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VOLUME XXIX
FLATTSMOUTIl, NEBRASKA. TUUltSDAY NOVEMBER 2t, 1910
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HAVE GIG III SATURDAY
Class of One Hundred and Ten Initiated Into Mysteries of Wood'
craft by Drill Team From Camp No. 120 of Omaha.
Saturday night was sure some red
letter occasion for Cass County Camp
No. 332, Modern Woodmen of
America, and Plattsmouth citizens
generally, it being the date of the
great Woodmen rally. The evening
train from the south over the Mis
souri Pacific brought in large delega
tions from Union, Murray and My
nard, and a large number were pres
ent from Lincoln and Havelock. The
members of the different orders gath
ered at the hall at 7:30, and after
several selections by the M. W. A.
band, the line of march, headed by
Marshal II. S. Barthold, wast taken
up. , The parade moved down Main
street to Fourth, then north on
Fourth street to the residence of Dr.
E. W. Cook, head physician of the
state lodge, and who was host to the
visiting officers. The lodge acted as
escort for the visitors to Coates' hall,
where the meeting was held.
Coates hall was crowded to its
utmost capacity by the members of
the local Camp and the visitors. Dr.
E. W. Cook presided over the meet
ing and introduced the various
speakers of the evening. A quartet
consisting of Miss Estelle Balrd, Mrs.
J. W. Gamble, Mr. Ralph White and
Mr. F. A. McElwain, furnished
several beautiful selections during
the early part of the evening. After
the selections by this quartet, Mayor
John P. Sattler, In a short and very
pleasing address, tendered the visit
ors a welcome and the freedom of the
city of Plattsmouth, and spoke of the
great Influence that the Woodmen
had in this city. Ralph Johnson,
state organizer of the order, respond
ed in a short speech for the guests
and touched briefly on the advant
ages of the M. W. A. as a protection
to the families and home of its mem
bers. Mr. Johnson was in excellent
voice and added much to the pleas
ures of the evening by his timely and
to-the-point remarks. Dr. Cook then
Introduced Mr. Edward F. Burns, of
Newark, New Jersey, national lectur
er, who during the time of his speech,
held the close attention of his
auditors. Mr. Burns Is a most elo
quent and fluent speaker and it was
a regret that the members could not
hear more of his oratory. He spoke
of the wonderful work the Modern
Woodmen have done in the years of
their existence, of the sorrowing
widows and orphans they had re
lieved and, what is more pitiful than
the home where the husband and
father is called to his reward, leav
LEE SHARPE ON HIS
FORTY-SEVENTH PATENT
Mr. Lee Sharp, of this city, has
just finished the details of securing a
patent from the department at Wash
ington, on a labor saving device for
manufacturing tin cans, which Is
styled a ''Lap seam can body maker,"
which Is interchangable and will
make cans numbered from 1 to 10 In
size.
The machine Is so constructed that
It can be changed from one size to
another In 30 seconds, and the cans
made perfectly sanitary. This Is the
forty-Beventh patent Mr. Sharp has
put through since his discovery of the
principle of sanitary can making, cov
ering the patents of the cans and the
machinery to manufacture the same.
With the machine Just invented, one
girl can do the work of 25 men under
the old hand process of manufacture.
The machine Is to be patented in
fourteen foreign countries at an ex
pense of about $1,800. He will com
mence with Norway, on the north of
Europe, go down the line, Including
Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Tur
key, Russia, and many others, includ
ing Japan in the far east.
The expense of introducing Mr.
Sharp's forty-six previous Inventions
in fifteen foreign countries has been
about $12,000, the matter being
handled entirely by his correspondent
at Berlin.
Mr. Sharp's patent can Is now used
all over the world. He first Intro
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ing the wife and children without the
means to continue the battle of life?
They must of necessity be forced to
go out into the hard, cold world and,
alone, make the fight for their daily
bread; this the Modern Woodmen
protect against by their plan of
fraternal insurance. Mr. Burns
touched on the great work done at
Colorado Springs, where the tubercu
losis sanitarium Is located and who
in the years to come shall rear its
head aloft as the greatest monument
to humanity and brotherly love, re
membered when the monuments to
greed and lust have crumbled Into
the dust of the years long gone.
Mr. Burns was followed by A. R.
Talbot, of Lincoln, Nebraska, the
Head Consul of the Head Camp,
who spoke at some length on the M.
