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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1917.
No. 211.
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SEVEN DAYS 1
B:low is the Program for the Platts
mouth Amusement Beginning
June 23, Ending July 4.
From Friday's Dally.
The chautauqua, which is to open
in this city on Thursday, June 28, for
a week of entertainment, brings to
riattsmouth an array of talent that
cannot be excelled on any program in
the country and one that will give the
people of the city the benefit of the
beat musical and speaking numbers
in the country. The chautauqua com
mittee is planning a grand campaign !
to dispose of the necessary tickets to
insure the success of the entertain
ment and at the price offered it is a
rare bargain to the lover of high-class
entertainment. The adult season
tickets are $2 and the child's tickets
SI. Any one of the attractions is well
worth the price of the tickets alone,
and the chance to secure the whole
program for the price offered should
mean that all persons in this section
of Cuss county should avail them
selves of the opportunity to purchase
a season ticket. It will be a class of
entertainment that cannot be sur
passed, and gives Plattsmouth the best
opportunity to enjoy the most pleas
ing musical companies on the stage or
platform, as well as lectures from a
number of the ripest minds of the
world. The program that will be of
fered each day will be as follows:
Thursday, June 28.
Afternoon Opening exercises, in
troductions and announcements, local
people. Full concert Chicago Orches
tral Sextette, male, mixed and instru
mental quartets. Admission 35c and
15 cents.
Evening Musical concert, Chicago
Orchestral Sextette. Lecture, "With
an Irishman Through the Jungles of
Africa," Dr. Gab'.iel R. Maguire, the
great Irish orator. Admission 50 cents
and 15 cents.
Friday, June 29.
Afternoon Musical concert, Kuehn
Concert company, a company of recog
nized artists, each member a soloist.
Admission 35 cents and 15 cents.
Evening Musical Prelude, Kuehn
Concert company. Lecture, "Russia
Today." Morris G. Hindus, native of
Russia, citizen of America. Admission
50 cents and 15 cents.
Saturday. June 30.
Afternoon Full concert, the Old
Fashioned Girls. Lady quartet, in
wr.es and stories of 'l. Costumed
readings. Whistling solos. Admission
C5 cents and 15 cents.
Evening Musical sketch, The Old
Fashioned Girls. Lecture, "The Mental
Atmosphere," or "The Philosophy of
Common Sense," Dr. Daniel F. Fox,
chautauqua favorite of 1915. Admis-
sun 50 cents and 15 cents.
undav July 1.
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Fik Jubilee Singers, eight people in
southern plantation melodies. Admis
sion 35 cents and 15 cents.
Evening Grand concert, Famous
Fisk Jubilee Singers; their program is
unique and arti?tie. Admission 50
cents and 15 cent?. ;
f Monday, July 2.
Afternoon Popular program, The
Boyds. Duets and dramatic humorous
readings. Musical sketches in pleasing
costumes
cents.
Admission 35 cents and 15
Evening Concert, The Boyds. Lec
ture, "Evolution in Matters Govern
mental," Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, former
governor of Iowa, ex-secretary United
States treasury. Admission 50 cents
and 15 cents.
Tuesday, July 3
Afternoon Musical program, - The
White Hussars, a singing band; a big
hit vocally and instrumentally, a com
pany of headliners in Hussar uniform.
Admission 35 cents and 15 cents
Evening Closing concert, The
White Hussars, Ross Crane, cartoon
ist and clay modeler in his celebrated
program, "From the Eyebrows Up."
Admission 50 cents and 15 cents.
Wednesday, July 4.
Afternoon Band concert, Nebraska
State Band, popular and patriotic se
lections. Patriotic address, "Old Glory
and the New World," Dr. James Rob
ert Gettys. Admission, children 15c;
adults, 35c.
Evening Grand concert, Nebraska
State Band, featuring cornet and Xylo
phone solos, novelty, popular and clas
sical selections. Admission, children
5c; adults, 50c.
PATENT DEVICE FOR
TIEING UP LETTERS
IN P. 0. DEPARTMENT
From Friday's Daily.
