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VOL. XXXV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1917.
No. 9.
ANOTHER GAME
IS TAKEN FROM
THE RED SOX
Evidently the Red Sox Need Some
Reorganizing, if They Expect to
Cope With First Class
Rail Teams.
Yesterday afternoon the "Murphy
Did Its," champions of the City
league of Omaha, journeyed down to
tangle with the redoubtable Red Sox
of this city, and as a result the
Omaha champs went home victorious,
by a 4 to 1 score, and it was only
by the walking of Lamb, by McCoy,
that the locals were able to secure
the one tally to save . them from a
shut-out. McCoy, the slab artist for
the visitors, had the Sox on his list
and was able at all times by splen
did support to keep ttie local knights
of the bat from getting dangerous,
ahd from the opening inning there
was little chance of the Sox getting
in the conflict. Al Vernon, the short
stop for the City Champions, had it
on any that has visited this city dur
ing the season and his clean-cut field
ing and fast work kept down the
chances of the Sox from getting dan
gerous. Hay, the Sex pitcher, was
given very poor support, and while
he was able to return eleven of the
visitors on strike-outs, the errors
by the locals served to bring him
only defeat, and the loss of what
otherwise would have been a most
interesting game. Hay suffered a
severe injury in the second inning
while running to first base, and this,
to some extent, operated against his
fast work in the box, although he
gamely stuck to the end. McCoy of
the Murphys, struck out thirteen of
the Sox, and allowed no hits, while
four safe bingles were collected from
the delivery of Hay.
The visitors tallied in the opening
innir.g, when A. Vernon was safe at
first on an error by Edwards, and
this was followed by another error
by Salsburg, which allowed O'Brien
to reach first safely and advanced
Vernon. On the fly of Joe Moran to
Beal in the center garden Vernon
scored the opening run, and on a
fielders' choice by Yost O'Brien came
home.
In the third inning the visitors
again proceeded to add two more
runs to their list. D. O'Brien opened
the inning, but poked one out to left
field, where Mason grabbed it. Joe
Moran followed with a clean drive to
right field, and when the infield hit
of Ycst was juggled by Edwards, was
advanced to third. Manchauso with a
neat rap to left scored the needed
run to make it look soft for the vis
itors from the packing house suburb.
The seventh inning was replete with
sensation and for a time the situa
tion apepared as blood-thirsty as the
trench warfare, when Beal and a
number of the Omaha players sought
to settle their anger and differences
in a short exhibition of the fistic are,
but the interference of the other
members of both teams brought a
great peace and harmony to the
scene and allowed the game to pro-
ceeu. it was in mis inning mat ine
Red Sox su-rded in getting their
lone tally. Mason, who was first up,
was retired on a grounder to Vernon
at Short, but Lamb, who followed,
secured a base on balls, and was
able to purloin second on the strike
out of Grassman. On the error of
1 Ti . ? ll - T . A 1
O'Brien in left field Lamb came home.
This closed the scoring so far as the
locals were concerned and left the
rtory of the game as a lose, by the
score cf 4 to 1. The score:
RED SOX.
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Beal, cf 4 0 0 2 0 2
Salsburg, 2b.. 3 0 0 4 0 1
Edwards, 3b.. 3 0 0 1 1 2
Herold, c. ... 4 0 0 12 0 0
Hay, p 4 0 0 0 3 0
Mason, If. ... 4 0 0 2 0 0
Lamb, rf. . . . 4 1 0 1 0 0
Grassman, ss. 4 0 ' 0 7 0 1
Caldwell, lb.. 3 0 0 4 1 0
Totals ...33 1 0 27 5 6
MURPHY DID ITS.
AB. R. II. O. A. E.
