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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917.
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HOBOE IS SHOT
AND KILLED
Special Agent Eperley of the Missouri
Pacific Railway. In Arresting
Hoboes Kills One of the
Number.
From Friday's Daily.
La.-t night at LaFlatte Special
Agent Eperley of the Missouri Pa
cific railway company, had quite a
thrilling experience with a gang of
hoboes who were caught in one of the
box cars of the company stealing: a
ride, and as a result of the attempted
gun play on the part of one of the
men. he was shot by the special agent
to defend his own life. It was de
cidedly dark when the men were found
in the car and ordered out by Mr.
Eperley, and all complied with the
command to pet out of the car, and
when they were ordered to throw tip
their hands to be searched for fire
arms, one of the men refused and
jumped back of his comrades, and at
the same time made a movement to
ward his rear pocket which was de
tected by the special agent, and while
the man was attempting to get a shot
at the officer Mr. Eperley fired, the
bullet striking the man on the left
side in the region of the heart and
causing death almost instantly. It
was found on examination of the dead
man that the gun which he attempted
to use was a large .38 calibre and
from the appearance of one of the
cartridges in the gun it was clear that
an attempt had been made to dis
charge the gun and it had missed fire,
and this probably saved the life of
Mr. Eperley. As soon as the shoot
ing occurred Sheriff Charles Hutter
of Sarpy county was notified, as well
as County Attorney McCarthy, and
they came from Papillion to look after,
the disposition of the body. The dead
man together with his two comrades
were brought to this city by the
Sarpy county authorities and placed
in the city jail until they could be
taken back to La Platte for the cor
oner's inquest, which will be held
there today.
As far as could be learned from
the person of the dead man or from
his two companions, there was no
trace as to his identity, and as his
two companions had just fell in with
him on their trip from Omaha they
had not learned his name or any facts
as to where his home had been. It
is clear from his action that he was
no amateur in the gunman line and
but for the quickness of the Missiuri
Pacific agent there is no doubt but
that the stranger meant to put the
oiTicer out of commission.
A. 0. U. W. LODGE
RAISES IT RATES
Omaha. Jji:. 5. T-ie session of the
grand lodge of Neb:'sik:i, Ancient Or
'.: i cf United Work! if n, held at the
Hotel Fontenelle last night, el -sed u
two days' convention cf vital ir.'crc.'t
to the iodge.
yellowing the ado,.. ion of th? fra
ternal congress sched i!e of rafo at
the morning mc(Vr. the evening
was cpent in establish x? changer; in
ii.e I dge law to eonfdm more read
ily to the insurance '.ws of the state.
S. R. Patten of Omaha, wh pre-
scnt d the fraternal congress sched
ule to the body, wa- c, Iven a r. ising j
oi e of thanks. j granted that the congestion of freight
The new rate is a slight inn ear-.e I traffic has been responsible to a very
ovtr the rate just upplanto '. and I considerable degree for the high prices
;iot ased on a percentage increase;, of food and other everyday necessi
b!t on figures found by the nai ionV. ties like coal.
.-.ng'ess to adequately provide f all The state railway commission has
in a: ranee emergence It has been j confessed its inability to fully c-pe
i:n o -porated in the law of the f-i vr-1 with the situation. It may devolve
iodge, but will n;)t lecome active upon state legislatures to unearth lo-
u-itil Mav of this year. It wPl affect
. ac." member's policy from the date
of hi-, nearest birthday at this time.
Y. R. Howell, gv.-p-.t recorde' of
Missouri, arrived tim St. Louis i-;
the afternoon, and adc-cssed the con
vention last night. Following consid
erable routine business the session
came to a close. The grand lodge
will again convene in Omaha May
13-14 of this year.
Mrs.' Joshua Andre ws is visiting al
Hamburg, la., at the home of her son,
James Andrews and family, where ihe
stork has just paid a visit.
JONATHAN A. WISE IS
- - t
SERIOUSLY ILL III OMAHA
From Friday's Dallv.
