Neb talc Historical Soc
month
journal
VOL. XXXIII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1915.
NO.
Mum
THE MNLEY
ELEVATOR CASE IN
DISTRICT COURT
Fuit Over Grain Stored at Keckler
Elevator at Manley Involves a
Large Sum of Money.
rrnm Tuesday's Daily.
The time of the district court was
occupied yesterday with the hearing
of the case of James L. Wiles vs.
Solomon C. Keckler, in which the
I laintiff seeks a judgment for $5,
SO4.05, which it is alleged is due for
grain which had be"n stoitd in the
elevator of the plaintiff vt Manley,
from July, 1913, to January 5, 1914,
at which time the elevator v as burn
ed down.
In his petition the plaintilf alleges
that during the month of July, 1913,
he had 1,1 09 bushels of wheat stored
in the elevator with an oral ajTreemcn
with the defendant tha1; the grain was
to remain until the plaintiif should de
cide to sell it, and thai the following
parties had grain stored there under
a similar agreement: Mark K. Wiles,
L.200 bushels of wheat, and in August
250 bushels of oats and in November
150 bushels of corn; Monroe Wiles, in
August and November, 731 bushels of
oats and ir8 bushels of corn; Key E.
Wiles had in July, 1913, 925 bushels
of wheat in the elevator; Iaac Wiles
had in July,' 1913, 2V: bushels of
wheat in the elevator; Tlumas L.
Wiles, 4S8 bushels of wheat and 1.095
1 ushels of oats; James M. Te-arden,
500 bushels of corn; D. D. Brann, 75
bushels of oats; C. H. Lau, 013 bush
els of wheat;. Orin Schliefert, 540
bushels of wheat, and in November,
R. D. O'Brien, 200 bushels of corn.
During this time and up to January
5, 1914, the plaintiff nor any of the
parties named had ordered the grain
sold or removed. It is also alleged
that subsequent to the storing of said
grain and prior to January 5, 1911,
the grainAvas sold by defendant.
The amounts due to the tiifferent
Xarties as named by the plair.titT are
as follows: James L. Wiles. .i-CO.TS;
Mark E. Wiles, SS27.50; Monroe
Wiles, $351.70; Roy E. Wiles, J-.fc",;
Isaac Wiles, S271.50; Thomas L.
Wiles. $749.25; James M. Teegar.ien.
$.Wi; D. D. Brown, 520.25; Charles H.
Lau, $452; Orin Schleifert, .$179.35,
5 nd R. D. O'Brien, $170. The plain
tiff further states that he has pur
chased the interest and claims of
these parties in the suit and is now
the owner of the claims against th?
tic fendant.
The defense contends that the grain
was in the elevator and was destroyed
in the fire on the 5th of January, 191 1,
and had been kept in the elevator
without charge to the parties named
In the suit.
The matter has attracted u great
deal of attention in the vicinity of
Manley, where all the parties are very
prominent, and a large number front
that locality were present to hear the
case, which was quite hotly contested
by both the plaintiff and the defend
ant. C. A. Rawls appears for ihe
plaintiff and Matthew Gering for the
defendant.
REV. HALLOWELL HAS
JUST CLOSED SUCCESSFUL
REVIVAL AT BRUSH CREEK
From Tuesday's DaTy.
A letter has just been received here
by friends from Rev. A. G. Ilo'.lowell,
former pastor of the Christian church
in this city, in which he states that
be had just concluded a most success
ful series of .meetings at Battle
Creek, Nebraska, wkh the best of re
sults for his church, and as a result
of his work there has been extended a
call to that place to take charge of
the Christian church in that city, and
has the offer under consideration, but
'oes not know as yet whether he will
recept or not. He is at present visit
ing in Brush, Colorado, as the guest
cf several old friends whom he met
while in church work in Kansas, and
is enjoying the visit immensely.
Subscribe for the JournaL
Front Looks Fine.
From Tuesday's raIJy.