Vernon, ss... 5 1 1 2 4 0
O'Brien, If... 5 1 0 1 0 1
J. Moran, lb.. 4 118 0 0
Yost, c 4 1 ' 0 15 . 0 0
A' Moran, 2b. 4 0 0 1 0
Manchuso, 3b. 4 0 2 0 1 0
Kelley, cf.... 4 0 0 0 0
Maher, rf.... 4 0 0 0 2
McCoy, p 0 0 0 3
Totals ...39 4 4 27 10
The work of Umpire J. W. Holmes
during the game was universally fair
and given without prejudice to either
fide and was very pleasing to the
fans.
MRS. LEE GOTNER IS
CRUSHED UNDER GAR
AND BADLY INJURED
Last Saturday evening while Mrs.
Lee Cotner was attempting to back
their car out of the lot preparatory to
taking an evening drive, she was un
able to keep the roadway, which is
very narrow, and the car was over
turned, and rolled down the hill in
the yard into their potato patch and
garden, catching Mrs. Cotner under
neath the overturned car, pinning her
down with the back of one of the
seats in such a war that she could
not get out, and injuring her. inter
nally, as well as bruising her arm
and body, so they are black and blue.
Her chest was crushed so that she
at first was scarcely able to get her
breath, but when she had gotten out,
and the pressure taken from her
body, she was able to breathe easier.
While no bones were broken, it was
feared that she had received internal
injuries, later she was resting bet
ter, although still in some danger,
but mending nicely.
"WOODMEN CIRCLE PICNIC.
Mrs. A. J. Trilety and Miss Anna
Rys will entertain the ladies of the
Woodmen Circle lodge at their so
cial meeting this month, when this
meeting will be in the nature of a
picnic for the members of the Wood
men Circle and their families, which
will be held in the Vroman pasture,
near the South Park school, Wednes
day, August 1st. All members are
requested to bring a picnic luncheon
for themselves and families. The
hostesses of the occasion will have
a treat in store for the members and
their families. All those residing in
the vicinity of the pasture will go
direct to the picnic grounds, while
those residing any distance are re
quested to meet at the Trilety home
on South Fifth street, at 10 o'clock
sharp, where there will be convey
ances to take them to the picnic
grounds.
SUNDAYED WITH MOTHER.
Yesterday Otto Wurl and wife with
their little girl, came in over the Bcr
lir.gton and are visiting at the home
of Mr. Wurl's mother. Mr. Wurl
and family have beer, making their
home at Quincy, 111., where Mr; Wrurl
some 'time.lsince enlisted in the
Fourth Illinois regiment, and is a
sargeant, and has been selected as
the drillmaster for his company. Paul
Wurl, wife and son, Paul, jr., came
in via auto, yesterday, from their
home in Bryon, this state, and visited
at the home of Grandma Wurl yes
terday and last evening, departing
this morning for Omaha, where th"y
will purchase goods for their store at
Bryon, and from Omaha will depart
for their home in the southwest.
NEW BANK FOR PLATTSMOUTH
After being with the Bank of Cass
County for over twenty-three years,
Mr. T. M. Patterson has resigned the
position of cashier, and is engaged in
the organization of a new bank,
which will be located In the Gering
drug store building. Deposits in ths
Plattsmouth banks have almost dou
bled in the last ten years and Mr.
Patterson and his associates think
there is ample room for a new bank.
From the point of continuous serv"-e
: Mr. Patterson is the oldest bank man
in Cass county.
LOSES VALUABLE HORSE.
Will R. Egenberger, the coal man,
who has had a horse sick from an
injury and which terminated in blood-
j poisoning, last evening had the animal
killed to put it out of its misery, as
there was no hope for its recovery.
Obey the Law. Order your Osgood
Lens. Plattsmouth Garage. All sizes.
ONE OF GRAND
EST EVENTS OF
THE SEASON
The Dance Frolic and Entertainment
Generally Was One of the Most
Interesting Affairs Ever
Held in Plattsmouth.
"There was a sound of revelry Sat
urday night,
Cass county's fair dancers were
gathered there;
Her dames of beauty and her nen of
might.