In letters to friends here it is
learned that J. N. Wise, one of the
pioneers of this locality, is quite ill
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Jesse L. Root, in Omaha, where Mr,
and Mrs. Wise have been making their
home since removing from this city.
Mr. Wise has been feeling poorly for
some time and is now confined to his
home, and has been required to give
up all business cares. The illness is
quite severe owing to the advanced
years of this estimable gentleman.
The many old friends will regret very
much to learn of the condition of Mr.
Wise and trust that he may bje able
to recover from his illness.
TO BE SUPERINTEND
ENT ANOTHER YEAR
From Friday's Daily.
G. II. Tarns, the present superin
tendent of the county poor farm west
of the city, has just been engaged by
the board of county commissioners
for another year, at a salary of $100
per month, which will become effec
tive at the commencement of the new
term on March 1st. Mr. Tarns has
more than made good in this position
and is worth every cent that he re
ceives to the taxpayers of the county
for his careful and thorough methods
of operating the farm and looking
after the care and improvement of
the county buildings. When he as
sumed charge of the county farm the
buildings were not anyways near
modern, the methods were out of date
in operating the business and the
county was in a poor position to han
dle the affairs of the farm. Mr. Tarns
at once started in to make the farm a
success and a paying proposition and
has succeeded in a most admirable
manner as the present county farm is
held by the state authorities as the
model farm in the state, both in build
ings and in the methods used in con
ducting the affairs. All that is used
at the farm is more than covered by
the receipts from the farm, and al
lows the county a handsome profit
each year as a result of the able
methods used by Mr. Tarns in the
administration of the office. It is a
pleasure to the taxpayers to learn
that he is to continue in the manage
ment of the farm.
JOHN MURTEY IS TOO
BIG TO BE DODGED
From Saturday's Daily.
When Representative John Murtey
of Cass county asked the legislature
to take steps toward ventilating the
car shortage in this state he started
something that it will be difficult to
stop. It was rather surprising that
anyone offered the slightest objection
to its immediate consideration.
The biggest question in railroading
today is the falling down of the trans
portation companies through their in
ability to furnish cars in which to get
the products of agriculture to the
markets. There is no way of calcu
lating the loses sustained by pro
ducers because of their inability to
ship when markets were alluring, or
to keep the avenues of communica
tion open between the warehouses and
the big grain centers
It is taken for
cal conditions explanatory of the
shortages and find out to whom ship
pers may appeal to get what the
transportation companies are pre
sumed under their charters to supply.
Representative Murtey is very much
in earnest in his ambition to find a
remedy whereby future shortage of
the sort may be avoided. Every man
who is irked by prevailing high prices
will applaud his efforts. Lincoln Star.
Clarence Busche came in this morn
ing from his home near Cedar Creek
to spend a few hours looking- after
some matters of business.
COLD STORAGE HOUSES
WELL FILLED WITH ICE
From Saturday's Daily.
The ice harvest in the city closed
today with most of the cold storage
houses well filled with the fine ice
that has been secured from the Mis
souri river in the past two weeks.
Those familiar with the ice business
state that the quality of the ice put
up this year is the best for several
seasons and it has averaged from
fourteen to sixteen inches in thickness.
J. II. McMaken has been looking after
the filling of the different ice houses
and has during the harvest paid out
in the neighborhood of $1,000 for
labor connected with the business and
this sum has all been spent right at
home. If it were possible to secure
larger houses to store more of the ice
a much larger amount would be put
up but it is thought that the present
supply will be sufficient to fill the
needs of the consumers. Mr. Mc
Maken in his years of experience in
this line of business has become an ex
pert judge of the quality of ice and
states that this year's crop is among
the best that he has ever harvested
and that the work of putting up the
crop has been carried out with dis
patch and the workmen connected
with the task have all been right on
the job.
FORMER GASS COUNTY
BOY IS HERE VISITING
From Saturday's Daily.
