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St19 ..V4 VOL. NO. XL. PLATTSMOUTH, NE3EASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1324. NO. 63 DEFENSE DAY SER VICES ARE HELD IN CHURCHES SUNDAY Presbyterian and Methodist Churches Hold Special Services to Learn of Defense Day. From Monday's Dally In two of the churches of the city yesterday there were held services that were largely devoted to discus sions of the Defense day program which is to be held over the nation on Friday, September 12th, and in which the government is requesting the citizenship in general to partici pate. At the First Presbyterian church nt the moraine service there was a very able sermon on the patriotic thoughts of the day and this was fol lowed by a discussion of the aims and purposes of national Defense d.i v. an event that has largely tecn misunderstood by the citizen "hip of the nation, and to enlighten Flatts mouth people a3 to its real purpose. Captain Harrison L. Gayer snoke briefly and to the point, clearing the impression that the day was intend ed as a groat military demonstration nnd pointing out that its purpose was merely a test of the defense act f the government that had been ar ranged as a special tribute to Gen eral Tershing and would be a prac tical survey of the extent to which the act, psased by "congress, is feas able. In the evening. Captain Gayer spoke at the First Methodist church to a very large coneregation and his remarks were followed by the con gregation with the greatest of inter est and cleared up many of the falre impressions that had been gained in the various arguments offered pro and con on the subject. In addition to this the pastor, Itev. F. E. Pfoutz, spoke briefly of the attitude of the church, which was not opposed to the carrying out of the government program and had been misquoted as to their world peace program which the church had launched for inter national peace. The two addreses gave the persons in attendance a much clearer appreciation of the event which is to occur next Friday and which will mark the actual test of the working ability of the nation al defense act. As was shown, the participation in the event is purely voluntary. To add to the interest of the meet ing there were a number of patriotic songs sung by the young men's chofr of the church. SLUGGERS CHECK UP ANOTHER From Monday's Daliy Yesterday afternoon the members of the St. Adelbert school of Omaha, came down to meet their old rivals, the Bohemian Sluggers of this city, andas the result the Sluggers were able to add another to their list of victories as they won by the score of 14 to 13. The Sluggers used a large array of pitching talent in the game to check the visitors from Omaha, Russell Iteod. Tom McGuire, Ernest Janda and Robert Egan being sent to the mound by Manager Frank Sedlncck. and suoceded in holding down their opponents., while "Rah" Krejci did the receiving for the Sluggers. The Omaha team was leading in the sixth by the ruore of 8 to 2 and the skies were very dark for the locals but in the seventh a strong batting spree of the locals netted them a lead of eight runs that they maintained. Home runs were credited to "Rab" and Joe Krejci. and Raymond Kris key while William Skomal of the St. Adelbert team annexed one of the circuit clouts. PLATT-KIGER. Harry Piatt and Miss Grace Kiger motored to Atlantic, Iowa, Friday where they were united in marriage, bringing to a climax a romance of several years standing. They were accompanied by Miss Mary Piatt, sis ter of the groom, and Richaid Kiger brother of the bride. After the cere mony Mr. and Mrs. Piatt went to Des Moines where they spent their honey moon. The bride was charming in a gown of tan brocaded crepe with hat and accessories to match and carried a bouquet of Mrs. Ward roses. Th groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Piatt of Papillion. He has spent the greater part of his life hfre and has been promiaent in the social affairs of the community. Dur ing the past two years he has held a lucrative position with the Ford Motor company branch in Platts mouth. