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JMattemouth
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VOL. NO. XL.
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1924.
NO. 92
ASKS PERMIT FOR
HIGHER VOLTAGE
IN HIGH LINE
Nebraska Gas & Electric Co. Wants
Leave to Carry More Current
On Plattsmouth Line.
Another hearing was held Friday
by the state railway commission on
the Nebraska Ga & Electric Co.'s
application for authority to operate
a C6.000-volt electric transmission
line between Lincoln and Plaits
niouth. The line has already been
constructed suitable for that volt
age, but on a permit allowing only
22.000 volts, which is sufficient to
handle all the business of the com
pany at the present time.
In its former order, the railway
commission took the stand that if
at any future time the company de
ir"s to increase the voltage to 65.
000 it can come in with another ap
plication, which will be determined
on its merits whenever presented.
The company, however, wants the
permit now. in order to establish its
rights for the future and to prevent
uny other concern from getting
ahead of itself. It has secured agree
ments from telephone, teiegraph and
other wire operating companies
whose lines will be crossed or par
alleled by its own in which they
waive objections to the high power
transmission. Lincoln Star.
FORMER GRADUATES
ENJOY ALUMNI DAY
AT THEHIGH SCHOOL
large Number of Those Who at
One Time Attended School
Here Meet with Classes
From SatnrdnVn Daily
Yesterday afternoon was set aside
M Alumni day at the fflgh school
and the largest number of the form
er gradur.rr-s that has yet been pres
ent at an occasion of this kind, de
spite the fact that the weather was
decidedly frigid and not calculatei
to lure the former grads from their
Vm,-.... f--.- si des
The High school had arranged a
fitting reception to the associates of
the school in the past years and the
boys and girls of the school were de
lighted that fifty of the former stu
dents were in attendance.
There were four of the ex-grads
invited to the platform and gave a
few remarks of their experiences in
school and also gave many words of
wisdom to the members of the pres
ent school. Miss Pearl Staats. normal
training teacher of the High school
and a former graduate, gave a few
remark as did Mrs. Clarence L. Beal,
Gerald Fleming and A. H. Duxbury.
county judge-elect, and all were loud
in their praise of the school and its
work.
The Hierh sehool orchestra gave
two selections that were very mu'h
enioyed by all of the school and the
visitors and was a showing of the
advances that the schools have had
in the past few years as this line of
work was not in the training course
of the earlier graduates of the
school.
Irving Wiltse. one of the members
of the faculty, gave two vocal num
bers that were very much enjoyed by
all of the audience and added very
much to the enjoyableness of the oc
casion. Miss Hden Wescott also favored
the aueienc-e. with a marimba solo
that was very skillfully given and
showed much beauty and charm.
The Girls' Glee club, under the
direction of Miss Frances Field, su
pervisor of musi.-. also gave a num
ber that was very much enjoyed and
her work with the department was
reflected in the very delightful pro
gram erivsn.
At the close of the exercises, the
members of the school were dismiss
ed for the Christmas vacation that
will last over the New Year.
DUDLEY WHITE
Dudley White, who previous to a
nhort time ago resided for a short
time in Glenwood. died at the home
f a niece in Oklahoma, whence he
had gone from Glen wood to make his
home. The body will be brought to
Glenwood Tuesday for burial.
Mr. White was unmarried When
in Glenwood he made his home with
his sister. Mrs. Julia Mershon.
As known by Glenwood people, the
deceased was a brother of ex-Post-raaster
Curt White, now living in San
Piego. He is also an uncle of Guy
M rgan of Plattsmouth. Glenwood
Tribune.
SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATISM '
From Friday's Datly
The many friends of John Kaffen
berger. one of the well known and
prominent retired farmers of this
community, will regret to learn that
Mr. Kaffenberger is suffering from
a very severe attack of rheumatiBm
that has confined him to his home
tor the past several days and in view
rtf the oolfi wwuhrr hs has to kvp
is vr elosly.
CHICKENS ARE MISSING
From Fri.lay's Daily
Clem M-rritt. who lives at the cot
tage near the pumping station of the
Plattsmouth Water Co.. has suffered
the loss of a large number of fowls
that have been supplying the fam
: y with eggs and providing the
means of many a toothsome meal.
