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5 oum OS VOL. XXXV. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1917. No. CITY COUNCIL ENJOYS A VERY 'HEATED' SESSION After the Routine Business, the Mem bers Were Perfectly Willing to Adjourn and Return to Their Peaceful Homes. From Tuesday's Daily. The city council last evening: en joyed a very torrid session at the city hall and one which made the members anxious to hasten to the end of the meeting in order that thev might journey homeward. The light question or the question of why there was not better light service was also one of the chief fea tures of the evening1 meeting of the lawmakers and in this Superintend ent Smith endeavored to explain to the members of the council why the service was frequently interrupted in the past few weeks. Chief of Police Barclay addressed a communication to the council in re gard to auto drivers giving a sign of the hand when approaching a cross ing and also to have the drivers of cars refrain from using their cutout on Main street at night time, as it was very annoying. This was re ferred to the tire and water commit tee for consideration. City Clerk Jess Warga reported that during the month of June there had been collected in his office the sum of $920.00, from different sources, and also S3 11 as the result of the mu nicipal carnival, and the last sum was placed in the fire department fund for the purchase of new equipment. The chief of the fire department reported that all the equipment on hand was in good shape and that a new nozzle, as well as six new coats, hail been received from the city clerk and will be put into usa at once. Police Judge Archer reported that during the month just closed he had collected the sum of $43 in fines and costs, which had been turned over to the city treasurer. The claims committee reported on the claims of Peters & Parker for the -" per cent balance on the paving in district No. 10, and on their rec ommendation the same was ordered paid. Councilman Bestor, of the streets, alleys and bridges committee, report ed that the plans and specifications for the Chicago avenue paving was ready and on motion the same were adopted and the mayor and clerk au thorized to advertise for bids or. the same. when there was trouble that it was' impossible to get the office or power house over the telephone. This matter-was discussed by Mr. Johnson and 'Mr. Smith and the su perintendent explained that this had occurred but once when, during a breakdown it had been necessary to have the telephone calls discontinued except in very urgent cases. Coun cilman Luschinsky, of the lighting committee, explained that he had un- OUR JOHN MURTEY WRITES INTERESTING WASHINGTON LETTER From Tuesday's Pailv. Washington, D. C, July 5. Editor Journal: I have been in Washington derstood that there had been a pri- ;r the past ten day3' eXCept dys vate code used by the telephone com- sp?nt in .Ne7 York Cit heard pany in getting connections with the tne debate in tfte senate and house on offices of the light comoanv and he food contro1 1 don't think desired to have it explained. Mr. they will interfere with prices on farm Smith stated that there had been only Products very much. It seems the one time to his nowledge when the avera?e Pnce ha3 ralsed about 100 private code was used by the com- Pr cent on manv articles since the panv. war commenced, with the exception of He also took occasion to say that steel and building material it runs the light company was willing to re- Irom u to b0 Per cent- "nat they place the lights that were burnt out seem to be afraid of is that with a in the street service if they were only short croP of wneat a scarcity might notified. j develop that would send prices out of Councilman Bestor was of the aI1 reason, and that the best plan opinion that the transformers that wcu,tl be to have one buyer only for were in use at the light plant were the al"es and the United States, thus not a sufficient guarantee against the removing competition, and to keep the burning out of the transformers that Prices on a level with the articles the might leave the plant absolutely with- farmers have to buy. , That, on the out hope of supplying current to the present basis, would put wheat under city for a short time and he thought If they apply the same to corn, it that the only solution of the problem would probably be around $1 per bu. was to have the plant in this city put Ifc seems to be the opinion though that in running order. I wheat is the only product that it will The bids for the construction of the I be necessary to control. The fact that storm sewer on Chicago avenue were the average price paid western farm opened by City Clerk Warga and the ers for wheat for several years before following figures were submitted: J. the war was about 85 cents, and that H. McMaken, for concrete sewer, last winter a buying craze set in that 3,415; brick, 54,415; reinforced con-J carried it