This morning the covering that has
hidden the new front of the building
that is to be occupied by Mrs. O. P,
Monroe with her furniture and fur
nishings stock was removed and the
new front adds considerably to the ap
pearance of that section of the city
The carpenter work on the front has
been done by Tom Isner, the con
tractor, and the fancy brick work by
Emil Walters, and is a splendid job
as well as a fine addition to the busi
ness section of the city.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF
A FORMER PLATTSMOUTH
LADY IN OMAHA MONDAY
From Tuesday' Dally.
The following taken from the Oma
ha Bee of this morning will be of
much interest here, as it relates to
the attempted suicide of Mrs. Bert
McKinney, who made her home in this
city for several years prior to her
marriage, and the news of the un
fortunate circumstances of the fam
ily that led the wife and mother to
r.ttempt to end her life will cause a
profound feeling of grief. The situa
tion of the unfortunate family seems
to have aroused a great deal of sym
pathy, as the story from the me
tropolis shows has touched the more
liberal citizens, who have added ma
terial aid to the family:
Ben Franklin, wealthy St. Louis
horse buyer and well known in the
South Omaha market, read the story
published in Monday's Bee about Mrs.
Pert - McKinney, 2221 California
street, who tried suicide because her
laborer-husband could not earn
enough to keep herself and two small
children from want. Last night, ac
companied by Manager M. M. Thiese
of the Millard hotel, he went to the
hovel the McKinneys call a home and
turned $30 over to them.
Most of this sum was raised in
South Omaha among the stockmen at
the solicitation of Mr. Franklin, who
headed the subscription, list with $10.
McKinney had been working at
hard labor every day he could get
work, trying to support his wife and
heir two children, aged 6 months
and 6 years, respectively. His wife's
liness took most of his money, for
medicines and physician's care, and
their surroundings as a result were
most pitiful. Sunday night Mrs. Mc
Kinney tried to give up the fight by
swallowing poison. She will recover.
"God knows I need money," cried
McKinney, when it was handed to
him, "but I'm not asking charity. All
I ask is a chance for my babies."
"Never mind, old man, we know
you're not asking charity," answered
Franklin. "We know you've had a
ard tussle for life without asking for
help, and we just want you to take
this as a little encouragement to keep
up the fight."
DEATH OF WAYNE HOB-
SON, SON OF MR. AND
MRS. J. W. HOBSON
From Tuesday' Tn.
The funeral of Wayne, the 14-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hobson,
was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the late home and the services
were conducted by Rev. F. M. Dru-
iner of the Methodist church and
were attended by quite a large num-
er of the relatives and friends. The
death of the lad was quite sudden, as
his being taken down occurred Sun
dry, and from that time on he rapid
ly grew worse, suffering from
meninigitis, which affected his brain,
and after hours of suffering caused
his death. The young man was ap
parently in the best of health Satur
day and was playing ball and enjoy-
ng himself, but on returning home he
complained of not being well and
from that time on he rapidly grew
worse and many rumors were circulat
ed as to his having been given poison
ed candy, but this was without any
foundation whatever. The death of
the young man occurred yesterday
shortly before noon. In their loss the
bereaved parents have the 'deep sym
pathy of the community.
Sell your propeity by an ad in The
JournaL
EX-MAYOR. JOHN P.
SATTLER. A GOOD AND
FAITHFUL OFFICIAL
From Wednesdays Pally.
The service of John P. Sattler to
the people of Plattsmouth as their
mayor is going to be more and more
appreciated as time rolls on and the
works which were inaugurated under
his administration are put to test.
The time of his service, covering some
seven years, will be marked as being
among the most successful the city
has enjoyed for a long, long time and
greater advancement was had in all
lines during his service than at any
time in the last twenty years, and all
the time the best interests of the city
were his every thought. In the lines
of public improvements his term
covers a great period of permanent
walk and paving work that gave the
city more than any similar length of
time in the history of the town.
