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TJebraka State Histori cal Society S VOL. NO. XL. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1924. ho. eg. plattemoiutb mat JO A VERY PLEASANT DANCING PARTY IS GIVEN LAST NIGHT blisses Ursula Hero Id and Mary Mar garet Walling Hostesses to a Large Party. From Friday's Daily One of the most pleasant social Fathering? of the younger social eet held during the summer season was the dancing party given last evening by Misses Ursula Herold and Mary Margaret Walling" at the beautiful Herold home on North Fourth street and at which a large number of the voung people of the city were pres ent. The event was one of the last that will be enjoyed before many of the guests depart to take up their school work this fall and the occa sion was enjoyed to the utmost by all of the Jolly party. The dancing was to the very de-i liahtful program provided by an or chestra composed of William Kettle son and Miss Minnie Klinger and served to fill the greater part of the evening with the utmost pleasure to the young people. Mr. Ed Mo ghridge of Gienwood. one of the guests, assisted in the music at the saxophone in some of the numbers. During the evening refreshments were served on the beautiful lawn that had been arranged with decora tions of Japanese lanterns, while fruit punch was also served to the dancers in ball room by the Misses Jennie Windham an J Marion Tritsch. The occasion was marked by a large number of out of town guests, a number of whom were schoolmates of Miss Herold at the Cathedral school at Washington. D. C, and among these were: Misses Catherine Doorly. Marcella Foster, Violet Val lery. Ruth Troxel, Helen Braun, Bettry Paxton, Grace Lynn, Ellen Florshein, Omaha; Bernese and Lo rene Ault. Cedar Creek, Messrs. F. ; Kenegy and Ed May, Beatrice; Wil liam Clark, Ted Anderson. Basil Benz, Lowell Wilson, Omaha; Ed. Moehridge, Gienwood. The guests from this city at the' pleasurable occasion were: ' Misses Edith and Helen. .Fariey. Jlurna Wolff, Mary, Ruth and Jean Thrbnil, Ruth Shannon, Helen Wescott. Ethe lyn Wiles, Alice Louise Wescott, Helen Clement, Helen Wurl, Cather ine Schneider, Eleanor McCarty, Ma-; rie Hunter, Clara Trilety. Emma1 Wohlfarth, Judith Johnson, Tlielma Kroehler, Alice Follock. Pauline Ba jeck. Ursula Herold. Mary Margaret Walling; Messrs. Leonard Born, For-' est Shrader, Frd Trilety, Har!ey: Becker, George Schmidtmann. Wal ter Tritsch, William Matschullat, j Stuart Chase, Walter Reed, Wayne I Stewart, Edward Matschullat, Co vert Jean, Jean Spangler, Charles! Egenberger, Jack McCarty. Ed' Hadlatky, James Warren, Robert1 Wal liner, L. Henry. Otto Trilety,? Carl Ofe. Willis Hartford, Raymond ! Bookmeyer. Norn's Cummins, Harry ' Dwytr. Raymond Rebal. FOUNDER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH VISITS IN CITY Rev. F. H. Freund of Portland, Ore gon, Stops" Off Here to Pay Old Friends a Visit. From Friday's Daily Yesterday the members of the St. Paul's Evangelical church and par ticularly the older membership en joyed very much a visft from Rev. , F. IT. Freund, the founder of the ch':rch here a' great many years ago who i now a resident of Portland., On-iron. The St. Paul's church was estab lished here in 1S95 and the Evan-, geli?tic congregation attracted a; larjre number of the residents here of German descent and the growth f the church was very remarkable, iind broicrht to the congregation1 men and women of wealth and in-' flutnee that in a few years later, in 189s. enabled the pastor. Rev. Freund. to erect the present church building, one of the handsomest in the city and which now serves one of the largest congregations of the city. During hit stay hre. Rev. Freund was the guest of Rev. H. Kottich, the present very able pastor of the church, and took advantage of the oeca-ion to visit over the city-with the old friends and former church workers in the days when he served as the pastor. STUDYING VENUS from Thursday's Dally A large number of the dwellers down in the business section of the city v.