II. M. Barker of Holdrege, Neb., ar
rived last evening from his home in
the west and will spend a short time
in Omaha consulting specialists in re
gard to his right hand, which has be
come practically helpless as the re
sult of what seems to have been an
infection received three years ago. At
that time Mr. Barker, working around
his farm, in some manner ran a sand
bur in the hand, and this seems to
have caused the trouble as since that
time he has been suffering to a great
er or less extent from the hand. Mr.
Barker was here during the late sum
mer taking treatment and at that
time it was thought that the hand
was progressing nicely, but since his
return home it has become much
worse and he will once more be com
pelled to have the hand treated, and
probably be operated on before he
can regain its use. Mr. Barker in
company with his brother-in-law, A.
C. Carey, departed this morning for
Omaha to consult with a specialist in
that city in regard to the hand.
SHIPPING WILLOWS TO
RULO FOR RIPRAPPING
From Saturday's Daily.
For the past few days Ed Fitzger
ald had a force of men engaged in
loading a large number of cars with
willows at this place for shipment to
Rulo, Neb., where they will be used
by the Burlington in rip-rapping
along the river bank near that place,
where the Misosuri river is showing
signs of cutting in the bank near the
tracks of the railroad. This seems
to be the only point where the river
is threatening any trouble to the rail
road property. The shipment of wil
lows to Folsom, la., was stopped scv
erol months ago and despite published
stories as to the danger there it seems
as though the cutting of the river at
that point has been very effectively
checked and the forming of a large
sandbar near that place is protecting
the rip-rap already put in and check
ing the danger that threatened for a
long time the tracks of the railroad
company. The railroad has denied
that their operations there in clearing
off a portion of the land on the higher
grounds was caused by a desire to
move their tracks, but was merely a
part of their plans. The checking of
the river at Folsom has proven a
great satisfaction to the residents of
that locality, who far the last three
years have been 'in constant fear of
having their land swallowed up in the
river.
Henry Heebner came up last eve
ning from Murray with the experta
tion of taking the early Burlington
freight train for Cedar Creek this
morning but was disappointed as the
train was decidedly late.
A VERY REVOLTING CASE
TO BE TRIED IN COURT
From Saturday's Dfiily.
A crime or attempted crime that is
revolting in the extreme has been re
ported to the authorities and in a few
days the party who committed the
dastardly crime will be given the op
portunity to explain the matter to the
court. The victim in the case is a
little girl of not more than ten years
of age while the offender is the father
of the little one. From the facts
given in the case it seems that the
father and mother of the little girl
are not living together and the father
recently visited at the home of a mar
ried daughter where the little girl
was staying and it was at this time
that the crime is supposed to have
been committed as it was the only
opportunity to accomplish his pur
pose that he had as far as is kn-iwn.
It was several days later that the
relatives learned of the matter from
the girl and at once notified Sheriff
Quinton who has the case now in
2-eadiness for the action of the county
attorney.
COURT HOLDS AGAINST
THE U. P. RAILROAD
Lincoln, Neb., Jan ". The supreme
court has handed down an opinion in
which it sustains a judgment in favor
of Maude M. Henderson, administra
trix of the estate of Edward C. Hen
derson for $11,000, secured in the
Douglas county district court against
the Union Pacific f or the death of her
husband, a brakemari, who was killed
while switching cars at Valley.
The crew was "kicking in" a car
when Henderson, who was riding be
tween two cars, for the purpose of
releasing the coupling pin. was struck
by the platform "of the stock yards
and knocked off and killed. In the
syllabus the court says:
1. A workman has the right to as
sume that his employer has used due
diligence to provide suitable ap
pliances in the operation of its busi
ness. Ordinarily he does not assume
the risk of the employer's negligence
in performing such duties. If. how
ever, the defect is known to the em
ploye or is so patent and obvious as
to be readily observed by him ar.d he
continues to use the defective ap
pliance with full knowledge and with
out objection, he assumes the risk of
injury incident to such a situation.