M. S. Briggs of this city has per
fected a tieing device for letters for
use in the postofflce department that
looks mighty good as one of the best
devices yet shown to be used for tieing
each package of letters by string as
has been the custom. The new device
is of light wire and is made to fit over
a package of letters, holding them
firm and neatly, and is a great labor
and time-saving invention. Mr. Briggs
has had in his work in the post office
a great deal of experience in the
methods used in tieing up letters to
be handled by the clerks in the post
offices, and from his study of the mat
ter he has devised the new invention.
The government of the United States
is now ready to take up an order of
20,000,000 of the mail tieing devices
and Mr. Briggs feels that he has some
thing that will fill a long felt want.
The inventor, Mr. Briggs, has been
giving a demonstration of his new de
vice to a number of the citizens of
Plattsmouth and the workings of the
new invention nas proven to be prac
tical. If it is possible it is hoped to
interest a number of the leading men
in the manufacture of the metalic let
ter tieing machine and if such a fac
tory is established here, Mr. Briggs
states, it will mean the expenditure of
$700,000 in turning out the finished
product, and this sum would all be
spend here practically.
There will be a meeting held this
evening at 8 o'clock at the city hall
to discuss, plans for the handling of
the tieing device and the possibilities
of locating a plant of this kind here.
GIVES FAREWELL FOR
MRS. H. THOMSEN,
WHO GOES TO OMAHA
From Friday's Daily.
Last evening the pleasant home of
Mrs. C. A. Rosencrans was the scene
of a most delightful gathering, when
the members of the drill team of the
Degree of Honor entertained in honor
of one of their members, Mrs. H.
Thomsen, who is soon to leave for
Omaha to make her future home. The
ladies -of the degree team have
formed an organization to keep the
interest in the team growing and
Mrs. Emma Ptak was named as
president and Miss Anna Hassler as
secretary-treasurer. The evening was
spent in sewing and delightful social
conversation as the friends spent the
hours with the friend from whom
mcv sxjxjii must uai i, aim x w vy co uiu-
versally regretted that Mrs. Thomsen
would soon be compelled to drop the
work of the degree team and with
draw from the circle of warm
frends. As a token of the high es
teem in which she is held, the guest
of honor was presented with a very
handsome silver card case that will
be treasured as a taken of the love of
the kind friends and associates in the
D. of H. At a suitable hhfcr dainty
nd delicious refreshments Mere serv-
Jed and added to the delist of the
party, numbering some twenty.
SERVING IN THE TRENCHES.
From Friday's Daily.
Ben Hankmson of the Plattsmouth
Fruit and Grocery company has re
ceived a letter from his aunt, residing
in Canada, in which was enclosed
picture of a cousin of Mr. Hankinson,
Elmore Hankinson, who is now serving
in the First Hussars of the Canadian
Light Horse troop. Mr. Hankinson
who is just past 22 years of age, has
spent the last two years in the trench
es and has saw a great part of the
late British offensive on the Somme
and at Vilmy Ridge, which was cap
tured by the Canadian army, and dur
ing which action Mr. Hankinson won a
promotion for gallant conduct.
Mr. H. B. McPherson, of Beatrice,
is in the city to enjoy a visit at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M.
Cunningham and Mrs- Edgar Boggs,
for a short time.
IN
PUNISHMENT
Pat Frazee Arrested for Theft Yester
day and Landed in the Nebraska
Penitentiary Today.
From Friday's Daily.
For the last several days there have
been a series of small thefts occurring
at the farm of Hon. E. M. Pollard,
near Nehawka, when a number of arti
cles, consisting of small brass articles
have been disappearing, and this oc
casioned much surmise as to whom the
party carrying on the depredations
might be. Complaint was made to the
office of Sheriff C. D. Quinton, and he
at once got busy to try and locate the
person who was so active in lifting
these brass articles, and P. A. Mc
Crary of this city was sent to Ne
hawka to try and get a line on the
guilty party. McCrary spent a few
days at Nehawka, and getting a line
on the situation, soon had Pat Frazee
under watch and a close shadowing of
the man developed the fact that he
was the one desired. Sheriff Quinton
was called to Nehawka yesterday and
took Mr. Frazee into custody and
brought him to this city in the after
noon, where he was arraigned before
Justice M. Archer on the charge of
stealing, and he entered a plea of
guilty. This morning the man was
brought before Judge Begley in the
district court, where he waived a pre
liminary hearing and asked to be al
lowed to enter a plea of guilty to the
charge preferred against him, which
was granted, and he received a sen
tence of from one to seven years in the
state penitentiary at Lincoln. Sheriff
Quinton departed for the capital city
with the man at once and in less than
twenty-four hours after being placed
under arrest Frazee was lodged in the
state penitentiary to begin serving his
time. This is surely a case where the
mill of justice ground out with rapidity
and dispatch and landed another
wrongdoer behind the bars to pay the
price of his crime.