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Kiger, prominent pion eer family of Springfield and vicinity. She is a graduate of the Spring field high school and has taught in the public schools of the county several years. She is an accomplished young lady and popular.. Mr. and Mrs. Piatt upon their re turn will make their home in rittsmouth. Fapillion Times. W. P. Cook and wife departed yesterday for Avoca where they will spend the next two weeks visiting and where Mr. Cook will have charge of the barber shop of Mr. Hennings, who Is to be married this week. HOLD BIG MEETING From Monday's Daily Visitors in the city today from near Nehawka report that a very large meeting was staged there Sat urday evening by the Ku KIux Klan nnd which was addressed by the Itev. J. W. Henderson, organizer" for Cass and Otoe counties. The meeting was held right in the town of Nehawka and the crowd in attendance was es timated at from 1,300 to 1,500 by those who were near the scene of the meeting. The speaker was accom panied by some 20 of the gowned members of the order who acted as attendants at the meeting and direct ing traffic in the grounds. This is the first meting of the order at Ne hawka although they have met at various other places in the past sum mer including Plattsmouth. Weep ing Water, Louisville and Eagle. CAPTURE STRANG ER WITH GUN AT MURRAY MONDAY Sheriff and Deputy Apprehend Man In Stock Car m Murray Railroad Yards. I'rom Wednesday's Daily Last evening Sheriff E. P. Stewart and Deputy Sheriff Young were at Murray where they were called in search of a man reported to have stolen a revolver at Weeping Water, and the officers after a search thru the railroad yards at Murray located the man they desired reposing in the upper deck of a stock car and rudely awoke him to notify him that he would have to come on to the county seat and get his rest in the confines of the county jail. The man gave the name of August Krust and confessed that he had taken the revolver as charged but had disposed of the weapon. A search of the man revealed the fact that he had another gun on him and which was taken possesion of by the sheriff. The man will probably have a charge of theft as well as concealed weapons filed against him by County Attorney Capwell. ENTERTAIN AT BRIDGE From Monday's Daily One of the pleasant social gather ings of tho past few weeks was the bridge tea given Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock by Mesdames Waldemar Soennichsen and Georgo F. Dovey. The home was very prettily arranged with the cosmos and asters of the fall season and made a very attract ive feature of the afternoon. .The event was in honor of Miss Virginia Peeson, who is to leave this week for Los Angeles to resume her school work th?re. In the contests, Mrs. J. D. Hawks worth of Lincoln received the first prize and Miss Ruth Shannon the consolation prizo while Miss Beeson received the guest prize. Those attending the occasion were: Misses Virginia and Helen Icson, Ruth Shannon, Alice Louise Wesott, Marguerite Wiles, Helen Wescott, Ursula Herold, Grace Ree ;on, Violette Regley, Elva Hartford, Mnrna Wolff, Mrs. J. D. Hawks worth of Lincoln and Mrs. A. J. Bee Kon. WEDDING RITES HELD TWICE 5'rom ?.Ionday's Da!Iy To make sure that they would be very, very firmly married, Miss Mary K. Ketcham. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Ketcham. 618 South Ninth street, Council Rluff.s, and Dr. John A. Griffin, Omaha, were married twice in rapid succession last week. Dr. Griffin and Miss Ketcham ob tained a marriage license in Council Bluffs Wednesday and were married a few minutes later by Municipal Judge Dan Sheehan. Thursday they were married again at St. Mary Magdalene church, Oma ha. Dr. Griffin is a graduate of Creigh ton Dental college. He and his bride will make their heme in Plattsmouth, Neb., after October 1. Omaha Ree. RECEIVES SAD NEWS From Wednesday's Daily Mrs. L. E. Vroman this morning received the sad news of the death at Salina, Kansas, of her oldest liv ing sister, Mrs. Ida Fowler, who passed away after an illness of some duration. Mrs. Fowler was a for mer resident of Lakeview, Iowa, and has for the last few years been re siding at Salina with her daughter. The funeral services will be held at Lexington, Nebraska, on Thursday and Mr. and Mrs. Vroman will at tend the last services there. In her loss, Mrs. Vroman will have the deep sympathy of the host of firends. WILL LEAVE FOR SCHOOL From Wednesday's Dally This evening Miss Ruth Shannon departs for Nevada, Missouri, where she will enter the Coty college there for the fall and winter term. This Is one of the leading girl's colleges in the west and provides a very high class course of study In all of the lines of educational work and Miss Shannon is anticipating a very pro fitable and pleasant year In the college. PROTESTING THEIR CONVICTION IN SARPY COUNTY Fred A. Holmes and William Grebe Thru Attorneys, File Briefs in the Supreme Court. From Wednesday's Daily Declaring their conviction to bo a slap at law enforcement in Nebras ka, and, if sustained, a serious ob stacle to future prosecutions for liq uor violations, William A. Grebe and Fred a Holmes have filed with the supreme court a brier protesting igainst