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onto outnal VOL. XXXIII. PLATTSWIOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1914. NO. 73. Neb State Historical 8oc y go ii SIGNERS ACCEPT THEJEW JAIL Sheriff Quinton Will Movo Into Quarters as Soon as Possible to Look After Prisoners. The board of county commis sioners at their .e--ii.n h i e this v : accept .-il I f i - new u i r 1 1 jail from the .ii ' rat or and i! will li'.'W ie !l-ed i'V the County to quarter the j. i i-o!.-rs in. Slo-rilY C. D. Juintoii will i.h e into the dwelling portion if the i m i i I 1 i n a so. mi as possible in older to get -ettle.l before the Cold Wealller The building will lo- found to be ample in every way to can' for the prisoners, and d.) away with the need of having to -end dang erous pi i i .!).'( s (,ut of the county for safekeeping as ha- been nec essary several times in th- pa-t. This is an improvement tliat should hae been made years ago and would hae saved a meat deal of money to the taxpayers of the county. The arrangement of the jail will permit the sheriff or jaihr to have eon-taut supervjs ion oer the pii-neis at all firms and make i; impossible for flo-m to attempt an o-e.np' from the structure and the new build in 'jr compo-ed as it is of -tee!, con. -rede and brick will make digging out of it impossible. In the obi jail there was always a treat m:iny of (he bricks out of the wall where different per-op,-routined had attempted to iir out and several eam. very near mak ing their L'ttawav being stopped or Iv at the p. lint of a gun. There will however 1"' nothing doing in tha: line in the new -truoiure. MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CENTRAL COMMIT TEE AT ELMWOOD The democratic county central t-ouimiltee met Saturday at Flm w I and a large attendance i- re ported at the -e-iou at which the greatest of enibu-ia-m prevailed and the meeting was taken up in the di-cii--i'n of the plan- for the opening of the campaign. The Meeting wa- pre-ided over by 1.. F. l.ari-hoit. chairman of fhe committee and the members as well a the candidate- present dis-cu--e.l at length th.' arrange- 1 1 : I! t - for the blltle of the ballot- lie November. Tile optomi-- tic spirit that prevailed at the meeting -hvvs that the i.'in oera'io h-fs are feeling eon lident of making a winning this fall at the poll-. Performs Heroic Deed. I.a-t evening about f:30. York, the barber, performed a very heroic act at his barber shop when he rn-hed out into the street bearing a waste paper basket that was all ablaze and hurled it out where it could do no damage. It seems that a match was thrown into the basket by someone in the -hop and in a few minutes the blaze began to bur-t worth, but luckiy was discovered at onre by Mr. Yoik who da-he,i out with it. There was no damage fo any pro perty by the blaze but for a time it was feared the Mowing imperial of the genial gentbman had been scorched by the fire. Mrs. J. V. Kjrer.bercrer and Mrs. I ii, Eprenberirer were amonsr the passengers this morninsr fr Om aha, where they will vi-it for the day in that city looking after some matters of bu-iness. J. C. Martin, the electrician, de parted this afternoon for Omaha where he proe to look after se curing supplies for his company. Blank books of all kinds at the Journal office. Two Inebriates Sent Up. This morning Henry Meyer and I.ni Davis of Louisville, wt-rn brought in tn face the county board f insanity on the charge f being inebriates an. I addicted fo the fXi'fs-ivH us of liquor. Af ter hearihg the evidence offered the board decide,! that the two men were lit patient jjH sont to Lincoln fur treatment at the state hospital in ttiat city. BAPTISING NEAR THE BURLINGTON BRIDGE ON THE IOWA SIDE SUNDAY ( n la-t Sunday afternoon there was a -cene of much interest enacted on the banks f the Mis souri river near the Burlington bridge, when the rite of bapti-ni was given to two members of the congregation of the I'libm church ju-t ea-t of the ferry landing on the Iowa side of the river. There were -oiue two bundl ed persons u, attendance at the baptism which wa- hehl in the river as the can didates were immersed in the waters of that stream in keeping with Sin belief of the church. Rev. I'. 'ulton conducted the services at the river, being a--i-led bv a num ber f other mini-tei's. There were a largo number of outsiders at tracted to She -pot by the cere mony and the occasion was one of the most interest inir of its kind that has been hehl for some time along the banks of the river, al though several years ago the cuustom of baptism in waters of the river was quite common. The congregation at the church across the river is quite a large no and .