The man, Frazee, has been employed
on the farm of Mr. Pollard for a short
time only, and when arrested by Sher
iff Quinton and Mr. McCrary it was
found that he had been in the habit of
concealing the stolen brass in an ash
barrel, to await the time when he
might with safety dispose of the ill
gotten goods and realize a profit on
his misdeeds. The prompt work of
the officers in landing the man re
sulted in the restoration of the stolen
articles as well as the apprehenion
of the man who had been taking them.
MRS. IVAN WHITE
CELERRATES EIGHTY
SECOND BIRTHDAY
From Friday's Daily.
The handsome country home of Mr.
and Mrs. Mark White was thrown open
to a large number of friends Tuesday,
May 29, the affair being in honor of
their mother, Mrs. Ivan White, who
passed her eighty-second birthday on
that date.
It was in the nature of a surprise
Mrs. White being unaware of what
was being prepared for the occasion
until the old friends gathered to as
sist her in the celebration of the natal
day. A dinner which consisted of
abtut everything the market and a
large Nebraska farm affords, was pre
pared by Mrs. Mark White and was
one of the very enjoyable features of
the day, and to which everyone did
ample justice. Thoe assisting Mrs
White in entertaining were, Mesdames
George Ray, eGorge Smith, Joe Camp
bell, John Campbell and W. F. Beil.
The following were the oldest ladies
present, whose ages totaled 474 years:
Mrs. Maria Gapen, 86; Mrs. Harrison
Smith, 84; Mrs. Ivan White, 82; Mrs
Moses Hiatt, 79; Mrs. William Hen
dricks, 74, and Mrs. C. Beil, 69.
These guests were the neighbors and
friends whose acquaintance extends
over a period of fifty years. It is need
less to say that the time was very
enjoyable to these old friends, who
wish Mrs. White many happy returns
of the day.
John Mefford of Greenwood, asses
sor of Salt Creek precinct, was in the
city today attending to some business
matters and making his returns.
QUICK WORK
VERY STRENUOUS JOURNEY
IN REACHING PLATTSMOUTH
From Friday's Daily.
Bishop J. Henry Thien, of Lincoln,
who was a distinguished visitor in
lattsmouth Wednesday and yester
day, experienced a very strenuous
journey in reaching this city in time
to be present at the confirmation
services held by the Cetholic churches.
The bishop was in the extreme east
ern part of the state Tuesday, serv
ing at the cornerstone laying of a
church near Elsie, Perkins county,
and as the time for reaching Platts
mouth was getting decidedly short,
the bishop was taken by car to Pax
ton, where he boarded the Union
acific train for Omaha and arrived
there just in time to make connec
tions, with the Missouri Pacific,
reaching here at 9:17 "Wednesday
morning after a journey of 400 miles
and no rest to speak of from the
strenuous travel. The bishop rested
here yesterday and left in the after
noon for Falls City to attend a series
of services in that city and in the
three days he has traveled from the
extreme western portion of the Lin
coln diocese to the southeastern limit
of the diocese,, which is going some
in the limited space of time.
THE PASSING OF
ANOTHER HIGHLY
ESTEEMED LADY
Another of the well lo-ed and high-
y esteemed residents of Cass county
;as passed beyond the veil that hides
rom mortal eyes the Great Beyond,
and leaves in the community a sense
of great loss to oth family and
friends. Mrs. Henry Ilirz passed
away at her home, several miles west
of this city, Saturday, after an ill
ness covering a period of time since
ast October, when she was first taken
sick, gradually growing weaker un
til two weeks agot when it was recog
nized that the end was fast approach
ing when the weary spirit of the wife
and mother would be called away to
her eternal rest, where suffering and
sorrow would be no more.
