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VOL. XXXII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, . MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1913.
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Very Enthusiastic Session, Large
Attendance and Numerous Mat
ters of Interest Discussed.
From Friday's Dally.
Last night was a red letter oc
casion for the Commercial club,
as the attendance at the meeting
was the largest that has ever
turned out at any regular session
of the club, and the audience em
braced men of all professions and
trades and they were all tilled with
the Plattsmouth spirit of unity
and success. The meeting was of
much benefit to all those who
turned out and it brought all the
different elements of the city's life
into close torch and opened the
way for a year uf very successful
work on the part of the club and
will bring good results in 1 1 i form
of improvement to the city. There
were several representatives of
the Burlington simps present and
their presence gave great en
couragement to the odicers of I lit'
club, who desire to get in close
touch with the men employed in
this chief industry of the city.
T. II. Pollock, who, with C. C.
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senger Agent Wakeley at Burling-!
ton headquarters in Omah.i on
behalf of the club, reported that
they had been given the promise
of having train No. 23 changed
from 2:23 to 1:58 p. m., which
would bring it into Omaha much
earlier than at present, and that
Mr. Wakoly slated he would see
what could be done yyith.sendin.tr
No. 14 through here as a strictly
passenger train, leaving Omaha
at 8: 10. The slopping of No. 1
was something that could not. he
decided upon, us it yvas necessary
to make up I lie lime in the run
ning of the train, I hat they yvould
'lose from going by 'In way of
Omaha, but the general passenger
agent rather favored the idea of
having I he train stop hero on a
flag.
Tim committee yvhieh yvas ap
pointed by Hie Commercial club
last summer to raise funds for a
Y. M. C. A., made I heir report, re
commending that the building be
disposed of to C. C. Parmele and
the amounts already raised be re
turned to the subscribers. The
report of the committee yvas
adopted and the gentlemen dis
charged from their duties.
Mr. Pollock, who yvas -at the
good roads meeting at Lincoln this
week, as representative of the
club, reported that the meeting
had endorsed the Searle bill for
improving the highways of the
state. Among the provisions of
this bill is one for the taxing of
automobiles at so much per horse
power, and not including them in
the taxes, as at present. The
present way of issuing lu'ensns
at $2 apiece places as much of a
burden on the man with a $500
car as one oyvning a $5,000 ma
chine, and the proposed law will
charge so much per horse power
und the proceeds be used to im
prove the highways.
E. .1. Hichey addressed the club
meeting briefly on the subject of
Hamming the streets in the resi
dent section of the city by putting
in parking and a combined con
crete curbing and guttering,
which yvould save the city a great
deal in the long run, as it yvould
do ayvay to a large extent of the
washing of the streets, as the
streets could he crowned and al
low the waste water to flow along
the concrete guttering on either
side and cut down the expense of
llxing the streets more than half.
The narrowing of the streets to
28 feet yvould give plenty of room
and the parking of the space be
tween the curb and the walk yvould
make the streets objects of
beauty. The idea of Mr. Hichey
met with warm approval from the
different members of the club, and
Mayor Saltier thought that North
Sixth street and High School Hill
should be the first places to re
ceive the attention of the club and
I he city, and that a committee
should be appointed by the presi
dent of the club to look after the
matter of having petitions pre
pared and get the yvork ready to
start by spring. The mayor
thought that.yvilh the patent curb
ing and guttering and the oiling
of the streets the .washing could
be eliminated to a large extent.
The Commercial club also
passed a resolution calling upon
our representatives in the legis
lature to oppose the measures
that had been introduced to make
laws against certain things that
yvere properly under the jurisdic
tion of the railway commission or
tho inter-state commerce- com
mission. The legislation pro
posed against the railroads yvere
on matters that these commis
sions had full power to deal yvith
and yvere unnecessary and yvas
class legislation of the rankest
kind. The resolution vvasadopted
unanimously.
