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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, APRIL 20. 1925.
PAGE SIX
EXCURSION
To St. Joseph
To accommodate patrons
desiring to visit the
National BaMoon Races,
Airplane Races and
Generc! Air Show
the Burlington will sell
round-trip tickets at rate of
fare and one-half (mini
mum fare $2.00) April 30
to May 2, inclusive, final
return limit May 4.
R. W. CLEMENT, Ticket Jgent
COLUMBIAN
SCHOOL HAS
FINE TIME
Parent-Teachers Association of that
School Entertain at Social
Evening Last Night.
From Saturday's Daily
The Pnrrnt-Te;"hers' association
of the Columbian school held a very
pleasant social evening at the school
building last night that was well at
tended bv th.? members although !
sickness prevented a number from j
being able to be out and enjoy the :
occasion as they might have desired.
The committee in charge had ar
ranged a most delightful program
that gave an opportunity for the dis
play of the excellent talent of a num
ber of the residents of the city and
proved the source cf much enjoy
ment to all of the members of the
association and their friends.
Frank A. Cloidt an 1 Raymond C.
Cook were each heard in a vocal solo
that was most appropriate to the oc
casion and in which these talented
gentlemen were heard at their best.
Little Miss Maxine Cloidt also de
lighted the audience with a solo
dance that was one of grace and ar
tistic beauty and very charmingly
offered.
The pianologue by Bernese and
Marjorie Arn was also one of the
enjoyable features of the evening's?
program and warmly received by the
audience.
The program was also enhanced
by the delightful violin solo of Mrs.
Lillian Caldwell that was one filled
with beauty and artistic touch and
well worthy of this talented lady.
During the program. Miss Mildred
Meisinger also gave a reading that
was most enjoyable and very clever
ly presented.
After the program there were
dainty and delicious refreshments to
add to the enjoyment of the mem
bers of the party and a social hour
spent by the members, of the party
before wending their way homeward
after an evening of the most pleas
ing nature.
LOST
Package containing infant's cloth
ing, between Plattsmouth and Chas.
Cook residence. Please leave at Jour
nal office. Mrs. R. II. Chriswisser.
Try Journal Want Ads. It pays.
Spring Style Notes!
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permeate and dominate the Spring styles.
There's a youthful tenor a free and easy
charm that none may escape.
The new introductions in
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GOOD CLOTHES
are manly, vigorous models that heighten
the athletic swagger and set off the figure
smartly. And they have the superb tailor
ing and goodness of quality, which means
"An Investment in Good Appearance!"
It's the last few dollars you put into your
suit that count.
" Several good tweed suit left, $17.95. Come in,
take your choice. We'll hold it until you want it.
PLATTSMOUTH MAKES
: VERY GOOD SHOWING
i AT IOWA TRACK MEET
George Perry Hangs Up a First for
Local School in Pole Vault
Several Seconds Taken.
From Saturday's Daily
Yesterday the track meet of the
Platsmouth Glenwood and Malvern
high schools was held at the Mills
county fair grounds at Malvern and
attracted auite a number from the
three towns to enjoy the fine array
of spring events that had been ar
ranged by the athletic department
of the three schools.
This was the first season that
Plattsmouth has participated in the
track work and their showing was
particularly pleasing in view of this
fact and the members of the track
team acquitted themselves with high
honors at the meet.
The outstanding star of the Platts
mouth team was George Perry, who
secured the only first captured, by
his winning the pole vault, and also
registered third in the javelin throw
and the shot put.
In the 100 yard dash Clyde Graves
won second place and a-lso was third
in the 50 yard dash, the time be
ing very fast and the first won by
(Men wood.
In the discus throw John Nelson
was winner of second place with a
fine exhibition of skill and strength.
The Plattsmouth relay team com
posed of Joe Buttery, Francis Robb,
Clyde Graves acd LaVern Glaze, car
ried oft second honors with Glenwood
in first place.
The meet was an unqualified suc
cess in every way and the partici
pants had a very strenuous after
noon of sport, that developed some
very fust high school records and
will be a great boost for these track
sports at all three of the schools.
The members of the team going
from thi3 city were, Joe Buttery,
LaVern Glaze. Clyde Graves, John
Nelson, George Perry, Francis Robb,
Sterling
Ilatt. Mynard Tritsch,
"Ham'
Meisinger, James Jean, Joe
Krejci
STILL FEELING POORLY
Frm y.i trnlay'j? Daily
The reports from the St. Cather
ine's hospital in Omaha state that
Mrs. Ida Tritsch, who has been there
fcr some time past, is still about the
same although there is some indica
tion of a slight improvement. The
patient is still bedfast and unable to
use her lower limbs that seem to
have been affected by a slight stroke
v.-hich has deprived her of their use.