Bright the electric lights gleamed
up
The members of the Red Cross, and
then, well:
All went as merry as a rr.nrriage
bell."
As a fitting climax of the en
deavor which the members of the
Red Cross campaign committee in
their endeavor to interest the entire
public in their work last week, was
the dance and frolic given ij the open
last Saturday evening, vvitn the other
features which added to the interest
and zest of the occasion, as well a?
brought more dollars into the fund
which will be needed at the front all
too soon.
The Nebraska Lightira: compr.r.y,
in testimony of their position n the
matter of patriotism and desire to as
sist the efforts of the Red Cross, fur
nished the light service, as well as
installing the lights and the decora
tions made with the lights
The affair was one of greatest suc
cess, the receipts from which, for the
dance alone, were slightly above $300,
and with the other things, runs far
above that figure, the Cofntiy Store
paying better than the oocths. though
they all showed a good income. The
decorations were fine, and the com
mittee wishes to extend to Mr. Smith
of the electric light company their
thanks for the courtesier, extended
by him. To witness th? almost en
tire street from the postoffice to Mrs.
Agnews filled with happy courles was
a grand sight.
At the Country Stora many re
ceived what they were net looking
for and did not in particular desire.
Miss Helen Bixby, the young lady
who posed as the Goddeis of Liberty,
getting a pig, which got away ficm
her afterwards and is now lost.
Should anyone see it, jjst shoo it
around this way. Some of the young
adies got a hair-cut and shave
coming, while Pollock Parmele re
ceived a hair switch. So goes the
uck of man. The musical feature of
the affair was the Fourth Regimental
band, and Holly's orchestra. Colonel
Baehr was a visitor and was highly'
pleased with the affair.
The committee of Surgical Dress
ing are hoping that the receipts of
the dance may fall to that commit
tee for use in purchasing what that
department needs. The ladies are
deeply in debt to Colonel B?ehr for
his kindness in letting them have
the Fourth Regiment band, for in
deed, it was the life of tho occasion.
HOT DAY IN OLD LEXINGTON.
Mis3 Selma Marquardt, sister of
the superintendent of schools for the
county, who has been in the west for
some time past, and while away vis
ited in Old Mexico, Cal., and other
western states, came in on the mid
night Missouri Pacific and is the
guest of her sister for a short time,
before going to her home at Avoca.
Miss Marquardt says the most pleas
ant place she visited was at San
Diego, Cal. She stopped at Cheyenne
on her way home, and when passing
through Lexington, heard some one
say that the temperature there was
125 'in the shade. Some hot weather!
HOLINESS MEETINGS
C. H. Mintle of Glenwood, who has
been here in attendance at the Hili
ness meetings which are being con
ducted in a tent on Chicago avenue,
departed for his home this morning.
The Rev. W. O. Adams, who irrivci
from Bigelow, Mo., a Taw days since,
will assist in the meetings this week.
Dawson Will Fix It
LEE HAYNIE BURIED.
Lee Haynie, of whom this paper
spoke of as being very sick at his
home in Pacific Junction the other
day, passed away Saturday morning
after suffering for some four month
from a combination of diseases, prom
inent among which was dropsy. Mr.
Haynie was born near Pacific Jun
tion in 187(1, and was roriy-one years
of age. Mr. Haynie was married but
had no children, was a railroad man,
and had been ticket agent for the
Burlington for some years. But when
his health failed he could not con
tinue longer with the company, his
brother, who was, also m the employ
of the company, took his place. The
funeral was held at Pacific Junction
yesterday and interment was in the
cemetery there. Mr. Haynie was a
brother of Ralph Haynie, who lives
west of this city.
PHILIP A. HILD INJURED
BY A THRESHING MACHINE
This morning while he was endeav
oring to get a threshing machine
from a shed in which it was kept.