When taking office the city was groan
ing under a bonded indebtedness of
$199,000, yet today there is only
$168,000 to he checked up against the
city, and this through the work bf the
mayor and council in guiding the af
fairs of the city through these years
Beir.g of the common people, Mr. Sat
tler was always approachable and
courteous to all and the humblest citi
zen could approach him and be heard
with as much attention as the man of
influence and power, and his personal
attitude toward his fellow man never
changed in the least by his election to
office. He has been a good man in the
office of mayor and we trust his sue
cessor may give us as good an ad
ministration.
B. I. CLEMENTS. ADMIN
ISTRATOR. FILES SUIT
IN THE COUNTY COURT
From Wednesday's Dally.
A suit has been filed in the county
court entitled B. 1. Clements, ad
ministrator of the estate' of Henry F.
Krulle, deceased, vs. William S. Wa
ters. In his petition the plaintm
states that the defendant was the ex
ecutor of the estate of Sophia Krulle,
deceased, and all incomes of said
estate was to be paid to said Henry
F. Krulle during his lifetime. On
October 22, 1914, the plaintiff states
William S. Waters filed his final re
port in the county court of the estate
of Sophia Krulle, setting forth among
other things that he had paid to
Henry F. Krulle the sum of $094.28.
That the defendant admits that
Henry F. Krulle at once paid back
to him this sum of money, which he
now has on hand, and the plaintiff
prays that a judgment of $294.28, to
gether with interest at the rate of 7
per cent be given against said Wil-
iam S. Waters and the money paid
over to the estate of Henry F. Krullr;,
deceased. C S. Aldrich of Elmwood
appears as attorney for the plaintiff
in the action.
VERDICT RENDERED IN
' MANLEY ELEVATOR CASE
From Wednesday's DaUy.
The case of James L. Wiles vs.
Solomon C. Kreckler, which occupied
all of Monday and Tuesday in the dis
trict court was submitted to the jury
late yesterday afternoon, and the
jurors retired to their room to ar
rive at a decision, and shortly after
6 o'clock returned a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff in the sum sued for,
$5,804.05, together with interest at 7
per cent from .January 7, 1914,
amounting to $530.39. After the ar
rival at a verdict Judge Begley at
once convened court and the verdict
of the jury . was announced. The
udge left last evening for Pappillion
and will return to this city in the
morning, when the case of George W.
Snyder vs. C. Lawrence Stull will be
called before the jury. This is an
appeal from the county court, where
the plaintiff secured a judgment.
For Sale.
Good Durham Shorthorn bull, 2
years old. Inquire of J. J. Lohnes,
Mynard, Neb. 4-29-4wks-w
Indians to Come Back.
From "Wednesday's Pall v.
The Indian Motorcycle Base Bal
team will play a return engagement
here next Sunday and try to wipe out
their previous defeat by the Red Sox,
This is the team that appeared here
two weeks ago and made a most in
teresting game for the fans, and their
return is to be looked forward to with
pleasure, as they are a fine bunch of
young men and play a good clean
game of ball all the time. The In
dians were defeated here by a 1 to 0
score and a red-hot contest mayr be
looked forward to on their return en
gagement on Sunday next.
THE WOODMAN CIRCLE
ENJOY A VERY DELIGHTFUL
TIME LAST EVENING
From Wednesday's Dally
The members of the Woodman
Circle last evening enjoyed a most
delightful time at their hall in a
business and social session of the
order. At the regular session of the
lodge five candidates were received
into membership and properly induct
ed into the mysteries of the order by
the drill team under the leadership of
the captain, Mrs. M. E. Manspeaker,
and were given all the different work
ings of the order. At the close of
the business of the lodge the mem
bers were invited to the hall on the
first floor, where a most delightful
social time was enjoyed for several
hours in dancing and having a general
social time among the different mem
bers of the order and their friends,
who had been invited to participate
in the pleasures of the evening. A
most delicious luncheon was served
during the evening that served to add
greatly to the pleasure of everyone
present, and camea s a rare treat to a
most; delightful evemngTr There was
a large number in attendance at the
meeting.