W. A. Sanitarium at Colorado
Springs and made a most logical and
eloquent plea for financial aid in the
upbuilding of this work. He pointed
to the case of Wesley Grassman, of
this city, who was a patient at the
sanitarium and returned home , a
cured man and Is today working with
the Burlington bridge gang, as a
moat splendid example of what they
were doing out there. Mr. Talbot's
remarks were well received by the
audience.
Henry R. Gering, of Omaha, made
a short address, speaking of the work
Cass Camp had done toward reliev
ing the wants of the needy memberB
in this city. He also touched on the
work that George Lushinsky, Henry
Coos. Dr. Cook and the other work
ers of the local camp had done to
ward uplifting and sustaining the
order.
After Mr. Gering's speech, Vener
able Consul Lushinsky announced the
presence of several candidates, some
110 in number, and the exercises of
adoption began. After the Initiation
exercises closed, refreshments were
served In the banquet room by the
Royal Neighbors, to which all did
ample justice.
The officers of the local camp, and
Mr. William C. James, the efficient
deputy, who assisted in getting to
gether such a fine bunch of young
men for the order, are to be congrat
ulated on their success. .
The splendid drilling of the crack
drill team from Camp No. 120, of
Omaha, who conducted the floor
work, drew round after round of ap
plause from the onlookers. Taken as
a w hole, it was one of the best meet
ings Woodcraft has had in Platts
mouth for many a day.
duced it at rittsburg, Pennsylvania,
through a firm with a national repu
tation. Its use soon spread over the
eastern part of the United States,
and later It was seized upon by the
California fruit men, and Is almost
exclusively used In that state now.
Mr. Sharp has five additional pat
ents pending, which he is working on
at the present, and which will be as
useful when applied to practical pur
poses as those already In use.
Married ly Rev. Austin.
A very pretty wedding occurred
this morning at the Methodist par
sonage, the ceremony being per
formed by Rev. Austin. The contract
ing parties being Mr. Albert E. Bost
der and Miss Nellie E. Yockey, both
of Omaha. The happy couple arrived
this morning on No. 4 and quickly
sought the office of Judge Beeson
and procured a marriage license and
Inquired for the residence of the
Methodist minister.
After the ceremony the young cou
ple got dinner at a hotel and boarded
the afternoon train for their home
city, having stolen a march on their
friends and acquaintances. Mr. Bost
der is a traveling salesman for the
Oliver Typewriting company, and has
been doing a large volume of busi
ness for his concern.
Mr. II. D. Coleman, of Greenwood,
accompanied by his brother, Mr. N. O.
Coleman, were in the city today, look
ing after business matters In the pro
bate court. Attorney D. K. Barr, of
Louisville, was In the city on the
same errand.
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NIGHT
Some Fireman.
Saturday night one or our hand
some and popular young men decided
to try his hand at railroading and
accordingly spent the night assisting
in firing one of the engines In the
local yards. After he had shoveled
several tons (2) of coal he concluded
that the work was not bo "soft" and
that he was not a railroad man, but
would confine his efforts to the sell
ing of "Quality Clothes."
WILL HAVE COON FOR
Mr. W. T. Smith had the good for
tune a day or two ago to have a good
Thanksgiving dinner thrust upon him
in a manner he was not expecting. It
happened in this wise: About 9
o'clock In the evening he was seated
in hia home, when his faithful coon
dog began making a terrific barking
and scurrying about the yard, and
soon went under the house, all of the
time yelping and barking aa if he
had Mr. Coon almost In his clutches.
Mr. Smith thought at once that the
dog had chased O. C. Dovey's Angoria
cat under the floor, and with no other
thought than rescuing the pet, Mr.
Smith took the poker and pried up a
board in the floor, where the scuffle
seemed to bo on, when to his sur
prise, not the cat, but a fine fat
o'possum struggled through the ap
perture In the floor. The creature
was large, fat and juicy, and one
stunning blow on the head laid him
low.
Mr. Smith, the next morning, went
to the grocery store and ordered a
half bushel of sweet potatoes, and on
Thanksgiving day will have a feast
that would make President Taft
smile. Mr. Smith thinks he has
caught the chicken thief which has
robbed the neighbors' hen roosts dur
ing the fall.
County Option anil Trouble.