Among the matters proposed in
the neyv layvs are the limiting of
the number of cars on a freight
train to 50 cars, whether loaded
or empty. Another is the requir
ing of the services of a ticket
laker in addition to the conductor
on all passenger trains; yvhile an
other of I he measures yvould re
quire that a conductor be sent out
yvith each engine. These measures
are all unnecessary and the legis
lature should let the questions tie
passed upon by the railway coin
mission. The new owner of the Nebraska
Lighting company was present at
the meeting and made a very
pleasing talk along the lines of
the benefits of an organized body
of men representing the city, and
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f his experiences
as a member or the Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Abbott
asked Hint the club and the
c:lizeiis here give him their aid in
trying to bring the plant here up
to its proper standard. Bis speech
made a very good impression on
all the members present, and
everyone yvas pleased to meet him
and have him address the club.
Mayor Saltier asked that a com
mittee be named to draft resolu
tions expressing the appreciation
of the city for the honor shoyvn
them by the Catholic Workmen
lodge in selecting this city as the
place for holding their grand
lodge, and inviting them to return
h re in the future lo hold their
meeting. President Schneider
appointed Mayor Saltier, City At
torney Tidd and J. M. Robcts as
a committee to draft, the resolu
lions and present I hem lo the
lodge this afternoon.
After some informal discussion
adjournment yvas moved, and the
members departed for their homes
feeling that they had spent a most
profitable evening.
Resolutions of Appreciation.
Whereas, At its regular meet
ing, held January 23, 1913, the
Plattsniouth Commercial club, by
a unanimous vote, instructed the
undersigned committee to draft
resolutions of appreciation to the
Grand Lodge of Catholic Work
men; therefore,
Be it Resolved, That the Platts
niouth Commercial club and
citizens unanimously express
their highest appreciation to the
Grand Lodge of Catholic Work
men, now holding its convention
in our city. We esteem it a great
honor that our city has been se
lected as the place for holding
your grand lodge; and,
Be It Further Resolved, That
the Plattsniouth Commercial club
welcome your coming and invite
your return to our cily again as
a Grand Lodge, and invite your
members individually lo our city
at any time, ami place the Com
mercial club at, your command.
And we thank you for this splen
did session of your Grand Lodge,
and yve wish your order and its
members the greatest prosperity
and happiness.
And Be It Further Resolved,
That the Commercial club and
citizens of Plaltsnioulh esteem it
an especially high honor that
your order has conferred upon our
city by the selecting of our most
highly respected and worthy citi
zens, John M. Jirousek, the na
t'onal president, ami the night
Rev. John Vlcek. the national
chaplain of your society.
John P. Saltier,
J. M Roberts,
A. L. Tidd,
Committee.
Marshall, Dentist, Coates block.
Y. M. C. i. MONEY TO BE
RETURNED 10 DONORS
Fniin Friday's Daily.
The committee that was ap
pointed last year to raise funds
for the Y. M. C. A. building, and
which negotiated the purchase of
the Wetenkamp building on lower
Main street, has just closed mat
ters with C. C. Parmele, whereby
he iiys over the sum of $1,500,
which had been collected by the
committee, and also take up the
mortgage which was placed on the
building at the time of its pur
chase by t he committee. The com
mittee will return the subscrip
tions lo those who have paid over
I heir money as soon as they are
present ed, and the matter closed.
II is a source of much regret thut
the building could not be made
into a Y. M. C. A., as it would
have proven of much benefit lo
the cily and the young men, but
the committee was not offered
sufficient encouragement to carry
the matter further, so disposed of
it lo Mr. Parmele.
Al HE PARMELE
"The Divorce Question," a Play
That Should Be Seen by All
Both Old and Young.
Gaskill & MacYilty will produce
William Anthony McCuire's stif
ling play, "The Divorce Ques
tion," which ran 107 perform,
ance-s al the McYickers' I beater in
Chi-ago, receiving the ununiim us
..upport alike of press, public a: d
i!i igy. 'The theme of the play .is
an argument against divorce, 'he
main idea being that ihe next gen.
ration must be considered in laws
enacted by the present general ion,
hiking the stand thut the purpose
of marriage in the promulgation
of humanity by Ihe, production of
children and the definite and 1111
rel'iiled idea contained is I hat
every child has a right to its par
ents.