BEN UINET. THE RETIR
ING CHIEF OF POLICE,
NOW 1 PRIME ClItZEN
From Tuesday's Dally.
Today marked the close of the
services of Ben Rainey as chief of
police of the city of Plattsmouth, and
that gentleman steps out of office with
the record of being the best chief of
police Plattsmouth has had in the past
ten years without a doubt. Con
ditions were such when Mr. Rainey
assumed the office that made disorder
a cemmon occurence in this city, but
since his entering the service of the
city of Plattsmouth he has changed
these conditions and today, when he
turned his office over to his succes
sor, appointed by Mayor Richey, he
eaves a city as free from disorder
and troubles that usually occur in a
town of this size, as can be found in
the broad state of Nebraska.
There is no man who can fill the
office as long and as well as Mr.
Rainey has that does not make a few-
enemies, and we want to say rignt
ere that there has never been a time
during the administration of Mr.
Rainey that the citizens of Platts
mouth have not felt that their in
terests and property were well pro
tected by the police department of the
city. ' As far as can be demanded of
any man, Ben Rainey gave a just
service to the city and all fair-minded
citizens pay him the tribute of a
brave and efficient officer, who was to
be depended on to discharge his duties
without fear or favor.
Mr. Barclay, who suceced3 him in
the office, is just making his maiden
effort in this line of work and should
have the support of all the people in
his service, and when he leaves the
office it is to be hoped he may retire
wiLh a record as an officer that will
be equal to that of Mr. Rainey a
good, efficient officer of the law.
Lost.
Eetween the German Lutheran
church on the Louisville road, and
Plattsmouth, a cap off of the crank
haft of an automobile. Finder will
confer a favor by leaving same at this
office. 4-29-tfw
The Journal does job work.
FUNERAL OF IS.
AUGUST TAN
HELD YESTERDAY
Last Tribute of Esteem and Respect
to a Grand, Good Woman,
Mother and Wife.
From Wednesday's Dallv.
Yesterday afternoon the funeral of
the late Mrs. August Tartsch was held
from the home on Granite street, and
the house was crowded with the old
friends gathered to pay their last
tribute of respect to this most estima
ble lady, while many were compelled
to stand in the yard unable to get to
the house. The Burlington upholstery
department attended the services in a
body to honor the memory of the
mother of one of their number, as well
as the Frauen-Verein, of which Mrs.
Tartisch was a member.
The services were in charge of Rev.
J. H. Steger, who gave a very im
pressive sermon on the life of the
wife, mother and friend just called
away, and his remarks, while brief,
were very eloquent and consoled, as
far as possible the heartache of those
who were left behind to mourn. Rev. j
Steger has been pastor of the church j
of which Mr. and Mrs. Tartsch are
members and his acquaintance with
the life of the departed lady allowed
his paying her a most deserved trib
ute of esteem and respect.
During the course of the funeral
the choir of St. Paul's church gave a
number of the old well-loved hymns
that had been so much cherished by
Mrs. Tartsch in life and were fitting
ly sang for the last-time over her
final rest At the conclusion of the
service the body was borne tenderly
to the last resting place in Oak Hill
cemetery and consigned to sleep until
the dawning of another day. The
pali-bearers were selected from the
old friends of the family and consist
ed of John Albert, Philip Thierolf,
Jacob Tritsch, Leonard Bom, William
Ballance and H. M. Soennichsen. ,
There has been a general feeling of
grief over the taking away of Mrs.
Tartsch from the home where she had
spent so many happy hours and a
long and useful life here in the com
munity and her place in the hearts
of her friends will be one hard indeed
to fill and in their grief the family
will be tendered the deepest sym
pathy of the community in their loss
of a kind and loving wife and mother.
TALK UF BRINGING
THE W. C. T. U. CONVEN
TION TO PLATTSMOUTH
From Tuesday's Dally.