to $3.50 per bushel in Oma- crete pipe, S3,Soi). Keystone Pipe j ha and Kansas City, or in advance of Co.. concrete sewer, S4.5S0: brick, I over 400 per cent above normal price. $4,624.50; reinforced concrete pipe, brought a scare on the western con $4,324. A. F. Hanson, of Omaha, re- sumers, and they don't want it to oc inforced concrete pipe, $4,791.94. The cur again. I think everybody expects bids were all referred to' the streets, J prices on food products to be about alloys and bridges committee, who,! double normal until after the war after a few minutes deliberation, re- closes, with the exception of potatoes turned with the recommendation that the chances are there will be more all the bids be rejected and that new potatoes raised in the United States estimates be prepared. This was this year than we can consume, and adopt'rd by the council. as they cannot be kept over for an- Councilman Buttery called the at- other year, they will probably be tention of the council to the fact that I cheaper than they were before the many of the trees along Washington War. We have heard it stated in the street needed trimming, as they ob- press that our soldier boys should not scured the street lights and did not be compelled to go to a foreign conn- permit the light to give the proper try to fight, that it should be left to service, and on. motion the street volunteers to go to France, but you commissioner was authorized to go cannot find a man in linifnrm in ahead and have them trimmed up. Washinsrton or in New York that don't The dispute between James Blaha Vant to go to France. The youne and the city over a warrant for $6.25 recruits from different states, that are was discussed at some length by Mr. here, are all eager to go to France. Blaha, but it was decided by the coun- So the j nothine in the idea that cii to let the fire department thresh all should be left to volunteer. The out the question at their meeting this fact ig that they wQuld aIj or neariy evening and to nna out tiennnei all volunteer, and would be very quick from the records as to wnai amount to ,j0 so Mr. Blaha was entitled to receive for It seers they wiI1 not get Qur boyg hlS Services. nnHpr tho rprpnt rotrictraMnn trvo-ofVmi- mayor Sattler stated that the com- much before September and with four ..or... J.V. V. n A tfforaA tn coll th mil- I ...... Councilman Luschinsky stated that . 7,1 months' training to go through after thsre had been a ereat deal of com- motor lo xne.c iy "T "TV that. they would not get into activ plaint on the poor lighting service p-iven the city and they had taken the matter up with the manager of the local light plant and that he send an agent here, but it as certain ly to be hoped that they would have one here as soon as possible in order to demonstrate the pulmotor, so that it could be used in case of accidents. assemble as a boarj of equalization, which occupied some little time before would address the council on the mat ter of the poor light offered the city. Mr. Smith, of the lighting com pany, stated that during the past month there had been a great deal of trouble experienced by the light com pany in this city, due to the very heavy electrical storms, as well as U . r.i Uf Vii7 u.-o,-o fninff rnn. lilt; l u ii.ciu tutjr Uv...y, I , - , , t u I the final adjournment. sulerable work on the main high 1 power line from the station to the husiness nortion of the city. This work of replacing the lines with heavier power wire had taken some little time and the result had been that several times the current had been shut off, but this was the only possible way of getting the line in. There had also been some trouble on the line in the alley near the Journal nfficp that had occasioned some trouble service in France before next spring; and if Russia gets into line, as it now appears, the war will probably be over by that time, so that our boys may get through . this war without -i M i,--wl that I ' WuKuman ,c wl w- Ravine to eo into the trenches, and Trie sirwt spri iin.it: r lk: ucu ihuic i u- , , , , ii a ...,...,1 rt tmnnQC r nln V T n I " me lu u.i. volunteers will see active service, and Hus and on motion this was ordered , . looked after at once. The council then adjourned, to re we all hope that this may happen, and . I that next spring will see the world all at peace. Your friend. JOHN MURTEY. SAMUEL RAKER, FATHER OF MRS. W. E. ROSEIICRAHS, SUSTAINS VERY BAD FALL THE THIRD GAME MUST BE PLAYED TO DECIDE VICTORS NEBRASKA CROPS FAR EXCEEDS THE VIC! 0 I ftT VGA! I1LLU LJ1I ILfiSS From Tuesday's Dally. Last evening shortly after 6 o clock the members of the base ball team of Company C and the second team of the city gathered at the Dase ball park to try out on the second game of the series. This game resulted in a vic tory for the second team, by a score of 5 to 3, and makes the series one Immense Harvests Indicated in most Every Kind of Farm Product. AI- WINTER WHEAT-AND RYE SHOW ONLY SHORTAGES Corn and Potatoes Banner Staples Total Increase Abcut Twelve Per Cent. The government's July 1 forecast of Nebraska crops indicates that 3vi.