Philip A. Ilild living some twelve
miles west of Plattsmouth, was in
jured by getting pinched severely be
tween the machine and the crib by
which the machine was standing. The
injury affected one sidi- and one shoul
der. Medical attention was given
and possible done to relieve him, and
he is not suffering as greatlv as at
first, although still having a great
deal of pain. It is thought no bones
were broken and no lacerations ap
pear but it is not definitely known
whether he has sustaired internal in
juries of a serious character or not.
KING OF TRAILS CONVENTION.
Frori WeiJ r.p.Jilav "s I tail". ' -
There will be a King jf Trails con
vention, embracing the counties of
Cass, Otoe, Richardson, Pawnee, Ne
maha and Johnson, from which coun
ties there will be delegates. The idea
of the convention is to promote in
terest in the good roads movement.
The eonvintion is culled to meet in
Falls City Monday, July 30th. It is
expected that there will oe a la:ge
r.r.d enthusiastic gathering o." the
good roads boosters, a-.d a delega
tion will be in attendance from
Plattsmouth and Cass rcunty.
RETURN FROM OUTING.
From Saturday's Da II v.
Mr. Victor Krivonek, the genial
and efficient clerk at the Wescott
clothing store, who some week or ten
days since departed for the north
west, today returned from his trip
to Deadwood, S. D., where he spent
a week with friends. Victor says
that while he was there they had a
good 'rain and things are looking fine,
and that everything is growing nicely.
On his return he stopped off for a
day at his old home at Meadow
Grove, and reports that at that place
rain is badly needed, and it is very
dry.
CASS CATTLE IN KANSAS.
From Saturday's Daily.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hall, who
have been in Kansas for some six or
seven months, where Mr. Hall's busi
ness as a salesman of the Lenox fur
naces called him, returned last eve
husband, they making the trip by
auto and seeing the country. Mrs.
Hall in speaking of the trip( said
that in some places in Kansas it was
getting pretty dry. When at Beards
ley, Kan., they saw two fine cattle,
cows, which had been shipped from
here by Luke L. Wiles, and say that
the people who purchased them are
highly pleased and t'nat the cattle
were looking fine.
C. E. ENTERTAINMENT.
From Sati-rdav's Daily.
The Christian Endeavor of the
Christian church are making prepara
tions for a big time at their enter
tainment to be given on the chtirch
lawn, August 7th. At which time
they will have a delightful musical
program, in which the members of
the choir will take part, the program
will be, published at a later date. Ice
cream and cake will be served on the
lawn while the program i3 being
given. v
Bring your welding to us. Platts
mouth Garage. Tel. .394. .
JUNE BRIDEGROOMS
EXEMPT IF BRIDES
ARE DEPENDENT
Trenton, X. J., July 26. Accord
ing to the interpretation placed by
the military authorities Oil cl letter
just received firm Provost; Marsha
General Crowder, in reply to inquir
ies, drafted men who have married
or who shall marry before they are
called for examination will not have
to serve in the conscript army if their
brides are dependent upon them.
The impression has prevailed that
registered men, who married after
June 5, did so onjy to be in a position
to claim exemption and that their
marriage would be regarded as an at
tempt to evade the draft, but would
not be recognized as a bona-fide claim
The following paragraph of the pro
vost marshal's letter, military author
ities say, seems to upset this impres
sion:
"In reference to marriage after
June o, it would seem in like manner
that the claim to discharge because of
dependency should be determined at
the date of calling. If the person called
is then a married man and has a wife
at that time depending upon his labor
in the sense in which that term is
used in the rules and regulations, it
would seem that he coul d be dis
charged from the service, if, in the
opinion of the board, the claim is sub
stantiated."
S ACCUSED AS AUTHOR OF
FALSE CASUALTY REPORT
St. Louis, July 27. Louis Frum-
en, a medical student, was arrested
here by agents of. the federal depart
ment of justice on the charge that he
iad stated he hed received a letter
from France say that a member of
the Washington Universiyt hospital
unit ( Red Cross base hospital unit No.
