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VOL. XXX VIL
PLATTSMO DTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920.
No. 132
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MURRAY BOY
DIES AS RESULT
OF A LIVE WIRE
JACK LONG, 15-YEAR-OLD SON oV
ALVA LONG FOUND LEAD
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
KILLED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK
When Body is Found by Little Broth
er Life Was Extinct Clasping
Wire That Caused Death.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Late yesterday afternoon the body
of Jack Long, 15-year -old son of Mr
and Mrs. Alva Long, was found ly
ing along the roadside near the
home east of Murray where the lad
had been killed as the result apar
ently of a shock from a wire on the
electric line from this city to Mur
ray. This discovery of the dead boy
was made by Joe Long, a younger
brother, who was looking for his
brother and playmate and come upon
his lifeless body lying where he had
fallen whin the fatal electric cur
rent had entered the body. The hand
of the lad was still clasping the wire
which had apparently caused the
death.
There has been a third w;re placed
on the line between this city to Mur
ray and the workmen had progressed
as far as the Long farm with their
work and on winding up the week's
work Saturday third wire which was
currcntless has been tightened on the
pole and the remaindeer of the wire
blocked and tied to a neighboring
pole to hold it. safely. . The.badcon
dition of the roads prevented the re
sumption of the work of extending
the line yesterday and the wire was
left where it had been placed Satur
day. It is stated that the younger
brother of Jack had earlier in the day
visited the scene of the fatal acci
dent and touched the wire in playing
but had received no shock as the cur
rent was not in operation on the
third wire. It is thought by those
he scene of the accident
that the young lad must have taken
hold of the wire and swung it in
such a manner that it came in con
tact with one of the high powered
wires on the line and received the
voltage in his body that caused his
death instantly and as he fell the
third wire dropped back into its po
sition where it was found when the
discovery of the body was made.
The deceased lad was greatly be
loved by his friends and schoolmates
and the pall bearers at the funeral
which will be held Wednesday after
noon at I o'clock from the late home,
will be selected from their number.
The services will be in charge of a
Presbyterian minister from Omaha.
To mourn the tragic death of this
lovable little lad there remains the
father, mother, two brothers and J
three sisters.
DEATH OF MISS JENNIE
DONNELLY IN KANSAS
Former Resident of This City and
Aunt of J. H. Donnelly Dies at
Leavenworth, Kas.
From Tuesday's Dally.
The many old friends in this city
cf Miss Jennie Donnelly for many
years a resident of Plattsmouth were
shocked and surprised yesterday af
ternoon when the message was re
ceived here announcing her death at
Leavenworth, Fas., where she has
been making her home for the past
few months. Miss Donnelly ha3 been
in feeble health for the past two
years having suffered an injury about
two years ago which has made ner
almost a complete invalid and requir
ing the most constant care. On' the
receipt of the message announcing
the death, J. II. Donnelly, head of
the state corporations department,
left for Leavenworth to look after
the funeral arrangements and will
pecompany the body to this city
where it will be buried. The body
will arrive this afternoon at 3:30
and will be taken direct from 'the
Missouri Pacific station to Oak Hill
cemetery where it will be laid to
rest.
Miss Donnelly during the years of
her residence here made many warm
friends by her gentle and Christian
character and who will regret great
ly to learn of her death. She was 65
years of age at the time of her death
and has been making her home at
different point in Kansas for the
past several years with her nephews
and nieces.
SECURES MARRIAGE LICENSE
From Tuesday' Dally.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Mr. Walter D. Sutherland
of Elmwood and Miss Avis E. Card
ner of Eagle. The young people are
to be married at the home of the
parents of the bride. Miss Gardner
is a daughter of J. A. Gardner, the
editor of the Eagle Beacon, and a
very popular leader in the younger
set of her home city.
OLD TIME PLATTS
MOUTH MAN DEAD
Felix Kennedy, Long Prominent in
the Burlington Service, Dies at
Home in Sheridan, Wyo.
From Monday's Dally.
