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VOL. XXXIII.
PLATTSWIOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1914.
NO. 73.
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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.