MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1924.
PLATTSMOTTTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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At Coates Hall and K. S. Platform, Modern Dances.
At M. W. A. Hall, Old Fashioned Dances.
Plattsmouth Golf Course open to visitors for the day!
Location of Rest Rooms
Elks Club, North Sixth
Street
CLEANUP OF POLICE
IN CITYOF SEATTLE
Acting Woman Mayor Dismisses the
Chief and Takes Charge Herself
After Being Defied.
Seattle. Wash., June 26. Mrs.
Henry Landes, wife of the dean of
science in the University of Wash
ington and acting mayor of Seattle
in the absence of Dr. Edwin J.
Brown, mayor, at the democratic
national convention in New York
city, today took personal charge of
the police department. Mr. Landes
designated Capt. Claude B. Bannick,
formerly chief of the department, to
her aid. She gave Bannick the title
of acting chief.
Mrs. Landes yesterday removed
William B. Severyne from the office
of chief of police, after she had
given him twenty-four hours to ef
fect reforms In the city and in his
department and he defied her. She
issued a proclamation today which
stated that an emergency existed
and that In this emergency "I, Mrs.
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PROGRAM
Morning
Baseball, Cedar Creek vs. Plattsmouth.
$75 purse to winner. Admission free to all.
Concert, Plattsmouth Eagles Band.
On Main street.
Tug of War. S10 purse to winners.
On Main street.
Water Fight. 10 purse to winners.
Weeping Water vs. Plattsmouth Fire Departments.
On Main street.
Afternoon
Picnic Dinners in Garfield Park.
2 blocks south of 5th and Main. Plenty of shade.
Concert, Plattsmouth Eagles Band.
From bandstand in Garfield park.
Patriotic Address, Hon. Jas. T. Begley.
Garfield park.
Program of Races. Cash prizes.
On Main street.
Free Motion Pictures, Parmele Theatre.
A cool, restful place for those who are tired out.
Baseball Game, Union vs. Plattsmouth.
$75 purse to winner. Admission free to all.
Evening
Grand Concert, Weeping Water Band.
On Main street.
Wrestling and Boxing Exhibition.
On Main street. No admission charge.
Big 500 Fireworks Display.
Fired from River front, foot of Main street.
Free Dancing for Young and Old.
Ground
Henry Landes, acting mayor, was
put in charge of the department."
In a dispatch published here to
day, Mayor Brown was reported to
have declared: 'Severyne is all
right and will be put back Just as
soon as I get home."
REPORT OF OFFICERS
AT VETERANS' MEETING.
Salt Lake City, June 26. Re
ports by national officers again to
day occupied the attention of de'e
gates to the annual convention of t'le
disabled American veterans of 1 ie
world war in seselon here. The ai
lliary branch of the D. A. V., the sc r
vice star legion, also met and heard
reports of officers. Tomorrow t e
D. A. V. organization elects new f
ficers and selects the city in wh; h
the 1925 convention will be h Id
for the post of national commani: ;r
succeeding James A. McFarland . re
Mayor George Leach of Minneapolis,
Minn., W. J. O'Connor of San Fr;.:i
clsco; Captain Ed Bunge of Cincin
nati; John Hahan of Missoula. Mo.it.
and Prank Irwin of Washington,
D. C.
BEDDSB TAKEN FROM WELL.
The reimer which became fast In
the oil well northwest of town a
couple of weeks ago when the driller
attempted to use it to loosen the
drill at the bottom of the well was
taken out Tuesday of this week. The
drill became fast in the bottom of
the hole about a month ago, and
while the men have been working
night and day since that time with
the hopes of getting it out all at
tempts have ben futile. When the
reimer was used to loosen the core
in the drill the latter piece of ma
chinery became fast and they were
not able to loosen it until this time.
They are now attempting to get the
drill loosened which they expect to
have out before long when the drill
ing will at once be resumed. Ne
hawka Enterprise.
Neb.
Floor of Court
House
AUTOS LINE HIGHWAYS
Despite the recent rains the main
highways are all in very good shape
and especially the federal highway
south from this city to the Kansas
state line and the autos are con
stantly passing day and night over
this fine stretch of roadway in num
bers that are surprising.
The stretch of road from this city
to Murray was kept alive last night
with the cars going and coming
from the bathing beach and for miles
the bright lights f the cars looked
like a procession.