Announcement has come to a few
of the old friends here of the death
of Felix Kennedy, for a number of
years one of the prominent figures
on the western lines of the Burling
ton and who during the eighties
and early nineties was a resident of
Plattsmouth. Mr. Kennedy was a
son or one of the pioneer railroad
men of this city, the family -coming
here at the time the Burlington was
first pushed across the Nebraska
prairies and while here he entered
the shops and learned the boilermak-
er's trade.
In later years Mr. Kennedy was
sent we6t and for several years was
master mechanic at McCook and
from that city was sent to the moun
tain divisions and assigned to Sheri
dan, Wyoming, where he has since
resided and where he has been very
successful in his line of work.
Mr. Kennedy was one of the ablest
operating officials of the Burlington
and while at Sheridan became quite
wealthy through excellent real estate
investments in that city and along
the lines of the railroad.
The death of Mr. Kennedy was
quite unexpected and came as the re
sult of a stroke of apoplexy. He
leaves a wife and several children to
mourn his death. There are several
brothers and sisters surviving the
deceased but after leaving this city
the family became widely separated
and now live in different portions of
the country.
The funeral was held at Sheridan
on Saturday.
A TRIBUTE TO FRED C. RUHGE
From Tuesday's Dally.
Frederick C. Huhge, the youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Ruhge,
was born October 27, 1889, at Avoca,
Neb., and died of influenza after an
illness of three days'at Denver. Colo.,
February 2, 1920, at the age of 30
years, 3 months and 6 days. He was
united with the Lutheran church In
1903 and was also a member of the
O. O. F. lodge. He lived until 21
years of age in Avoca and then went,
to Denver where he became engaged
in the ladies' tailoring business. He
was married to Miss Mildred Maury
on May 27, 1915.
The funeral services wevo held
Friday at 2:15 p. m. at Denver. He
lived, an upright life with true re
gard for the right, the well being
and the happiness of others, hence
he enjoyed life's greatest bless'ng, a
conscience at rest. It is said of him
that those who had known him long
est loved him best. What better
tribute can be paid to the memory
of any man?
He leaves to mourn his loss a lov
ing wife, father, mother, four sis
ters and three brothers and a host
of other relatives and friends.
MISSOURI APPLES
That have the "KICK" in the
flavor. Nice, large, sound apples.
free from worms. Good to eat or
cook. Satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded. Phone 134. Ed
Ripple, Plattsmouth, Nebr. . 2t-sw
Journal want ads pay.
PETITIONS ARE
FILED NOMINAT
ING POLLARD
STAUNCH SUPPOKTERS OF CASS
COUNTY MAN SECURE
MANY SIGNATURES
URGED FOR NEXT GOVERNOR
Strong Support from All Quarters
Assured as Successor to Gov.
McKelvie 3 Man Race.
Fro.ti Monday's Dally.
Petitions bearing the signatures
of hundreds of the voters of Nebras
ka asking for the placing of the
name of Hon. E. M. Pollard, of Ne-
hawka on the ballot at the spring
primary in April as a candidate for
the republican nomination for gov
ernor of Nebraska, were filed at Lin
coln Saturday.
These petitions represent the sen
timent ofa large portion of the re
publican voters of the state and are
i clear call to the Nehawka states
man to assume the leadership of the
republican state ticket in the coming
election.
For the past several months oppo-
ition to Governor McKelvie has
teen growing in strength and the
demand for the nomination of Mr.
Pollard has been pronounced from
ill parts of the ftate and particular
y from the farming interests, who
'eel that a representative of the ag
ricultural interests of the state
hould sit in the executive chair of
:he state.
" Senator Adam McMuIle'ni of Beat
ice, was the first to enter the race
ind was followed last week by the
mnouncement of Governor McKelvie
.hat he would seek a renomination
it the hands of the voters of his
party at the primary election "in
April.
The sentiment in this county has
een that Mr. Pollard should heed
he call of the voters and place his
lame in the race-for the chief office
)f the state and to facilitate action
In this matter petitions from different
sections of the state were circulated
asking that the name of Mr. Pollard
be placed on the ballot and the re
sponse to the request for signatures
was prompt and decisive as far more
than the required number were se
cured in a very short time.