Mrs. Annetta Nesbit of Pawnee
City, Neb., state financial secretary of
the W. C. T. U., has been in this city
since Saturday to see what could be
done in regard to holding the W. C
T. U. state convention in this city in
September, which will brin some 200
delegates to this city. There was
much interest manifested, but nothing
definite was decided. This will be
quite an undertaking for the local
union. Mrs. Nesbit gave an addres
at the . Methodist church at Mynard
Sunday afternoon, which was greatly
enjoyed by those in attendance. Sun
day evening she gave an address at
the Presbyterian church in this city,
which was listened to with the closest
attention.
The local W. C, T. U. held a social
meeting at the pleasant home of Mrs.
Troop on Chicago avenue yesterday
afternoon, which was largely attend
ed by the members and friends. Mrs.
Nesbit was present and gave an ex
cellent address and during the after
noon raised the local union's state ap
portionment of $100. Mrs. Nesbit is
a most earnest worker and her visit
here greatly encouraged the ladies of
the local W. C. T. U. The pretty par
lors of the Troop home had been very
attractively decorated in the suffrage
colors, yellow and white, for the oc
casion. During the course of the aft
ernoon Mrs. Troop served a delight
ful luncheon which was very much
appreciated by the large number in
attendance.
Met With Sad Accident.
From Tuesday's Dally.
Sunday Leo Fassbender and Clare
Glenn went to Lincoln for a short
visit, riding a motorcycle. They hat
made the trip successfully and were
on their way home, and when com
ing down a hill near Louisville they
ran into a rut in the road and the
machine was turned over. Mr. Fass
bender was thrown forcibly to the
ground and sustained a broken leg
i nd the legiments in his ankle were
lorn loose. By the time they arrived
home the limb was greatly swollen
Leo is confined to his bed and will be
there for some time, as the break is
an exceedingly bad one. Mr. Glenn
escaped with a few bruises. Nebras
ka City News.
CHARTER MEMBERS OF
THE GRAND LODGE
ROYAL ARCANUM
From Wednesday's Dally.
Yesterday William Holly of this
city was in the metropolis in attend
ance at the state grand lodge of the
Royal Arcanum, as the representative
of the council in this city. While
there, in examining the charter of the
grnd lodge, he discovered the name
of three Plattsmouth gentlemen as
members of the first state grand lodge
Messrs. II. R. Gering, W. K. Fox
and J. C. Peterson. Two of these, Mr,
Fox and Mr. Gering, are still members
of the order, and this gives Platts
mouth quite a representation among
the original charter members of the
grand lodge in the state. While there
Mr. Holly met Dr. Frank Burgess, a
former resident of this city and a son
of the late Canon Burgess, who was
there in company with his son, Frank
Burgess, jr., land the younger gentle
man was selected as grand sentry at
the meeting.. The Burgess family
now reside at Cedar Rapids, Neb.
C. E. WESCOTT'S SONS
INSTALL SEVERAL MOD
ERN CLOTHING CABINETS
From Wednesday's Dally.
The firm of C. E. Wescott's Sons
this morning completed the work of
installing in their fine clothing and
furnishing establishment several addi
tional cabinets in which to house their
large stock of suits and overcoats.
These cabinets are the famous Welsh
clothing wall cabinets and are of the
same style as those which were
placed in the store last fall, and this
now gives the firm a place in which
they can put several hundred suits
and keep them absolutely free from
all dust and dirt of any kind. The
cabinets are finished in dark oak, and
with the large glass sliding doors
makes the store as modern in this de
tail as any in the largest cities. In
the rear portion of the store in the
furnishing department additional
shelving has been placed, which will
take care of a part of the stock and
allow of doing away with the tables
and racks throughout the center of
the store and give the firm a fine op
portunity to make their store as mod
ern and up-to-date as possible. The
cabinets are the last word in store
furnishings and one in which this firm
can take a just pride.
Fine Little Automobile.
From Wednesday's DaPy.