The fowls were kept in a chicken
coop not a great way from the house
I and several nights ago they disap
peared without any sign or noise to
j allow the family to retrieve them
froia the hands of the night raiders
that had evidently made away with
them. The family feel very much
the effects of the loss of the chick
ens and the party that took the fowlF
picked on a family that could ill af
ford to lose the chickens.
HOLIDAYS BRING
STUDENTS HOME
FOR A VACATION
Plattsmouth Young Men and Women
From Many Educational In
stitutions Coming Home.
From Friday's D!ly
The coining of the holiday season
is bringing back to the home fire
side the young men and women who
are attending schools in many dif
ferent sections of the country and
which promises to liven up the social
aetiTittet of the coming week with
the home gatherings and social fes
tivities that are held in honor of the
young people.
One of those coming from prob
ably the greatest distance is Miss
I'rsula Herold who is a student at
the Cathedral school at Washington.
I. C and who will be accompanied
by here by her brother. Matthew
Herold of New York City and Mr.
and Mrs. Henry R. Herold of Okla
homa City, who have been visiting
at the national capital.
Mh-s if:, rguerite Wiles will be
here irom the Liudewood college at
St. Charles, Missouri, for the holi
dav season with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Wiles, and Miss Ruth
. who, i-Stnd:-2 bar first
year at Cot toy college at Nevada.
Missouri, anives this afternoon for
the holidays with her mother. Mrs.
Edna Shannon.
The University of Nebraska has a
numb r of the young people of the
city attending school there who will
be coming home for the holiday sea
son and among these will be Miss
Verla Becker. Stuart Chase, Harry
and Howard Dwyer, Otto Trilety,
Mel via Johnson and Frank Grado
rille. From Doane college at Crete there
: be the Misses Edith and Helen
Farley and Man- Tidball to enjoy
th' liolidayp with the home folks
and the old tiui" friends in this city.
Ifasoa and Miss Alice Louise Wes
octt who are attending Northwestern
university and Miss Helen Pfoutz.
who is attending the Jennings sem
inary at Aurora. Illinois, are among
the homeward bound guests of the
holiday -nd expected in the next
few days to join the merry gather
ing or' young people here.
The Wesleyan students who are
ming home for the holidays will
co:!ipri.-- Miss Murna Wolff and Miss
Heln Wilea who will enjoy the va
cation period in the pleasures of
home.
Raymond Bookmeyer. who is at
tending Garneslo Tech at Pittsburg,
is also expected here the first of the
weidt.
SNOW LN THE WEST
From Friday's Dsllv
Wil'iam Starkjohn. who has ex
tensive land interests near Gothen
berg. Nebraska, has just received
word from his tenant on the farm in
which he states that that section
received a very severe snow storm
at the time the eastern part of the
state was being visited by a rain
and sleet storm, and he states that
there is a large amount of snow over
the country near Gutherberg and
some of the drifts range from twelve
to fifteen feet in depth and generally
speaking the country is in the grip of
real winter weather with much cold
prevailing.
BACK ON THE JOB
1 Frm Th-jrsdiT'ii Daily
I This morning Deputy County
Clerk Will T. Adams was back on
I duty at the office in the court house
j after an illness of the past week,
when he was laid up suffering from
a very severe sick spell. Mr. Adams
is feeling that he is getting back to
normal again and hopes in the next
few days to be able to hit the ball
with his accustomed vigor.
BUYS DODGE CAR
From Thursday's Dally
Despite the cold and blustery
weatner tne sate oi autos goes on
and E. H. Meisinger. the local repre
sentative of the Dodge Brothers
Auto Co., has just disposed of one
of the newest and most attractive
lines of the popular Dodge Brothers
car. a roadster model that is a beauty.
The purchaser of the car was Fred
Matschullat. of Omaha, who appre
ciates a good car and wiU enjoy the
use of fh"e rtMBBYE r rn fh ftdttln'tf
reason.
JUDGE BEESON TO
ENTER LAW PRAC
TICE IN THIS CITY
Retiring County Judge Will Open
Law Offices in the First Na
tional Bank Building.