The si ory of Ihe play shows
I hat pathetic pliuse of life where
in marriage has been adopted as
the legitimate means of adultery,
and wherein two children are
sacrillced lo the selfishness of Ihe
new moral code. The degradation
to which the homeless children
fall, the horrible agony of the
homeless, parentless girl who be
comesthe victim of while slavery
and who cannot be received later
into the home of her parents be
cause of their .subsequent mar
riage and children. This condi
tion is only equalled by the wild
grief of the boy, who has become
addicted to morphine in order to
drown cognizance of a terrible ex
istence. The depths to yvbich these poor
children have fullen seems more
terrible when the priest produces
statistics to show that they are
but I wo of a million and a half of
such cases brought about by di
vorce. The remorse of the par
enls upon seeing the result of
their actions also becomes pitiful,
but I heir selllsh ideas of life pre
vent them from undoing what they
have done, until, when almost loo
hie, they see the enormity of
their offense and through the ef
forts of the priest strive to save
the remnants of their flesh and
blood. See Iru's -great play at the
Parmele theater Wednesday night,
January 2U.
Moves to Coleridge.
Mrs. O. Y. Yirgiu came up this
morning from Murray and depart
ed on No. 15 for Coleridge, Neb.,
where they will make their future
home. Mr. Yirpin left a few days
ago for that place, tr.king with
him the household goods and live
slock. We are sorry lo see these
worthy people leave Cuss counly,
hut extend to them Ihe best wishes
for their happiness and prosperity
in I heir new home.
After a hearty meal, lake Dunn's
Itegulets and assist your stomach,
liver and bowels. Regulets are a
mild laxative. 25c at all stores.
fiEXT
Entertains Social Workers.
The pretty home of Mr. and
Mrs ; J. M. Leyda was the scene
of a most enjoyable occasion
yesterday afternoon, when Mrs.
Leyda very pleasantly entertained
Ihe fecial Workers of the M. K.
church. One of the features of the
afternoon was the regular busi
ness session, after which the
ladies indulged in social con
versation, stitching on dainty
fancy work, theso diversions be
ing interspersed with music. At
the proper time tho hostess served
a most delicious luncheon.
TWO FARM RESIDENCES
DESTROYED BY FIRE
From Friday's Dally.
Fire this morning destroyed the
house on the farm of J. R. C.
Gregory, south of Cedar Creek,
burning the structure to the
ground. The house was occupied
by L. C. Murray and family, who
vcre absent from home at Ihe time
of thf tire and the cause of the fire
is unknown. The house yvas in
sured, but the household goods of
Mr. Murray were a complete loss,
which will prove a very severe
blow to him and his family, who
will receive the most sincere sym
pathy of Ihe entire coninninily in
their loss. The farm was for
merly owned by J (din MeNurlin of
this cilv.
The residence of Clyde Fuller,
near the old fair grounds, south
of this city, was destroyed Ibis
morning by tire, and despite all
I hat could be done the sfruclure
was burned to the ground. The
house and contents were insured
for pari, of their value. This
property is known as Ihe Roman
place and was purchased some
lime ago by Mr. Fuller, through A.
J. Tr'li-ty, the real estate man. The
cause of the lire is unknown, and
as the house was situated outside
of Ihe tire limits it was impossible
to cheek the spread of Ihe Haines.
IN OMAHA ON FEBRUARY 2
From Friday's Dally.
The Omaha Daily News of last
evening had the following to say
of Miss Alice Dovcy, who is to ap
pear in Omaha shortly:
"Miss Alice Dovcy will be seen
again on an Omahu stage when
'The Pink Lady' comes to the
Brandeis 011 February 2. Miss
Dovcy and her sister, Fthel Dovcy,
are from Plattsmoulh and the ap
pearance of one of them in this
city is always the signal for .i
big ovation for the Nebraska girl.