Several cars were found Bailing
along the highway withut either
along the highway without either
front or rear lights burning and they
autoists or those with horses who
might be traveling near them as it
was impossible to distinguish the
car until a person was right up n it.
Either the lights should be fixed or
the cars given a rest until they are
properly equipped.
FAMILY DINNER.
Mr. and Mrs.! Torrence Fleming
entertained a large group of rela
tives, about 25 in all, at the pleasant
Dome on tne soutn siua last Sunday
for the day. A dinner such as
Mrs. Fleming can prepare was serv
ed and enjoyed.
Those present were; Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Heebner, Mr. and Mrs. Mark
land, Mrs. M. E. Fleming. Miss Imo
Heebner, Grandville Heebner. Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Wessel of Nehawka.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Westlake and
two sons of Eagle, Mr. and Mrs.
George Heebner of Avoca, and Miss
Olga Elgaard, and M. T. Fleming
and family of Plattsmouth. Weep
ing Water Republican.
Harvey Zepp of Omaha of Omaha,
representing the Guarantee Fund
Ins. Co., of that city was here yester
day visiting with his patrons and the
friends here.
PLACE BLAME FOR
SCANDAL AT DOOR
OF REPUBLICANS
Subcommittee Votes 8 to 3 in Favor
of Not Mentioning Klan by
Name League Bobs Up
New York, June 2 7. The plat
form committee of the democratic
national convention adjourned about
3:30 o'clock this morning after ap
proving all of the thirty-five planks
submitted to it by its drafting com
mittee except those relating to the
Kin Klux Klan and the league of
i nat ions.
I The subcommittee of eleven mem
bers, which submitted the prelimi
' nary draft, was instructed to meet at
noon today to attempt to whip into
shape planks on the klan and the
; league, and the entire committee
; was called for 2 p. m., to receive the
' report. Little change was made by
the entire committee in approving
the other declarations.
New York, June 2G. Republican
I "inneficiency and corruption'' forms
jthe subject matter of the first and
principal plank in the democratic
platform, presented tonight to the
'resolutions committee by the eleven
'men who have labored for more than
(twenty hours on the national party
declaration tor l"JJ4.
Asserting uiat never had an ad
ministration so thoroughly failed as
has this republican administration,
the platform arraigned the republi
can party for "attempting to impede
and stop" the senate investigations.
It is asserted that these investi
gations showed the immoral nature
of the naval oil leases; the unfitness
of the attorney general to hold of
fice and corruption in the veterans'
bureau. Reference is made also to
charges against republican members
of congress growing out of the Chi
cago grand jury inquiry into the vet
erans' bureau.
"If only three cabinet officers are
disgraced, the democratic party asks
f how many more men are guilty," the
platform draft adds. "This nation
cannot afford to have in office men
of this character."
"A vote for Coolidge is a vote for
chaos" the plank concludes. "Dis
honest extravagance and inefficiency
now exist in the government."
This and some thirty odd planks
in the platform were uncontroverted
in the subcommittee, the only issues
in dispute for settlement by the
committee being the declarations
with reference 'to the Ku Klux Klan
and the League of Nations.
Oppose Naming Klan
Five or six alternative proposals
with reference to both the klan and
the league were submitted, and the
committee settled down for what
promised to be another all night ses
sion. The subcommittee was over
whelmingly opposed to naming the
klan, and against reaffirmation of
the 1920 plank regarding the league.
Reports coming from the rocuu
where eleven committeemen labored
were that there was a division of
eight to three against denouncing
the Ku Klux Klan by name. Those
holding out for mentioning the invis
ible empire as such were Senator
David I. Walsh, of Massachusetts;
former Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker and Joseph A. Kellogg of New
York.
Both Senator Walsh and Mr. Bak
er were under instructions from their
state delegations to insist that the
klan be named. Senator Walsh of
fered a plank to accomplish that
end, but his was only one of nearly
a dozen that had been prepared. All
of these were placed before the en
tire committee.
Renew Threat of Fight
Anti-klan leaders in the convention
followed closely the battle in the
committee and renewed their threats
of a fight on the convention floor un
less there was a clear-cut declara
tion in the committee draft. They
said they had been ha.-ing informal
polls of the delegations made and
expressed confidence that they could
muster a majority in the conven
tion. In the long hours of discussion in
the sub-committee, Newton D. Baker
was reported to have conducted a
single handed fight for a declaration
for the League of Nations practical
ly identical with that adopted at
San Francisco four years ago. Al
ligncd against him were William
Jennings Bryan and other "wheel
horses" of the party who favored a
very much modied expression.