V.'ith the present condition of the
patient it may be possible that she
will be allowed to return home to
the farm to be cared for there and
taking treatments which, it is hoped,
inay give her back the use of her
limbs. The patient has continued
quite cheerful and visited by the
members of the family constantly to
look after her care and condition.
PURCHASES NEW CAR
From Saturday's Daily
George A. Kaffenberger, of Lin
coln, while in the" city this week
made the purchase of a fine new
Willys-Knight brougham from the
firm of John Bauer & Co., the local
representatives of the Willys-Knight
company. The car is a beauty and
was driven back to Lincoln by Mr.
Kaffenberger and will afford a real
delight to the family in the coming
summer as they will be able to travel
at will in the fine machine. It is
also pleasing that a resident of Lin
coln should come to Plattsmouth to
secure a car, showing that our local
dealers can compete with those of
any other place.
HAY FOR SALE
Baled prairie hay for sale. Clif
ford Roberts, phone 2913. a20-4sw
CASE IS AFFIRMED
From Saturday's Dally
The supreme court yesterday af
firmed the case appealed from Cass
county in which W. P. Gillespie and
Morgan Way bright were the plaint
iffs and the defunct Bank of Cass
county the defendant through its re
ceiver. The decision of the district
court here In the case gave the Bank
,of Nehawka the first lien on the O.
K. garage building in this city, the
Bank of Cass county and the First
National bank, second lien on the
property and the plaintiffs, Gillespie
and Waybright, a third lien. Attor-
1 ney W. A. Robertson of this city was
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for the property and
de one of the party de-
i fendants. The property was sold by
the trustee on the order of the court
and which has since been affirmed
"by the state court.
PLATTSMOUTH
LOSES TO BLAIR .
HIGH IN DEBATE
Last Home Debate of Season Goes
to Visitors on League of
Nations Subject.
From Thursday's Daily
Last evening the debating team of
the Plattsmouth high school was the
loser in the last of the series of de
bates that will be held this season
at the local school, losing to the
team from Blair high school.
The subject for debate in, the high
schools of the state this year has
been. "Resolved that the United
States Should Enter the League of
Nations," and in the discussion of
this subject the Plattsmouth team
was given the affirmative to defend
while the opposition to the league
entrance was given by the visitors.
The Plattsmouth team was com
posed of Willis Hartford, Damian
Flynn and Helen Wescott and the
young people made a very able pre
sentation of their side of the ques
tion. The judges of the contest were H.
M. Eaton of Omaha and Mr. Strim
ple, coach of the South high team of
Omaha.
The last debate of the season will
be held on April 2Sth at Syracuse
and the debators will then enjoy a
rest until the next season.
This course of study has proven
very beneficial to the young people
of the school and made them most
efficient in handling the . discussion
of public affairs and has had a very
broadening effect on their studiea of
the current topics of the day.-
PLANS FOR BUILDING AT
UNIVERSITY GOING AHEAD
The sum made available by the
state legislature for university build
ings will be expended so far as the
laws permit as though it were part
of a ten-year program, Chancellor
Avery states through an article in
the Nebraska Alumnus. "Already
steps have been taken for a revision
of the city campus plans adopted ten
years ago and in part carried out.
The new plans yill be on a more ex
tensive basis than the old ones. They
will be drafted in such a manner that
they can be seen and understood bet
ter by the alumni and the people of
the state. The buildings will be de
signed and located so that they will
form a patr of an ultimately harmo
nious whole."
Approximately $600,000 of the
$900,000 appropriated for buildings
by the legislature, will probably be
expended within the next two years
for buildings on the city campus, ac
cording to the chancellor. The re
maining $300,000 is expected to be
used for the agricultural college and
medical college at Omaha. Some
campus dormitories will be destroyed
to make room for new buildings.
The old T street dormitory, the most
antiquated of the campus homes, has
already been vacated and Is being
wrecked. R street dormitories may
be removed if the locations are de
sired for new buildings.
The new buildings prominently
suggested to come near the first on
the program are a library, museum,
dental building, electrical engineer
ing, heating and power plant, school
of fine arts and auditorium in one
building, observatory, gymnasium
and business administration build
ing.
DAWES RODE WITH REVERE
Chicago, April 16. Vice Presi
dent Charles Gv Dawes departed to
day for Boston to attend the sequi
centennial celebration of the battles
of Lexington and Concord and the
historic ride of Paul Revere. Inci
dentally, on next Monday, the vice
president plans to drive over the
route taken by his great, great
grandfather, William Dawes, who
rode to warn the minute men, as did
Revere, although historians general
ly hvae mentioned only Revere.