them by the district court of Sarpy county. The first two counts charged them with usurping the power of a depu ty state sheriff by representing them selves to be such officers and the other two alleged they had falsely imprisoned William Schwartz. They were finod $50 on e?ch of three counts and $250 on the others. The defendants say that they could not have been guilty of usurp ation as no such office exists in the state as deputy state sheriff, and none could exist save by legislative enactment. They say that they were made deputies by T. W. Carroll, chief law enforcement officer of Ne braska, popularly known as state sheriff and that he furnished them with badges which described them i as "deputy state sheriffs." They say that they went out to Schwartz's place and there found seven barrels each containing fifty gallons of wine, that Schwartz said lie had made for his own use, a pre posterous claim, they say. They told him to appear the next day at the sheriff's office. This was the basis for the charge of false impris onment. They say it could not pos sibly constitute imprisonment, as something more than mere words is necessary. They take the ground that false imprisonment is the un lawful detention without consent, of an individual. The attorneys are bitter in their comment on tho fact that they were punished and Schwatz was not, and that under the instructions of the court the jury took the word of bootleggers as against their own statement. Stat Journal. CHILD HAS ACCIDENT From Monday's Daily Last evening, what could easily have been a serious accident occur red on Chicago avenue and furnished a thrill and fright for the motorists who were passing along there at the time. Toward evening the car he longing to Albert Altschaffl was be ing driven north along the avenue and when near the residence of M. S. Rriggs the little threc-years-old child who was riding in the car, suddenly fell from it to the pavement and so quick did the accident happen that the autos in the rear of the Alt schaffl machine had barely time to swing out to avoid running over the helpless child. As soon as the auto could be stopped the parents hasten ed bank to where the child had fall en and were rejoiced to find that he had not sustained the serious injur ies and was not in the least dam aged and being placed back in the car the journey was continued. The incident came close to scaring the parents and the other motorists who were near the scene of the accident ns it seemed certain the little child had been killed by the fall. RESIGNS POSITION HERE From Wednesday's Daily Miss Nora Livingston, who has been teaching here for the past two terms in the high school, has resign-, ed her position here to acept a more lucrative one at Denver where she will teach in one of the large schools there. Miss Livingston was very de sirous of accepting her new position at the opening of the school year but being under contract here, re turned to take up her work at the commencement of the school year. She has since decided to take up her new position and therefore departed Sunday for the west to take up her work. The board of education has not as yet secured another teacher for the English department but has a number of teachers in view. The many friends of Miss Livingston trust that she may find the greatest of success in her new field of educa tional work. TALENTED LADY HERE From Monday's Dally The members of the congregation of the First Methodist church were treated to a most enjoyable offering yesterday morning at the worship hour, when Miss Ethel Mays of Wa hoo, who was an over Sunday guest at the Pfouzt home, gave two vocal numbers at this service. The first of these numbers was "God's Call ing" and at the close of the sermon she sang "Alone," a devotional hymn. Miss Mays is at the Chicago training school where she Is taking up her work as a singing evangelist and showed marked progress in her line of work and her pleasing voice ia a great addition to the religious work that she is to follow. DO YOU want to tu or seil. Let the public know thru Journal want ads. WAS A GREAT GATHERING Fr.