Catherine Horn was born in Pekin,
11., August 23, 1964. and when but a
babe of two and a half years was
brought by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
hilip Hern, to Cass county, the fam
ily locating on a farm west of this
city where this estimable lady was
reared to womanhood and where on
October 23, 1880, she was united in
marriage to Henry Hirz, and to this
union four children were born, three
of whom, Philip Hirz, Emma and
Elizabeth Hirz, with the husband, are
eft to mourn the los of the one most
dear to them. Three sisters, Mrs.
Fred Kehne, Mrs. John Kaffenberger
a o Mrs. Theodore Stark john, as well
as a half sister and half brother, Mrs
Adam Fornoff and Jacob Tritsch, are
left to share the grief that the death
of this good woman has occasioned in
the community. During her lifetime
Mrs. Hirz was a devout member of
the German Lutheran church, and
her life will be long remembered as
one of Christian faith and loving
charity to all with whom she came
in touch. Two grandchildren, Gil
bert and Catherine Hirz, also survive
this estimable lady.
There have been few in the com
munity in which we live that have
been held higher in the esteem of the
large circle of friends than has Mrs.
Hirz, and her life has been one de
voted to home and to those whom she
held dear to her heart. To have
known Mrs. Hirz was a rare privilege
and her loss will be one that will be
hard to replace in the hearts ar.d
lives of the family and the many
friends.
The funeral services of this good
woman will be held Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock from the home west
of the city, and will be conducted by
Rev. J. H. Steger, of this city. The
interment will be held at the Oak Hil
cemetery.
BENEFIT DANCE JUNE 9.
The dance given at Coates hall for
the benefit of the Red Cross will be
held on Saturday evening, June 9
This dance wil lbe given under the
auspices of the DeLuxe Dancing club.
Further announcement will be made
later.
Tli
iFTIETH
NNIVERSARY
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Yesterday St. Luke's Parish Cele
bratid the Event, and Last Night
Dean Tancock, of Omaha,
Discoursed an Excel
lent Sermon.
The congregation of the St. Luke's
Episcopal church last evening . wereH
given the opportunity of enjoying one
of the ablest ermo that has been
given in this city for a long time
that of Dean Tancock, of the Trinity
thedral of Omaha, who was pres
ent to take part in the fiftieth anni
versary of the church was being cele
brated yesterday by the members of
the parish.
The special anniversary sermon
was enjoyed by an unusually large
number of the members of the parish
and the church that has for the past
fifty years housed the congregation
of St. Luke's was filled to its capacity
by the members of the parish and
the occasion was one that was inspir-
ng and uplifting to those who were
fortunate enough to be present.
The sermon of Dean Tancock was
taken from the text of St. Paul, "For
You Are Not Your Own, But Were
Bought With a Price.' In his re
marks the dean brought forth the
thought that all of the gifts of life
and all of the wonderful fruits of the
years had been the result of the la
bor, efforts and perseverance of oth-
rs ho had passed on, leaving to the
world these priceless gifts. The right
to eternal life had been purchased by
the nrice of blood and life on Cal
vary's cross crowned hill by the Sav-
and every right and privilege
that the human race today enjoyed
was the direct result of the labor and
blood of the men and women of the
past. The early 'man "enjoyed but the
smallest part of existence and through
the vears between the benefits and
enrichments of ' civilization had been
fousrht for and won by the great
souls and mighty minds of the men
nd women. It was upon the pres
ent generation to mould their lives
in a responsibility to see that these
rights of civil liberty and religious
freedom, purchased by blood, should
be preserved unto the coming genera
tions of the world and to advance in
thought and deed the human race.
In touching upon the fiftieth anni
versary of St. Luke's church Dean
Tancock spoke most eloquently of the
inspirations that the noble work of
the pioneer men and women of the
parish had brought to the members
of the church, how the early struggles
to establish the church had resulted
in giving to the community a living
force for good and to advance the
teaching of the church. Dean Tancock
spoke feelingly of his personal
friendship with the late Canon H. B.