-evoral parties, residing on the Nebraska side of the river go there each Sunday for worship. LARGE BARN NEAR LOUISVILLE STRUCK BY LIGUTNING AND BURNED From Tupsilay's Iai!r. Yesterday morning' the large barn on the farm of Charles N'oyes near Louisville was discovered about 3 o'clock to be wrapped in Hames which were raging in ter ure. which was burned to the around, will be juite heavy ami amount to several thousand dol lars. Some 2.mu bushel- of oats, a new bii!-"ry ami watrnii. and a lar-'e amount of wheat was swept away by the tlaines, which it was impossible to check. There were several head'f horse- in the barn that were saved by heroic work on the part of the members of the family and the help on the farm, and removed from the burning barn. The fire was caused by tin- barn beinir struck by litrhtnincr durimr a storm that was raiiinir at the time. The loss will be se vere on Mr. N'oyes. and his friends throughout the county will retrret t reat ly to learn of his misfortune. It is understood that the structure was partially insured, but it will not near cover the loss caused bv the lire. Returns From Sister's Funeral From Tuesday's Harry. It. Ii. Imnniher returned homo this morning n No. 1 from Chi cago where he was called Friday by the death of his sister, Mrs. 1). (. F.vans in that city. The funeral of Mrs. F.vans occurred at the St. Pius Catholic church in Chicago Monday, and the interment was made in the Mt. Carmel cemetery there. Mrs. Fvans on Tuesday stepped on a tack which was lying on the tloor of one of the rooms of her borne and the next flay her foot was in such shape as to make if necessary to call a physician, but despite all that could be dune she rapidly grew worse until her death on Friday morning at an early hour. I have for sale several small improved acre tracts adjoining Platt.-mouth. T. II. Pollock, Tel 215. 9-3-2twkly GRAND DISPLAY OF FALL RiLII ERYJOODS One of the Largest and Most Handsome Display of Crea tions in Millinery. The millinery e-'ablishmenf of Mrs. Km ma leae on North Sixth -treet has be.-n reiitled and equipped in the Hlo-t Up to date manner to accomodate the birure and hand-ome stock of fall and winter millinerv that will be thrown open for the in-peciion oft the public on September 11th audi I'tli. The old show ca-es have I l.-i'ii removed from the store and in their place handsome wall cases t hat are obsolutely dust proof will be used for the displac ing of the latest creation in the millinery art. The large sliding gl;s- doors gives easy access to the hat- ami allows their beaulv to be fully -hown to he pros pective purchaser with much more satisfaction than under the old :u-i-a ngemen ! s. The -lock se cured this fall by Mrs. pea-e i one of tin- liue-t that has ever been shown in this cjty in the pa-t few vear s and the market -of the large cities have been thoroughly searched in order thai the pattons of the s(,,re ;lmj (,e ladies of IMatlsiuouth miuht find here anv thing that they could possibly desire. The line of exclusive pattern hats both for street and dress will -satisfy the mo- discriminat ing tastes and make it unne es sary to go elsowhere to have their wants supplied. Another new feature of the -tore that will be very much appreciated by the ladies is the hair dressing and manicure parlors that will be operated by Miss P.onge of Omaha who will have full charge of this line of work and whose reputa tion as an arti-t in this line of work is well establi-hed. The latest electrical devices for hair dres-ing and manicuring will be u-ed in the new department of the store and the ladies of Platts mouth can rest a-surred that they will be given the best of ser vice. The opening on Friday and Saturday of this week will be an event long to be remeinle-reil in this lily and the ladies will do Wi 11 to be on hand to inspect the e.uisjte line of millinery shown beloff jt has been picked over. ATHLETIC BALL TEAM PLAYED AT NEHAWKA SUNDAY AFTERNOGN The base ball team representing N'ehawka on Sunday tried out is sues with the Athletic base ball team of this city with the result that was quite close between I he rival organizations. but the Athletics were unable to put over the winning r un anil were defeated by the scor e of to to '.) as I hey re port. The boys from this ci!y motored down to our neighhbor ing town to engage the enemy and the gnine was one pleasing to both