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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION EIGHT PAGES
PL ATTSM O UT11 . NEBRASKA, Til U USD AY MA1JC1L .50, 1911
VOLUME XXX
NO 27
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THE GiTY COUNCIL HELD THEIR
REGULAR SESSION LAST EMI
Much Business of Importance Transacted by Solons Former City
Clerk Cited to Appear Before the Council.
From Tuesday's Dally
When Mayor Sattler's big hammer
fell on the desk last evening at the
regular meeting of the council all
members were present except Conn-
treasury, when a license may be Is
sued, but such 'license shall not be
transferable. Any violation of the
conditions prescribed In the ordin-
ance should work a revocation of the
license. The application should
oilmen A. S. Will of the Third and (.lfy the lot and blo(.k on whlch
Dwyer of the First ward. the building Is situated where the
After the roll call and approval of j hall is desired to be run, such pool or
the minutes of the previous sesison, billiard hall shall be locked and kept
the council took up petitions, the first closed on Sundays and after 10
King one w ith twenty-two signatures o'clock p. m. and not opened before
n
FANGER RETURNS
FRO YORK
from the Fifth ward asking that
Hermia street from Cass to .Lincoln
avenue be opened. The petition was
referred to the streets, alleys and
bridges committee for investigation.
A communication was then read
from the manager of the Nebraska
Lighting company relative to the dis
turbance of the lighting circuit on
South Tenth street by some employee
of the city working under the direc
tion of some member of the council,
claiming that the current had been
interfered with, to the great embar
rassment of the company, as well as
endangering the lives of pasers-by.
7 o'clock a. m. All persons under 18
years of age shall not be alolwed in
such halls unless accompanied by
parent or guardian. There shall be
no other table in such hall than a
pool or billiard table, and it shall be
unlawful to have playing cards or
throwing dice in such halls. No In-
Tells of the Big Fire That Killed
So Many Working People, of
Which He Was An Eve
Witness.
From Monday's Pally.
M. Fanger arrived In Plattsmouth
this morning from Omaha, having
arrived from New York yesterday
evening. We enjoyed quite a long
chat with Mr. Fanger this morning
and he informs us that he was an eye
witness to the disastrous lire of the
Triangle Shirt Co. in New York City
a few days ago, at which time fully
150 people lost their lives. He had
been in the building and bought some
goods Just about two hours before the
fire broke out, and was on his way
to the train for the return trip, and
passing the building when he saw the
windows being broken and men,
women and children Jumping to the
pavement below. He says It was the
most heart-rendering and horrible
Hold One Suspect.
There has been several strangers
arrested and takin to the county Jail
by Chief Ralney and also by Sheriff
Quinton, suspected as murderers of
Mr. Cohn of Omaha, but on sugges
tion of the police of Omaha all have
been released except one. This man
Is a smooth-appearing gentleman and
he had on when arrested a suit usual
ly worn by the waiter of a fashion
able hotel, cutaway coat and low vest.
His appearance Is that of a crook.
There being no description of the
njurdereis It Is a hard proposition to
find any way to close In on the
criminals. There Is a large reward
offered now for the apprehension of
the guilty men.
HOT LARGELY AT
TENDED LASTNIGHT
toxicatlng liquors shall be drank in j sight that he ever had seen. The leap-
such halls and none shall be permit
ted to be In such halls, and no game
or games of chance shall be played
therein. The penalty for the violation
of this ordinance shall be by fine
from $5 to $100 on conviction and
the license of the keeper shall be
This matter was referred to the light ; forfeited.
aommlttee.
A communication was read from
the management of the water com
pany censuring the council for rush
ing Into print with grievances against
the company, and asking that the
practice b abated. Considerable dis
cussion was caused by this com
munication, Mr. Neuman taking oc
casion to remark that he, as chair
man of the water committee, after
notifying the water company to fix its
rdrants and . get them In .running
order, when the same- was not done
e had the notice complained of pub
lished, thinking that this might have
the desired result to stir the company
to do Its duty and put Its hydrants In
rendition to be used.
Councilman Weber then took the ,
On the suggestion of Mayor Sat
tler that the expense of a man and
team to clean up the bottom at the
foot of Main street, taking away the
old iron and tin cans would not be
great, It was moved and voted to
have the same removed.
The following named persons were
appointed by the council and con
firmed by the mayor to act as officers
at the coming election:
First Ward J. H. Thrai.er, John
Cory And John Iveraon; Jud;;es; Fred
Black and T. A. Lorenz, c':yks. i
Second Ward Claus Boetel, John
Kopia and W. B. Rishel, Judges;
Henry Goos and Guy McMaken,
i clerks.
