHS Salina, Jan. 15. The Sutorius bakery has devised a 13 month calendar for shop use.

Each month is divided into exactly 4 weeks and inventories will be taken on the 28th day of each month. LOW FIRE LOSS Emporia, Jan. 15. The city fire department answered 222 calls last year yet the fire loss amounted to only $11,065. Nineteen of the fire alarms were out of town calls.

HAS BROKEN RIBS McPherson, Jan. 15. Mrs. A. J.

West is in the hospital with broken ribs received in a car crash at the Intersection of Ash street Saturday. MAY SURVIVE WRECK Clav Ppnter. IK Mpruln Meredith, whose skull was frac- turea in an auto collision on no. 40 last Friday, is doing so well that physicians now expect him to recover. CARS BRING $320 Lawrence, Jan.

15. Three cars sold by the county as liquor nuisances brought a total! or $320 into the school funde Friday. GIVEN TWO TURKEYS Miss Opnrcln Smith, noor commissioner, reports receiving two turKeys irom k. u. uuriana as gifts to needy families.

for work on the Mississippi river have under the direction of army engineers, CREATE MORE JOBS Places For Six in Gathering Federal Statistics Six additional but temporary jobs have been created by the re-employment bureau under the direction of Waldo Dent. The new workers are at their tasks today assembling data for the federal government. Miss Marea Cress and Paul Kilkenny will contact all retailers in an industrial census. Their instructions are to cover the entire county. At the court house a group of four have been assigned to copying delinquent taxes over a five year period.

Later this same group will list all mortgage foreclosures. Working under this classification is Mrs. Anna Al-f ord, Lahoma Cheek, Ada Ens-minger and Earl Dent. Approval has fceen obtained on a painting project for the upper floor of the court house and Miss Georgia Smith has assigned a man to this job. COLLECT NEW TAX Income tax collections under the new Kansas income tax law mounted to $10,413 at the close of last week as the mails brot in the first individual returns.

This total included 245 individual returns which average a little more than $10 each. About $8,000 was paid by corporations who operate on a fiscal year plan, and who had paid on a part of a year before the close of 11933. BRING SENATOR McGILL Topeka, Jan. 15. Sen.

Geo. McGill of Wichita will be the keynoter at the annual Washington Day dinner of Kansas democrats here. February 22. Both taarry Woodring, former governor, and Guy Helvering, democratic state chairman, are expected to attend. RESCUE A MAN Emporia, Jan.

15. City firemen were called to Mechanic street last week to rescue an injured man from a tree. H. C. Zorn was caught in the crotch of a big elm by a falling branch he had sawed off.

He was pinned 12 feet above the ground and could not extricate himself. DINNER FOR 275 Junction City, Jan. 15. The annual Farm Bureau dinner was attended by 275 persons last week end. Those present were told that "to control inflation it will be necessary for the farmer to regulate production." FARMER A SUICIDE Topeka, Jan.

15. T. H. Ross, 80 year old farmer of Hoyt, committed suicide Sunday night by drinking carbolic acid. He was brought to St.

Francis hospital unconscious, but died shortly after. LESS FAGMONEY Junction City, Jan. 15. Forty cigaret licenses have been issued in Geary county this year. Dut to Landons lower fees they brought only $400 into the treasury.

Last year merchants were compelled to pay $1,375 for 29 licenses. GAMES Lawrence. Jan. 15. Kansas will play ten football games next season.

Besides the usual opponents, teams met will be Colorado, Tulsa, St. Benedict and Michigan Aggies. LOCAL MARKETS Cane 8r.c Kafir 30c Eggs 14c Cream 14c Wheat, bushel 72c Corn, bushel 3flc Hens and Fry 9c-6c E. Snyder Is the attorney. In the case of Chas.

W. Johnson vs V. O. Anderson, judgment was returned against V. O.

and C. Anderson in the sum of and dismissed as to the other defendants. On motion of the plaintiff in the foreclosure of the Union (Continued on Fag Two, ATTENDED TAGUE FUNERAL Dr. and Mrs. T.

P. Haslam were in Manhattan yesterday to attend the funeral services for Prof. E. L. Tague, a member of the chemistry factulty at Kansas State.

Prof. Tague died Irom a heart attack at the chemistry building last Thursday. He was the husband of Kate Haslam Tague, a former Council Grove eirl and had been connected with theagricul-tural college for 18 or 20 years. SELECT MANAGER TONIGHT? The county relief committee on whose shoulders is the responsibility for choosing a new manager of the re-employment Ibureau, will meet this evening to examine applications. It is understood a large list of applicants awaits the committee decision.

W. E. Dent has been acting as manager until the committee can fill a vacancy created about two weeks ago. CALL IN BANKERS All Morris county bankers have ibeen invited to the court house this evening for a conference with the corn-loan committee of this county. The government policy in regard to these crop loans and the privilege extended local bankers of advancing funds and receiving all interest paid, will toe explained to bankers attending.

TON OF BEEF A consignment of 2,295 pounds of processed Ifceef Is expected to reach this county not later than Tuesday for distribution by the poor commissioner to needy families. The beef is coming through the Poehler Mercantile of Emporia and will be handled by the Palace grocery acting as a government depot. WILL SUPPORT RHODES Geo. J. Parker, a former senator from this district, was at the court house today from Lajt-imer with word that all G.O.P.

voters with whom he had talked were eager to support the candidacy of J. J. Rhodes for state treasurer in the next primary. THIS IS SERVICE There is one filling station in town which is inviting plenty of business for the next two -weeks. Vernon Karns is displaying a sign offering to put new license plates on the cars of motorist patrons.

The service is free. ATTENDED CONVENTION Rav Tripp of the Home Gas company returned yesterday from Kansas City, where he attended a two day convention of the Kansas Contractors Association. LOSES HUB CAP Bert Harri3 of Herington, lost a hubcap off his Oldsmobile sedan yesterday afternoon, when an Emporia motorist sldeswlp-ed the car east of here on 50-N. HERE FOR FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs.

Lou Rumsey of Lansing who came here yesterday for the funeral of Mrs. E. C. Trembly, returned home to day. HER BROTHER DLL Mr.s Chas.

Allen has been call-d to Kansas City by the Illness of her brother..