- 000,000 bushels of ccrn. wheat, oats, barley, rye, potatoes arl apples will be harvested in the stat.- this year, as compared with a 191G crop, as esti mated in December, of 352,'.'00,orC bushels. Corn, which last year constituted slightly more than half of the grain, this year will form over two-thirds of the grain crop. "Most of the abandoned winter wheat, alfalfa and clover fields not sown to small grain were left lor corn, reads the report oi Aaron h.. Anderson, field agent for the depart ment of agriculture. This accounts for the largest acreage by far in the his tory of the state. "While corn is a few days late, the present condition is very promising. Most fields are receiving Letter enre than usual." Field, Get Better Care. The key to the Nebraska situation lies in the governments report, re peated for other crops than corn, that "most fields are receiving better care than usual." After the winter wheat, alfalfa and clover were killed by the severe, al most snowless winter, Nebraska farm ers buckled down to work to offset the damage by better cultivation. Drought in southwestern counties is in a meas ure being offset by the same more careful cultivation. The government's comparison of prices of products on JuTy 1, 1917, and July 1, 191C, shows a considerably greater increase of prices in Nebraska than in the United States as a whole. Detail of Condtim3. Crop conditions other than corn, as stated by Mr. Anderson in his report, follow : The winter wheat in southwestern Nebraska, comprising about one-third of the total acreage this year, is badly damaged by drought. The remainder of the winter wheat has made consid erable improvement. JUDGMENT GF 8USTAF JOHNSON FOR 5,009 AFFIRMED YESTERDAY FINE MENU FOR THE NAVY-ON 4TH OF JULY ners of the first game by a score of 6 to A: . Too much Hula, was the fate of the soldiers, as he was able to A message was received in this city last evening from Omaha stating that Councilman Weber inquired as to I Samuel Raker, father of Mrs. W. E whether or not there were three lines Rosencrans, of this city, was in quite Ot Wire not insuwieu lunmug wci kiwo "u ...l fu enldior- u-orA tho win different portions of the city and that city where he has been residing ' - which were a danger to the public. I since the death of his wife several Mr Smith stated that the wires of months ago. Mr. Raker, who is past .i t - t tz -T o ti4 f I AirrVif-tr rocrc rf qqpd Viae rtrf hpon in I tne mgn u w f - f 71 nw V strike them out at ease, and coupled 1 tuv"li J J I I nnth cACArol rant orrnr hv tho mom 1 o, ronotc Agnco film rt hoi storm or a nr X r , Tt.T .Z mI,Z bers of the soldiers' team, resulted in 1 l. Uny.nmo noniriirniic f r tholl-Ant inflTKrl TCI niS room thff OTPftlPT I iu ureinv ui uct-uu - i -f e i . . jt, rj. V,Q ff t,nf tU f tho time On Tiipd.-,v PVPn. a viirturj, ii u aCT.v,iui,. i6" puunc. iu r ------- - - Johnson and Gustafson were the only city was all on one line, Mr. Smith mg he had been put to bed as usual, M stated that he was having cutouts but during the night he arose, and, nut on the lines over the different I scuring his clothing, made his way portions of the city and with these I from the room wnere ne was sleeping he hoped to- be able to have it ar-j into-the one adjoining .and in some ranged so that in case of trouble each manner fell to the floor, causing what section could be cut off -without the is thought to be a iracture or the hip. necessity of shutting down the power The aged man was in great pain and game all nvpr town - his condition makes his recovery very Councilman Johnson gave the state- doubtful. Mrs. Rosencrans is now at For Sale Mercer automobile, in the bedside of the father. ' auire at Propst garage. lwd&w 11 b WA1A 1, - - . - I - Prim WVilrp.'ilav's Dnitv. The Nebraska state supreme court at Lincoln yesterday atnrmed the de cision of the district court of Cass county in the case of Gustaf Johnson vs. the Chicago, Burlington .5: Quincy railroad, in which th? plaintiff was awarded a judgment for S5.0O0 for injuries received while at his work in the shops in this city on April 30, 1914. The case was tried at the term of court commencing November 30, 1913, and the jury gave Mr. Johnson a ver c.ict for the sum of $3,000 in his suit for 20,000 damages. Mr. Joh:-on was formerly employed as assistant fore man in the freieht car department at the local shops and on April 30. 