THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917.
PLATTSMOUTH EVENING JOURNAL.
PAGE 3.
MANLEY STATE BANK
MURRAY STATE BANK
BANK OF CASS COUNTY
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
BANK OF COMMERCE
LOUISVILLE, NEB.
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CAPITAL AIID SURPLUS $23,000
FIRST SECURITY BANK
CEDAR CREEK, NEB.
MANLEY, NEB.
MURRAY, NEB.
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $13,000
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $15,000
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $80,000
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $10,000
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OFFICERS
FRANK STANDER
AUGUST STANDER
AUGUST PAUTSCH
THOMAS E. PARMELE
WM. J. RAU.
DIRECTORS
CHAS. C. PARMELE, President.
FRED NUTZMAN, Vice-President.
W. GLEN BOEDEKER, Cashier.
OFFICERS
CHAS. C. PARMELE
JACOB TRITSCH
THOMAS E. PARMELE -R.
F. PATTERSON.
F. G. EGENBERGER
OFFICERS
THOMAS E. PARMELE. President.
CHAS. C. PARMELE, Vice-President.
PAUL FITZGERALD, Cashier.
RALPH R. LARSON, Asst. Cashier.
OFFICERS
WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, President.
W. H. LOHNES, Vice-President.
THOMAS E. PARMELE, Director.
Our Facilities Enable Us to Handle Your Business in this County Promptly and
Economically and on this Basis We Dnvite Your Patronage.
MITK E TO CREDITORS.
The State of Nebraska)
Cass County ) ss:
In the i'onnly Court.
In the Matter of the Kstate of J. Hen
rv Meisinser. ieceased.
To the Creditors of Said Kstate:
You are herebv notified that I will
sit it t tin Count v Court Koom in Platts-liK-uth.
in said county, on the 21rn day
i.t St-. Umber, 111, and on the 23rd
iav of March. 1JUS. nt l':00 o'clock In
the afternoon of each day to receive
:ind examine all claims against said
Kstate. with a view to their adjust
ment and allowance. Th time limit
ed for the presentation of claims
against said Kstate is six months from
Hie rlst dav of September, A. 1.. 1917,
and the time limited for payment of
debts is cne vear from said ".'lst day
of August? 1917. , ,
Witt-ess mv hand and the seal of
paid Countv Court, this 21st day of
august. 117. allen j BKESON
(Seal) County Judge.
INOTICK TO CREDITORS.
The Ptate of Nebraska)
Cuss County ) ss:
In the County Court
In the matter of the Kstate of Aug
ust AY. I.eins. Deceased:
To the Creditors of said Kstate:
You are hereby notified that 1 will
sit at the County Court room In Platts
mouth, in said county, on the 29tli day
of September, and the 2Sth day of De
cember, 1U17. at one o'clock in the af
ternoon of each day, to receive and ex
amine all claims against said estate,
with a view to their adjustment and
allowance The time limited for the
presentation of claims against said
estate is three months from the 2th
dav of September. A. D., 1917, and the
time limited for payment of debts Is
one vear from said 29th day of Sep
tember. A. D.. iai7.
Witness niv hand and the seal of
mid Count v Court, this 25th day of
August, 1917.
ALLEN J. BKESON,
(Seal) s3-4w. County Judge,
LIKES NEBRASKA BETTER.
From Tuesday's Dally.
S. A. Wiles, who, about a week
since, departed with his family, and
Mrs. Wiles mother, Mrs. Henry
Spangler, and Miss Elizabeth Spang
ler, for an extended visit in Ohio,
in and around Hicksville, returned
home this morning, evincing a pref
erence for Nebraska. The remaind
er of the party will remain for a
more extended visit in the east. Mr.
Wiles tells of much cold weather,
anfl much frost in Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois.
YIELD TO NONE IN
LOYALTY SAYS RE
GENT F. L. HALLER
DENIES ANY WORD OR DEED OF
DISLOYALTY BEFORE WE
ENTERED THE WAR
OR SINCE.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
The State of Nebraska)
Cass County ) ss:
In the County Court
In the matter of the Estate of Amel
ia Heins, Deceased:
To the Creditors of said Estate:
You are hereby notified that I will
sit at the County Court room In Platts
mmitli, in said county, on the 29th day
of September, and the 29th day of De
cember. 1917. at two o'clock in the af
ter noun of each day. to receive and ex
amine all claims against said estate,
with a view to their adjustment and
allowance The time limited for the
presentation of claims against said
estate is three months from the 29th
dav of September, A. D.. 1917. and the
time limited for payment of debts Is
on. vear from said 29th day of Sep
tember. A. D.. 1917.