From Thursday's Daily
After retirement from the office
of county Judge which position he
has filled for the past eighteen years.
Judge Allen J. Beeson will resume
the practice of law in this city.
Judge Beeson will occupy the
suite of offices on the second floor of i
the First National Bank building
that will be vacated by his Buccess- j
or. County Judge-elect A. H. Dux-:
bury on the first of the year. As j
soon as the duties of his office are !
over January Sth, Mr. Beeson will
be ready to enter at once into the '
active practice of law and to serve
the public that seeks Justice in the
courts.
Mr. Beeson was formerly engaged
in practice here when he was called
to preside over the county court and
aa the law does not permit the '
judge to practic e in other courts he I
has found that the position wab not
the most profitable from the stand
point of an attorney as a private
practice would net him a much
larger sum and realizing this fact
he decided this year that he would
leave the office to take up his pri
vate work at the bar in the future, t
The large acquaintance of the re-J
tiring judge over the county and his .
well known ability as an attorney ,
should be a great aid in rebuilding
his law interests when he again em- j
barks in active practice. I
SAYS NEBRASKANS
MAY EAT CHICKENS
FREELY CHRISTMAS
Dr. Van Es, Says no Reason Now for
People to Curtail the Use of
Poultry.
Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 17. Nebraska
need have no fear of disease in chick
ens or other poultry and can use it
freely during the holidays as usual.
Dr. L. Van Es, pathological expert
at the college of agriculture, said
here today in discussing the embargo
placed on live chickens by New York
City and California Dr. Van be
lieves that there is no reason at this
time for people to curtail the use
of poultry.
Dr. L. Van Es enlarged upon his
statement, made yesterday, that the
disease reported can be likened to
European fowl plague, hitherto un
known in this country. This disease
le like fowl cholera, he said, and can
only be differentiated from it by a
laboratory test. Poultry received for
testing at the college gives no indica
tion of such a disease. Dr. Van Es
says there is no reason to believe
that European fowl plague exists in
Nebraska until definite proof has
been established.
The agricultural college wants
poultry owners in the state to co-operate
with it by sending chickens
with a cholera-like disease to the
college for laboratory testing.
POPULAR WINTER QUARTERS
From Thursday's Daily
The city jail, last night, was filled
to overflowing by the unfortunates,
had been caught in the wintery ;
weather, while they were engaged
in making their way southward, andj
who secured from the local police j
the place to "flop" for the night, i
The extreme cold that is prevailing
has made traveling via the box car
route a most trying one and the
tourists try to reach some larger
town at night where they can secure
shelter at the police stations from
the rigors of the wintery blasts and
snows. The men are given shelter
for the inght and turned out each
morning to resume their battle with
the cold and hardships of the life
of the road and its accompaniment of
hunger ana want, mere were some
fifteen in last night, the police report.
STEADY COLD WEATHER
From Thursday's Datly
This morning the community was
still gripped in the zero weather
that has prevailed since the first of
the week and while the mercury
6howed only one below zero this
morning the cold was quite intense
and the damp and bitter breezes
induced the pedestrians to hurry
along from one shelter to another
and not to tarry on the way. The
cold weather and bad roads have
knocked out the auto travel to a
greater or lees extent and interfered
with the Christmas trade to a mark
ed degree as few residents oi the
outside districts have been able to
get in and will mean that the last
few days before Christmas will prob
ably be very busy ones as the be
lated shoppers complete their Christ
mas shopping. The weather man
jPb liftta tvprn rtt a n-ujj cTf the
cold wathr fer uvml & w
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
From Friday's Daily
Kenneth Vandervoort, who is em
ployed on one of the line crews of
the Nebraska Gas At Electric- Co.
out of this city, on the new Lincoln
line, had a very close call from seri
ous injury today and one that he
will not soon forget. Kenneth was
up on a pole working when he slip
ped on the icy surface of the pole
and slid down a distance of over
thirty feet and alighted on his feet.
It was very fortunate for the young
man that he did not injure his feet
in the fall as he lit on them with
his full weight after sliding the dis
tance of the pole.
POLICE NAB BAD
CHECK ARTIST
AT M. P. STATION
OFFICER JACKSON APPREHENDS
MARVIN BICE ON CHARGE
OF CHECK FORGING.