1914, while he was climbing to the top of a box car to inspect some repairs he grabbed hold of a hand iron on top of the car which was fastened to a plat form, and the platform being loose gave away and Mr. Johnson was thrown to the ground below with the result that one of the lower limbs was fractured in a severe manner. Mr. Johnson was confined to his home for several months following the acci dent. The suit was one that attracted much attention and the railroad com pany in their defense alleged the fact of contributory negligence in that the plaintiff had knowledge of the fact that the work on the car was not completed. This was denied by the plaintiff ar.d the negligence of Frank Slatinski, an employe of the company, who was working on the car, was charced as being responsible for the accident- The verdict in the supreme court for the plaintiff will probably close the case. Attorney Matthew Gering, of this city, appeared as attorney for the plaintiff, Mr. Johnson. SOLDIERS WIN FROM THE SECOND TEAM IN VERY CLOSE GAME soldiers to solve the delivery of Hula to any degree and both secured safe hits off his delivery. Dailey, who did the throwing for the Sammies, was in good form, but received Very ragged support in the opening innings of the From Tuesday's Dailj Those who have an idea that the navy doe? not provioe gooa iooa lor the sailors and these who are just finishing up their work in the train ing station in San Francisco on July 4. This menu was printed on a patri otic card and was sent to this city by Herbert J. Allen, who enlisted from here a short time ago, and is ntw about ready for service. The manu is as follows: Radishes Sweet Pickles. Green Onions Iced Cantaloupes. Cream of Tomato Soup. Croutons. Fricandeau of Lamb. . Green Garden Peas. Baked Spiced Ham. Roast Young Chicken. Oyster Dressing. Giblet Gravy. Mashed Potatoes. Asparagus on Buttered Toast. -Hearts of Lettuce Salad. French Dressing. Neapolitan Ice Cream. Pumpkin Pie. Apple Pie. Full Cream Cheese. Toasted Crackers. Marble Cake. Oranges. Bananas. ' Mixed Nuts and Raisins. Cigars. Coffee The third and deciding game of baseball between the representatives of Uncle Sam's army and the second teams of the city was staged last even ing at the Red Sox park, when a number of fans gathered to view the battle, and when the smoke of the tont!ict rolled away it was found that the soldiers of Company C were the winners by the score of 3 to 2. in the whirlwind seven-inning combat.- Dai ley for the soldiers and Hula for the second team were the slab artists and Dailey secured eight strikeouts to six for Hula. Errors on both sides came at times when costly and several times the soldiers were threatening with men on bases, but were held- The fielding of Rasneick and Pavlik for the soldiers was one of the chief fea tures of the game, while for the sec end team Hula showed the best form, both in fielding and batting. The chief hitters of the soldiers were Gustaf son. Johnson and Dailey. The tabu lated score was as follows: SECOND TEAM. AB. R. H. PO. A- E Martin, s. s ..3 0 0 0 1 ( Hula, p 4 1 3 2 4 ( Carmen, lb 4 Jirousek, 2b 4 Eoggs, 3b 4 Pries, r. f - 4 E. Long, c. f 3 V- Long, 1. f 3 Gradoville, c 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 John Rohrdanz and wife came in this morning from their home west of Mynard and departed on the early Burlington train for Omaha, where they will visit for the day in that city with Mrs. John Heil at the Methodist hospital. Totals 31 2 9 17 6 5 COMPANY C. AB. R. H. PO. A E. Gustafson, 1. f. ... 4 0 1 1 0 1 Jones, s. s. ...... 3 1 0 12 1 Johnson. 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 Rasneick, lb . 3 1 0 8 0 0 Renner, r- f. . 3 0 2 0 0 0 Janda", 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 McCarthy, c. f . . . 1 0 0 1 0 0 Pavlik, c. 3 1 0 8 0 0 Dailey, p ........ 3 0 1 1 4 1 Totals 23 3 5 20 7 3 TAKES AWAY PRISONER. Last evening Deputy United States Marshal Grant Yates came down from Omaha to secure Edward Sullivan, the young deaf mute who has been in the county jail here since Saturday await ing the coming of the federal authori ties. The young man Is wanted in the east for fraud and will probably face a federal indictment , before he gets through with the affair. Mr. Yates is the former chief-of-police of Nebraska City, where he made his home for many years, and is serving now under United States Marshal Flynn, and is one of the most efficient men in the federal service in the state. HON. R. B. WINDHAM ENJOYS DELIGHTFUL OUTING IN MICHIGAN GUS HYERS, FORMER PLATTSMOUTH BOY, IS COLORADO BANKER The many old friends of Gus Hysrs, former Plattsmouth man, and for many years sheriff of Lancaster coun ty, will be pleased to learn that he is meeting with much success in his new home in Hoi yoke, Colo., where he has been located since last Jan uary. .Mr. riyers has just oeen select ed as cashier of the First National bank of Holyoke, and is associated in the control of the bank by a number of the prominent business men of Lin coln. It goes without saying that Gus will make good in the position and the people of Holyoke are fortu nate in securing our former fellow townsman. In speaking of the change the State Journal has the following special from Holyoke: Mr. Hyers carr.e to Holyoke in Jan uary, intending to go into the real es tate and building and lean business, but when he came