-m Monday's Daily The Davis meeting in Omaha Sat urday evening was one of the great est gatherings in that city in many months and the crowd that assembled within the walis and in the vicinity of the auditorium gave the candi elate for president a real welcome to the great west. John W. Davis, with his magnetic personality made a deep impression and his argument and logic in his speech was heard with great interest and enthusiasm by all of the large audience. There were many Plattcmouth people pres ent at the auditorium to greet Mr Davis and Governor Charles W. Rry- an, the standard bearers of the dem ocratic party. There were eight thousand Jammed tnto the auditor ium and at least half that many more in the streets in the vicinity of the building to receive the address thru the loud speakers. BAD FIRE OCCURS AT GROOKTGWH MONDAY NIGHT Settlement West of Amy Post Suf fers Loss of $10,000 to Euild ings and Contents. From Wednesday's Daily Fire leveled two homes and a big barn in Crooktown, near Fort Crook, yesterday, causing a loss estimated at nearly 10 thousand dollars. The homes destroyed were those of Carl Rathja and Mrs. F-stella Rushart, the postmistress, and the Ilusharts also lost their barn. Arrival of the volunteer fire bri gade from Fort Crook under Lieu tenant Dye and two companies of South Omaha firemen, saved adjoin ing homes, threatened by a stiff wind blowing from the north. Mr. and Mrs. Rushart, living next door to tho blazing Rathje home, where the fire started, were asleep, unaware their barn was in flames, menacing the house. "We were awakened by the barking of our dog, Jack,' " Mrs. Rushart said. "If it hadn't been for him, we certainly would have been trapped." The Rufcharts got out with a small bundle of clothing. The flames leap ed from the barn, setting fire to the roof of the bouse which was quick ly consumed. Rathje, who lived alone, saved only a small trunk, a washboard, a bar of soap, wash ba sin and towel. BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT FOR ROBBERY Three Men Arrested for Burglary of W. E. Keedy Store at Union Are Eound Over for trial. From Wednedav's Daily The three men. Ray Matthews, Ferd McCoy, and Jack Kuight. who were arrested at Council RluiTs. Ia.. several weeks ago following several days search by Sheriff Stewart over this part of the state, and suspected of having participated in the rob bery of the Keedy drug store at Union, were brought before County Judge Allen J. Reeson yesterday to have their preliminary hearing. The men on the reading of the complaint by County Attorney J. A. Capwell entered a plea of guilty and accordingly were bound over to the district court for trial at the com ing term of court. FUNERAL OF JOHN P. HILT From Wednesday's Daily The funeral services of the late John Peter Hilt of Glenwood, were held yesterday at Pacific Junction and the body taken to the old home at Nebraska City where the inter ment was made at the St. Renedict cemetery. Ralph Hilt of this city, a son, with his family, was present at the services and accompanied the funeral cortege to Nebraska City. Mr. Hilt was sixty-seven years of age and had come to Nebraska City when a young man and followed his trade of marble cutter there and also at Glenwood to which place he re moved a number of years ago. He has been suffering from tuberculosis for some time and the death was not unexpected. He is survived by the wife, four grown sons, among whom is Ralph Hilt of this city, and two daughters. In the bereavement that has come to him in the loss of his father, Mr. Hilt will have the deep sympathy of the many friends here. WILL UNDERGO OPERATION From Wednesday's Dally Mrs. A. G. Rach of this city, who has been at the St. Catherine hos pital in Omaha for the past week taking treatment, will, if her condi tion permits, be operated on at the hospital the last of this week. Mrs. Bach has the best wishes of her host of friends here for a speedy recov ery from the effects of the operation and that she may soon be able to re turn home, permanently relieved of her Illness. DEFENSE DAY PLANS PROMISE GREAT INTEREST Enlistments Here arid Special Pro' gram Friday Afternoon to Mark the D:iy. From Wednesday's Daily The observance of national De fense day on Friday hero promises much interest as a practical work ing out of the national defense act and a general survey of the country as to the effectiveness cf the act as a great peaceful defenso act. There is nothing that can be con strued as a militaristic move in the day, as the governmental depart ment heads have pointed out, there is nothing in the day that cannot be appoved by the most ardent lover of peace and which U the general sen timent of the American people. I lore in Plattsmouth the day will be observed with suitable exercises at the court house lawn Friday af ternoon, probably at 4 o'clock. If it is possible, the Eagles band will be out to assist in the exercises as well as the parade of the members of the defense day organizations and the double male quartet, which was heard here at the Masonic Home cornerstone laving, will also-be on hand to take part in the ceremonies. Cel. Eaton of the Seventh Army Corps headquarters, will be here to inspect the defense day