Private records, Including Paul
Revere's own letters, 6how that Wil
liam Dawes was one of the riders
who aroused the sleeping farmers of
Middlesex county of the approach of
the British after the signal lanterns
had been set In the belfry of the
old North church. In the famous
old church. Vice President Dawes on
Saturday night will deliver his only,
speech, although he has planned to
appear at nearly all of the public
events in connection with the cele-
bration. '
Mrs. Dawes accompanied the vice
president.
SUIT TO QUIET TITLE
From Saturday's Dally "
This morning an action was filed
by Attorney W. A. Robertson in the informal school gathering that seiv
district court entitled William A. ,ed to keep everyone In the jolliest of
Becker et al., vs. Hamille B. Sprague moods until the close of the evening,
et al., in which the plaintiffs seek to I Dainty refreshments, served at an
have title to certain farm lands in appropriate hour added to the en
Cass county quieted in them asjoyment of all of the young people
against the defendants. I in addtendance at the event.
OPEN GULF TO
BORDER SKY
MAIL ROUTE
First Plane, With $3,000,000 in
Registered Mail, Flies Over New
Course in About 11 Hours.
.Chicago. April 17. The first air
mail flight from the gulf of Mexico
to the Great Lakes was successfully
completed here at 4:20 this after
noon when the relays of pilots who
started from New Orleans at 5:39 in
the morning, landed here with regis
tered mail valued at more than $3,
000.000.
Postoffice authorities and air mai
officials who observed each stage of
the flight said that it was a com
plete success and that if such a serv
ice were made permanent it would
mean a saving of from one to two
days in bank clearings to the west
Good Connections Made.
The mail matter brought in the
plane reached here in time to make
connections with the regular trans
continental air mail service west
ward tonight and mail matter which
left New Orleans this morning was
being rushed through the night to
wards the Pacific coast. The mail
matter eastward bound reached here
in time to make connections with
fast express trains leaving Chicago
for the east tonight and also may be
placed aboard the eastbound mail
plane arriving here in the morning
The trip, according to pilots ar
riving here, was almost uneventful as
far as the last leg of the journey was
concerned, they were ahead of sched
ule most of the way and landed at the
Maywood field here ahead of time by
10 minutes. Six mail bags containin
bank clearings for the most part,
were brought here. The plane on ar
rival was met by city and postoffice
officials.
Sky Mail Schedule.
The sky mail left New Orleans at
5:39 for Mobile with Lieut, R. D.
Knapp piloting, passed over Mobile
at 7 a. m., arriving at Montgomery
Ala., at :J0, where the mail was
transferred to a machine piloted by
Capt. Aas N. Duncan. Captain Dun
can reached Birmingham at 9:30, de
parting 25 minutes later for Nash
ville.
Nashville saw the air mail drop
from the coluds at 11:37 a. m., and
at 12:01 in a drizzling rain, Lieuten
ant Meloy and Captain Fox hopped
off for Louisville. The stop at Louis
ville consumed 15 minutes and the
fliers were again in the air at 1:49,
Chicago bound. A plan to stop at
Indianapolis was abandoned
TAX ON LIFE INSURANCE
Washington, April 16. The right
of the government to tax $424,00 0
of life insurance left by Henry C.
Frick, Pittsburgh iron and steel
magnate, to his widow and daugh
ter, was argued today in the supreme
court. The government, holding that
this insurance is taxable as part of
the Frick estate, is seeking to compel
the executors to include the amount
in the total for determination of the
estate tax payment. The lower court
held that the law under which" the
tax was proposed was unconstitu
tional because by specifically adding
life insurance proceeds to net estates,
it provided a direct tax. If that de
cision is upheld by the supreme
court, Mrs. Frick and her daughter
will not be required to pay any tax
whatever upon the money they re
ceived under the insurance poli
cies, it having been established by
a long line of precedants that pro
ceeds from life insurance policies,
as such, are not income and there
fore not taxable.
The importance of the case was
emphasized by numerous briefs filed
in the court by counsel representing
large estates. These briefs declared
the case would have an exceptional
bearing upon the question of the
taxability of trusts created during
the lifetime of persons with large
property for the benefit of persons
who would otherwise have inherited
the property included in the trusts
upon the death of the donor. One of
the briefs was filed by the trustee of
a trust created by William Waldorf
Astor, in which a large amount of
property was placed for the benefit
of the sons of Waldorf Astor and
of John Jacob Astor.