sides although there was some complaint on the umpiring as some of the Athletics are of the opinion that they were given the worst of the deal in several de cisions of the gentleman with the indicator. The game however was n disgrace to the boys from this city as they played good ball throughout. The Athletics are getting to be a fast organization and with a little more experience will be able to make any of the young teams sit up and take notice. George A. KafTenberger depart ed this morning on the early Tiurlington train for Omaha, where he was called on some bus iness matters on the slock exchange. Getting Along Nicely. Mrs. J. M. Young who has been sick for the pas; several weeks was taken to Kirkville, Mo, recently and last Saturday morn ing underwent an operation. Cards have been received by relatives and friends in the cily from her son. Dr. V. W. Palmer of that city, -fating that the operation was successful and that Mrs. Young had withstood the ordeal splendidly and was f. elini: good. Ib-r many friend- in this city will be pleased to learn of this and trust that it will !e buf a short time when she will be able to be in their- mid-t a'-ain. MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY The republican county commit tee at their meeting at Murdock i la-t Friday le-uan t he preparat ions for the opening of the campaign which they will wag.- with vigor. The Committee selected 1 1 K. V. Cook of plat t sinoiit h a chairman. ir. O. K. I. osier of Flmwood. as -eeretary. ami Fred M.nMiehau of F.agie as tr-ea-urer id" the commit tee. A;i executive committee con sisting of c. K. Tet ll. .John Adams. C. K. N'oyes. John liea-oner and Winifred Swan was named and Ih.y will assist in the work of the campaign and lend their advice to the direction of the republican line of battle. These gentb-men select ed ale all good capable men and will give the republicans of the county a good hunch of organizer- o fake up the work of the campaign this year. The commit tee i- meeting today in this city and will probably take -me action in regard to the fill ing of the vacancy on their ticket caused by the withdrawal of County Attorney C. 11. Tabr as a candidate for re-eU-rtion. F.x county .Tudge ,J. F.. IoiigIass and Attorney A. !. Cole of this city are the candidates mentioned for I he position, and as far as known here are no ot her of the republi can attorneys of the county who de-ire to enter the lists for this ofiice. PLEASANT SURPRISE TO MISS VIOLA BECKER ON HER TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY Friday evening, a large crowd of young people gathered at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. W ill Hooker and tendered their daughter, .Mis- Viola, a very pleasant surprise,. The occasion was in honor- of h r 'tth birthday anniversary and the guests in formed th." victim that they had come to assist her in celebrating tier birthday anniversary in the proper manner. The pleasant sur prise had been planned hy Miss Viola's cousin. Mr. Harry Horn and was a most complete surprise as Miss'VioIa did not learn of any of the plans. Miss Viola was taken to she city, under the pretense of enjoying a car r ide in the auto owned by Mr. Yv II. Wehrbein while he crowd gathered at her home, returning about 1::0. iSreat was (ho surprise of the young lady fo find her homo filled with a laughingg throng. She soon re covered from her confusion how ever and went forth to greet all present, and to receive many pleasing-and attractive presents, which will be constant reminders of the the delight ful occasion. The evening was spent in playing mnnv games on the large lawn of the Becker home. Late in the even ing, as a lilting climax, came a most appetizing and refreshing luncheon, which was slighted by none. Those assisting" Mrs. Hooker in serving wore Mrs. II. Horn. Mrs. Charles peacock, Mrs. Y. H. Wehrbein. Mrs. H. K. Itecker and Mrs. Phil. Becker. At a very late hour the gutsts, who num late hour the guests, who mim ing the young lady thus highly honored, they had had the time of their lives and begged to help cele brate many other like occasions. ENTS CON NECTED WITH THE A Letter From a Former Platts mouth Lady, Who With Her Husband Were in France. A very interesting letter con cerning the Kut'opean war has just been received in this city by Mrs. Ketilia K. Burton from her M ien, . Mrs. Kva Belville, of Knox- ville. Iowa, formerlv Miss Kva shcrmaii of this city, a daughter f C. ". shermau. at. one time editor- and publisher of the Plafts moii'.h Journal. Mr. and .Mrs. Belville were in France at the outbreak of the war with C-ermany enjoying taking in the sights of the great French apital, but as -..on as the first reports ot the trouble reached Paris the troubles of the tourists egan. The Belvilb'"s at once be gin to make preparations to leave he capital, but before they wore tide to get away had a groat uariy exciting and thrilling' ex periences as everyone in that city from Ihe Fnitod Stales was anxious to teach home as soon as possible. They were most fortun ate in securing' passage on the ;;r-f -teanier leaving fop the J'niled States. They were sent to Havre. France, where they board ed the -Chicago'' o!t August Sth. but were held in port there for a week awaiting a time when it would be safe to allow them to b-ave por t as there was great fear of ihe Cerman war vessels (hat might be lying- in wait for the shipping from the French ports. The voyage across the Atlantic required ten days and Mrs. Bel ville states they were delighted when fhe shores of the United States swept into view, ami the lowering statute of Liberty told th-em they were safe again in their native hind. They expect to make a lour of the east in the next few months. While on. shipboard in Havre awaiting departure for the Fnitod States the members of the party on board gave a concert for the benefit of the Re,l Cross society of France to assist in car ing for the wounded from the ef fects of fhe war. Some $300 was realized from the efforts of the passengers which is good consid ering that nio-t of the travelers were nearly all "broke" as a re sult of their failure to secure the cashing- of their travelers checks and id her assets by the French banks. Taken to Omaha for Operation. This morning Ilev. F. M. Drulinor and son Tracy were pas sengers for Omaha, where Tracy will enter Immanuel hospital to undergo an operation for appen dicitis, from which he has been su!V-; i-ig for the past few weeks. It was thought at first that it might bo possible to avoid an operation, but file young man suf fered a severe attack last night, and it was decided that an opera tion at this time was the best possible move. This afternoon a message was received from the hospital in Omaha summoning the mother' of the boy to Omaha as the surgeons at the hospital were doubtful of his recovery from the attack of appendicitis as the case had reached a very acute stage and but little hopes for his recover was entertained. It was not decided whether to atempt an operation or not. Mrs. F. M. Drulinor was a pas senger this afternoon for Omaha whore she goes to be at the bed side of her son Tracy, who is to be operated on for appendicitis today. Mrs. P. Hawksworth was a pas senger this morning for Lincoln, where she goes to visit for a short time with her relatives in that city. INGID EUROPEAN V A Visiting in Ohio. The Journal has just received a copy of the Manchester, Ohio, Signal, from our old friend John Brady who in company with hi wife is visiting there as the guest of their old friends in their child hood home. The Signal is a very neat appearing paper, published in this city of some 2.000 inhabit ants. Mr. Brady and wife have not visited here in Ohio for some years and are enjoying to the ut most the visit there with the old friends. EMPLOYES OF THE OLESON PHOTOGRAPH COM PANY ENJOY PICNIG Quite a pleasant picnic party was enjoyed Sunday aiiernoon on the banks of the Old Missouri river near the Burlington bridge w hen a number of the former em ployes of the Olson Photograph company gathered there to spend a few hours in renewing old limes. The party came well pro vided with a very tempting lunch which at a suitable hour was part- taken of with delight by the jolly crowd whoso appetites were whetted by their exercise in the bracing river breezes. The party amused themselves with games and in riding out upon the river in the "Viking" the large gasoline launch of Captain Paul Wohlfarth which proved one of fhe delightful features of the picnic party. It was a late hour when the party came homeward feeling that the picnic was one of the most plea rnt events they had ever enjoy ed, and the renewal of old times had been a pleasure to all who were present. Those who were in the par ty wore: Mr. and Mrs. L. I. lliatt, Murray. Misses Nettie and Jessie Moore, Theresa Kelley, Anna Wohlfarth, Clara Wohl farth, Messers Lee McCarthy, Frank Downey, Paul Wohlfarth. JOHN F. WEHRBEIN GETS A JUDGMENT IN COUNTY COURT FOR S795.00 The case of John F. Wehrbein vs. Fred Hirz and Orville Kintz, which had occupied a great deal of the time of the county court for two days last week, has been decided by the court. The plain tiff asked the sum of . 