-ere "necking" this afternoon in an effort to glimpse Venus, one of the planets that is attracting at tention at this time and which for the past two days has been visible to tho naked eye in the full light of nof.n. The star presents a very beau tiful appearance in the early morn ing as it is bright and attractive A3vm ad pay ILETUKN FROM TRIP From Thursday's Dally ,' This morning. Miss Marie Kauf man and Mrs. Perry Coffman return ed home from the European trip that has covered the entire 6ummer and taken them to some seven of the na tions of the old world. The ladies left Southampton on August 16th and arrived at Quebec on the Emp ress of Scotland on August 23rd, the trip being marked by two days of storm on leaving England and considerable fog that made progress very slow. They escaped the severe storms that have 6wept the Atlant ic in the last week, however, which did more or less damage to the Ara bic, one of the White Star line boats, PAINTING IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN THIS CITY Number of Plattmouth Business Houses Eeing "Dolled Up" For the Winter Season. From Friday's Daily With the fast approaching fall days and the warning of the winter season, a number of the Plattsmouth business houses are getting all fixed up so that they will present a bright and attractive appearance for the coming season. The H. M. Soennichsen Co., which now owns the Dovey building on up per Main street has had the building entirely remodeled on the interior so that it is one of the finest arranged buildings in the city and now the improvement has been extended to the exterior of the building. The stonework as well as the wood work of the exterior of the building is be ing retouched and made very attract-1 Ive to the eye cream color being used on the stonework and the supports j or tne entrances oi me store Deing finished in dark green which makes a very pleasing effect to the eye. The Perkins Hotel has also been undergoing the cleanup movement and throughout the interior of the building there has-been new paper supplied for all the rooms and the whole interior repainted" and deco rated. The exterior of the building is now being retouched with a light grey paint trimming for the wood work of the building that adds very much to the appearance of the struc-j ture. WILES FAMILY RE UNION AT GLEN WOOD YESTERDAY Gathering Yesterday Attended by 150 Members of the Family From Two States. I From Friday's Daily Yesterday was the annual reun ion of the Wiles family of Cass coun ty, Nebraska, and Mills county, Iowa, and to enjoy the occasion there were 150 of the members of the fam ily present at Gienwood to take part in the delights of the occasion. The picnic had been planned to have been held at the city park but a change in plans made necessary the holding of the gathering in the grove near the B. B. Dean home and here in the pleasant shade of the trees the reunion progressed during the day. The members of the family voted the reunion next year at Plattsmouth and it will be staged in the city park, here with the Cass county mem bers of the Wiles family in charge of the event. Yesterday one of the features of the day was the picnic dinner served at the ample tables provided and here the time was spent in visiting and enjoying the opportunity of re newing the ties of the past year. In the election of officers the fol lowing were chosen: President Charles II. Warner. Vice President Thomas Wiles. Secretary L. L. Wiles. It was late in the day when the party disbanded to await the next reunion at Plattsmouth. DIED AT NORTH PLATTE From Fridays rally William Henry Rodgers, a former Elmwood man, died on August 23, at North Platte, Nebraska, where he made his home. He was born on August 30, 1852, and was 73 years, 11 months, 25 days old at the time of his death. He was never married and was a brother of Mrs. John Linn of this place and Mrs. Fred Rennau of Syracuse, Nebraska, His father's name was John Rodgers and at one time owned the farm now owned by Ed Gustin and known as the Jos. Ronnfeldt place. The family lived on this farm for some time. The body-was brought to Elmwood and burial filftdjl 1ft ttVi XlSJHQOd PLATTSMOUTH YOUNG MAN WILL LOCATE IN OMAHA Dr. Carl F. Sclimidtmann, Chiropo dist and Orthopedist, to Have Offices in the City. From Thursday's Daily Dr. Carl F. Schmidtmann of this city is completing his new offices .which he will open in suite 302, Aquila Court building at 16 and Harney street, Omaha, September 1, and here Dr. Schmidtmann will be able to look after the needs of his patients in any cases of foot trouble. Dr. Schmidtmann has Just recent ly completed his course of study in Illinois Collidge of Chiropody at Chi