Burgess, for thirty-nine years rector
of the church; of the Ry. Rev. Anson
R. Graves, of California, former pas
or of the church, and of the late
Walter J. White, one of the pioneer
members of the vestry of St. Luke's
narish.
The spirit of the meeting served to
arouse in the hearts of the congrega
tion an appreciation of the great gifts
that the men and women of the past
had sacrificed and struggled for in
their day and a determination to see
that the future liberties and oppor
tunities of the nation and the church
should be safeguarded and preserved
for fuure generations.
ARRIVES FROM TEXAS.
George Brinklow and son arrived
in this city Sunday evening from
their home at San Antonio, Texas,
making the trip by auto. The trip
was one that was filled with much in
terest as 1,100 miles were covered by
the auto in coming from Texas. The
party left San Antonia last Monday
and were almost a week in reaching
this city, taking their time in the
enjoyment of the trip. Mr. Brinklow,
who is in the railroad service in
Texas, is enjoying a ninety-day va
cation and decided to visit the rela
tives in this vicinity for a portion o
the time. Mrs. Bmklow is expected
here in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Larson and
daughter, Miss Esther, and little Miss
Catherine McClusky were passengers
to Fort Crook yesterday afternoon
where they visited with Raymond
Larson for a few hours.
FROGEEDS OF DANCE
TO BE DONATED TO THE
RED GROSS SOCIETY
The dance to be given on next Sat
urday evening, June 9th, at Coates
hall, will be devoted to the use of the
Red Cross society and through the
medium of the dance it is hoped to
raise a neat sum for the use of the
societj-.
The Red Cross is doing a great
work in the world and through the
kindness of the DeLuxe Dancing club,
which has donated the hall for the
dance, .nd W. R. Holly, Miss Marie
Fitzgerald, Guy Hemingway, William
Evettleson and Anton Bajeck have
also donated their services as the or
chestra for the occasion, giving the
benefits of the dance to the good
cause.
There should be a great sum real
ized. The tickets for the dance will
be, gentlemen, 50c, and ladies, 25c,
all of which will go to swell the fund
far relief work Buy a ticket and
not only enjoy a good dance but also
assist a good cause.
WAS ONE OF HEAVI
EST RAIN STORMS
HERE THIS SEASON
One of the heaviest rain storms of
the season visited this locality last
night and early this morning and for
several hours the downfall of mois
ture was intense. The first of the
series of showers occurred shortly af
ter the midnight hour and was char
acterized by a great display of light
ning and followed by a. heavy rain
that continued- all . night . with more
or less intensity. This morning at 7
o'clock the heaviest of the storm oc
curred and the terrific downpour of
rain made it impossible to be out in
the storm for more than a very few
minutes at a time. The sweep of the
rain over the city soon transformed
the avenues and streets in the low
portions of the city into veritable riv
ers wnicn carried ort tne suriace
water. It was only a short time after
the rain had commenced to fall that
Main street began to receive its con
tribution of the surface water from
the bills and which filled the street
from curb to curb. The immense
volume of vAtter carried in the sewer
and on Main street which emptied
through the subway onto the river
bottoms east of the Burlington pas
senger station was soon a veritable
river of rushing water, flooding the
ball park and surrounding the resi
dence of Tom Stokes north of the
roadway, while the cattle pastured on
the bottom were compelled to seek
the high places for shelter from the
rising tide of water. This condition
lasted for the better part of an hour,
when the rain diminished in volume
and allowed the greater part of the
flood water to find its way to the Mis-
rouri river. The rain was undoubted
ly the heaviest of the season and for
its intensity did little damage aside
from washing the gardens on the hill
sides.
ILLINOIS WELL REP
RESENTED IN TOM
W. ALLEN SHOWS
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From Friday's Daily.
The Tom W. Allen shows that visit
this city for the week of June 11 car
ries a large number"of persons who
claim Illinois as their home state, and
the greater part of these hail from
the vicinity of Pekin and Peoria,
where so many of the residents of
Plattsmouth and Cass county former
ly resided. Mr. Allen and wife and
Mr. and Mrs. Tod Rodeker are na
tives of Tazewell county, and Mr. Ro
deker was exalted ruler of the Pekin
lodge of the Elks for one term. The
occasion of the visit of the Illinois
party to this city wil be very enjoy
able to the former residents of that
locality residing in this county. Mr.