Third Ward C. A. Johnson, S. R.
Kellev and Henrv Jess. ludzes:
floor and suggested that It was hard- Oeol.ge gaykB anJ Charle8 Forbe8
Jy the thing to do, to go into the ceI.i(S
aewspapers when there was a legal
way to settle the matter, if there was
anything which needed attention. Mr.
Weber could see no necessity for
printing a notice. If the clerk had
Fourth Ward John Weyrlch, Aug
ust Tartsch and A. J. Johnson,
Judges; Anton Nitka and Charles
Peterson, clerks.
ing forma would be hurled to the
pavement with a dull, sickening thud,
and the mass of mangled flesh was a
sight that he was unable to witness.
Shortly after the fire the mangled
forms were piled upon the sidewalk
side by side that very much resem
bled a pile of cord wood, before they
were removed to the morgue. Some
were so badly mangled that they were
beyond recognition. He says that he
saw one young lady leap from the
eighth afory window into the net
below and her life was saved, but
where this young lady was fortunate,
the greater part of them lost their
lives, in some Instances 'the nets
breaking and other falling to the
pavement.
Within a short time after the fire
broke out the. crowd was so great,
extending several blocks each war.
that he was unable to get through In
time to catch his train for home and
was compelled to take a train leaving
several hours later.
A large portion of the police were
on the scene doing everything In their
power to keep the crowd away, and
Mr. Fanger received quite a severe
blow in the back from one of them,
with a gruff remark to "pass along."
This was all without avail until they
started the cry of "look out for an
Stand By Them and They Will
Succeed Which Means Your
Success Also.
erved the notice as directed by tb j H,.,nrlcI, and K. M Coodwin( JudgeR.
council mere count oe no excuse .or w R A,dtn and j n 0reenf cIerkg.
making the unnecessary expense of Qn BUggeBt,on of Jlayor Sattler
ynrunig nor ires.
I i i it rrv i 1. l i i i. , it,
Fifth Ward John Vorndran, Fritz! wpitwmn. ins iie.peu lo Keep me
crowd from the burning building.
Mr. Fanger says the Triangle Shirt
The reports of the different depart
ments were then called for. The
finance committee reported the usual
grist of bills, which appears below.
The claims committee reported
favorably on the claim of Dr. J. B.
Martin for 3.60 for treating a city
prisoner, and the claim of M. E.
Manspeaker for $ 1
Chief Rainey.
The special committee appointed
by the mayor to investigate the books
of Former Clerk W. B. Klster report
ed that they had dug up three items
f occupation tax which the records
did not show had been tuurned Into
Ulte treasury. Receipt numbered 2G9
for $10, receipt 294 for $5 and re
ceipt 401 for $25. Neither receipts
or stubs for receipts from 250 to 300
could be found. The committee
recommended that the ex-clerk be
cited to appear before the council at
Its next regular meeting and explain
the above discrepancies, and in case
he fall to do so that proper legal steps
be taken to recover the amounts due
the city. The special committee was
composed of F. Neuman, W. Weber
and W. A. Bookmeyer.
A report of the clerk, called for
some weeks ago, calling cn the city
attorney to report o the council the
streets vacated and where the title
to the ea.ne was vested. The follow
ing was reported: Pearl street, east
of Third street, sold to Plattsmouth
Realty Co. for $1, October, 1910;
portion of Main street, by ordinance,
for subway, 1908; portion of lot 81,
section 1K-24-14 and deeded to H.
L. Kruger, W. H. Wynn and H. K.
Windham; portion of street adjacent
to Masonic home, September, 1908.
Under the head of miscellaneous
business Mayor Suttler produced and
asked to Ik? read an ordinance
regulating pool and billiard halls.
that the tiling used by the city could
be purchased at considerable saving
to the city if gotten In carload lots,
and bids received for furnishing the
same, It was moved by Neuman that
tiling and lumber both be purchased
In the future by car lots and that
bids for furnishing same be received
by the clerk and submitted to the
for team to : cou The niouon prevailed.