Witness my hand and the seal of
raid Co unty Court, this 25th day of
August, 1917.
ALLEN J. REESON,
(Seal) s3-4w. County Judge.
IX THE DISTRICT COrilTiK
Till: I'MTEIl ST1TES KOH THE
DISTRICT OK MK1IKASKA
Lincoln IMvixlon.
In the matter of' Charles L. Norman,
Bankrupt. Case No. 3s8. In Bank
ruptcy. To creditors of the above bankrupt
of Louisville, in the County of Cass
the district aforesaid, a bankrupt:
Notice is herebv given that on the
21st dav of August A. D. 1917. the said
bankrupt was duly adjudicated bank
rupt and that the first meeting of his
creditors will be held In my office In
Lincoln, on the 21st day of September
D. 1917, at 9 o'clock In the fore
noon, at which time the said creditors
may attend, prove their claims, ex
amine the bankrupt, appoint a trustee,
and transact such other business as
.may properly come before such meet
ring. Dated September 6, 191 1.
DANIEL H. McCLENAHAN.
Keferee In bankruptcy.
Says He is Doing All He Can to Up
hold the Government of His
Country in Its Crisis.
XOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska)
Cass County ) ss:
lu the- County Court.
In the matter of the Kstate of Mary
F. Welch, Deceased:
To the Creditors of said Estate:
You are hereby notified that I will
it at the County Court room in Platts
inouth, in said county, on the 12th day
of November, 1917 and the 12th day of
Januarv, 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m. of
each of said days to receive and ex
amine all claims against said Estate,
with , a view to their adjustment and
allowance. The time limited for the
presentation of claims against said es
tate Is three months from the 11th day
of. October. A. D-. 1917, and the time
limited for payment of debts is one
vear from said 10th day .of September,
1917.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
Countv Court, this rath day of Septem
ber, 1917.
ALLEN J. BEESON.
(Seal) sl7-4w-sw County Judge.
CEMETERY.
We are now prepared to make your
monument, markers and lot corners
right at home. Cass County Monu
ment Co., W. T. Wassell, manager.
Hotel Riley block, Plattsmouth, Neb.
Bring your welding to us. Platts
mouth Garage. Tel. 394.
Omaha, Sept. IS. Frank L. Hal
ler, president of. the board of regents
of the Nebraska university, sent a
statement to the World-Herald this
morning for publication. Mr. Haller
was called upon by the State vCouncil
of Defense 'to resign from the board
because of alleged pro-German ten
dencies. Haller's Statement.
Following is the statement of Mr
Haller:
"Omaha, Sept. 17. Not in answer
to attacks made on me, but because
I feel it due the citizens of this state
who made me Regent of the Univer
sity, I deny that either before we
entered the war or after, have I in
thought, word or deed been disloyal
to the United States.
"I will not concede to any man,
whether native born as I am, or for
eign born, a higher standard of
Americanism than mine. I am doing
all I can and will continue to do all
I can to uphold the administration
and the government of the United
States, to which I yield absolute loy
alty and alliegance.
"This is no time for dissension
among well wishers of our country.
I consider it the duty of every citi
zen to render the service for which
he is best fitted. While I refuse to
advertise what I have done to help
the Red Cross, the Liberty Bond and
other war campaigns, I may with
propriety say that It has been my
business for more than a quarter of
a century to promote the yield of the
state of Nebraska and it Is a matter
of public record that as soon as war
was declared, without waiting to be
called, I began my active service
along these lines and shall continue
the same so long as the war may
last, alike indifferent to praise or
blame. F. L. HALLER."
YANKEE OFFICERS
IN VERDUN ATTACK
Safe Remedy For Children.
Chas. Baker, Brownsville, Tex.,
writes: "For years I have used
Foley's Honey and Tar and found it
especially efficient for bad coughs of
my children. I recommend it to my
friends as a safe remedy for child
ren as it contains no opiates. It is
certain to bring quick and lasting
relief." Stops coughs. Sold every
where. ,
UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICERS
ASSISTED IN DRIVE AGAINST
CROWN PRINCE.
Formed An Actual Part of the
French Fighting Units
None Injured.
Paris, Sept. 18. United States
army officers assisted in the recent
French drive against the crown
prince to the north of Verdun when
positions along a fifteen-mile front
on both sides of the Meuse were
wrested from the Germans.