To Grant Farm Aid
The plank dealing witi. farm aid
pledges the party to stimulate by
every governmental activity the cre
ation of co-operativo marketing as
sociations on a national scale; the
establishment of an export market
ing corporation or commission; the
placing of agriculture on an equality
with other industries; development
of internal waterways as an aid in
reducing transportation costs of
farm products; revision of the tariff
and reconstruction of both rail and
water transportation charges.
The agricultural plank asserts that
the republican policy with respect to
Europe has been such as to retard
the economic rehabilitation of that
continent, with a result that that
market has not been reopened to the
American farmer.
A pledge also is given of the adop
tion of an international policy of
nuch co-operation by direct official
negotiation, instead of indirect, un
official negotiation, as will restore
a normal flow to Europe of the prod
ucts of the American farm and fac-
! tory.
J Refraining the prohobition plank,
j the subcommittee recommended one
, declaring for "enforcement of the
prohibition law," but without men
tioning specifically either the eight
eenth amendment or the Volstead
act.
"The republican administration
has failed in the enforcement of the
prohibition law," the plank declared.
"The democratic party pledges itself
to the enforcement of tnis law."
MELLON ADMITS
HE HAD NTEREST
IN DISTILLERY
Treasury Head Questioned About
Forged Whisky Withdrawal
Fermits.
New York, June 26. With An
drew Mellon, secretary of the trea
sury on the witness stand, summon
ed by the defense in the trial of Gas
ton B. Means, former department of
justice agent, and his secretary, El
mer W. Jarnecke. charged with vio
lating the prohibition law, counsel
for Means today failed in an attempt
to show that Means was dismissed
because he exposed an illegal with
drawal of whiskey from a distillery
in Pittsburg partly owned by Mr.
Mellon.
Secretary Mellon adnitted that he
once had owned an interest in the
Overholt distiller, but said that his
first knowledge of Means' investiga
tion of the distillery had come when
he read the testimony given before
the senate committee. Mr. Mellon
added that the distillery company
since bad been liquidated, and that
he had no connection with it.
To questions as to whether forged
permits for withdrawal of 42 thou
sand gallons of whisky from the dis
tillery had ben deposited by a man
named Goodman as collateral for a
loan from the Mellon National bank
of Pittsburg, in which the secretary
is interested, Mr. Mellon replied that
this was not true.
"I inquired of Pittsburg bankers,"
he said, "and was informed that no
whishey certificates were held as col
later for loans or otherwise in any
banks there, and no certificates had
been held for years."
"Then these forged permits were
in the office of the Overholt Distil
lery company?" asked Thomas B.
Felder, attorney for Means.
"I understood so," answered Mr.
Mellon.
Hiram C. Todd, special deputy at
torney general interposed many ob
jections when Felder sought to ques
tion Secretary Mellon about his bus
iness affairs and Judge Wolverton
said to Felder:
"I repeat what I told you yester
day, that the government is not on
trial in this case."
Jarnecke was questioned by Todd
as to three letters which he admit
ted having written to Samuel
Scmidt of Chicago, In which
Schmidt was urged to purchase liq
uor "with a guarantee direct from
the head of the department of jus
tice that goods will be shipped to
the man's warehouse and protected
while in the warehouse." The let
ters were made public by the sen
ate committee during the Washing
ton investigation of the attorney gen
eral's office.
Jarnecke explained that ho thought
the transaction legal until Means
told him that it was not.
TEST OF AUTO
BRAKES IS A MAT
TER OF SAFETY
Movement Grows Over State To Have
Fublic Tests Made as Matter
of Fublic Safety.
Starting in Omaha the movement
for the general testing of the brakes
of autoes and trucks has spread un
til Lincoln Is about to launch the
movement and in the smaller cities
there is beginning to form senti
ment for this safety measure that is
a safeguard for the general public
and the auto and truck owners as
well.
It is generally conceeded that the
brakes on the car are not watched
carefully enough and little heed paid
to them until the time when they
are badly needed and then when they
fail to do their work there is per
haps tragedy and sorrow in the wake
of the neglect.