LADIES TOGGERY IS THE VICTIM
Prompt Work of Night Folice Force
Leads to Arrest of Man as He
Was Making Getaway.
From Friday's Daily
Last evening it C o'clock a stran
ger visited the Ladies Toggery and
commenced an inspection of the la
dies garments. Ftating that he was
a resident of Nehawka and was en
gaged in the hog raising business in
that place, and after some little
conversation the man purchased a
number of garments that amounted
to $41. SO and for wi.ich he tendered
a check, affixing the name of John
Knabe. well known Nehawka farm
er, to the paper The man had gone
from the store sorne,J;ttle lime when
Mr. Busch decided to call up the
Bank of Nehawka and learn wheth
er that party was all that he claim
ed to b- and learned then that the
check had not been given by Mr.
Knabe. who was at home and it then
dawned on the Ladies Toggery
manager that he had been stung by
a forger.
The matter was reporcec! to Offi
cer Joe Libershal who at once start
ed out on a search of the various
stores and business places to see if
the stranger could be located and as
Officer Clyde Jackson arrived on
duty at 7 o'clock he was informed of
the forgeiy and was able to give
FODir very material aid in the mat
ter as it happened that he had been
in the Toggery at the time the stran
ger had been and had a very good
description of the man. While Of
ficer Libershal continued the search
of the business section Officer Jack
son motored out to the Missouri Pa
cific passenger station and located
the man who was being sought sit
ting in the waiting room of the de
pot. The man was ordered to come
on back to town and at first object
ed to going but decided that he
would do so rather than be "took."
When asked by the polioe aa to w here
he had loft the goods, the man stat
ed that he had left them down in the
main portion of the city but later
acknowledged that he had ditched
them near the depot and Mr. Jack
son returned and discovered the
goods in a suitcase Just north of the
depot. They were brought on with
the prisoner and at the Toggery
identified by Mrs. Busch as the goods
that had been sold to the man and
for which he had presented the
phony check.
The prisoner was turned over by
Officers Libershal and Jackson to
Sheriff E. P. Stewart to be lodged in
the county jail until a complaint
could be filed agaii.st him by the
county attorney. The man gave his
name as Marvin Rice and could give
no reason why he had committed
the forgery, stating at one time that
he had intended the garments for
his mother, but when he was taken
in custody he had been awaiting the
northbound train to get on into
Omaha and where he had intended
evidently to try and dispose of the
garments.
This morning. M. D. Brown, the
jeweler, identified the young man as
a party making the purchase of a
ring valued at $25 t.t his store yes
terday afternoon and for which he
tendered a check for the amount of
the ring and signed by the name of
"Goldie Snodgrass." The man was
inspected by Mr. Brown and pro
nounced the same as the one making
the purchase of the ring and which
will add to his punishment.
The prompt and effective work of
the night police resulted in the ap
prehension of the man ere he could
make his getaway and is very much
appreciated by Mr. Busch and all
other business men who in the past
have been stung by the bad check
artists.
Mrs. Morris McHuh of Falls City,
who has been visitin? with relatives
and friends in Omaha for a short I
time, came in last evening and will j
spend a short time bore at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wal ing.
PREPARING FOR
NEW MAS
INFIRMARY HERE
Furnishings of the New Building
Will Be Submitted to Approval
of oBard at Meeting.
From Thursday's Daily:
The work on the new infirmary
j building at the Nebraska Masonic
Home in this city is now progreafr
ling to such an extent that the plans
j for ihe equipment of ttie building
j are be ing formulated and the fur
inishings of the various departments
pf the building will be outlined by
j the ttaff of physicians and surgeons
'and placed before the board of con
I trol of the Masonic Home association
iat their next regrlar meeting in
I 1 . I .
cjuiHiia on .i;:u;iary ;tm.
One of the departments at the in
firmy that is planned is a complete
and modern operating room where
it will he possible to care for emer
gency cases that may arise that re
quire operations be performed at
once and this will be arranged along
the most approved modern lines so
that every convenience and aid in
the treatment of cases requiring
surgical operations may be had.