21) had been killed and another
member of the unit had been in
jured Bail was fixed at 1,000. The arrest
was made under the espionage act.
Frumsen was arrested in the office of
his father, a physician who denied
that his son had made the statement
attributed to him.
Officers of the department of jus
tice after the arrest issued a warn
ing against the spreading of rumors
of disaster to the American expedi
tionary force
Henceforth, the. statement says,,the
department of justice intends vigor
ously to enforce the law against those
who thus harm the country.
SPEND SUNDAY IN THIS CITY.
Albert X. Ozbun and wife and son,
Raymond, and daughter, Mrs. LeRoy
Aldrich, and husband, all of Paton,
la., arrived last Saturday via auto
mobile and visited at the home of
Mr. Ozbun's sister, Mrs. M. S. Briggs
and family, over Sunday, departing
for their Iowa home early this morn
ing. In coming they took the Lin
coin Highway, coming through Oma
ha, but returning, they crossed the
river here, going by way of Red Oak,
then north to Atlantic, thence east.
Mr. Ozbun and Dr. Cook were school
mates years ago, when they attended
Whittier college. Mr. Ozbun was re
joiced to learn of the promotion of
his former college friend, wishing
him continued success.
! RETURNS FROM WEST PORTION
OF STATE.
John F. Gorder, who with C. W.
Baylor has been visiting in the west
ern portion of the state for the past
week, returned a few days since, and
in speaking of that country Mr. Gor
der said that everything was looking
fine and that while he was in Kim-
' ball county they had an inch of rain,
j which made things loo-: fine there.
' While he was out west he visited at
' the Pioneer Days' celebration which
was held at Cheyenne, Wyo., last
week, and found large and enthus
iastic crowdsi, and every minute
there was something doing.
Henry R. Gering, of Omaha, came
down last Saturday to attend the Red
Cross event here and to visit over
j Snuday with his mother and the re
mainder of the family, returning
I home last evening.
THEIR OPINION ON SATURDAY.
We interviewed about twenty farm
ers last Saturday afternoon, asking
them as to what extent the dry
weather and hot winds had injured
the pasture, corn and potatoes. The
answers varied, from no injury to
rfully fifty per cent, and sometimes a
greater amount. When we had got
ten through we added the amounts
and divided the total by the number
of farmers, and found a concensus of
opinion that the pastures had suf
fered 31.5 per cent, the corn 7.5 per
cent and the potatoes 18 per cent.
CELEBRATION OF HER
FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY
From Saturday's Daily.
Yesterday being the fifteenth birth-
day anniversary of Miss Effa Marie
Patterson, Mrs. Patterson called in a
few of her playmates to assist her in
celebrating the ocacsion in the prop
er manner. Games and various amus-
ments were indulged in, and at six
o'clock a dainty and delicious two-
table was very prettily decorated in
a color scheme of red, white and
blue, American flags and sweet peas
being used. Mrs. Patterson was as
sisted by Mrs. John Thacker and
Mrs. Oscar Wilson in entertaining
the young folk. Those in attendance
were: Misses Carla Brandt, Myrtle
and Clara Miller, Clara Johnson,
Hazel Vroman, Vera Moore, Lillie
and Rose Thacker, Flora Meisinger,
Orrie Major, the guest of honor, EfFa
Marie Patterson. Mrs. Setz, who was
to have furnished some music for
this jolly company, was unable to be
present on account of sickness. Miss
Effa Marie Patterson received a
number of beautiful presents.
SOAKED AT PERCIVAL, IA.
.Yesterday the Plattsmouth second
base ball team journeyed to Percival,
la., carried there by J. E. Mason, the
auto liveryman, where they engafd
in' a spirited ball game with the Iowa
sluggers. Those of the stars to go
were: lheir manager. Mr. Chnsten-
en: Albert Janda. John Price, Joh.i
Pavlac and Anton Hula. At Percival
they were treated in a very fine man
ner, with courtesy, and entertained
n fine shape. When it came to play
ing ball, no favors were shown, they
were expected to play ball, and if
they did not they were to get noth
ing. By dint of hard work they
were enable to earn two runs, while
the boys in Iowa took six for them
selves.