Hon. George W. Leldigh, the only
democrat elected to the legislature In
Otoe county, was In Omaha the other
day, and in an Interview with a
World-Herald reporter, made some
statements to the effect that he thinks
county option will have a rocky road
to travel this winter in fhe legisla
ture. "I understand," he said, "that
there are several members counted as
county optlonists who would be will
ing to support a bill that makes a
county all wet or all dry, but they
are not In favor of the double-ender
proposition submitted by the Antl
Saloon League, under which a county
may be dry, if it goes dry and dry if
It goes wet.
"I see there is considerable discus
sion as to where Henry Bartllng
stands. I'm afraid Henry will find
(himself in something of a pickle this
winter. I ran across him several
times during the campaign and I
know he told Cerman voters that he
was against county option, while I
am told he expressed himself the
other way to dry voters."
Mr. Leldigh might have added that
there are several others who will find
themselves In the same fix, who
peddled anti-option cards in anti
option circles and other kinds of
cards In temperance circles. But
when the county option measure
comes up it will be a true case of
you'll be damned If you don't," with
those fellows.
Full Wheat Looks Hud.
Have you noticed that your fall
wheat looks just a little wilted or the
blades are turning brown and appear
dead? This is the condition of a
sample brought to the Journal office
today. Upon close Investigation it
reveals the fact that this condition Is
caused from a very small bug or In
sect upon the Inside of the stalk just
at the first Joint above the ground,
which evidently eats the heart from
the same. Some farmers have attrib
uted this condition of the fall grain
to the weather, thinking that It need
ed rain, but this Is not true. If your
wheat looks unhealthy Investigate It
and see If you do not find the bug
concealed as stated above.
Will Quit Xewnpuper Work.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Withrow of
Thurman, Iowa, arrived In the city
last evening. Mr. Withrow will give
up newspaper work for a year or so
and will engage in farming on bis
farm near Union Nebraska City
Dally Press.
Itcl the Dally Journal.
SPEAKER HE
D
The Loss on the Building and
Contents Estimated at From
$6,000 to $9,500
From Monday'! Daily.
The good citizens of Louisville
were aroused from their peaceful
rlumbers this morning about 1 o'clock
by the alarm of fire, when It was dis
covered that the Speaker hotel was
In flames. The fire had gained such
headway that it was soon seen that it
would be an utter impossibility to
save the building with simply a
bucket brigade, and the work of sav
ing as much of the contents as pos
sible was commenced, and many
articles were removed ere the build
ing went to pieces. It Is said by
many eye-witnesses that with the
proper facilities for fighting fire the
building could have been partially
saved.
It took desperate hard work to
keep the flames from communicating
with the livery barn across the street,
and the Christian church, adjacent to
the burned hotel. A bucket brigade
was formed, and the water carried
from the livery barn and a well back
of the Courier office. The hotel was
a frame building, and was built about
27 or 28 years ago. John Filers
who run the hotel for the past two
years, recently sold the furniture to
a man by the name of Vandercove,
who also had traded for the building,
and had occupied the same but a few
weeks. The loss on building and con
tents Is estimated at all the way from
$G,000 to $9,500.
The fire Is said to have originated
in the kitchen, but Just how, we are
not Inforrned. But suffice to say, it
was a narrow escape from a general
conflagration, which the town would
most assuredly have had had the
wind been blowing hard and in the
proper direction.
This disaster should be a warning
to the business men and citizens gen
erally to prepare for such occurrences
as they are liable to come at s time
when least expected. The Courier
has been advocating waterworks In
Louisville week In and week out for
years, and but little attention seems
to have been paid to the appeals of
Its editor, L. J. Mayfleld. And, of
course, there will be some talk now
for a few weeks about fire protection,
but what the people of Ixulsvllle
want now, Is action, and that quickly.
No town should be without fire pro
tection, and Louisville has simply had
a taste of the folly of doing without
it.
Funeral of Mrs. Tom Janda.
The funeral of Mrs. Tom Janda,
who died in Omaha, occurred this
morning from the Bohemian Catholic
church, being conducted by Father
Vlcek, pastor of the church. The de
ceased leaves surviving her husband
and three children, ranging from five
years to six weeks old. Sho also
leaves a father and two sisters to
mourn her untimely death. The pall
bearers were Frank Slovcek, John
Libershall, John Novacek, Joseph
Zitka, Joseph Hadraba and Frank
Janda.