The furnishings of the rooms will
be along the lines that will make
the infirmary a strictly up to date
place for the care of the sick and
ailing and will give the Home asso
ciation an ample and well arranged
place for the care of many cases that
have in the past been forced to be
handled at hospitals over the state
owing to lack of the proper facili
ties at the Home.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO GIVE A BALL ON
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Will Be Staged at the Eagles Hall
On the Night of Wednesday,
December 31st.
Prom Thursdays Dallv
The Plattsmouth fire department
will give a New Year's eve ball at
Coates hall in this city, is the an
nouncement made by John V. Hatt.
president of the department and
the presiding pnius in the glad
New Year's entertainment the fire
boys are planning.
The firemen are planning to give
the ball which is an annual event
for a great many years, to assist in
the securing of funds to support
their various social and benevolent
activities during the coming season
and for this time they will ask the
cordial support of the general pub
lic in making the event a great and
glorious success in every way.
Mr Hatt states that a special or
chestra will be arranged for the oc
casion that will provide good music
for the dancers and add to the pleas
ure of those who gather to look on
at the ball.
DOING HITCH IN CHINA
From Friday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Galloway
have received a very interesting let
ter from their son. Ermin Galloway,
who iB now serving an enlistment in
the United States navy and is at
tached to the Pacific coast fleet on
duty in Asiatic waters in looking
after the American interests there.
"Erm" was a member of a squad of
"gobs" sent up the Yang tse Kian
river with a dispatch boat to reach
one of the American missionary posts
in the interior and after reaching
there they were confronted with a
very difficult problem as the river
has dried up during the winter sea
son and making navigation impos
sible and as a result the sailors will
have to remain there until the rains
give the river water enough to float
their boat on the return trip. The
party Is kept in touch with the world
by means of dispatch bearers who
make the Journey from the seacoast
via the army mule route and expect
to spend some time at the advance
post as the Chinese bandits are nu
merous and a constant guard is
maintained to Bee that they do not
get away with the U. S. boat. Mr.
Galloway has some two years of his
enlistment yet to serve and has since
Joining the navy at Seattle seen a
great deal of the country in the Or
ient. COLDEST DAY THIS WINTER
From Friday's Daily
This morning was the record
breaker as far as the cold was con
cerned as the mercury at the Bur
lington station, the official register,
indicated ten degrees below zero, al
though the conditions were appar
ently not as severe as yesterday ow
ing to the fact that the wind bad
died down and brought relief to a
great extent. The cold wave has
reached its peak, the weather bureau
states, and the indications are for
fair and warmer weather for the
rest of the week. The official open
ing of winter and also the shortest
day of the year will fall on Sunday,
December 21st. and from that time
On a cohter stretch of weather may
be looked for ow the west.
HERE FROM ENGLAND
From Friday's Daily
Louis Kirschenblatt and bride, who
just recently arrived here from Lou
don. England, are enjoying a visit
here at the home of Mr. Kirschen
blatt s father. H. Waintroub. and
family. This is the first visit of the
bride to the new world and the many
new scenes are very strange to her.
coming from the midst of the great
English city, and particularl the
winter weather that is just now
gripping the west and which is a
winters that are found in old Eng
land. Mr. Kirschenblatt has been
located in England for the past few
years and expects now to return to
th- I'nited States to locate in the
future.
TWO VERY PLEAS
ANT BRIDGE LUN
CHEONS ARE HELD
f-ni m v t i-
Mis. James T. Begiey and Mrs. Leslie
L. Turpin Are Hostesses at
Social Events.