activities and especially the working of the peace time army program. This city is the headquarters of C'o. F, 253th Infantry, a skeleton or ganization of the national army and which exists merely on paper at this ime and will be so until the time when necessity might make neces sary the defense of the nation. Cap tain Harrison L. Gayer is assigned as the head of the company and will receive the volunteers who for the day will be a part cf the national rrmy. The members of the company are not signing any enlistment or binding themselves for service in the army but merely rppear and assist in the swelling of the skeleton or ganization to its full strength and to have the company reported as be ing preseut aid ;Icient for activity. In addition to the infantry com pany. Major G. H. Gilmore, M. C, will have a medical detachment here to prepare to serve in the emergency and which will also be a paper or ganization. Members of the Citizens' Military training camps, reserve officers schools, American Legion, Spanish war veterans. Roy Scouts and other organizations including the Daugh ters of the American Revolution will participate in the exercises and the test of the defense day net. The members who will join in the formation of the one day company should report to Captain Gayer Fri day morning or any time during the day at the company headquarters, which will be in the court house. LIVE WIRE COSTING HERE This city is to have the addition to the business men or the commun ity of one of the live wire citizens of Nebraska City, in the person of T. D. Brown of that place, who is the owner of the well known and popu lar Brown's park. Mr. Brown has purchased the resturant here owned by William M. Rarclay, and expects to come here to take charge of the business by October 1st. Mr. Brown expects to manage the restarant un til in the spring when he will return to Nebraska City to open up the park there which has grown to be one of the popular amusement places of the Otoe county city. Mr. Brown has had a great deal of experience in this line of work and should place the restarant in very high class shape for the use of the Plattsmouth people. FORMER TEACHER HERE This afternoon. Miss Mona Keif. a former teacher in the Plattsmouth high school, arrived here for a brier visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A Tin wis and other of the friends of her friends of the past when she was numbered here as one of the teacn- ers. Miss Kief is on her way to Sax on River, Vermont, where she is to take up her work as instructor in one of the large private schools for ladies in the New England states. Miss Mable Pollard, also a former Plattsmouth instructor, is teaching at this Vermont 6Chool. CANDIDATE VISITS THE CITY R. H. Thorpe, republican candi date for congress in this district against Congressman Morehead, was hero last evening and this morning looking over the local situation and conferring with his friends and sup porters relative to the forthcoming battle of the ballots when the vot ers will decide between him and the present efficient congressman as to who will represent the people of this district for the next two years at Washington. Mr. and Mrs. James Rebal who have been spending the past week at Iowa City, Iowa "with relatives and old time friends, returned this morning, on the early Burlington train after a most pleasant outing. CAR GOES INTO DITCH From Wednesday'; Daily A car load of colored people Sun day had a rather rough finish to their joy ride when the car in which they were riding crashed into the ditch near the turn into Union on the federal highway. The parties were going south on the highway and apparently were going at too high a rate of speed to make the tin n into Union and with the result that the ear crashed across the road way, through i lie fence and into tho orchard of W. R Banning. One of the ladies in the party sustained a severe cut on her face that required medical attention to dress. The par ties stated that they were from Om aha and after recovering from the effects of the accident they return ed to the metropolis. KIHGHTS OF CO LUMBUS HOLD , YEAR'S ELECTION Officers Who Have Guided Council So Successfully in Past Year Are Re-elected. From Monday's Daily Yesterday the members of the lo cal council of the Knights of Colum bus met at their lodge rooms to take up the important matter of the se lection of, the officers for the ensuing year. The gentelmen who have pre sided over the destinies of the coun cil in the past year have performed their duties so well that they were re-elected to the various positions and will have the opportunity of fur ther assisting in the andvancement of