When the republicans of the state
are seeking a leader they certainly
could choose no more worthy man
than Hon. E. M. Pollard, who during
his public life has been of splendid
service to the people of the state and
during his terms in congress was one
of the leading figures in the develop-j
ment and enactment of legislation
favorable to the interests of this
state as well as others of the great
agricultural states of the middle
west. Certainly no more qualified
man could be found in the state than j
the Nehawka gentleman and this j
statement is made in view of the able
and distinguished gentlemen who
have filled the office of governor of
Nebraska in the past decade.
The needs of the state are thor
oughly realized by Mr. Pollard, who
has been long in public life and his
interests have been always toward
the advancing of the best interests
of his county and state.
The people of Cass county, re
gardless of their political affiliations,
will be back of the movement for
the support of the Nehawka gentle
man for governor and should he be
chosen, there ,is no doubt that he
will make the state one of the ablest
administrations that it has ever had.
FUNERAL OF MISS
OLDHAM FRIDAY
Services Held at Home in Murray
by Rev. H. G. McCluskey
Body Interred Here.
From Saturdays Daily.
Yesterday afternoon at the late
home in Murray occurred the funer
al services of Miss . Fay Oldham,
whose untimely death "on Wednes-
day evening cast such a profound
gloom over the community in which
she has made her home during her
lifetime.
The services vre in charge of
Rev. H. G. McC luyky of the First
1 Presbyterian chuirh of Plattsmouth,
who spoke on the subject, "Gather
ing One by One," and in his remarks
the pastor picturod the beauty of
the reuniting of the family, now sep
arated by death on the brighter
shores of eternity whore the pain of
parting is unknown. The music was
selected from the well known and
beloved hymns which had been fa
vorites of the departed lady and
were sung by a quartet composed of
Mesdames J. V. Holmes, Kennedy
and Messrs. O. A. Davis and L. D.
Hiatt. Miss Maris ie Walker presid
ed at the piano playing the accom
paniment. At the close of the services the
body was brought to Plattsmouth
where it was laid ?o rest in the Oak
Hill cemetery.
GENEVA TEAM WINS
FROM : LOCAL FIVE
Visitors Carry Off Honors Saturday
Evening in Fast Contest Ee
fore a Large Crowd.
From Monday's Dally.
Before one of the largest crowds
that has witnessed any of the bas
ket ball games this season, the local
high school team went down in de
feat before the fast ball tossers 6f
the Geneva high school.
The score of 22 to 18 indicates
the closeness of the contest and the
visitors are very fortunate in get
ting away with first honors.
In the opening half the Geneva
team scored first with an excellent
field goal from the center o.f . the
floor and continued their victorious
work until tbejr,. amassed, a lead
of. 8 to 2 against Plattsmouth, when
the locals got busy and in a few
minutes of fast and furious playing
succeeded in running the score up to
10 to 10 and the half ended in a
tie.
In the second half, the locals lost
the pep and accuracy that had mark
ed their work in the opening and
were unable to check the excellent
work of the visitors in securing their
field goals.
For the Plattsmouth team Sattler
was the main figure, both in the of
fensive and defensive tactics, while
Schubeck and McCarthy aided in the
excellent showing made by the boys.
The visitors had several players
of excellent calibre and who showed
good generalship at the critical stages
of the contest. The home team was
given loyal support by their school
mates as the yells and cheers of the
high school students aided in the en
tertainment of the visitors.
A FINE LITTIE GRANDSON
Some very pleasant news was re
ceived today at the Herman "Tiekot
ter home when a message reached
the happy grandparents announcing
the arrival of a fine little eight
pound son at the home of Mr. and
Mr3. Ealon Stanley at Hoyt, Kas.,
yesterday. The mother and little
one are doing nicely and the many
friends of the happy parents in this
city will rejoice with -them in the
new happiness that has befallen
them and the little one has been
named Gene Wesley. The mother
was farmerly Miss Olga Tiekotter
and as this is the first grandchild
of the Tiekotter family the occasion
has been a very pleasant one for the
grandparents.
RECEIVES PLEASANT NEWS
From Minday's Daiiv.