2. At the time the platform to cer
tain stock yards at a. station on de
fendant's line was built, sufficient
clearance was left between it and the
side of an ordinary box car so that a
brakeman riding on the ladder at the
side of such car could pass; after
wards a wider model of car was put
in use, whereby only eight inches of
space was left between the side of the
car and the platform. Held, that it
was for the jury to determine whether
the lack of space caused by the in
creased width of the car left a reason
able safe place for a brakeman to
work.
3. The question whether the em
ploye had such knowledge of the de
fective appliance that he assumed the
risk of injury from the same, is, if
properly pleaded, a question for the
jury.
LOCAL BASKET BALL TEAM
TO PLAY SIDNEY, IA.
On Wednesday night of this week
the First Presbyterian church basket
ball team will lock horns, arms, heads
and cunning with the Sidney Stags of
Sidney, la. The Stags are heralded
being as fleet as their namesakes, the
denizens of the forest, having defeat
ed the fast Athletic club of Nebraska
City. The Presbyterians in prepara
tion for this game, will go to Omaha
this evening and will play Creighton
High school in the gymnasium of
Creighton university. The attendance
at the preceding games in this city
has been quite discouraging and in the
game with Dunbar, which was as nice
an exhibition of basket ball as has
been seen here, the team "went in the
hole" to an extent of nearly 10.
However, a better crowd is hoped for
at the game on Wednesday.
CREAM, 37c, at Dawson's store,
Plattsraouth. 9-19-d&wtf
WAYWARD KIDS GUEST
F SHERIFF QUINTON
Fi-oiii Sturd:iy's I aiiy.
Sheriff Quinton has had as his
guests for the past two days, two
young la is, aged eleven years, wh:
had nv.:d :!cir v.-y from the sii'i
rchool f : dependent children at L'"i
coin and wet pi tearing to enjoy
trip out in the world to see the sights,
wht.ii their trip was suddenly arrestt ii
-t Weeping Water on Wedne..iay
right. The two boys wore discovered
'I tit' by it:. train crew ( f th night
passenger t.ain on the Missouri Pacific-
while they were beating their
way from Lincoln to Union. The
lads, who are both far too young to
: e out in the world alone, were found
on the "blind" at the 'ear cf the
water tank, and were decidedly cold
and forlorn when taken jT and placed
ni r::e hands of the Weej.-ng Water
ai tiio: hies. They were 'v night her?
Thursday anil placed in the custody
of the sheriff as the two bovs refused
to tell where they were from or ever,
give their names. After close ques
tioning it was finally learned that
they were from the state school, ar.d
crowing tired of life there had de
cided to start out to visit the country.
They gave their names a William
Waller, who had been sent to the
school from Nebraska City, and Ver
di):1. Leppher of Grand Island. Both
boys weie blight little feMows and
seemed well satisfied to Take their
chances in the world if so allowed.
The authorities at the state school
were notified of the fact of the beys'
being here and. yesterday afternoon.
Miss Stevens, field secretary of the
school, came down and secured the
lads, taking them back to Lincoln to
once more resume their home in-the
school.
ANOTHER STORE ROB
BED AT MURDOCK
Fron Saturday's Daily.
The series of robberies in this
county was added to at an early hour
this morning when some party or par
ties broke into the general store of
Bauer & Kraft at Murdock and made
away with considerable property be
longing to the owners of the store.
The entrance to the store room was
gained through a transom over the
ear door, and the robbers were then
able to unlock the door and furnish a
means of getting out with their spoils.
Twenty-seven pairs of shoes of dif
ferent sizes, $15 worth of pipes and
quite a good deal of jewelry was
taken by the robbers. It was not un
til this morning that the crime was
discovered and the alarm given, but
by that time the parties committing
the robbery had had time to be far
away from the scene of the deed. This
is the second robbery in the last few
days in that locality, .as a general
?tore at Alvo was the sufferer a short
time ago, and the two cases look very
similar and as though the same gang
had pulled both robberies off. It is
thought now that it is probably some
one operating from Omaha, who
makes the trips to and from the small
towns in autos and after committing
a robery have little difficulty in being
back in Omaha before the crime is
discovered, and the goods taken are
of such nature as to be easily dis
posed of.