This was the first action in which
Americans, as part of the United
States army, figured. anU tie bril
liant, smashing, rapid success of
General Petain's forces in this sec
tion is regarded as a happy r.ugury
of future activities of the Amer
ican army.
The officers who were engaged
were more than observers the
United States army has had repre
sentatives with the various forces
in the field ever since the war start
ed. The American officers formed
an actual part of the French fight
ing units that bounded over the
shell-shattered parapets ten minutes
after dawn broke, and strode slow
ly forward toward the pulverized
German positions, in the wake of
the celebrated "creeping barrage" of
artillery fire.
Steel helmets on their heads, re
volvers in hand, their field glasses
slung around their necks, gas masks
handy and their uniforms stripped
of all marks denoting rank, the
American officers accompanied the
French platoon and battalion lead
ers, learning at first sight and di
rectly under fire how crack "shock
troops" are led into action in a mod
ern offensive.
Although French soldiers fell dead
and dying all around them, and a
number of French officers were hit
also, not one American was even
wounded. They advanced from the
original French positions south of
the Mort Homme, on the left bank
of the Meuse, and south of 1111 344.
on the right bank, clear up to the
most advanced trenches captured by
the wonderful French infantry.
At half past four o'clock in the
morning, after waiting all night in
the front line positions, they heard
the word passed along the trenches
by the under officers for the men
to get ready. They saw the war
callousd French soldiers shako them
selves from slumber in the deep
dugouts sometimes forty feet un
der ground where they had been
sleeping, unmindful of the hideous
uproar occasioned both by their own
and the enemy artillery. They saw
the "poilus" adjust their long, slend
er bayonets to their rifles and ging
erly feel the hand grenades in the
bits around their waists. And then
they saw them line up alons the
firing step of the trench.
At a quarter to five the shrill
whistles of the sub-officers announced-
that the infantry attack was on
that the soldiers mere flesh and
blood had started to finish and
clinch the work performed by the
thousands of giant guns in the rear.
Almost the first thing ths Amer
icans learned was that nowadays
troops do not "charge" from trench
es at "double quick time." in thje
first place, the condition of the
ground over which the troops must
advance is such that they cannot
move rapidly. Pitted with shell
craters one to thirty feet deep,
gouged with pits caused when mon
strous mines were exploded, and
knee deep in the most clinging mud
in the world, the ground o-i'crs ev
ery obstacle to rapid moving.
And with the perfection oi the
"creeping barrage," troops cannot
move faster than the curtain of fire
which precedes them. This creep
ing barrage moves forward very
slowly, as fast as the average man
walks when, he is not in a hurry.
The first wave of attacking troops
follows about forty yards in the rear
of the row of bursting shells.
Groping forward beside the
French officers, the Americans stag
gered forward until one of their
guides sniffed suspiciously, and haul
ed his gas mask out of its tin box
strapped around his waist. The
Americans followed, and none too
soon, as already the German bat
teries were lobbing over gas shells
to try to break up the attack.
Two hundred yards forward and
the Americans with the first at
tacking wave reached the former
first line of Germa ntrenches. Little
was left to differentiate the strip
of convulsed earth from the rest of
the terrain except that the litter of
wood and accoutrements was deep
er and a long, uncertain, straggled
line of distorted corpses marked
where the Germans on duty in the
trenches had been destroyed by the
bombardment. Even as the Ameri
cans reached the trench a handful
of German survivors crawled from
the mouth of the caved in dugout.
their arms extended, screaming
"Mercy, Kamerad." The men were
taken prisoner and directed toward
the rear, as the attacking wave con
tinued its advance, a certain num
ber of the troops being told off to
handle the underground shelters and
take prisoners such Germans as
might come up.
IN HOSPITAL AT OMAHA.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Mrs. J. C. Baker returned home
last evening on the late train, from
Omaha, where she had been at the
bedside of her son, who yesterday
underwent an operation for the cor
rection of hernia which had been
troubling the young man for some
time past. Mrs. Baker reports that
Lester is doing nicely after the op
eration, but says the operation it
self was severe.
MAY NOT FILL
ARMY UNITS;
SECOND DRAFT
ARMY OFFICERS FEAR DEFICI
ENCY WILL BE DISCLOSED
WHEN REPORTS IN
NO FIGURES ON SH0R1AGE YEI
Another Summons Likely Unless In
complete Divisions are Train
ed Not Probable.
