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SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, iMAY 8, 1924.
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MAKE A GOOD SHIPMENT
From Wednesday's Daily
Several days ago the firm of Chas.
Troop & Co., extensive breeders and
shippers of live stock and hogs, no
ticed that the hog market was much
better in St. Louis than at either
Omaha or Kansas City and accord
ingly they had two cars of fine Cass
DANCE SATURDAY HUE
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r Music by Kroehler Orchestra
ADMISSION
Gents, including tax 75c
Spectators, inc. tax 33
LADIES FREE
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"Value" is our motto,
You can't buy a Rolls
Lets put either a bell or a tax or both on every cat in
town. Lets save the song birds. Whatduuay?
there and brings
in perfect travel
CLEMENT, Ticket Agent
county porkers shipped to the mar
ket at St. Louis and with the result
I that they realized a very neat sum
for. their close study of the market,
as the hogs at St. Louis brought a
profit of 30c a hundred net over the
price of the Omaha market. This
shows that it pays the stock shipper
, to keep a close watch on the market.
FILES SUIT IN COTJET
Fiom Wednesday's Daily
In the office of the clerk of the
di ;rict court today application was
filed by Margaret H. Heade, guar
dian of Thomas Chalmers Clarke, in
competent, in which the guardian
asks license to sell real estate to
which Mr. ('large holds title, the pro
cods may be applied to the payment
of debts of the said incompetent, and
to assist in securing funds for his
cr. re. The parties are non-residents
of the sttae of Nebraska, living in
Gurnpey county, Ohio.
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constipation. try Doan's Regulets.
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Royce at a Ford price.
EAGLE MARSHAL
SCARES YEGGS
WITH HIS GUN
WILLIAM NOEEIS IS REAL HEEO
IN HOME TOWN BECAUSE
OF FIGHT HE MADE.
ROBBERS CUT COMMUNICATION
Telephone and Telegraph Lines Sev
ered by Farties Before Making
Attempt at the Bank.
From Monday's Dally
The village of Eagle is still throb
bing with the intense excitement
that followed the attempted robbery
early Saturday morning of the
Farmers State Bank of that place,
and for his real bravery in the gun
right with the yeggs. William Norris.
j the town marshal, is receiving the
i just tribute of his fellow townsmen
! for his good work.
After the gun fight and the escape
of the robbers. Mr. Norris and Merit'
' V. Lanning. cashier of the bank,
drove five miles to a farmhouse to
telephone word of the attempted
robbery to Lincoln as all lines of
communication between Eagle and
the outside world was severed by the
yeggs before starting in on their
work.
i The story of the affair as related
by Mr. Norris is a thrilling one and
that he was not a victim of the gun
fire of the robbers is almost a mir
acle. Norris had just started out
from the building of the State bank
! of Eagle, where he makes his head
quarters at rjight, to make a round
of inspection, when he heard a tap
ping sound. It was dark. There was
dim.
! "It sounded like somebody tapping
the rim of an automobile wheel." he
said, "just like you do when you're
changing a tire and the rim is stuck.
1 But it aroused my suspicions be
cause I didn't think anybody would
be changing tires at 2:30 in the
, morning.
"I was trying to locate where the
sound was coming from, when I
heard the explosion at the bank, just
a block away. I started up the
street from tne bank. Then I heard
a much louder explosion. When I
v:is haii-way up the block, on the
other side of the street from the
building at the corner, thinks ,
that fellow is there for no good, so
I let go at him . He fired back a
couple of times and I ran to the cor
ner just opposite him. I got in the
shadow of the building and saw, an
other of the bandits standing just
across from the bank to the north.
I shot twice at him. Then one of
the bandits fired a shotgun charge
of buckshot at me. and it strucK the
window of a hardware store, just
above my head, shattering the glass.
1 m glad I wasn't tall.
"Just across the street from me
to the north was a lumber yard, and
while I was blazin' away at the two
bandits a gun blazed away from
among the pj.es of lumber anu a bul
let whistled past, striking the wall
just beside me. Then I saw that
there were three of them and that
they had me surrounded. I dropped
on my stomach and emptied my gun
on them. I tried to crawl backwards
on my stomach like a crawfish to the
alley, so that I could run down to
the bank and get my shotgun which
I kept loaded with buckshot. But I
finally just stood up anu made a
run for it.