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OFFERS ADVICE
IN H0NDURAN REVOLT
Washington, D. C, April 16. In
cursions across the Nicaraguan-IIon-duran
border by bandits who have
operated in Honduras at times in the
guise of revolutionists has prompted
the suggestion by the Washington
government to the Nicaraguan au
thorities that such offenders should
be dealth with as criminals, and be
extradited and tried under criminal
law.
ENJOYS SOCIAL EVENING
From Saturday's Dally
The members of the "X club,"
composed of students of the high
school had a very pleasant time last
evening when they were entertained
at the charming country home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Puis, near Murray,
being the guests of Harley Puis, one
j0f the members of the popular social
organization.
The auto trip from this city to the
Puis home was nno of the trreatest
pleasure to all of the party ana on
their arrival at the home they lound
an evening of rare enjoyment await
ing them.
The time was spent in dancing t.s
'well as the enjoyment of a delightful
FATHER SHINE IMPROVING
From Saturday's Daily
The friends over this locality will
be pleased to learn that Father Mich
ael A. Shine, rector of the St. John's
Roman Catholic church in this city,
is now doing very nicely at the St.
Catherine's hospital in Omaha, where
he has been for the past few. weeks.
Father Shine has been showing signs
of much more strength in the past
few days and which have proven
most encouraging to the attending
physicians. His case has been a
most serious one and required a very
delicate operation that was a severe
ordeal to the rector who has not been
in the best of health for some years
past.
SOFIA DEATH TOLL
NEAR 150 OR MORE
Hospitals Crowded With Injured;
Some Victims So Badly Hurt
as to be Unrecognizable.
Sofia, 'Bulgaria, April 17. The
toll of dead from the explosion of a
bomb in the roof of the Sveti Krai
cathedral, while funeral services
were in progress yesterday for Gen
eral Georgeheff, who was slain in the
streets of Sofia Tuesday night, stood
at 150 tonight, but the figure is like
ly to be added to, as many of the in
jured are in a critical condition.
Hospitals and clinics are crowded
with injured, some of them so badly
hurt as to be almost unrecognizable.
It has been found impossible to iden
tify some of the dead and these have
been placed in a mortuary chapel.
With the exception of Minister of
Interior Roussef, all of the members
of the cabinet, who were present at
the funeral services escaped with
only slight injuries. They owe their
lives to the fact that the infernal
machine was concealed in the roof
near the side of the cathedral, while
they and the other prominent per
sonages were assembled around the
catafalque in the center of the edi
fice, a detail which had been over
looked by the perpetrators of the
outrage.
Among the identified dead are the
mayor of Sofia, M. Paskalef, former
Minister of War General Davidof,
Prefect of Police Kissof, M. Medel-
echof, prefect of the department in
which Sofia is situated, and Depu
ties Colonechef, Ratchef and Lekar-
ski.
It is the assumption of the police
that Agraro-Communists to whom
the authorities attribute the out
rage in assassinating General George
hec, counted upon the assembling at
the funeral of all the prominent per
sons attached to the existine: reerime.
thus affording an opportunity for
wiping them all out at one time.
URAKuED WITH POS-
SESSION OF LIQUOR
From Thursday's Daily-
This noon. Sheriff E. P. Stewart
and Constable J. C. Erittain visited
the soft drink parlor of Gideon Arch
er on a search warrant and after
searching the place found a very
small amount of liquor that was un
earthed after a very thorough frisk
ing of the place.
This afternoon. County Attorney
W. G. Kieck filed a complaint
w . . v.tt viiuiiw n a 1.11 itu JJUO" I
session of liquor as there was no evi- '
dence of any sales secured.
This afternoon before Justice Wil
iam Weber, the complaint was heard
and Mr. Archer pled guilty to the
charge of possession and received a
fine of $100 and costs.
MR. M'VEY STILL POORLY
The condition of Jesse McVey,
aged resident of this county, con
tinues very serious, the reports state,
the patient being quite weak and
suffering a great deal from the at
tack of grippe and flu from which he
has been suffering for some time
past. Mr. McVey is at the Hotel
Perkins where he has made his home
for a number of years and is being
given all the attention and care pos
sible but his age and condition
makes his recovery very doubtful, al
though all that is possible to do to
give the patient relief is being look
ed after and the friends are hoping
that their old associate may be
spared to them.
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ON THE
REED MAKES PLEA
FOR BROAD RULING
ON PRESS FREEDOM
Asks Supreme Court to Give Clear
Decision on Right of Free
Speech.