In From iiuku.
From Monday'! Daily.
Henry Knabe and son Edward,
Henry Vantlne and Edward Miller,
all good farmers from near Nehawka,
were in the city a few hours today,
coming up In the automobile from the
Knabo place. They had some busi
ness matters to look after at the
county seat, and while here Mr.
Knabe found time to pay this office
a brief call, renewing for his paper.
Mr. Knabe has been a reader of the
Journal for many years, and the
kind that the country publisher Is
mighty proud of. They returned
home this afternoon.
Very lV'st of Crop.
Our excellent friend, Henry Hll
bert, residing Just north of the cem
etery, was In the city last Saturday
and called at the Journal office to
renew for his paper. Mr. Hilbort Is
another one of Cass county's farmers
who raises corn whether It rains or
not. He tells us that this season his
corn will run fifty bushels to the
acre, and having in about thirty
acres. He says this is the best crop
In all his years of farming.
If you want ceip or nav anytbtnr
o sell, tdvert'.sft In the Journal u
Mrs. Henry Mockenhaupt. who
came in from Sterling, Nebraska, Fri
day evening for a visit with relatives
and friends in this city, was a pleas
ant caller at this office Saturday af
ternoon, renewing her subscription to
the Semi-Weekly for another year,
which was very much appreciated by
us. Mrs. Mockenhaupt went out to
Cedar Creek yesterday for a short
lslt with relatives and friends in that
vicinity, returning to this city this
morning. Mrs. Mockenhaupt re
turned to her home at Sterling this
afternoon.
FUNERAL OF THE LATt
A. E. GASS YESTERDAY
From Monday's Dally.
The funeral services over the re
mains of the late A. E. Cass were
held at the family residence on Vino
street yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock and were conducted by Rev.
L. W. Gade, of the First Presbyterian
church, of which Mr. Gass was a con
sistent member during his life time.
During the hour of holding the ser
vice, a large number of old time
friends and neighbors thronged tho
lawn and paved street In front of tho
residence, having come to pay a Inst
tribute of respect to a man whom all
admired for his many kindly traits.
The music consisted of favorite
songs of the deceased and were ren
dered by a quartet of ladles, all of
whom had often sung for Mr. Gass,
the singers being Mrs. Wlggen
horn, Mrs. Holyoke, Mrs. Eaton
and Mrs. C. E. Wcscott; the
numbers rendered were, "Abide
With Me," "Softly Now the
Light of Day," and a solo, "Flee As
a Bird," sung by Mrs. Wlggenhorn.
The singers were .accompanied with
piano, played by Mr. C. E. Wescott.
The floral tokens . consisting of
huge white and yellow chrysanthe
mums, and other beautiful autumnal
flowers, were banked In profusion
over the piano, under and upon the
casket, silently speaking of the pure
admiration of the life and character
of the deceased held In the mind and
hearts of the donors.
The Masonic order attended In a
body, and formed on either side of
the walk, as the casket was borne to
the hearse, and acted as an escort to
tho cemetery, where the Masonic
burial rites were observed, the ser
vices at tho grave being conducted by
Master ofrthe lodge, Mr. O. C. Dovey.
The pall bearers were: Dr. T. P.
Livingston, Mr. Fred Murphy, George
Dovey, Carl Frlckte, C. C. Parmele
and Bert Pollock.
Cuss County Couple Wed.
Judge W. W. Wilson, assisted by
John Cupid (copyright) Miller, tied
the knot which will bind for life
Fred Douglas, aged 21, and Miss Iola
Van Winkle, aged 18, of Union.
The young couple approached the
Judge's office yesterday afternoon
and announced their willingness to
embark on the stormy sea of matri
mony In spite of tho high cost of
living and tho terrifying statistics of
the divorce court. As Judge Wilson
was not in the court house at the
time John Cupid (copyrighted) rang
the court house bell and the Judge
came to his maninge parlors on the
lope.
Note: We fix the word "copy
lighted" after Mr. Miller's new name
for the reason that we have really
"copyrighted" this appendage and In
sist that the same be not infringed,
defrlnged or decorated with any other
kind of fringe Nebraska City Press.
Hun Finger Itudly Injured.