cago, following several years of study and specialization in this line of work and has a very high standing as a chiropodist and orthopedist and is eminently well qualified to han die any case of foot trouble that may be brought to his attention. For a number of years Dr. Schmidtmann was engaged in work in several large shoe stores includ ing the Fetzer Shoe company of this city, and in this line of work his attention was called to the fact that a great percentage of the people are suffering from some manner of foot trouble and from this his line of study has been on methods that would give the sufferers relief and cures from their deformities or in Jured feet. While he was living here and clerking he was carrying on hi3 studies and successfully treated a large number of cases, securing casts of the feet and correcting and cur ing the deformations that had come through the lack of knowledge in the care of the feet. He has since made a close study of this profession in several of the lead ing schools of the country and was graduated with very high honors at the Ilinois institution. With his new offices in the Aquila Court he will be able to reach a large center of popu lation and in his very, able manner care for the cases that demand his attention. The fact that in the world war 85 per cent of the men accepted and ex amined were found to be suffering from foot trouble of different natures, it is clear that there is a great need for scientific treatment of the pedal extremities and Dr. Schmidtmann, as Plattsmouth people well know, per fectly qualified to give this aid and relief to the sufferers. ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL From Thursday's TaITv The many friends of Cecil York, of Chicago, who was so dangerously ill for several days from an attack of appendicitis, will be pleased to learn that he has now so far recovered as to be able to leave the St. Anthony hospital where he was operated on and return to his home. Cecil will rest it home for a few days and then pccompany his mother, Mrs. O C. York, bnck to Omaha to recuperate there and in Plattsmouth. PLATTSMOUTH LADY ELECTED AS MEMBER OF COM. Mrs. Frank B. Gobelman Named as Member of the State Executive Committee of Auxiliary The Plattsmouth service men and women are more than pleased with the action of the state convention of the American Legion Auxiliary at Grand Island yesterday in naming Mrs. Frank R. Gobelman of this city as a member of the state executive committee for the ensuing year. The convention was one of the largest that has been held by the Auxiliary with some 350 delegates present and hundreds of visitors and guests to join In the gathering of the service women of the state. Tho sessions were held at the First Meth odist church auditorium and each one filled with the greatest of in terest. Mrs. Gobelman had served as chair man of the credentials committee of the convention and her work there was one of the most exacting of any of the committees of the convention and kept her busy during almost the ' entire time at the offices of the com-' mittee near the passenger station at : Grand Island where the delegates ana visitors were registered. ' The Plattsmouth members of the Legion and Auxiliary are doubly pleased at the naming of Mrs. Gobel man as it is a reward for her long and faithful service in both the local and state organizations, and during her work here with the Auxiliary it has grown into a very live and ac tive organization and accomplished much good in the way of work with . the service men in the hospitals and renei wont ror the service people in general. The Plattsmouth post was repre sented at the convention by Mrs. C. A. Rosencrans and who with Mrs. Gobelman returned home last even ing after the work of the convention was finished and the delegates hur ried on to their home la t&a txionj ENJOYING FAMILY REUNION From Thursday's Pally The annual reunion of the Wiles family of Cass county and Mills county, Iowa, is being held today at the park at Gienwood, Iowa. The members of the family from this county made the trip in autos and enjoyed very much the pleasant drive over to the pretty Mills county city where they are the guests of their relatives there for the day. The Wiles family is one of the largest in , number of members in Cass county and particularly are they numerous near this city and in the