S. A. Bock, representing the
Foshier-Enger Automobile Co., was
in the city today with one of his fine
little autos and will remain here for
a few days to give a demonstration of
his machine. Mr. Bock, in company
with the irrepressible Ted Jeary of
Elmwood, was a caller at this office
for a short time and we were well
pleased to meet him. The Enger car
is a neat and reliable machine and
one that is generally accepted as be
ing one of the most serviceable cars
on the market today. The demon
stration will be one that will attract
the attention of those interested in
automobiles.
Mrs. S. A. Wiles motored in this
morning from her farm home near
this city and was a passenger this
morning for Omaha, where she will
visit for the day, looking after some
matters of business.
REMEMBER THE
BOYS WHO SAVED
UR
COUNTRY
Decoration Day Should Be Remember
ed by Scattering Flowers Over the
Graves of Those Soldiers Who
Sleep in Oak Hill.
Before many weeks Memorial Day,
or Decoration Day, as it is mor?
familiarly known, will be with is. and
again a nation will pay a tribute to its
heroic dead, both of the blue and the
gray. Here in Plattsmouth, where
the ranks of the survivors of the
great struggle of 1801-G5 are growing
less, so that only a mere handful of
the old veterans are left with us, the
day should be especially observed and
the schools and citizens see that the
anniversary is observed in a fitting
manner worthy of the great cause to
which it has been dedicated by a
grateful people. The arrangements
for the observance of the day will be
announced in a short time to allow
everyone an opportunity of assisting
in the preparation for the observance
of the occasion as it should be carried
out.
Memorial Day is a legal holiday to
forty of the forty-eight states of the
union and in the District of Colum
bia, Porto Rico and Alaska. The
unanimity with which state legisla
tures have set apart the day for dec
orating the graves of the soldier dead
and. celebrating their devotion to the
country with song, speech and story,
is an evidence of almost universal
recognition of the debt the nation
owes the volunteer soldier. When
the grand review of soldiers was held
in Washington at the close of the
clvit war "some individual, with trrre
insight into the heart of things, had
a huge banner prepared which bore
in bold letters the legend: "The only
debt this nation can never repay is
the debt of gratitude it owes to the
victorious union soldiers." It was at
a time when pessimists were harping
upon the financial obligation incurred
by the war and f predicting national
bankruptcy. The banner called at
tention to an obligation which could
not be discharged with gold or na
tional currency, an obligation which
would be perennial. For these sol
diers had offered their heart blood
that "government of the people, for
the people and by the people should
not perish from the earth."
War has been vigorously defined
with a monosyllable by one of the
great generals of the greatest civil
war in history. Men and women do
well to spend their time and money
in promoting the cause of peace.
Neither tongue nor pen nor brush can
adequately portray the horrors of
war. t,very sacrince consistent witn
hoiicr should be made to avert it.
When it is prosecuted merely for ag
grandizement it is a monstrous crime.
When anger or resentment provoke
it, it is but little better. But occa
sions do arise and have arisen when
it is necessary. Such was the case
when the citizen soldiers left the pur
suits of peace and the comforts of
home, counting peace, health, family
ties and life itself as naught as
against the obligation to preserve a
nation, committed to their keeping by
their fathers. Whatever their person
al faults and failings and however
much they lacked in the qualities es
sential to saintliness as the church
reckons sanctity, all who responded to
the supreme test of patriotic devotion
should live as saints in the memory
of the nation they preserved.
The observance of Memorial Day is
characterized by no bitterness of feel
ing. The hatred that grew out of the
misunderstandings of fifty years ago
has "been buried with a ritual of
blood." It is a day of tender sad
ness, a sadness which grows at re
flection on the rapidly thinning ranks
of the survivors of the Grand Army
of the Republic, survivors who have
manifested, almost without exception.
the same high love of country in the
walks of peace that they showed
amid the rattle of musketry. In the
course of nature it can be but a little
while until the last veteran will have
been mustered from the ranks mili
tant into the ranks triumphant, but
Memorial Day will linger as an an
nual festival of tender memories and
recensecration to patriotism.