Miss Katie liens, an employe of the
M. E. Smith factory, met with quite
a serious accident last Saturday after
noon, which resulted in her sustain-,
lng a painful cut on the finger of one
hand. Miss Hess was busy about her
machine, at the time oiling and
cleaning, the machinery being in mo
tion, when in some unaccountable
way her finger got entangled with the
moving parts of the machine In such
a manner as to Inflict the cut. Sho
hurried to a doctor and had the In
Jury dressed, It requiring a stitch to
close the wound.
Although Miss Hess was unable to
work today, she thinks that by to
morrow she will bo able to operate a
machine again.
Ben Harrison, former principal of
the high school, came down from Lin
coln Saturday and attended the
funeral of the late Mr. A. E. Gass,
Sunday.
SMALL FIRE ST
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Prisoners Confined in the Ven
erableRuin Badly Scared
From Tuesday'! Daily
The fire alarm was turned In last
evening about 6:45, notifying the de
partment that its services were need
ed at tho county Jail.
Grant Blunt, who was In the cage
awaiting to be taken to the peniten
tiary to begin his seven-year sentence,
gave the first alarm by tapping on the
water pipe, which furnishes the flow
of water for the living rooms above.
Mrs. Manspeaker accompanied by
Mrs. Schlater, went below and opened
up the Jail and discovered that the
mattress in the city department of
the Jail were ablaze. She hurried
back upstairs to the telephone and
called for Mr. Manspeaker at the
barn, and the fire alarm was turned
In. When Mrs. Manspeaker returned
to the Jail, city prisoner McDonald,
the only other occupant of the Jail
aside from Blunt, was standing In the
middle of the city compartment with
the broom In his hand, the broom be
ing on fire, McDonald was swinging
It to and fro apparently thinking he
was extinguishing the flames, Mrs.
Manspeaker and Mrs. Schlater got
water from the front part of the Jail
and put the fire out, and by the time
the department was on the scene,
there was nothing left of the fire but
the smoke, which permeated every
corner of the building. Convict
Blunt had quite a scare, as he was
locked In the cage with no means of
escape, and it appeared to him for a
few minutes that ho might bo cre
mated. McDonald Is an Insanity suspect,
whom the city authorities apprehend
ed last Friday, and the man being a
member of the Eagle lodge, Interest
enough In his case was taken by some
of the members here to have the
authorities try to find Rome of bis
friends, before having the board send
hlra to the asylum. There were some
expressions of regret that the old
hull did not go up In smoke, as there
Is not much prospect of getting lid
of the old relic In any other way.
Make I'u'-t Time,
From Tiiendnv's Dully '
Harry Graves, J. B. Roddy, Ed.
Leach and G. W. Cheney, of Union,
motored to Vlhttsmoutli last evening
In 28 minutes, being approximately a
mile each minute and a half, which,
considering the hilly condition of tho
road, Is making Bonie speed. The
party met Charles L. Graves, of
Union, and Charles Peck, of Elm
wood at the Burlington station to give
them a rldo home. Before starting
Attorney Graves made an oral will
directing his near friends what should
bo done with his remains, and, dis
playing a vast amount of nerve, step
ped Into the auto with the speedy
driver, and clinching his teeth, got
hold of ihe seat in front and stated
that ho was ready.
Wo have not heard from C. L.
since, but as the press dispatches are
silent as to fatalities from Union, we
presume he yet lives.
George IIiii'nIiiiiuii Here,
Mr. Geo. W. Harstiman, of Avoea,
who has been spending a year travel
ing through tho different states, re
turned to his home last week and
paid Plattsmouth a visit yesterday.
Mr. Harshman has spent some time
In Kansas, where his son Floyd Is
farming, and where Mr. Harshman
owns a large tract of land. He re
ports crop conditions very good in
Kansas. Wheat that was sowed in
September was looking fine, that
which was sowed later had not come
up yet, and the fnrmerB there were
wishing for a good snow to moisten
the ground.
Notice
To all owners and parties inter
ested in lots located in the Horning
cemetery: There win be a meeting
held at the Horning school houso on
December 3rd, at two o'clock In the
afternoon, for tho purpose of elect
ing trustees for said cemetery. Also
to transact such other business as
may come before the meeting.
Geo. W. Snyder.
Will T. Adams.
, Mrs. Jacob Vogel, of Clarkson, Ne
braska, who has been a guest of Mrs.
Augusta Martins for a Bhort time, re
turned to her home this morning,
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