After allowing the following bills
the council adjourned:
Ed Snodgrass, road fund $ 4.00
T. P. Samous, road fund 1.00
W. H. Scott, road fund 4 8.00
S. F. Scott, road fund 24.00
J. Wynn, road fund 25.20
L. Rotter, road fund 6.00
J. L. Mason, road fund 9.00
W. L. Mendenhall. road fund. . 9.00
Mike McCool, road fund 14.60
W. B, Rishel, road fund 35.70
H. M. Wilcox, road fund 4.40
Ray Henry, fire fund 6.25
Sam Gouchenour, fire fund. . . 6.25
C. M. Manners, fire fund. ... . 6.25
Anton Kobek, fire fund 6.25
Frank Mbershall, fire fund. . . 6.25
Hugh Stanley, fire fund 2.10
C. P. Richards, fire fund 6.25
Ben Rainy, police fund 26.00
B. G. Wurl, general fund 1.65
C. W. Baylor, library fund... 7.50
Waist company Is the largest factory
of the kind in the city of New York
and occupies the four top floors of
the building In which they were
located. I
Mr. Fanger returned to Omaha to
day, after looking after such busi
ness matters as demanded his at
tention, preparatory to opening his
new store In PlattBmouth. His goods
are beginning to arrive and he tells
us that he expects to open the doors
for the trade about the 5th of April,
and will have one of the best select
ed stoi-ks ever seen In Plattsmouth.
JOSEPH CREAMER SUB
MITS TO OPERATION
Eastern Decorations Adorn Window.
Mr. Edward Grybsky, of the Gryb
Carr Stores company, has a fine novel
Eastern decoration In his show win
dow today, It being a new hatch of
Mr. C. C. Wescott's Buff Orphlngton
(hicks and some lovely hares. The
combination makes a pretty sight and
very suggestive of the approaching
Easter festival. One must see the
window to really appreciate It.
Piano Timing.
Ed Schulhof, the piano tuner, will
The substance of the ordinance was ! b located In Plattsmouth after the
to authorize the mayor and council to
Issue licenses to imkI and billiard
halls on conditions prescribed In the
ordinance. The applicant was to
make his application In writing and
pay the sum of $50 Into the city
first of April and will try and strike
up an acquaintance with all the
pianos In Cass county. Plattsmouth
'Phone No. 286. 3-20-w4t.
Subsoil Tor trie Pan vournal.
KroUiTueHday'n Dally
Joseph, the 17-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles L. Creamer of near
Murray, was operated this morning
by Drs. Allison and Brendel at St.
Joseph's hospital for appendiclts,
with which the young man had been
suffering since 2 o'clock Sunday
morning. Mr. Creamer took his son
to Omaha yesterday morning and re
turned there this morning wltbDr.
Brendel and the operation W'as per
formed. Dr. Alllosn was Just seven
teen minutes in performing the
operation from the time he began.
Joseph rallied from the effects of the
anesthetic nicely and was doing nice
ly when Dr. Brendel left him about
noon.
The young man has been troubled
more or less with symptoms of the
disease for some months, but not un
til Sunday morning did the pain be
come so acute as to alarm his par
ents and physician, and It was de
cided to have him undergo the opera
tion at once before complications set
in. The apendix, when removed, had
turned black for some distance at the
end where attached to the large In
stestine. His physician feels very
cheerful concerning his patient and
encouraged the anxious parents with
his good report.
The general spirit of the people of
this city Is to buy goods at home, to
buy home made goods, to support all
forms of home institutions, but It is
necessary to suggest from time to
time the need of such spirit, because
all of us grow lax In our good Inten
tions. The thing to do Is to get the
spirit of home Interest. Everybody
can help In it. And It w ill pay every
body to get Into the game and stay
with It. The following from the Fre
mont Herald hits the mark so square
ly that we appropriated the article
because it will make good reading for
Journal patrons. Fremont Is prob
ably several thousand stronger than
Plattsmouth, but at the same time
the article conveya some excellent
Ideas that can be taken borne by our
readers:
Fremont people should buy and use
J Fremont, goods, because It Is to their'
Interest to do so, for the wry same
reason that Americans should and do
buy American made goods In pref
erence to those made abroad. The
Fremont manufacturer and dealer
employs Fremont labor, pays taxes to
maintain the Fremont schools, the
expense of management of the city
of Fremont, and the county, and the
state. The profits he derives from
his business are kept at home In our
own community where they work In
a thousand different ways for the
good of the community and for every
citizen of the town. The employing
of laltor, the Increase of wealth In
the city, the more stores, factories
and wholesale houses all do their part
In enhancing the value of property,
In Increasing population, and In mak
ing a better city, all helps each one
of us who lives here and buy Fre
mont goods. Then the manufacturer
and seller of Fremont goods lives
here and helps to maintain our
churches, education Institutions,
ready to assist In time of need or
trouble, compared to all of which the
Omaha or Chicago merchant does not
know us, never spends a cent for any
public good of our city, will never see
this town, and will never do a par
ticle of good for one of us. Do
Marshall Field Co., or Brandels pay
taxes to help us In building up Fre
mont? Do Washburn rilsbury spend
a portion of their profits In enlarg
Ing our business oeratlons? In buy
ing goods made and sold in Fremont
the transaction is. reciprocal; we
mutually aid each other, and the
profits we pay the Fremont manu
facturer or the Fremont merchant
gradually work their way back to uh,
so In patronizing Fremont men and
buying Fremont Roods we are virtual
ly buying of ourselves as we get the
lx.Ht goods, at the lowest possible
price, and the profits are In many
ways used for our benefit, or used
entirely to upbuild and promote the
good of Fremont. Fremont people
should buy Fremont goods and
patronize Fremont merchants as a
purely business proMsltlon, because
"It pays," and Is money In your
pocket.