"When I got the shotgun and re
turned the robbers nad gone."
Believes Wounded One
Norris fired fifteen shots at the
robbers. He believes that he may
have wounded one of them. Two bul
let holes in the building on the cor
ner just north of the bank, and be
side which the robber was stationed
by the tree, show, from the line of
Norris' fire and the place where the
robber was standing, that the two
bullets passed within a very few
inches of the robber.
The wall beside which Norris was
standing when he did most of his
shooting is generously dotted with
bullet holes around the corner where
the first robber was standing just
beside the bank, show that Norris
was making it rather warm for him,
too. The fourth robber is believed
to have been working inside the bank
building during the time the firing
was going on.
The situation inside the vault was
a serious puzzle to officers who were
working on the case Saturday. The
vault door, which had been dyna
mited is not a heavy door. It is
made of two plates of steel, each
about a half Inch thick. It was bad
ly bent, but still locked this morn
ing. At the same time, within the
vault, was the great, heavy bank
safe. The doors, weighing perhaps
five hundred pounds each, stood
open, at right angles t othe safe,
one of them torn completely off the
upper hinges and hanging at an
angle from hte lower bent hinge.
Eobbers Miss a Chance
The time-lock on the cash com
partment within the safe was torn
completely off its hinges, and lay
on the floor in front of the safe. It
is an extraordinarily heavy door,
little more than a foot square, but
weighing nearly two hundred
pounds. Officers believe that the
bank safe in the vault had not been
closed; that the robbers did not get
into the vault at all, but that the
combustion from the explosions In
tho outer door was sufficient, with
tne extreme weight of the itc doors
themselves hanging outward, to
wrench the doors off their hinges.
The robbers probably never knew
that within this door, which resist
ed their two first explosions, the
way was entirely clear to the cash.
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Had it not been for the brave bat
tle of the marshal, it is believed,
there is no doubt but that a third
charge would have been placed in
the vault door, and that it would
have fallen. But the battle was
getting too hot for comfort and re
inforcements were beginning to
I come, as the townspeople hearing
j the firing, hastily pulled on a few
, clothes and rushed into the streets.
Norris has been chiefly bemoaning
the fact that he did not have his
shotgun with him.
"I would have gotten one or two
of them, if I had had it," he said.
"And that was the first time I ever
mdae my rounds witaout it as long
as I can remember. I keep it loaded
with buckshot and from the distance
I had to shoot from, I would cer
tainly have got one of them, per
haps two."
Four hundred telephone wires
wore cut by the robbers, just out
side the telephone office, before they
started work, putting every tele
phone in Eagle out of commission,
except one. Aud nobody knew that
one was in commission. It was the
'phone of the Peters' bakery just
next to the telephone ohiee. and the
wire runs directly into the switch
board without passing through the
cable containing the rest of the
wires.
The telegraph wires at the rail
road station were also cut, and the
yegs carried a ladder from the sta
tion to the telephone cables. Six
wires lead out of the power plant,
and one of them, the one which
carries the current to the street light
on the corner beside the bank, was
cut. The manager of the power
plant told newspaper representatives
Saturday that the fact that the yegs
knew the proper one of these six
wires to cut. convinced him that
they knew the ground thoroughly.
No one except somebody who had ex
amined these wires and ascertained
beforehand, would have known enuf
to cut that wire, .he said.
The plate glass windows were
completely blown from their sashes
by the explosion which wrecked the
vault. The robbers entered the build
ing by jimmying a side window. A
number of empty cartridges were
found beside a telephone pole in the
rear of the bank building, showing
that one of the robbers emptied his
gun and reloaded it there.