vicinity of Weeping Water and the annual re unions are sources of a' never ending pleasure to all of the membership. ORE PAVING FOR IKE YEAR NOW PLANNED GEANTTE STREET DISTRICT WILL PROP. ABLY BE ENLARGED TO SEVEN BLOCKS CONNECTS OTHER DISTRICTS Ninth Street from Slain South to Chicago Avenue Two Elocks Each on 8th and 10th From Thursday's Daily The city council meeting last even ing to assess the tax for the new sidewalk on Washington avenue en joyed a very interesting prelude tak en up with a discussion of the pro posed paving district on Granite street. Many of the residents there have urged the council to enlarge the district and which they stated would be more satisfactory and the general sentiment of the council last evening was that the wishes of the residents should be hecued and Ave more blocks will be added to the district. Th3i sentlmci-i in that lo cality has been that the hilla should be paved and this will be largely taken care of in the proposed dis trict. In addition to the original two blocks on Granite street where the curb and gutter is in bad shape on account of washing out of the dirt road, the councilmen have suggested that Eighth street from Main to Granite. Ninth street from . Main south to Marble street be paved, joining up the Chicago avenue pav- ng with Main street and furnishing a lino cross town paved street. Tenth street from Main to Granite would also be paved under the new dis trict. Owing to the fact that one block on Granite between 10th and 11th streets would require a fill that could not possibly settle sufficiently to be paved over this fall. It was not in cluded in the district. The very low price of the paving contract just let has greatly en couraged the councilmen in getting the work started as it would be pos sible to lay the paving in two weeks time, it is thought, weather condi tions being favorable. The active business of the session was taken up in the levying of the assessment of the sidewalk tax against the property on Washington avenue and Elm street and as none of the property owners offered pro test to the levy being made and the amounts set forth in the resolution, they were accordingly ordered as sessed against the property. SUES INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE POLICY VALUE W. S. Smith of Murray Sues Equit able Life Assurance Society on Value of the Policy. Fro hi Friday's Daily This morning in the office of the clerk of the district court there was an action entitled William S. Smith vs. the Equitable Life Assurance So ciety of the United States. In the case filed by Mr. Smith thru his attorney, C. A. Rawls, it Is al leged that on May 19, 1904, the plaintiff, W. S. Smith, secured a twenty-year policy of the defendant company and has since that date made the payments on the policy regularly until Its maturity on May 19, 1924. It is claimed that the plaintiff notified the company of the policy and his electing to take the face value of the policy claimed to be $4,000. The defendant company, it is fur ther alleged has refused payment on the grounds that the pla"in tiff hadj made a mistake in the total of thei cash value of the policy and which! instead of being $4,000 should be $2,715.78, and which last amount the company stands ready to pay but which is not the correct valua qC te utter, Ux fio&b elites. ( OBITUARY OF MISS GAROLEN WAL BRIDGE 13 GIVEN Funeral Services Are Held at Robb Home at Union and Eurial at Wyoming Cemetery. From Friday's Daily Liiss Carolen A. Walbridge, teach er of piano, died at the home of her Bister. Mrs. Montgomery Robb Fri day evening at 5 o'clock, August 22, after a short illnes of five days. Miss Walbridge had been failing in failing health for some months, but continued her teaching up to the time of her death. She had been a most successful teacher in the South Rend conserva tory of Music for many years. The intelligent and thorough work which she insisted upon developed her pu pils into very fine musicians, devpl-l oping a eiugiDg tone of the finest quality. Miss Walbridge received her teach ers certificate from the Chicago Mu sical College, (Dr. Ziegfeld and Dr. Falk), took special normal training for teachers at the Cincinnati College of Music where she mastered the Lesehtizky hand position and later studied the Virgil Method under Marx Obendorfu cf Chicago. Her purils won honors In other