While the Audience Was Very
Respectable as to Numbers.
Prom Tuesday's lally
The three or four strenuous serv
ices of Sunday had Its effect on the
attendance at the sen ice Monday
night, and the usual Monday evening
atendance was not present, some of
the nun being too tired to come out.
The chorus was good and did some
excellent work. Mr. Holmes played
with his usual snap and precision.
Mr. Sutherland sang two excellent
bo1o8. The one before the sermon
was, "The Handwriting on the Wall,"
and after the sermon he sang with
much feeling, "What Will You Do
With Jesus?"
Evangelist Lewis gave a strong
discourse, basing his remarks on the
parable announced In Matthew, where
the Savior gave the attitude of the
people toward the gospel by telling
them the man who prepared a feast
and bid his servants invite his
friends to come In and partake. One
said he had bought a piece of land
and would have to go prove It, the
second had bought a yoke of cattle
and had to receive them, and the
third had married a wife and could
not come. Rev. Iewls dilated on the
three heads and told his hearers of
the Inconsistent excuses men would
sometimes make for not coming to
the gospel feast. He then spoke of
the hindering wife, saying that the
man who gave the third reason did
not even show good breeding and
gave no excuse at all. The speaker
referred to the change of attitude of
the man before he Is married and
after; told how attentive and careful
the young man was to see that every
little attention should be paid to the
lady. If alto suggested going to
church he Immediately consented and
would aay;-"Certainly, what church
do you wish to attend?" telling the
congregation how the young man
would shine up his buggy before
starting for the lady, then assist het
to a seat beside him, alight at the
chunh door and aid her in descend
Ing from the carriage, tie his horse
and escort her up the aisle to a seat
But after the ceremony about
eighteen months the old grouch
would not go to church and would
say In a crusty way that he had no
time to go to church.
At the dose of the service an In
vltation was extended to those de
siring to take the stand for God to
come forward. The audience was a
serious one; more so than many of
the larger ones, but although there
were no doubt many decisions, there
were none who so expressed them
celves.
Operated 011 at I'J.'ii l-ou llcmpiul.
Mr. L. S. Stiles, a resident of the
Masonic home, who has been on the
sick list for the past few weeks, and
who went to Omaha about a week
ago to consult a specialist in regard
to his condition, was operated on at
the Jennie Kdnmudson hospital at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, the latter part
of last week, at which time two gall
stones the size of a walnut were re
moved from the liver, also several
smaller ones, Mr. Stiles standing the
ordeal of the operation very well,
considering his age. lie recovered
very nicely from the effects of the
operation and Is getting along as well
as could be expected under the
circumstances. In fact he was do
ing so well that his daughter, Mrs.
an Gunton, who accompanied him
to the hospital, returned to her home
Kansas City, Mlsouti. Sunday
evening. v
SUPPOSED VALUABLE FIND
OF MOULDER'S SAND
Every since the erection of the
Choplo Gasoline Engine factory at
this place Mr. A. E. Todd of west of
the city has felt that he had In mind
a valuable bank of sand of the mould
er's kind which could be utilized for
that purpose as soon as the factory
began to pour the moulten metal Into
the moulds. Last Sunday .dr. Todd
Invited Mr. J. A. ChoplesUa and hi
moulder, Mr. J. F. PJron, to dine
with him, and later took the gentle
men out to see the sand deivoslt.