BOY SCOUT NOTES
The executive committee of the
Boy Scouts at its session this week
took up the matter of securing as
sistance for Mr. C. H. Peden, scout
master of the local troops, who has
been laboring so faithfully in the
upbuilding of the scouts. The board
has recommended to the national
council that Henry Leacock and Jo-j
seph A. Capwell be commissioned as'
scoutmastirs and the new scoutmas
ters will be placed in charge of
Troops Two and Three.
The local Boy Scouts will occupy
the period from July 10th to July
19 at Camp Quivera near Louisville
which is maintained by the Lincoln
Boy Scouts and where the Platts
mouth boys had such a delightful
time last summer.
Another of the activities planned
for immediately after the close of
school is a two day hike of the boys
under the supervision of C. H. Ped
en, to Camp Gifford, the camp of the
Omaha scouts, where they will en
joy a short recreation period.
FOR SALE. TRADE OR RENT
Several Plattsmouth properties,
from one lot to five acre tracts
Good terms. What have you to
trade? Frank E. Vallery, phone
606, Pattsmouth,
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MAY MUSICAL FES
TIVAL IS HELD AT
WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Number of Very Interesting Numbers
Given at Methodist University
By the Musicians.
From Tuesday's Daily
The first May music festival was
held May 5 and 6 at Nebraska Wes
leyan university in University Place,
under the direction of Dean Parvin
Witte of the college of fine arts.
Three concerts are being held. Mes
dames Allen Taylor and Raymond
Havens of Kansas ity and Messrs.
Carlcton Cummings and Howard E.
Preston of Chicago presented a var
ied program this afternoon in the
university auditorium with a larg;
.md appreciative audience. Mrs. Tay
lor sang a group of very modern
songs by Winter Watts, the purpose
of which is to present thru melody
the atmosphere and Bounds of Ital
ian life at Paestuni, Amalfi and Flor
ence. Mrs. Havens' best effort was in
a number from Brahms, Verge
bliches Standchen. Mr. Cummings
was a former student in the Wesley-
an conservatory. His tenor voice
wonderful in strength and sweetness.
He was accompanied at the piano by
Miss Freda raham who was former
ly an instructor at Wesleyan. Mr.
Pieston delighted his hearers with
Damrosch's presentation of Kipling's
ff.mous poem. "Danny Qeever," which
he sang with much dramatic effect, j
The purpose of Dean Witte in in-
stituting the May festival which he
hopts wil become an annual feature
at wesieyan is 10 maintain anu ex -
tend musical culture in Nebraska,
.Many are nere trom out state to en-
jov iiit'Sf cunt t'l is. iviits riuii'iitv
Macbeth of the Chicago civic opera
company, appeared m tne evening
concert of May 5.
NEWS
From Monday's Dally
Judge James T. Begley departed
'his morning for Omaha and Papil
lion, where he will hold a session of
Hie district court.
Elmer Hallstrom and family, of
Avoca. wire here over Sunday visit
ing with relatives and friends, mak
ing the trip via the auto route.
Glen Rutledge of the Nehawka En
terprise was in the city todav for a
few hours looking after some busi-
ness affairs and visiting
with
friends in the county seat.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H.
Buttery
tnd little babe returned tuis morn
ing from Blue Hill. NebrasKa. where
they have been visiting with rela-
tives and friends for the past
days.
few
George P. Heil came
in Saturday
from his home near Cedar Creek
and made a pleasant call at the
Journal office, where he renewed his
subscription to the semi-weekly edi
tion of the Journal.
Blair Porter of Omaha was here
over Sunday visiting with relatives
and friends. Mr. Porter has just re
cently recovered from an attack of
pneumonia and is still feeling the
effects of his long illness.
Mrs. Thomas Walling and son. Ed
mund, Ed McHugh and sister, Mary
McHugh. motored to Murdock yes
terday afternoon, where they spent
the day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry E. McHugh and family.
George P. Horn of Omaha was,
here over Sunday visiting at the,
home ot his brother. Henry Horn
ana taniily. and enjoying a visit
with the old friends and while here
was a pleasant called at the Journal
office.
A. F. Boedeker. of near Nehawka.
was here today for a few hours vis
iting with friends and looking after
some matters of business and took
advantage of the occasion ot his visit
to Plattsmouth to call at the Journal
office and renew his subscription to
the paper.