Announcements were received in
this city yesterday by relatives of
the birth cf a fine little daughter to
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith at their
home in Seattle, Wash., the latter
part of the week. The mother "and
little one are reported as doing nice
ly and the father is justly pleased
over the little lady that has come to
make her home with them. The news
has been very Pleasng to the happy
grandparents and other relatives in
this city. The little lady is grand- -
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Smith
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Hawken-
berry of this city
If you have anything fo sell ot
want to buy something use the Daily
Journal want-ads.
DEATH OF AN
OLD RESIDENT
OF THIS CITY
MRS. ANEREW NITKA PASSES
AWAY SATURDAY AFTER
NOON OF PNEUMONIA
MADE HOME HERE 46 YEARS
Aged Husband, 85 Years of Age,
and Son and Daughter Sur
vive Passing of Pioneer
Fiom Monday's Dally.
After an illness covering the period
of the last two weeks, during which
time sne has been suffering from a
very severe attack of pneumonia,
Mrs. Andrew Nitka was summoned
to her last long rest Saturday after
noon at. 4 o'clock. Mrs. Nitka suf
fered a paralytic stroke late Friday
evening from which she failed to
rally, her condition growing more
serious until death came to her re
lief. The death of this good woman
comes as a very severe blow to the
aged husband who is now in his
eighty-fifth year and in very poor
health aryl terminates a happy mar
ried life covering, a period of fifty
two years and the loss is one that
has bowed the husband as well as
the children in the most profound
sorrow.
Mrs. Andrew Nitka was born in
Pocen, Germany. February 21, 1841,
and was reared to womanhood in
that community where in 1867 she
was united in marriage to Mr. Nitka
and thi marriage brought- the- great
est of happiness to these estimable
people, terminating only when the
summons came to- the faithful wife
to take her departure from Uiis
world of sorrow.
Deciding later to remove to the
new world to make their nome in
the great republic, Mr. and Mrs.
Nitka came to America in 1874, to
rating first at Parkersburg, West
Virginia, where they made their
'iome for several months and in the
year 1S75 The ramuy came to Ne
braska, . locating at Plattsmouth,
where they have since made their
home and are numbered among the
residents of the city who have con
tributed to the advancement of the
community during this period.
To bless the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Nitka six children were born, j
rour or wnom nave preceaea me
mother in death and the two living
children. Mrs. John Schulhof and j
Anton Nitka. make their home in'
this city. Five grandchildren and
two nephews. George Luschinsky, of wi(h ner ,n order t make arrange
this city and William Luschinsky. of tg for the funeral. Mr. John
Colorado City. Colo., and one neice,Cory departed thla morning for
Mrs. Mattie Roessner. of Lincoln. are!0maha tQ look after the disposal of
also left to share the grief that the' remain8 and wlH endeavor to get
death of this worthy lady has oc-
Casioned.
During the years of her life. Mrs.
Nitka was a very devout member of
the Roman Catholic church and dur
ing her last illness she bore with
fortitude and faith the trials and
suffering firfn in the faith which she
has so long upheld as a faithful
member.
The body of Mrs. Nitka is at the
home of the daughter, Mrs. J. A.
Schulhof, on Wintersteen hill, where
the old friends may take their last
farewell view of the remains. The
funeral services will be held on Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock from the
St. John's Catholic church.
COMPLETE PLANS FOR
IMPROVING PROPERTY
Members of Congregation of M. E.
Church to Have Valuable Proper
ty When Plans Carried Out.
)From Tue9day.. Daiiy.
Last evening the official board of
the Methodist church completed
their plans for improvements in the
church nronertv which will aggre-
gate the sum of $10,000 and make
the property at Seventh and Main
streets one of the most valuable In
the city. The board decided to have
the work on the new parsonage
which is to be erected Just north of
the church, started at once and this
will be a home that the church can
well be proud of as it will be mod
ern in every way. The building is
to be of the bungalow type with all
the modern improvements that go to
make up a modern home and will
have two stories to the structure. The
work on the buildingwill be under
the supervision of the building com
mittee composed of Will Evers -and
Robert B. Hayes, with an advisory
committee composed of -Don C. York
and a representative of the ladies'
aid and the social workers who ara
I In addition to this improvement
the belfry of the church will be com
pleted at once and the final touches
of the church building completed.