Washington, April 17. After an
eloquent argument by Senator Jame
A. Reed, democrat, Missouri, in de
fense of the freedom of the press,
the United States supreme court this
afternoon took under advisement the
cases against the publishers of the
Kansas City Journal-Post and the
Baltimore Post for the alleged vio
lation of the 1924 revenue act in
publishing amounts of income t.ix
paid the government by various
citizens.
Solicitor James A. Beck appealed
to the court to baseits ruling upnn
the construction which it should
place upon what he termed "two ir
reconcilable sections" of the revenue
act, but Senator Reed, calling the
court's attention to the scarcity of
its rulings on the freedom of the
press, asked that a broader opinion
be handed down on this fundamental
question.
"The question," said Senator Reed,
is this: "Is there any power vested
in congress to place restrictions up
on newspapers in publishing what is
public news? I say there is none."
Mr. Reed recounted the history of
the struggle for liberty of the press
in England from the time of the first
newspaper in 1C22, down thru the
famous Ztnger case of colonial days,
which set a precedent in American
law. He told how Alex Leighton
and William Prynne in the seven
teenth century, had had their et;rs
cut off, were pilloried and whipped,
imprisoned and fined for publishing
criticisms of the government and
customs of the government and cus
toms in vogue. He pictured the pro
testing throngs that gathered about
their stocks as the inaugurators of
the freedom of speech in England.
Mr. Reed took issue with the gov
ernment's contention that the con
stitutioi), by prohibiting congress
from passing laws restricting free
speech, intended to fix the liberty of
the press by the common law whici1
preceded it and which strictly cir
cumscribed this freedom.
"If that contention be true," he
said, "then the revolution was a fail
ure and the adoption of the constitu
tion was a solemn farce. We con
tend that the freedom of a citizen is
inseparable from freedom of con- j
science, of speech, of the press and
the right of peaceable assemblage.
The right to write and to print v& but !
an extension pf the right of speech,!
for it is only one other means of
communicating ideas by words. It.OTjSTC Pill L
! is impossible to form any concept of
liberty that does not emorace uuse
reat natural rights.
MRS. SWANS0N PASSES AWAY
From Thursday's Daily
This morning. Herbert Swanson,
who had returned to his work in this
city yesterday, received a call to re
turn to his parents' home at Ham
burg, Iowa, where his mother Las
been very ill for several days past,
reaching there just a short time be
fore the death messenger came to
still her suffering, Mrs. Swamon
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"t",b v " -IWVf"
The death comes as a severe blow
to the members of the family as it
had been thought that there was
some improvement in the condition
of the mother and that it would be
possible in a few days to have her
taken to the hospital in Omaha to
undergo an operation, but a very
sudden change for the worse during
the night brought on the renewal of
her attack of heart trouble that
proved fatal.
Mrs. Swanson had been a resident
of Hamburg for a long . period of
years and was one of the best known
and highly esteemed residents of
that city. She is survived by the
husband, two daughters, Hazel and
Bessie, and three sons, Herbert of
Plattsmouth, and Duane and Carl of
Hamburg.
The funeral services will be held
Saturday morning and the interment
be made at the Hamburg cemetery.
5 money for faro loans. Searl
S. Davis. Plattsmouth. Uw
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WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES
ARE BUILT, BUICK
WILL BUILD THEM
No. 3
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iiestiont
Why are motor
car dealers glad to sec you
when you have a Buick to
trade
tn
answer:
They know that if they
get it, they can sell it
quickly at a good
price. Buick reliability
has made Buick a first
choice in the used car
market.
J. B. LIVINGSTON
Buick Dealer
Corner 4th and Main Streets
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR.
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CHAMP VISITS
LOCAL COURSE
Sam Reynolds, State Title Holder,
Mingles With Plattsmouth
Golfers Yesterday.
From Thursday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon, Sam Reyn
olds, state golf champion, while here
to speak at the American Legion
banquet, enjoyed the opportunity of
visiting the course of the Platts
mouth Golf club and to play a few
rounds for the edification of the lo
cal players as well as the tryout of
the course.
Mr. Reynolds gave a fine exhibi
tion of the famous Scottish pastime,
going over the course twice in 32
and twice in 35. His drives and
manner of playing was studied very
closely by the local players who
found a great deal of benefit in their
observation of his work.
August Cloidt, Andy Moore, Ed
Fricke, Dr. R. P. Westover and G. O.
Dovey were among the local players
going around with the champion and
enjoying very much the chance to
pit their skill against as clever a
player as the state titleholder.
Mr. Reynolds was much pleased
with the course and his playing gave
the local players many important
points on the game that they had
not been familiar with before. '
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