conservatories. For many years she was pipe or ganist and choir director of the First Baptist church of South Bend, Indi ana, of which she was a faithful member. The spring cf 1922 she came to make her home with her sister In Union where she conducted her stu dio until the time of her death. During her stay in Union she made many friends, always giving some thing worth while to those who were privileged to be associated with her. In music she gave her pupils care ful technical training, inspiring the:u with a desire to conquer and a growing love for the best in music and in life. Miss Walbridge was born in Mus- coda, Wisconsin, December 3, 1858, coming to Wyoming, Nebraska, ati an early age. Living here until the doath of, her mother, she went toj make her borne In South Bead with! her aunt. Mrs. William Mack, Sr. j Most of her life was spent in that! city where she had hosts of devoted friends. One brother, Charles Walbridge, Foley, Alabama; one sister, Mrs. Montgomery Robb, with neices andf nephews and cousins survive her. j The funeral services was from the; home of Mr. and Mrs. Robb, Monday,! August 25, at 5 p. m., burial service said by the Rev. Lewis D. Smith, with whom she had a visitation on-, ly a few days before her illness. j She was laid to rest in the fam-' ily resting place at Wyoming. j "As the shadows of the evening hour3 Fall upon the darkening sky; Upon the fragrance of the flowers The dews of evening lie." INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE COST LESS PER CAPITA Seduction of $35.90 in Maintenance Charges Number of Inmates is Steadily Increasing. Statistics showing a reduction of $35.90 in the per capita cost of main tenance for seventeen state institu tions under the board of control were given out from its office Wed nesday. During the fiscal year end ed June 30, 1924, the average ex pense per inmate was $260.25. For the previous year the cost was $296. 15. as against $2S7.18 in the fiscal annum of 1921-22. The inmate population increased from a daily average of 5,802 in the) first year of this series of 5,940 the j stcuuu year auu o,va. me iuiiu. Dur ing the last year the population de clined slightly at the Beatrice insti tution for feeble minded, soldiers homes at Grand Island and Milford. and school for deaf at Omaha. All the others gained in numbers. Per capita cost at the different in stitutions for the year ending June 30, 1924, not including new build ings and other permanent improve ments, was as follows: Lincoln Insane hospital, $213.52; orthopedic hospital, $636.80; peni tentiary, $294.22; dependent child ren's home, $327.60; men's reforma tory, $365.38. Beatrice Feeble minded institute, $175.50. Geneva Girls' training school, $243.92. Grand Island Old Soldiers home, $312.00. Hastings Insane hospital, $197.- 89. Kearney Boys' industrial school, $411.51; tuberculosis hospital, $619. 15. Milford Women's industrial home $315.12; soldiers' home, $357.82. Nebraska City School for blind, $531. 2S. Omaha School for deaf, $393.78. York WeOAn's ifcformiisuv-' WIN HONORS AT DESM0HTX3 One of the PlattBmoutli delegation at the Citizens Military Training camp at Fort DesMoines, has won very high honors there in the rifle marksmanship. Damlun Flynn. ton of Dr. and Mrs. P. J. Flynn of this city having been selected a3 the best marksman of the 17lh infantry in which he is serving as a member of Co. G. This information came in a letter from Carl Keil who states that they expect to leave camp Saturday and have had a month of real train ing that has been very successful ana neneiiciai to tnem in everyway and that none regret having mde the trin. The vounc men have found that the training is putting them in fine 6hape for their year's work. GREENWOOD IS TO GRAVEL THE D, L. 0. HIGHWAY SOON Eight Miles in Salt Creek and Green wood Precincts to Have Three Inch Coat cf Paving. For three years or more, citizens of Greenwood city and Salt Creek ana graveled. Several meetings nave,,, . . M . , -ka been held with the county commis- f j8 Le"olL.T&1 'IVl sioners of Cass county and last Au gust the commissioners made this committee a proposition that if they would raise $2,000, the county with! the help of state and federal aid, 1 , " VV . ' J JT"- would take care of the balance. ItLeni "5Tro.'l 1 AUL.?. "J?1?