Miss Alice Dovcy has one of the
h ading roles in the original pro
duction of 'The Pink Lady,' which
is headed by the creator of the
name part, Hazel Dawn. The piece
was in Omuha a year a;.o, but with
a different cast."
Delightful Social Meeting. .
From Friday's Dally.
The Ladies' Aid society of St.
Paul's church held their regular
social meeting yesterday after
noon and yvere entertained in a
most delightful manner at t Ii 0
pleasant home of Mrs. Auguste
Marlens. There was a large num
ber in attendance, and as these
occasions are purely of a social
nature, the entire afternoon was
whiled away in various games,
social conversation and Ihe like.
The hostess .served some excellent
cofTee and coffee cake, which was
likewise most thoroughly enjoyed
by the large number of guests.
About 5:30 Ihe large company dis
persed, voting Mrs. Marlens a fine
entertainer and extending to her
(heir warmest thanks for her kind
hospitality.
County Treasurers to Meet.
The program for the meeting of
Ihe County Treasurer's associa
tion of the stale, has just boen is
sued, and Ihe name of County
Treasurer W. K. Fox appears on
the list, of speakers. He will re
late some, of his experiences in
the discharge of Ihe duties of that
office. The meetings will bo held
in Lincoln, starling January 28,
and continuing until the .'lOlli.
MISS NORA LIVINGSTON
COMMENDED FOR HER WORK
From Friday's Pnily.
, Miss Nora Livingston is in re
ceipt of the following letter from
the president of Ihe Massachu
setts Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals and the Ameri
can Humane Education Society,
in acknowledgement of receipt of
$0, which the Band of Mercy so
ciety of this cily sent recently.
This Angell Memorial is to bo a
hospital for dumb animals:
Boston, January 21, 1913.
Miss Nora Livingston, President,
Plattsniouth, Neb.
My Dear Friend I am delight
ed at the receipt of your letter,
with its enclosure of six dollars
from the Nora Livings! 011 Band of
Mercy, a contribution to the An
gell Memorial fund. It strikes mo
as a very beautiful thing that your
Hand so far away should make
this handsome gift.
I can appreciate something of
the pains that must have been
taken to secure so generous an
amount and I want to express to
you our very hearty appreciation
of it. If (here is anything I can
do to aid you in your work, do not
hesitate to call upon me. Willi
very kind regards and best wishes
to you and the members of the
Band, I am, sincerely yours,
Frances II. Rowley,
President.
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A Former Cass County Citizen
Turns Scientist and Inventor
in California
From Saturday's Dallv.
The Journal is in receipt of a
copy of the Los Angeles Tribune,
telling of wonderful inventions
of a man well known lo many per
sons in this seel ion of the county,
W. C. Cutler of Sawlclle, Cali
fornia, and the discoveries be has
made concerning the use of his
wonderful lank promises to make
a revolution in Ihe price of beat
and light on the Pacille coast, and
when his invention has become
generally used will make a greul
change in the price of these ar
ticles to Ihe consumer, as well as
that of ice, as the tank will also
turn out freezing liquids, as well
as the heat and light. The article
is as follows:
To catch all the natural gas
from a great oil well, chill it with
an ice machine, change it into
rhigolene and oilier extremely
valuable liquids far colder than
ice, and then discarding the ice
machine, use these same liquids
to chill the rest of the gas and
make more liquids, sounds like a
perpetual motion machine story.
Yet Ihis is practically what a Los
Angeles invenlor and scientist is
doing with his new plant at Olinda
Ibis week. It is the Ilrst strictly
refrigerating plant for the reduc
tion of gasoline from natural gas
ever established in Ihe world, as
far as known.
One billion cubic feet of nal
lural gas, equal in heat and power
(o one billion bushels of coal, is
lost daily from the oil wells of
America. The gas escapes into
the air, in spile of man's efforts
to catch it. This is history, an
cient, history. Let us turn a new
page, a page being writ ten here
in Los Angeles, a page of history
which must interest people all
over the world no matter
w ind her or not they care the snap
of their fingers about oil and gas.