VISITING IN MISSOURI.
From Thursday's Daily.
A. K. .Noble is doing a double stunt
at the present time, when he arrives
home from his run on the Burling
ton, as he has the housekeeping to
ook after, his folks all being on a
visit with relatives in Missouri. A.
R. says he would rather look after
the household work than to board
while the folks are away. Mrs. Noble
is visiting with the parents of Mr.
Noble, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Xoble of
New Hampton, and with two of her
sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Uptegraf of Beth
any, and Mrs. Ona Young of Grant
City. She will be away about two
weeks.
The National Shock
Absorber Again
People have been asking us how the Federal
Reserve System acts as a shock absorber.
In the past, whenever a shock came the banks
felt it first. Most of our 29,000 banks started to
strengthen themselves and stopped loaning
money, which slowed up business all along the
line. We have strengthened ourselves in ad
vance by joining the Federal Reserve System,
and when trouble comes can confidently go ahead
with our usual business, knowing that the great
resources of this System are at our bank.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
See Us for Farm Loans
AUTO WRECK SAT
URDAY NIGHT, WITH
SEVERAL INJURED
While driving at a high rate of
speed just this side of the place where
Ben Speck lives, on the Oscar Gapen
farm where the concrete culvert spans
a small wash, an auto driven by Mor
ris Lloyd and containing Floyd Gil-
more and George iley became un
manageable and careened into the
side of the concrete culvert, spilling
the occupants out, where the car
turned over after plowing up the road
for some distance, and stripping the
car of what bric-a-brac it had in the
shape of windshields, top and seat
backs. Mr. Flovd. who was drivintr
1ha Qt. frr,f .t .-, u,.- o,
u 9 fVM I. 1 ft M ft-ft A 1111,
and a number of bruises, while
: George Wiley it is thought had his
back broken, for he cannot move, and
has a number of cuts over his face
and body, and when he lays on his
back for a time can not move "his toes.
Mr. Gilmore was more fortunate, as
he got out without more than a few
serious bruises and a few patches of
skin gone. The Dodge car which they
were driving was considerably bat
tered up.
DEPART FOR EAST.
C. G. Wiggins of Los Angeles, Cal.,
came in last evening from the west
and was joined by the Rev. II. G.
McClusky, when they departed for
the east, going to Boneville, X. V.,
where they will look alter some busi
ness matters regarding the settle
ment of an estate in which they are
interested. This is the city where
Rev. McClusky was born, and where
he lived during his rariy life, until
he was twenty years of age and when
he went away to college, after which
he came west and has made his home
here. The trip back to the place
where he spent so many years of his
early life should be a source of much
pleasure and we hope that he may
have an enjoyable time, although he
goes not for an outing, but on busi
ness. As he does not know when he
can finish his business he does not
know when he will return, but thinks
it will be quite a while.
STORE HOUSE VS. HIGH SCHOOL
From Saturday's Daily.
Last evening there was a game at
the base ball park between the Store
House tteam and the High Sschool
team, in which the High School team
came out ahead, and when the game
had been played and the smoke had
cleared away, it was found that the
score stood: High School, 5; Store
House, 2. The game fras lost to the
Store House by reason of a number
of errors.
KNOWS WHERE HE LIVES NOV,
Chas Boetel, sr., has been a
statesman without a country since
the men began to" move his house,
some time ago. As long as he
stayed on the lot where he formerly
lived he had an address, but for a
number of days he did not knnv
where he lived. Today he tells us
they have stopped the house, and tnat
we can again send his Daily Journal
as he knows now where he lives.
If you are not getting this pro
tection as one of our deposi
tors, drop in and talk it over.