There will also be considerable work
on the interior of the church proper.
a stairway to the basement being
constructed and lavatories construct
ed in the basement.
DEATH OF EUGENE
WARNER IN OMAHA
Well Known Resident of This City
Passes Away Last Evening at
Wise Memorial Hospital
From Monday's Dally.
A message was received in this
city last night announcing the death
at 11 o'clock last night at the Wise
Memorial hospital in Omaha of
Eugene Warner, who has made his
home in this city at various times
during the past ten years.
Mr. Warner was better known to
his associates as "Heavy" and by
this name will be remembered by
a great many or nis iormer asso
ciates in the shops here. While in
this city Mr. Warner was employed
in the Burlington shops as a pipe
fitter and followed hisUrade for a
number of years and was a member
of the pipefitters' union.
After leaving Plattsmouth a few
years ago. Air. Warner spent some
time in the west and later went to
Chicago, where he was taken with a
very severe sickness and was confined
in the hospital for several weeks.
Upon his release he returned to this
city where he made his home at the
Perkins House. " WhHe here he was
again taken sick and his case was
discovered to be very serious as he
was suffering from Bright's disease
ns well as a complication of heart
trouble which made bis recovery
very doubtful.
On the advice of his physicians,
he was taken to Omaha last week
and placed in the Wise Memorial
hospitaif where he continued to grow
worse untll death came to his
re-
1Jef ,
The decease(i leaves a sister re-
.t nm -.nint ln south Da-
k , d it a hoDed to Ket In toUch
Jn tQUCh with the giBter if her ad
ilrcca tan ho fminrt nmnnp- the effects
. . . man If the s,8ter can.
nt hA roaohfkd it prnected to have
the funeral held in Omaha.
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vice of its officers at your disposal.
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DEATH OF A
FORMER RESI
DENT OF CITY
GEORGE HILD, FOR YEARS RESI
DENT HERE, PASSES AWAY
AT BRADY ISLAND, NEB.
THE FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW
Deceased Was 70 Years of Age at
Time of Death and Has Been a
Resident of State Many Years.
From Monday's Ia11v. ,
Yesterday at his home at Brady
Island, Neb., occurred the death of
George M. Hild, a former resident
of this city, and the father of Mrs. L.
A. Meisinger and Mrs. P. M. Meisin
ger residing west of the city.
The death of Mr. Hild come unex
pectedly as he was ill only a short
time and comes as a great shock to
the members of the family. Mr. Hild
had purchased a home near this city
and was expecting to return to
Plattsmouth to make his home and
was to have moved from Brady Is
land in the spring.
George Hild was a native of lies-sen-Darmstadt,
Germany, coming to
the United States forty years ago and
has since made his home in this coun
try and for the greater part of the
time ln Plattsmouth and Cass coun
ty. He was for a number of years
employed in th Burlington shops In
this city and later took up farming.
Mr. Hild was married in this city to
MTss Margaret Schoemann, who with
the seven children are left to mourn
the passing of this good man.- The
children are William and George
Hild of Brady Island. Mrs. P. M.
Meisinger of Plattsmmuh. Philip,
Peter and ,Bert Hild of Brady Island,
and Mrs. L. A. Meisinger of this
city. One child died several years
ago. Twelve years ago the family
moved from this city to Oklahoma
where they resided for a time and
later located In Knox county, Ne
braska, moving from there to their
present home.
The body will be borught to this
city tomorrow and funeral services
beld at the St. Paul's church at 1
o'clock tomorrow afternoon and the
body laid to rest in Oak Hill ceme
tery TAKEN TO OMAHA HOSPITAL
From Monday's Pallv.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Helen
Gilmore, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
G. H. Gilmore of Murray, was taken
to Omaha where she was placed in
the hospital for treatment. The lit
tle lady has been suffering with a
very severe case of pneumonia for
the past week and on Friday was re
ported as being somewhat better but
later devejoped a large amount of
pus on the lungs which will necessi
tate an operation and she was hur
ried to the hospital in the hope of
giving her relief.