From Friday's Dally
Two of the pleasant social events them under arrest. The men decli.i. d
preceding the Christmas season wcreto return to the Nebraska side of the
given cn Wednesday and Thursday river and rested on their arms until
'at the pleasant home of Judge and
r? james i. wegiey nen jirs. Moines to return them to the us
Begley and Mrs. Leslie L. Turpin , tody of the Cass county sheriff. Sher
were joint hostesses at bridge lun-; jff Stewart being unable to secure
cheons on the two days. the return of the men at once had
The home was arranged in Christ- , them placed in the custody of Sheriff
mas colors, the bright gree n and red DeMoss of Mills county and they were
of the holiday season making a very removed to Glenwood to remain un
cotorful scheme for the settings and j til the outcome of these,
in the table decorations these were I The facts in the case are that
carried out in the candles and the j the men cannot be extradited on the
red roses that lent a most charming J num that they are alleged to have
touch to the scene. ! cheated the hotel out of. or on the
At the luncheon on Wednesday. J value of the overcoat taken. This
Mrs. G. E. DeWoIf was awarded the ! morning Mrs. Cory departed for
first prize. Mrs. George O. Dovey, j Pacific Junction to try and reach
second prize and Mrs. John F. Gorder some compromise w ith the men as to
the consolation prize. the settlement of their bill and whiuu
The prize winners in the contests , would bring a peaceful solution of
yesterday were Mrs. F. R. Gobelman, the matter,
first; Mrs. E. J. Richey. second, and
Mrs. R. A. Bates, consolation prize.
The :'hritt;r!s spirit was- carried
out in the luncheon and the favors
were appropriate to the holiday sea
son In serving the hostesses were
assisted by the Misses Ruth and Jean
Tidbail. Violette Begiey and Ella
Margaret Wiles.
GIVES PBIVATE DANCE
rora Thursday's Dally
Last evening the members of Cass
Chapter Order of DeMolay gave a
very pleasant dancing party at the
M. W. A. hall to the members of the
order and their ladies and which
was enjoyed by some thirty of the
young people. The music for the
occasion was furnished by the
orchestra under the direction of
Myles Altman and the dancing con
tinued until a late hour and gave
the members of the party ample op
portunity to enjoy themselves to
the utmost.
NEW HARNESS SHOP
We have opened a harness and re
pair shop in the frame building op
posite the Journal office. Harness
repaired, oiled, shoes half-soled and
repaired. Give us a trial. Bates
Bros. d!6-d&w
1
A Right Merry
Christmas?
To wish our friends and customers
a Merry Christmas and a Hppy New
Year is to express in the happyr phrase of
the holidays, the sentiment whit h we seek
to carry into every business da the ye;ar
around the sincere good will jahd warm
personal interest of everyone ii this bank
for every one with whom- we come in
contact.
The First National Bank
THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOME
mjVTTSMOLTH NEBRASKA
"The Bank Where You Feel at Homer
& 4
FGUR MEN MAKE
GETAWAY FROM
PERKINS HOTEL
Sheriff Stewart Locates Men at
Pacific Junction But They Re
fuse to Return to Nebraska.
Fiom Friday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon four men. C.
E. Jenkins. Ed Wilson. John Wicks
troni and James Johnson, who have
been residing at the Perkins Hotel
I decided to tear themselves away from
'that hospitable hostilery and alo
forgetting the settlement of their ai -
count with Landlord John t ory.
After the departure of the men an
other of the boarders reported that
his overcoat was missing from its
accustomed place and was suspec ted
I to be adorning the form of one of
the escaping quartet and as the owu
I er needed the garment to protect hlm-
I self from the gentle Nebraska zeph-
I rs- blowing at ll below zero, he put
ruar that could be heard for w
miles.
Sheriff E. P. Stewart was called
upon the scene of action and hast
ened to Pacific Junction, where the
, men were reported to be heading for
and there located them and ilacd
papers could be secured from I I
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
From Thursday's Daily
The Nebraska City Press states
that Lloyd Gilmore. who has been
at that city for some time past, is
to he taken to the hospital at Knox
ville. Iowa, for treatment, as he has
been suffering from a very severe
nervous disorder for some time and
his oendition was such that the offi
cers of the American Legion post at
Nebraska City were called upon to
assist in looking after the patient
and deciding to have him given
hospital treatment. Mr. Gilmore was
a volunteer in the world war from
Cass county, as he was at that time
a resident of near Murray and de
parted from here with other Cass
county members of the 6th Nebraska,
and spent some time at Camp Cody,
New Mexico and. later, in France,
where he was a member of the
Fourth division and returned to the
United States in the latter part of
He later re-enlisted In the
army and spent three years in the
Hawaiian islands as a member of the
army. His many friends in Cas
county will regret ot learn of his
condition.
Advartifie your want in the Jour
nal for wilt8.