Sydney Landcraft, special agent of
the company, who is in the city at
present, is a resident of Quincy.
Flag stickers for your collar deco
rations at the Journal office.
POLISH MER
CHANTS DEFEAT
THE RED SOX
The Tailenders of Greater Omaha
League Corried Off the Honors,
By a Score of 4 to 0.
The lowly Polish Merchants, tail
enders in the Greater Omaha base
ball league, came down yesterday aft
ernoon to engage the Red Sox at the
local park, and as a result of the visit
of the South Side Polanders the Sox
were humiliated, by the score of 4 to
0, in a very untinteresting game. The
game was filled with numerous er
rors on both teams, and timely hit
ting on the part of the Omaha team
in the fourth and eighth innings
netted them the victory.
For the Red Sox, Harp, a pitcher
hailing from Nebraska City, was on
the mound, and while pitching a good
game was handicapped by a number
of errors and the weakness of the
Sox in the big stick department of
the game. At several stages of the
battle a few timely hits would have
won for the sox, but these were not
forthcoming and the result of the bat
tle was intense and deep gloom for
the local fans and inexpressible joy
for the Merchants, who have not been
able to get far in the Omaha league,
and the victory brought to them a
most pleasing sensation.
The Polish Merchants have in M.
Rounka a good pitcher, and his smoke
was too deep for the Hose ratters to
solve, and fifteen of the Sox were
whiffed by his delivery and forced to
retire without being able to do their
bit.
Harp, the Sox pitcher, was the
heavy hitting artist. of the locals, se-;
curing two hits.
The first scores of the game were
secured in the fourth inning, when
the Merchants drew first blood in the
conflict by timely hitting. Stalnoch,
the first man up, hit to the left gar
den for two bags; J. Baduca, who fol
lowed, was struck out by Harp; M.
Targi was able to reach first on the
error of Harp and on the hit of S.
Rouska Stalnoch scored. On the out
of C. Targi, Harp to Salsburg, M.
Targi scored, making two runs to the
good for the visitors.
In the eighth inning the tragedy
was again repeated when two more
of the merchants tallied. S. Badura
hit safely to right and was advanced
on the hit of Stalnoch, and on t'-e
two-bagger of M. Targi the runs were
gathered home, leaving the score
stond 4 to 0. The score:
RED SOX.
AB. H. O. A. E.
Beal, cf 4 0 1 0 0
Salsburg, lb 4 0 11 0 0
Herold, c 4 1 9 2 0
Mason, If 4 0 1 0 Q
Harp, p 4 0 2.5 1
Edwards, 3b 4 0 2 2 0
Grassman, ss. . . 3 1 0 0 0
Maurer, 2b 3 0 2 2 0
McCarthy, rf. ... 1 0 0 0 0
Mann, rf 2 0 l' 0 0
Totals 33 2 27 11 1
POLISH MERCHANTS.
AB. H. O. A. E.
Stavnich, Sb 4. 1 1 0 1
Wehmer, 2b. 5 0 1 0 0
S. Badura, c 4 2 11 0 0
Stalnoch, ss 4 2 0 2 0
J. Badura, rf . . . . 3 0 0 0 0
M. Targi, lb 4 1 5 0 1
S. Rouska, If. ... 4 0 0 0 1
C. Targi, cf 3 0 1 0 0
M. Rouska; p. . . 3 1 0 2 0
Totals 34 7 27 4 3
MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE.
This morning at the court house
occurred the marriage of Miss Birdie
Pittman and Mr. Ernest Ray Gal
loway, both of Union. The ceremony
was performed by Judge Beeson in
his usual pleasing manner, and the
young people, after a few hours stay
in the city, departed for their home.
They were accompanied by the par
ents of Mr. Galloway. The bride is
one of the well known and papular
young ladies of Liberty precinct and
a daughter of J. W. Pittman, one of
the prominent residents of that lo
cality. Dawson Will Fix It.
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