with a strong rec ommendation from the Lincoln First National bank, the Heginbotham fam ily took Mr. Hyers in as a partner and placed him in charge of the general cattle and insurance business. The result was that as the familv wanted some active duties and burdens re moved they sold a controlling interest to the above parties. Will Hegin- botham, older son, and Mr. Hyers will have actual charge cf the bank's af fairs. Mr. Hyers is very much elated over having his home town men asso ciated with him in business. The bank is on the corner of the street on the O. L. D. and recently was visited by five judges of the Nebraska supreme court, who paid their respects to Mr. Hyers as they were en route home from a western automobile tour. John Heginbotham, president of the bank, makes the following statement concerning the addition of Mr. Hyers to the bank and the town: '"The man agement of this bank has not changed. only Gus A. Hyers has been elected cashier and George B. Heginbotham has been promoted to second vice president. Mr. Hyers, formerly a prominent citizen of Lincoln, Neb., has been associated with us as stockholder and officer since the first of the year. He is a welcome addition to our offi cial force and to our communitv life. He has already made many friends and will undoubtedly be an important factor in the future development of this section. His family is now lo cated in their new residence erected in Holyoke." Hon. R. B- Windham, of this city, has just returned home from a few weeks spent in Michigan on a very pleasant outing. Mr. Windham was at Ann Arbor for a short time to attend the forty-fcurth reunion of his class in the law school of the Univer sity of Michigan and enjoyed a splendid time in meeting the former classmates with whom he had been so intimately associated during his stay at the lav.- school. He reports that the war has brought about quite a change in the school and every day large numbers of the students are leaving for the front to see service in the cause of .their country. At the commencement exercises of the school of law out of the class of ISO mem bers only 70 were present to receive their diplomas, as 110 of the class had enlisted and departed and it will Le necessary to ser.d these graduates their diplomas at their headquarters. Between 1,100 and 1.200 students of the University of Michigan have en listed in some of the arms of the serv ice of the nation since the opening of the war and more are still preparing to enter as soon as they call. Mr. Windham spent a short time at Bay View, Mich., fishing and also at Chi cago, where he visited with Mr. an I Mrs- II. C. King at their home at Waukegan. a suburb of the big city. He reports that the crop conditio : in Michigan are not near as favorable as in Nebraska. Through Illinois the corn does not appear as well ad vanced. In Michigan a great deal of cold weather has kept back the crops to a greater extent than in Nebraska and the Central West It was as a whole a most delightful outing in every way and cne which brings Mr. Windham home feeling much refresh ed and rested and ready to resume his busines sduties, and he feels that the lake country has nothing on old Ne braska as being a real place to live. ARRESTED FOR WIFE DESERTION FOR VKiGH HE IS WANTED IN IOWA Sheriff Quinton Tuesday evening succeeded in rounding up one E. Wright, who has been wanted for some time at Correctionville. Ia.. on the charge of wife desertion. The man was reported as being in Platts mouth, but the sheriff was unable f )r S3veral days to get a line on the man. as he was very ciever in keeping his identity from becoming known. It seems that the man Wright, when he mailed any letters, would send them out from some rural route in the vi cinity of the city and therefore keep anyone from learning his exact whereabouts. He was employed by the Missouri Pacific on the road work. As soon as the sheriff definitely lo cated the man he notified the author ities at Correctionville, who came af ter him yesterday and removed him back to his home to face the music on the charge that will be preferred against him. N Dr. E. T. George,' superintendent of the Tecumseh district of the Metho dist church, was in the city today for a short time, having held quarterly conference here last night at the .church- The United Slates Government Go-operates with the 7,600 member banks in maintaining the Federal Reserve Banking System for the protec tion of the business interests of the country. Through the Federal Reserve Board in Wash ington it supervises the twelve Federal reserve banks; it appoints one-third of their directors; it deposits its funds largely with them; it guaran tees the currency they issue. This co-operation greatly increases the value of the system to us and our community. Are you linked up with this new national system as one of our depositors? If not, you should delay no longer. FinST 1ATI0NAL BANK -The only National Bank in Plattsmouth