OLD LADY
FEELING FINE
After Taking Four Bottles Of
Cardui, The .Woman's Tonic
Cobden, 111. ''Having used Cardui,
the woman's tonic, in my family, for a
number of years," writes Mrs. Kate
Metz, of this town, "and always with
such good results, I feel it my duty to
write yow about it, so that you may
publish my letter.
My mother is living with me, and
she is 52 years old. For the last three
or four years, she has been troubled a
great deal with cramping spells, and
for days at a time, she would have a
severe headache.
She read of how much Cardui has
helped other women who were sick
and ailing, and decided to give it a
trial. She began taking it three times
a day, and since then has been getting
along simply fine.
Mother only used four bottles of
Cardui, but she is no longer troubled
with the severe headaches, and her
stomach is so much stronger that she
can eat most anything.
We both feel that any lady who is
not strong and well, would be greatly
benefited by the use of Cardui.'7
Try Card-u-L NCBI
Washington. Sept. IS. With the
mobilization of one-half of the 687,-
000 men of the first call under the
selective service law in progress, the
question arises whether that number
of men will be sufficient to fill all
units of the national guard and the
national army. There are indica
tions that a deficiency in men will be
disclosed when official reports from
all the thirty-two training camps
are available.
Seventeen divisions of the nation
al guard have been organized, but
with the exception of the New York,
Pennsylvania and a few others, and
the Forty-second division, which will
soon embark for France, they are not
at maximum war strength.
The fighting strength of the sev
enteen divisions under the new ta
bles of organization would be 623,000
men, supplemented by many thous
ands of auxiliary troops. Whatever
deficiencies there are will be sup
plied promptly from the national
army as the guard will go first to
the front.
Signal Corps Expanded.
Since the president called the first
6S7.000 men of the national army,
the signal corps, including the avia
tion section, has been greatly ex
panded. Nearly 100,000 additional
men must be transferred to this ser
vice alone.
The medical corps also has been
increased and numerous auxiliary
units for immediate duty abroad have
been formed that were not thought
of when the call was made. Where
enlisted men of the guard or the
regular army have been taken, their
places will have to be filled with na
tional army men.
No Definite Figure Given.
So far as is known no definite fig
ure as to the probable total defici
ency in men has been compiled nor
any estimate prepared in the absence
of complete reports from all guard
divisions and auxiliary corps.
It is not unlikely, however, that
when the national army divisions are
organized, many vacancies will be
found at the cantonments and it will
be necessary either to make a second
call on the drafted forces or train in
complete divisions. Divisions will go
to France only at maximum strength.
Difficulties at Outset.
In a statement today the War de
partment says that the industries of
the country are expanding rapidly to
meet the army supply demands, and
only minor shortages are expected at
the training camps. Quartermaster
officials regard the food situation as
satisfactory.
The problem of obtaining cloth
ing and other equipment, however,
has presented many obstacles, most
of which already have been over
come. With 2,000,000 men to pro
vide for and $3,000,000 to spend in
the first year, the department faced
a gigantic task at the outbreak of
the war.
"Difficulties arose from the start,"
the statement says.
our!
The Nehawka Mills
are now Rolling and Manufacturing the
0
fifi n nn m nn-aa rp
If
"Letter Roll" Flour needs no boosting,
For on the top shelf it now is roosting.
The best cooks wherever you go
Use this famous flour, you know.
They just set their yeast and go to bed,
For they know on the morrow they will have good
Bread.
J. M.
C. D. ST. JOHN, Prop
JOE MALCOLM, Head Miller.
For Sale by All Dealers
The Famous
EL,
CAR
- IS NOW SOLD IN CASS COUNTY
and is considered by all its users and many others who
may be users sometime, as the most car for the money
on the market today. It is well made, handles easy
and is built for the driver who cares and likes a car
that will stand the test. Prices of the Elcar on all
models are as follows:
$845.00 f. o. b. Factory
with the exception of The Sedan Type which sells for
0995.00 f . o. b. Factory
Demanstrations will be cheerfully made by writing or
telephoning, Union Line, 60 A. A.
UY STOKES, DEALER
Agent for Cass County
Sensational Auto Value of the Age!
The Crow-Elkhart
MULTI-POWER CAR!
The most wonderful range of power you have
ever known in a light car a quality of smoothness
that is new. . The most car for the money on the mar
ket today. Look into the wonderful performance of
this car with such economy 18 to 26 miles on a gal
lon of gasoline. Look into the high qualities of this
car, and you will wonder how it can be sold at the
popular price. A big powerful looking car that domi
nates the roads, for
0845 f. o. b. Factory
For Demonstration See
E. CUL HOLD, Agent
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.