H. N. Smith and wife of Lafayette,
Indiana, who are enroute for Califor-
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A Bank Where You Will
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About thi? bank threre is none cf the chill, the
formality and the solemity sometimes associated
with financial institutions.
Here you will find a group of very human folk,
ready and willing to serve you promptly effici
ently and cordially.
There is no unnecessary red tape, no undue
stiffness in fact this is just a strong financial
home for you and your neighbor.
Farmers State Bank
T. H. Pollock, President
PLATTSMOUTH -:- -:-
Depositors in this Bank are Protected by the Depositors
Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska
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formerly
Minnie Ballinger of Weeping
Water and they will visit at that
city as well as Denver on their way
to the west coast.
From Tuesday's Dally
Herman Keike of near Murray
was in the city today for a few
iiours looking after some matters of
business at the court house in which
he was interested.
William Starkjohn departed this
morning for Gothenburg. Nebraska,
where he will look after his land
interests in that vicinity and ar
range for handling the farm work
for the coming year.
From Wednesday's Daily
George W. Snyder came
in this
; morning from his home west of My -
hisnard and departed on the early Bur
l lington train for Omaha to spend a
uew nours.
C. A. Caldwell, who resides at the
Nebraska Masonic Home, was in Om
aha vesterdav to visit with his son.
Dr. A. D. Caldwell and also, it is
i stated, to vote for Mayor Jim.
i Fred Rose, Lincoln Creamer, and
S.
j. ttougn 01 near .enawsa, auu
E. H. Norris of near Avoca. wereition and
here vesterdav for a few hours at-1 Carey of
tending to some matters at the court
house.
Fred Menchau and J. D. Allen of
j Eagle were
in the city today and
while here Mr. Allen was a caller at
the Journal to renew his subscrip
tion to the Old Reliable and also for
a most delightful social visit.
ARRIVAL OF LITTLE DAUGHTER
From Wednesday's Dally
Yesterday morning at the Univer
sity hospital in Omaha was born a
fine little seven pound daughter to
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lewis of this
citv. The mother and
little one are
doing very nicely and the occasion
hftfl nrnvpn :i vprv nlnfnnt nnp to
; the proud
jthat there
father and he is feeling
is no other person in the
world quite as highly honored as he
has been.
When baby suffers with croup ap
ply and give Dr. Thomas Eclectic
Oil at once. Safe for children. A
little goes a long way. 30c and 60c.
at all drug stores.
lomma wt rv Try tbv
30
alone is at least $5 to $7.50.
Wescott's Sons
ON THE CORNER-
NEBRASKA
DEATH OF A FORMER
RESIDENT OF COUNTY
Harvey Barker Passed Away Yester
day Afternoon at 1 0 'Clock
at Home Near Oxford.
From Wdnenday' Daily
The message was received here
yesterday afternoon by the relatives
announcing the death of Harvey
Barker, a former well known resi
dent of this county and a son of the
late Sam Barker, one of the early
settlers in this portion of Nebraska.
The death of Mr. Barker came af
ter an illness of some duration in
which he has been a sufferer from
tuberculosis and for which he has
made his home near Oxford, Nebras
ka, in hopes of being benefitted by
' hifrh an drv atmosphere of that
portion of the state.
The deceased was fifty-four years
of age and had for the past twenty
years been living in the vicinity
where his death occurred.
The deceased was a brother of
Mrs. William Wetenkamp of this city,
S. A. Barker of near Mynard. Mrs.
George J. Meisinger of this city and
Mrs. Emma Baldwin of Pacific Junc-
a brother-in-law of A. C.
near Mvnard.
The funeral service will be held
at Oxford on Friday afternoon and
the interment made in the cemetery
at that place.
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W. Wyandotte, each 15c. S. C. W.
Lpgharn chix, D. W. Young strain.
124e. Hatching egga $6.00 per 100
at farm. Mixed chix assorted heavy
varieties 10c. Murray phone 1981.
Mrs. Irene Bengen, Mynard, Nebr.
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