their order and carrying out the program for the coming winter months. The officers named were: Grand Knight John J. Cloidt. Deputy Grand Knight Joseph J. Wooster. Chancellor O. M. Klntz. Recording Secretary John L. Hadraba. Financial Secretary W. A. Swa tek. Treasurer L. W. Lorenz. For the position of trustees for the coming three years, P. A. Horn was named, and, with A. B. Smith and August Bach, he will conduct the business offairs of the council. There was a very fine attendance of the members and it was decided that as soon as the cool fall weather arrives to stay that a large class in itiation will be held. RECEIVES FIRST PRIZE Mrs. John B. Kaffenberger, resid ing west of thi3 city on the Louis ville road, was one of the successful prize winners at the Nebraska state fair just closed at Lincoln. Mrs. Kaffenberger, who has a great re putation for her excellent cooking among her friends and neighbors, had been Induced to enter one of her cakes at the state fair and did not consider it ' seriously as a prize winner in competition with several of the elaborate confections offered. The exhibits numbered twenty-nine cakes and the judges evidently showed real appreation of good cooking in giving the Crst prize to Mrs. Kaffenberger. Advertise your wanto. W I" Dsfonso of Your 1 P Home! j When danger threatens, man in stinctively springs to the defense of his home and country. To protect them against the marauder, no effort is be grudged, no sacrifice is too great. And because preparation is the first step in defense, the accumulation of a surplus in a bank account is the logical defense against the financial troubles which may threaten the happiness and security of the home. To be ready for whatever may come is to triumph when the test comes. Let an account in this bank be your first line of defense. The First nItional bank THE BANK WHERE VOL! FEEL- AT HOME PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA 'The Bank Where SAYS CONSTABLE WAS PROPERLY HELD FOR CRIME Attorney General Says Constable Had No Right to Hit Man Over the Head. From Wednesday's Daily Attorney General Spillman filed Monday with the supreme court a brief in which he takes the position that William Grebe, a Cass county constable, was properly convicted of malfeasance in office. R. W. Hay ward had brought several used cars in Plattsmouth and was piloting them across the Pollock toll bridge when his attention was called to the fact that he had a flat tire. He backed the the cars onto some land owned by Pollock and was proceed ing to repair the tire Injury when the tollkeeper ordered him off. He said he would go as soon as he fin ished replacing the tire. This did not coincide with the de sires of the tollkeeper, and he r.ald that he would call an officer. Just about this time Grebe came along, and the state claims that when Hay ward told him he would not get off till he had finished what he was at. Grebe struck him. The attorney gen eral says that he had no legal war rant for doing this, that the man was on private land and not the pub lic road, and that his act constituted malfeasance. Grebe had made the point that the state had illegally used a special prosecutor when the county attorney was willing and ready to act. The attorney general says the record shows that the county attorney by reason of per sonal interest, was disqualified, and that the state had a right to have a special man appointed. This same point i3 raised against all convic tions made under Indictments by the special grand Jury. State Journal. CASE DISMISSED IN COURT From Wednesday's Dally In the federal court at Lincoln yes terday the case of Raymond E. Cam eron s. thu J1c.l;, i;urUts.ri C. Quincy railroad was dismissed. This action was for $15,000 damages claimed by the plaintiff as the re sult of an accident occurring at the Plattsmouth shops of the railroad In 1923. Mr. Cameron was working with a blow torch that exploded and caused him to receive burns and in jumping from the rocf of the car on which he was working he sustained injuries to his leg. T'.. rlaintiff had claimed the railroad i. ble for tho accident because . ustructions that he had received r" tive to the use of the torch and me manner in which the torch was -yjipped. The case has been pending in the fed eral court for some time. Rev. J. H. Sieger departed this morning for Shelby, Iowa, where he will attend a conferene of the Lu theran church that is being held there this week. Frank Janda, Sr., departed this morning for Omaha where he will spend a few hours at the St. Joseph hospital with his wife who has been there for the past few days looking after some matters of business. Yoa Feel at Home!"