SOME FINE NEBRASKA APPLES
From Friday's Dallv. '
The Journal publisher has received
a most welcome present in the shape
of a fine assortment of delicious Wine
sap 'apples, which were presented by
J. J. Smith of Florence, the celebrated
apple man of Douglas county. Mr.
Smith is one of the most successful
men in the apple business in the state
and the fruit raised on his farm, a
few miles north of Omaha, has always
commanded the highest price on the
Omaha market. The apples received
here are perfect in every way with a
most exquisite flavor and show great
care in preparing them for market.
Mr. Smith is the father of Mrs. T. B.
Bates of this city. . ; i
Sam Ballance and wife of Lincoln
came down Saturday evening to enjoy
an over Sund iV ' l;it in this city with
William Ballance and family and oth
er friends in the old town - where the
Ballance family formerly resided for
r.c many years. , . - - .
WIFE AND DAUGHTER HURRY
TO BEDSIDE OF COLONEL CODY
Denver, Colo., Jan. 7. Colonel Wil
liam E. Cody (Buffalo Bill), contin
ued in a serious condiion tonight, his
physician, Dr. J. R. East., announced.
The colonel made the railroad journey
from Glenwood Springs last night bet
ter than had been expected, but de
velopments dring the last twenty-four
hours brought nothing to give Colonel
Cody's relatives hope of recovery. The
colonel's wife and daughter are hur
rying here from the family home in
Cody, Wyo.
H. C. REHN TO LECTURE
AT THE GERMAN HOME
Captain H. C. Rehn of the steam
ship "Barbarossa," which is interned
in the harbor of New York during the
war between the European nations,
arrived in the city this morning. Cap
tain Rehn has been granted a sev
eral months' leave bv the North-Ger
man Lloyd Steamship company, and
during this time he will devote his
vocation to lectures throughout the
country in the interest of the German
and Austrian prisoners of war who
are confined to the fastnesses of Si
beria. He will speak this evening at
8:15 at the German Home, and will
give a very interesting address. The
captain is an able speaker and well
qualified in every way to give a most
interesting lecture along the condi
tions brought on by the present war.
His motives in aiding the unfortunate
prisoners of war is most commendable
and through his efforts it is hoped to
aid those whose treatment in the
prison camps is very severe to say the
least.
JAMES H. DONNELLY RE-AP
POINTED BANK EXAMINER
Among the announcements of the
appointees made by Governor Keith
Neville appears that of James H. Don
nelly of this city, who is again ap
pointed to the office of state bank ex
aminer, which position he has held un
der the administration of Governor
Morehead. Mr. Donnelly has made a
splendid official for the state and his
careful methods in handling his office
has ranked him among the best of the
examiners in the state. The friends
of Mr. Donnelly throughout Cass
county will be well pleased to learn
of his appointment and it is a well
deserved recognition of an able public
servant. Mr. Donnelly has filled this
position for the past two years and
has demonstrated that he is the right
man in the right place in the bank
examiner's office.
VISITS AT THE OLD HOME.
Fro-n Saturday's Daily.
George Koehnke arrived yesterday
from his home at Hay Springs, Neb.,
to enjoy a visit in this city and vicin
ity with his many old friends and to
renew frendships that have been of
long years standing. It has been ten
years since Mr. Koehnke moved to
Sheridan county with his family and
located on a farm there and pros
pered very much in that country. Mr.
Koehnke reports the crops this year
as being very fine and the best that
has been there during his residence.
The Koernkes are all in the best of
health he states. Mr. Koenke will re
main here for some two or three
weeks before returning west.
MR. PERRY OF CANADA HERE.