1,000 far the damages caused by the burn ing of the frame garage on his farm west of the city, which he claimed was caused by the negli-. gence of the defendants. The court has held that the plaintiff is entitled to damages in the sum of 795, which is considered to cover the full amount of loss. It is hot known whether or not the defendants will appeal the case to the district court for trial. Rawls and Robertson appeared in the case for Mr. Wehrbein while Messrs Hirz and Kintz was repre sented by Matthew Goring. The case was quite hotly contested by the attorneys and attracted a great deal of attention from the general public, as all the parties to the suit are well known in this section of the county. Is Married at Lincoln. Among the marriage licenses issued in Lincoln yesterday ap pears the name of a Cass county young lady, Miss Lula Opp, of N'e hawka, who was married in that city to William Black of Nebras ka City. Miss Opp is quite well known in the southern part of this county where she has made her home for several years. Mrs. O. C. Dover and daughter. Hiss Claire were passengers this morning for Omaha where they go to visit for the day in that city vvith friends. Mrs. M. McColI was among those going to the metropolis this morning, where she will visit for the day with friends. THE BASE BALL TOUR NAMENT WILL BE SURE THING NEXT WEEK From Wednesday's Dally. The base ball meeting last evening at the Orand theatre was attended by a fair sized crowd of the base ball enthusiasts of the city to talk over the plans of holding the tournament here next week. C. S. Johnson who was ele cted as president of the associa tion at the last meeting announc ed that he could not po.-sjbly ac cept the position and after ex pressing' regret that he could not take the position of president, the persons present elected Ouy D. McMaken to the office, to super vise the work of getting the tournament under way. A com mittee was also arranged for that will go over Ihe city and sell the tickets for the series of the tournament, and on which the purchasers will realize whatever profit is made on the games. This is the manner in which the for mer tournament was carried on and from which the ticket pur chasers realized a neat sum arid the receipts lacked very little of paying out on the investment. Every possible encouragement should be given to the promoters of the tournament, and all who can afford should make it a point to purchase a sesou ticket to the tournment and boost the good cause along. The games will be so arranged as to make it easy to attend thorn and there is no rea son in the world why it cannot be made a big success. The seeretary of the tournament is getting in touch with the managers throughout the county to secure dates for Ihe teams to appear here. FUNERAL OF MBS. L C. ANDERSON Oil SUNDAY AFTERNOON The funeral of Mrs. L. C. An derson was held Sunday afternoon from her late home on South Kighth street, and was attended by a very large number of the old friends and neighbors who gath ered to pay tribute to this worthy lady who for so many years had been an old and valued friend and neighbor. The service was cun of the First Presbyterian church who, in a short sermon gave words of comfort to the sorrow-stricken children and friends gathered at the home. The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful and attested the feeling of the friends who had known Mrs. Anderson for so many years. The Daughters of Rebekah of which the departed l,ady had been a most faithful member during her lifetime were present in a body at the funeral and accompanied the cortage to Oak Hill cemetery where the inter ment was made beside the hus band who had proceeded his wife in death some three years before. The sympathy of the entire corri munity goes to the four daughters in their loss of a kind and loving mother, and the hopes of the meeting in the future where partings shall be n more will sustain them in their hour of grief. 4 Deutsche und Oesterreicher Helft den Zurueckgeblieben-, en unserer ins Schlachtfeld gezogenen Krieger. fJaben koennen an in den Oeschae ftshausern unserer Land sleule gezeichnet werden. Eine 2. Massen-Versamm-lung wird am Sonntag den 20. Sept. jiachmitlags 3 Uhr im deutschen Hause abge halten. 4 l..T..:..H..I..:..I..T..I..T..T..I..T..T..:..Il.T. Watch our windows lop the standing of the piano contest ants. H. M. Soennichsen.