In Omaha the cars and trucks are
brought to the public testing station
and those who have brakes properly
acting and servicable are given a
sticker so showing and which is a
guarantee of safety to the owner as
far as he is concerned. Cars or
Trucks that have defective brakes
are ordered to have repairs made and
report again to receive the necess
ary certificate of their being in prop
er working order.
The importance of properly work
ing brakes can be fully realized by
the auto owner and should have their
prompt attention for their own good
as well as measure of protection to
the traveling public on the high
ways and the pedestrians who might
at some time be in danger because of
the fact that the breaks on the car
would not work in time to pre
vent being run down.
When the opportunity affords this
city as well as other smaller places
in the state should follow the exam
ple of the larger cities in this safety
measure.
GIVES FRIENDLY
DEMONSTRATION.
At the session of the convention
this afternoon at New York the most
friendly demonsthation of the sess
ion was that which greeted the pre
sentation by Senator Claude Swan
son of the name of his associate.
Senator Carter Glass to the conven
tion for the office of president of the
United States. In the greeting to
the able Virginian, California, New
York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Mary
land. Montana, Oregon, Washington,
Vermont and Georgia joined and
while there was no parade or exten- j
sive outburst as in the McAdoo and
Smith displays there was a genuine
friendly feeling shown.
Alvo Department
W. F. Bornemeier and the family
were spending last Friday afternoon
in Lincoln, where they went to look
after some business matters.
Simon Rehmeyer and wife were
visitors at the home of his brother,
Fred Rehmeyer and family, Dear
Weeping Water on last Sunday, mak
ing the trip over in his auto.
Uncle P. J. Lynch, who is a work
er, is still busy with the bee hives
for the many swarms which continue
to come and which he is hoping will
produce him some revenue in the
fall.
Orris Foreman shelled and binned
a crib of corn at his place west of
town on last Friday, believing that
while the price is very satisfactory
there is still opportunity for further
advance.
J. D. Foreman, who has the large
hatchery and rs growing chickens in
large numbers is getting along very
nicely and has many chicks which
are in excellent condition and are
doing fine.
J. W. Kallmeyer, who has been at
St. Louis for some time looking af
ter some business matters, returned
home last Saturday evening and has
been looking after the business since
his return.
W. A. Cook shelled and delivered
his last year's corn crop on Friday
of last week, taking the same to the
elevator at Elm wood, where he was
fortunate in receiving a very satis
factory price for it.
The subjects fof the free movies
for Saturday of this week will be
"The Hill Crest Mystery" and will be
given outside as the business men
have so arranged in their wiring
suheme so that the show can be given
outside or inside, just as the weath
er shall dictate.
The new home which Henry J.
Miller has just had constructed on
his farm is about completed and will
be occupied by Mr. Lyle Miller, who
will "batch" there, according to the
arrangements at this time. Of course
we are of the opinion that he would
share the nest with the right party.
Arthur Dinges who is a rustler
and a good workman at that, has
been kept pretty busy of late getting
the tractors in condition for the
coming of the harvest which will
soon be here. He has just been put
ting in fine shape a tractor for J.
M. Manners, and another one for
Earl Creamer.
Entertain the "Young Men
The young ladles class of the
Methodist Bible school entertained
the young men's class of the same
school at a very pleasant party and
reception at the home of Mr. anil
Mrs. Martin Nickles northeast of
Alvo last Wednesday evening and
the young men pronounce the ladies
most excellent entertainers. The
young men now have in mind a re
turn entertainment when they will
entertain the ladies.
Attends the Ford Clinic
Arthur Dinges, the owner of the
Alvo garage, was a visitor In Lin
coln on last Wednesday, where he
attended a school conducted under
the auspices of the Ford Motor com
pany, giving instruction on the Ford
cars and tractors, and which better
equipps machinists for work on these
celebrated machines.
The Country Looking Fine
Notwithstanding the continued
rains which have kept the farmer,
the farmer boy and the hired man
from the corn fields, things are look
ing pretty good on the farms at this
time. June is the month which is
most optomistic and promises the
most. The corn has had a hard time
to get going, owing to the very cold
weather and It being so wet, but it
is coming along nicely now. Along
with the corn, the weeds were slow
at first, but are now growing over
time. The wheat and oats are look
ing fine and win soon be crowding
the farmers for their gathering. The
hay crops also are good, wnn the
alfalfa and clover excellent. During
this time the strawberries, goose
berries and cherries have been a
good crop, and with good promises
for raspberries and blackberries,
which are just now making their
appearance. The conditions have
found much work for the farmers
and the housewife as well to do, so
that they have had very little time
for other things.