Mr. and Mrs, John E. Perry and
daughter, Ethel, of Chin, Alberta,
Canada, hare ben visiting Mr. Perry's
mother, Mrs. Peter Perry, near My
nard, and Mrs. Perry's, parents, Mr
and Mrs. L. H. Young, near Nehawka,
and other relatives in this vicinity for
the past month. They will depart for
Orange, Cal., on Wednesday of this
week, where they will spend the win
ter visiting Mr. Perry's brother and
sister. Mr. Perry's mother will ac
company them. Mr. Perry was a pleas
ant caller at this office Saturday aft
ernoon.
Mrs. Pete Schroeder, who has been
here visiting1 Miss Marie Kaufmann
and mother, returned to her home at
Cedar Creek Saturday afternoon.
THE SUIT AGAINST
THE RINGLINGS
The Jury in the Case Agreed to Dis
agree in Matter of the $2".()00 in
U. S. District Court.
The damage suit that Willi m Rink
er of this city has been pressing
against the Ringling Bros.' circus for
the sum of $25,0o0 damagi-s. will have
to be tried over as the jury i:i ihe
federal district court at Omaha failed
to agree on a verdict, and at 4 o'clock
Saturday afternoon the jury was dis
missed by Judge Woodrough. The
case occupied all last week in the fed
eral court and a large number of wit
nesses were called to testify in tin-
case for both the plaintiff and the de
fendant.
Mr. Rinker alleged that on August
10, 114. while he was standing at
Sixteenth and Dodge streets in the
city of Omaha, watching the parade
of the Ringling circus, a four-horse
cage team became unmanageable and
ran away from the driver, and in its
progress ran down Rinker. He alleged
the injury ultimately resulted in total
paralysis of the voluntary organs
and almost complete paralysis of the
organs of speech. Later in the sum
mer of 1115, the plaintiff commenced
his action against the circus compr.ny
by attaching the property of the com
pany while it was showing at Ne
braska City. The circus company ob
tained a transfer to the United States
court.
The circus company in their de
fense set up the plea that they were
not responsible for the accident if it
ever happened, and also, that the in
juries were not the result of any acci
dent, but from independent causes.
Officer Leroy Wade of Omaha was in
troduced to. show that the. horse l ad
been deflected from its course by the
policeman before Rinker had been
struck as claimed. The case was
given to the jury at 7 o'clock Friday
evening and that body deliberated un
til Saturday afternoon, when the jury
was dismissed.
NEBRASKA RETAIL CLOTHIERS
TO MEET IN OMAHA SOON
From Saturday's Daily.
The coming state convention of the
Nebraska Retaile Clothiers which is
to be held in Omaha February 2"-l.'l
at the Hotel For.tenelle, promises to
be one of the greatest meetings of its
kind held in the history of that city
and the program is without a doubt
one of the best that has ever been ar
ranged. Secretary C. C. Wescott of
the association has had the stationery
and literature prepared for the meet
ing and will with Presulon: F. H. Bar
clay of Pawnee City, arrange the
preliminary details of the cor.vertinr:.
Special entertainment features v.iil
be provided r.rd a number ." tr n'r
speakers have been arrange- -.- t::Ve
part in the meeting. This v ill give
the clothiers of the state a spier did
opportunity to gather and learn mar.y
of the points of the modern busine-s
methods in advertising as well as ir
the talks from the manufacturing
heads that supply the clothing t the
retailers. The Omaha jobbers and
wholesalers are preparing to enter
tain the visitors at a great banquet
at the Fontenelle on the closing night
of the meeting.
RECOVERS FROM PNEUMONIA.
From Saturday'.0 Daily.
P. J. Yallery, who has been having
a siege with pneumonia, was down
on the street today for the first time
in two weeks today. Mr. Yallery has
had a very severe case and for several
days was in a very critical condition
but is now feeling much better and
his many friends are well pleased to
see him able to be up and around.
E. B. SPERRY QUITE POORLY.
E. B. Sperry, the cashier of the
Burlington station in this city, who
has been confined to his home for
several weeks with a severe case of
pneumonia fever, is reported as be
ing in a very serious condition. Mr.
Sperry has not shown the improve
ment that had been hoped for and
has steadily grown worse and com
plications makes his case a very seri
ous one.