W. C. Culler of Savvtclle, scien
tist, inventor and hard worker,
has a way lo catch Ibis gas which
is proving niarvelously successful
successful, and last yveek he put
in operation the plant at Olinda
whereby he saves all the contents
of the previous gas.' The plant is
working now. Its success may
affect (lie oil industry of tho en
tire world It may mako poor oil
wells profitable, enrich these in
terested in good working wells,
greatly extend the uso of oil and
ils products all over the world
and cheapen the cost of oil prod
WORLD
ucts and heat, light, power and
refrigeration to the general pub
lic. By cheapening the now precious
products such as rhigolene, cyino
gene and melthame, with a boiling
point 250 degrees below zero,
Fahrenheit, some extraordinary
feats may be accomplished iu
household economy, to the delight
of the housewife.
With a single tank of one of'
these products of gas, she will
be able:
First, to cool her ice box.
Second, run the gas through a
pipe and thereby light the house.
Third, heat the house.
Fourth, do her cooking in the
kitchen.
Various burners and appliances
will enable her to easily secure
all these benellts from one single
tank of rhigolene. When the tank
is exhausted, it can be replaced by
the company,-and tho empty tank
removed like a gasolene can.
A supply of the gas product
could be utilized in an olllce
building lo perform all the func
tions of coal or oil as a sourca of
power, including the running of
elevators, beating or chilling the
drinking water and healing and
lighting Ihe building from top t,o
bottom.
Culler's method, in brief, is o
chill Ihe gas as it escapes from
Ihe oil well, and thus obtain all
its valuable products. First he
caps the well completely; then by
the natural pressure of the gas
from the well il Hows through a
pipe to a number id' containers.
F.ach container is of a different,
temperature, gradually yelling
lower.
For example, the Ilrst lank may
be 15 degrees below zero, Fahren
heit , Ihe second, 25 deegrees be
low, and so on. In Ihe Ilrst link
will be precipitated the Ilrst prod
ucl ; Ihe second will gel the next
product, about a do per cent
graviiy gasoline:, the third, u. 70
per cent gravity: the next, an HO
per cent vrade. n id o forth, until,
rhigolene, cymogiiie, matbene and
other extremely valuable products
are obtained. Rhigolene is worth
about $5 a gallon.
The Cut ler plant has a daily ca
pacity of 50,0(11) cubic feet, of .-as,
which il, gels direct from an oil
well The uas is chilled bv eon-
!,ainers supplied by the six-ion
ice making machine. The pl.tnt, is
not large, but is sullicicnlly ex
tensive to prove or disprove the
claims of the inventor.
Culler is an old scientist, lie
is found work in bis garden: has
laught his pel rooster how lo
crow when spoken to; has seed
less raspberries and blackberries
and grapes from Algiers in
nourishing condition. lie has
not a college education, although
he would like one, hut, be reads
deeply and persistent ly, and his
questions fall on the ear as fast,
as the hoofs of a horse at a sharp
Irof. He is married and has a
pretty home and five-acre Iract at
Sawlclle. He helped lay on! the
town-site years ago.
ASKS FOR DIVORCE AND RE-
F MAIDEN NAME
A suit for divorce, entitled Lisa
Wood vs. John B. Wood, was tiled
in tho office of the district clerk
today. The petition slates' the
parties were married in Omaha,
Neb., April 20, l!)(K, and that on
November 23, I'M)!), the defendant
descried Ihe plaint ill' at Centor
ville, Iowa, and has failed to sup
port. Ihe plaintiff and their child,
aged about 3 years, and she asks
absolute divorce from the de
fendant, Ihe custody of their child
and the restoration of her maiden
name, FJsa Slreitweiser.
Condition Grows Worse.
The condition of "Uncle" Billy
O'Brien, who was stricken with
apoplexy several days ago, con
tinues to grow worse and he is
gradually sinking into his long
rest. Be is at, ihe home of bis
niece, Mrs. William Morley, who
has taken care of him for several
years. His sickness will be a mat
ter of deep regret to his many
friends throughout the county,
who have known and respected
Mr. O'Brien during the many
years he has resided in this
county.