TRANSMISSION OF PICTURES.
The transmission of pictures over
tho telephone and by wireless is
one of the distinctive triumphs of the
last decade as far as the advancing
march of the race is concerned and
another step forward in the field of
dicovery and -invention that will af
fect many radical changes in the
transmission of pictures for use of
the large press associations. The
developement of this line has resulted
in the Northwestern Bell Telephone
Co., of Omaha, being able to receive I
and send pictures over their lines;
and with the best of results.
Haying and Harvest
ARE ABOUT AT OUR DOORS
It will pay all those needing a Deering and McCormick
mower to see me. I have a number bought at last
year's prices and can save you some money on them.
Coatman Hardware Co.
ALVO
ACTING GOVERNOR
DECLINES TO ENTER
STATE GAS FIGHT
Johnson Comes to Lincoln, but Not
on Oil Business, He Says.
Situation Unchanged
Lincoln. June 26. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Johnson of Hastings, who is
acting governor of the state in the
absence of Governor Bryan, arrived
in Lincoln this evening and was in
the executive office for a short time.
The lieutenant governor said his
presence had nothing to do with the
controversy in the state over the
price of gasoline, although he said
he had suggested to dealers that they
make a voluntary reduction and thus
make it unnecessary for the state to
go into the oil selling business.
M. B. Atkins, an independent
dealer, head of the A. B. A., company
in Nebraska, today addressed a let
ter to Lieutenant Governor Johnson
urging him to come here to bold a
conference with the oil dealers and
'said he believed such a conference
i would lead to what he thinks would
be an equitable price for gasoline.
Mr. Aitkins suggested that 18 cents
would be a fair price. This Is 2 1-4
cents below what is now being
charged in Lincoln by regular deal
ers. The state controlled station here
today continued selling at 15 centa
a gallon. Retail dealers said they
had received no instruction from the
companies they represent to meet the
cut. No move has yet been made to
enjoin the state from embarking in
the business, it was said today at the
; state house.
GOVERNOR BRYAN'S
NAME PRESENTED TO
THE CONVENTION
Eugene O'Sullivan of Omaha Offers
the Name of Nebraska Execu
tive to the Convention
The democratic national conven
tion is still engaged in the task of
listening to the nominating speeches
for the candidates for president and
at noon today, or 2:30 New York
daylight saving time, the roll call
had reached New Jersey on the list
of states and the name of Governor
Silver was being presented.
When Nebraska was reached on
the roll call, Eugene O'Sullivan of
Omaha, took the platform and plac
ed the name of Governor Charles W.
Bryan before the convention. At the
conclusion of the speecn nominating
Bryan, the band broke into the
strains of "There is a Long, Long
Trail a Winding," and the demon
stration for the Nebraska executive
was under way, Nebraska, South Car
olina, Montana, Georgia and Florida
joining in the demonstration and
forming a parade about the hall,
while other state standards were
waved to the marchers as they moved
along their way. As the march con
tinued, the band took up tne strains
of "Onward Christian Soldier" which
served to increase the enthusiasm
ami the demonstration took almost
twenty minutes to subside and per
mit Chairman Walsh to have the roll
call proceed.
EARL IRELAND IMPROVING.
The word has been received at
Nebraska City that Earl Ireland,
formerly of that city and a resident
of Plattsmouth for a year, where he
was employed at the Journal, ia now
showing some improvement. Earl
has been in very poor health for the
past few years and was taken to
, Colorado where he was placed in a
; sanitarium there for treatment. He
, showed great improvement and was
; later a hie to leave the hospital and
i was thought to be getting along
. fine, until a few weeks ago when he
i wras taken critically ill. He is
; being taken care of by Mrs.
Ireland who returned to Colorado
I from her old home in Nebraska City
where she was visiting when the
word of his illness was first received.
Michigan Barrel Salt
while it lasts. Quality guar
anteed at the lumber yard.
J. W. BANKING,
Alvo,
Nebraska
NEBRASKA