-6 did not seem advisable to make a solicitation for funds at that time and the matter wa3 dropped. Monday, a committee of three. Phil L. Hall, Jr., J C. Lemon and O. F. Anderson, again went to Plattsmouth and consulted the com miasioners Later, Mr. Hall received:"1 w,as discovered by Sheriff Ry the followin board. letter from the county The federal. state and county will advertise for bids to let contract' to gravel D. L. D.y highway eight miles In Salt Creek and Greenwood precincts, three Inches thick an4Vvu'- " committee raising $2,000." The committee above referred to decided to take the county commis sioners at their word and has al ready started soliciting funds. Mr. Lemon was in Ashland Tuesday and was meeting with fine success, re- driven UD on(1 dwn Mam street at eeiving sums in lots of $50, $25 and ' a rate ot speed that he considered $10. Others were also out with pa- greater than the city ordinance pers and it Is thought there will be would permit and accordingly over no great trouble in raising the necea- hauled the car and Its driver. The sary $2,000. As soon as this Is col-jman driving the car gave the name lected it will be turned over to thelf Wayne Palmer and his home as county commissioners of Cass county Ieru. Ho was escorted to the city and it Is understood that they will' bastile and remained there until the then take the necessary 6teps to have j arrival of Police Judge Weber at his the state engineer advertise for bids. There Is a possibility this project my be completed this fall, if not It will be done In the early spring. When this project Is completed. there will be gravel or pared roads all the way from Ashland to Llncela. Ashland Gazette. Fred L. Nutzmann, one of the prominent residents of the vicinity of Nehawka, with his son, Eugene Nutzmann, were here yesterday af ternoon visiting with friends and looking after some matters of busi-i Murray today to attend the commua ness. jlty picnic which ia being held there. UK A bank account not only means that your money is safer than you could keep it at home it means that you, as a cus tomer of the bank, can draw on the busi ness experience which the bank's officers have accumulated during many years. A connection with the First Nation al Bank places at your disposal the advice, helpful service and friendly co-operation of men who are able and eager to help you succeed in your undertakings. the Fibst National Rani The bank where you feel'at1 WOyvf FLftaTSMOUTII W hebbaska u The Bank Where TV0 ESCAPE FROM THE OTOE COUNTY JAILJHISVEEK Harry Kuwitzky, Held for Robbing Store, and Waldo Caster, Saw Way Out of Bastile. Nebraska City. Aug. 28. Harry Kuwitzky, 25. held in the county 'Ja" h P"lin trial on ln roiUing the Lambeth tor rt Fyracure, and "Waldo Carter, a local character, sawed their way out of the county jail this evening. Whea Sheriff Ryder went to give the men their suppers he found that they bad escaped. This is the second time that Ku witzky had attempted to get out of jail. He has served two terms In the state penitentiary, one for auto steal ing and the last time for burglary. He finished his term about a year ago. Kuwitzky was arrested in Omaha about elx weeks ago, following the robbery of the Lambeth store. An automobile wan found in a garage at Omaha and fixty-flve suits of cloth ing recovered from it. It is alleged that the auto belonged to Kuwitzky. He is described as fire feet. live in appearance, five feet and eight inches in height, weighs 140 pounds. He wore blue overalls, a blue shirt and a cap. The sheriff had no clue men answering the description noti fy him at one. Kuwitzky made one attempt two " f It'.,'7. v' was only by chance that the Jail d- der in time to check the getaway of the young man and bis companion. After the robbery of the Lambeth tore at Syracuse, Kuwltaky spent a ew er Ia PUttgmouth with 1!ad" 5n fronl heT returned U SPEEDE3 GETS PICKED HP free Fridge XUy This morning Officer Clyde Jack- eon discovered a strange auto being cnamDers in the city nan when a complaint was filed by Chief of Fe lice Hlnrlchsen against the man. The court was not In a pleasaat humor on this occasion and gave the speeder a real Jolt, $10 and cosu being taxed against him, ana beiar unable to settle the amount he was again placed In the city Jail te rest until the amount was paid. D. C. Morgan, democratic candi date for clerk of the district court with Mrs. Morgan, motored down to You Feel at titmel it