Both Mr. Chopleska and Mr. PJrou
were delighted with what they saw,
the sand appearing to be of the host
quality of moulder's sand. Enough
of the Band was brought In to fill one
f the moulds In the factory, so as to
test It out, and In a short time Mr.
Chopleska will know exactly what tln
sand will do. If it proves to be what
he expects, the discovery Is a valuable
asset and will dispose of the question
of shipping in sand from outside.
FUNERAL OF ROBERT
GEIN6ER AT OMAHA
from Tuesday's Daily
Mr. It. L. Propst returned from
Omaha last evening, where he had
been to attend the funeral of Robert
Gelnger, which occurred at the chapel
of Dodder's undertaking establish
ment. The service was conducted by
Rev. Griffin of the M. E. church. As
a part of the service Rev. Griffin read
the 10.1d psalm and used the 13th
and 1 4 tit verses of the psalm for the
subject of his remarks He spoke of
the sterling qualities of the deceased
his many lovable traits of character
and paid a tribute to his home life
The music was furnished by a quartet
of the M. B. choir, who sang, ".Ware
My God to Thee" and "Some Day I'll
Understand."
The pallbearers were: G. W. At
wood, J. R. Booth. George Wolfe, J
V. Austin, R. A. Johnson and E.
Edwards. Interment was made
Fount Lawn cemetery.
HERMAN KLEITSCH 10
VISIT THE FATHERLAND
from Monelnv' Dully.
Herman Kleitsi h, the popular mil
ler from Weeping Water, arrived in
liutt.Hinouth yesterday evening, com
ing down from Omaha, anil Is today
Interviewing our merchants In regard
to the Hour business. Herman tells
us this will be about his Inst trip to
Plattsmouth for some time, as he ex
pects to start about the first of May
for the old country. His daughter
will make the trip with him and they
will he gone most all summer. Mr.
Kleltsch has resided In this country
about twenty-five years nnd this will
be his first trip to his old home,
where all his relatives, brothers and
glsters live.
Injured Itctm iiing 1'ioni OiuitIi.
Mrs. Swift was quite severely In
jured Sunday night while returning
from church. At 10 o'clock, when
the church let out, a severe storm
was raging. The snow was some
thing of a surprise and none of the
ladles had rubbers. On gaining the
sidewalk it wus almost Impossible to
stand, and after leaving the crossing
at the church several ladles fell. Mrs.
Swift probably struck her forehead
on the heel of a woman's shoe who
fell before her, as a gash was cut In
her forehead which required several
stitches to close. She received
medical attention as soon as It could
be summoned and was taken home lu
a cab. She Is resting comfortably today.
at
Entertains Few Friends.
Miss Frances Weldman very In
formally entertained a few friends at
her home last evening. The greater
part of the time was very pleasantly
spent in a musical way, there being
both Instrumental and vocal music.
At the proper time a dainty two-
W. J. Brooks Writ cm Friend.
Superintendent W. O. Brooks of
Caldwell, Idaho, has written Mr. E.
H. Weseolt of this city that his school
there Is doing fine. Ills debating
team has succeeded In rapturing the
stHte championship In a final try
out at Twin Falls last week. Mr.
Brooks Is conducting a class In art
In connection with the course there.
His lward Increased his salary $200
over last year and voted him his ex-
courscd uncheon was served, which pc uses to the N. E. A., whic h meets
wes llkewiso thoroughly enjoyed.
Those present were: Misses Helen
Chapman, Ruth Johnson, Clee Ap
plcgate, Blanche Bell, Hazel Dovey,
Verna Cole and Ellen Windham.
at San Francisco in July. Mr.
Brooks has a large number of friends
In this city, who will feel gratified at
his Biiuccess. He was principal of
he Plattsmouth schools for a time.
I'or Sale,
I have four pedigreed Hereford
bulls, from a year and a half to two
years old, ready for service. Sired
by my herd bull, AJack, weight 2,500
pounds. C. Bengen.
2-9-16tw.
I'HUh fur Kale.
B. P. R. eggs for sale, 75c per 15,
$4.00 per 100. Tolnuse eggs, $1.50
per dozen. Mrs. Win. Troop.
Nehawka, Neb.
3-1 C-tfwkly.
Al Lelsley, the genial traveling
man, Is In the city for a couple of
days selling dry goods to our mer
chants. He represents one of the
best w holesale houses In the west and
his genial manners capture many
friends from those with whom he
comes In contact, either In a business
way or socially.