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Mtailot Rtt mrtorf- So mn VOL. NO. XLTV PLATTSMOTJTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1928. NO. 4G Heaviest Storm of the Season VirAnnn (HZl-- OWCCpS Vliy Over Three Inces of Rain, Heavy and the storm found some 300 tele Wind and Some Wail MnVc Sat. i Phones affected by the storm and tirday Evening Dangerous. From Monday' Daily Following three days of the most intense heat when the mercury had stood at from 97 to 102 for the greater part or the time, a terrific Keri;i of storms swept 'this section from 3:30 to 7 o'clock Saturday af- terncon and evening and which threatened for a time a great deal of property damage through the rush-.that ing waters, the high wind that drove the rain at terrific force and the hail that fell in scattered areas over'this section of the county. The rainfall was considerably over three inches and with the great vol ume of water rushing down from the widely drained territory that is trib utary to this city, swept down on through the main part of the city without doing serious damage and the greater part being carried nicely by the storm sewers that were filled to their capacity and the streets tak ing the overflow without any ser ious property damage, the only suf ferers being the careless auto owners who had left their cars on the street and consequently suffering a badly soaked car. The first storm broke shortly after 3 o'clock and was an intense rain that lasted but a short time and brought with it a rapid fall .in the temperature in this part of the state. The second storm came at 4:30 and was even more intense than the first and ir. a few moments of the rain water was pouring down from the hills to flow along the streets in t'jie lowlands and this caused rapid raise of water in the business section "where the storm sewers on North Sixth street carried the large vol ume of water without trouble. The continuation of the rain caused the overflow of the sewer and creek on Chicago avenue and brought a great volume of water cm down the avenue to the main section and which was so large that it soon had the sewers overflowed and was racing down the street and making the appearance of a small river. Several of the members of the fire department, Dr. O. Sandin, chief, Ed Fricke, Chief of Police Johnson, George Ebersole, Sam Givinter and Henry Jasper were at the scene of the overflow and their work in keep ing the sewers open and free of de bris aided greatly in carrying off the water. With the rushing waters filling the streets, the residents were start led when the huge masses of dark purple and green clouds from the west massed themselves in the sky and moved rapidly in the direction of the city, the first touch of the third storm being an intense wind that reached cyclonic proportions and fol lowed by another intense rain. The high wind did much damage to the trees, the full fury of the wind ripping up a number by the roots and breaking other large trees off as if they were straws, while at the Burlington shops a large part of i the roof of the building occupied by the offices of Superintendent William Batrd, was torn off and which was a combination of the wind and the effects of a lightning bolt. Telephone and electric light wires were blown down and causing added danger to the forces of the storm. At the E. II. Weseott home a live wire fell on the roof of the house and threatened to cause serious damage until the fire department arrived and removed the threat of the wire. A broken wire at the gas plant of the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co., also caused a threatened fire that was extinguish ed, however, without serious loss to the plant. While the last storm was at its full fury the waters from the area north and west of the city, overflow ing the creek on Washington avenue, commenced to move down on the main section of the city and for a half hour was a threat of a small flood as the water rose steadily and along North Sixth street soon had the level of the water to the curb line and on the west portion of the Bekins building the waters were soon over the curb and onto the walk, altho not getting into any of the buildings fortunately. The terrific rain caused the great est of conftision to the hundreds of tourists passing (through the city over the King of Trails highway and the streets on r the hillsides were .....v. ' ya.neu uu ""y rrJr. 3 i.nrniuio w.c a.iiiiC..i v.. rected the traffic out of the danger zone Travelers caught in the storm soon filled the hotels of the city as communications with other points were down and road conditions un known and which led the larger part of the travelers to remain here until morning rather than trust to the dangers of the uncertain roads. The Interstate bus from Falls City to Omaha arrived here in the midst of the storm and was held here until late in the evening owing to the heavy overflow along the roads to the north, while the DeLuxe bus line of Ike Gilinsky was also crippled by the storm, Mr. Gilinsky being caught between this city and La Platte by ! the rain and delayed for several hours. The Cotner bus to Omaha was ' also delayed by the storm for a per iod of over an hour and a half by the rain before it could get through to Omaha When the rain ceased the task of the teleph ' light companies was co at 8 o'clock one anu ine ght companies was commenced in n effort to check up tne uamage which meant that the company must do over a great deal of work that they had just completed to repair the lines damaged by the storm of the morning of July 4th. Several of the power lines over the city were also down and caused the force of the lowa-Ntbraska Light & Power Co., to put in the night repairing their lines, but the service in gen- eral was maintained in fine shape all over the city, despite the terrific odds the storm had made against tne power company. Death of Mrs. George E. Perry Occurs Sunday Cld Time Resident of This City and Vicinity Hears the Last Call on Sunday Morning. From Monday's Dally The death of Mrs. Catherine Ge nette Perry, wife of George E. Perry, of this city, occurred Sunday morn ing at 9:30 at the home of her niece, Mrs. Claude Mayabb, where she has been making her home for some time, following an illness of some dura tion. Mrs. Perry has suffered from the effects of a stroke for the past two years and her condition has gradual ly grown worse until her death, which occurred yesterday morning and the condition of the patient gave but little hope to the members of the family for her recovery. jThe deceased lady Avas nearing her seventy-seventh birthday and came here when quite young with her par- rrts from the state of Ohio, where the family were early settlers and where Mrs. Perry was born. The family have resided in this section for many years and Mrs. Perry has made many friends in these years who will regret to learn of the death of this highly esteemed lady and will share with the members of the family the sorrow that her passing has oc casioned. LARGE BARN DESTROYED When the rain and electric storm Saturday afternoon struck the vi cinity of west of Mynard, lightning struck the large frame barn at the farm of Jake Hild, destroying the structure. The storm found Mr. Hild and his son. Arthur, and the hired man, named Hatcliff, some distance from the location of the barn and while they were endeavoring to get their car on to the house they saw the in tense lightning and a few moments later noticed smoke rolling from the barn. They were abl barn in time to get They were able to reach the several horses and colts out of the barn and to a point of safety as the blaze spread rapidly and soon had the entire building wrapped in flames. The barn was a 50x50 frame struc ture and at the time of the Are had some three tons of hay in the barn as well as the horses and colts, and the hay as well as the barn was com pletely wiped out by the fire. Only the fact that Mr. Hild and his son and the hired man were able to reach the barn at just the time they did, saved the horses from be ing burned up in the fire. The fire attracted the attention of the residents near the Hild farm and they came and assisted in prevent ing other farm buildings from catch ing fire. UNDERGOES OPERATION From Monday's Datiy Miss Claire Bookmeyer of this city is at the Immanuel hospital at Omaha where she was operated on Thursday for a very serious attack of bladder trouble and the patient Is reported as doing very nicely and showing a pleasing progress toward recovery from her illness. The Bookmeyer family has had its full share of sick ness in the last few weeks as Miss Mary Bookmeyer has just returned home from the hospital where she was operated on and is now recuper 'ans ating nicely from the effects of the ordeal and well on the highway to Vomnlete recovery complete recovery SHIP TO CHICAGO From Tuesday's Pally- Last evening William Wehrbein, residing east of Murray and Glen Boedeker, well known banker of Murray, shipped several cars of stock from this city to Chicago via the Burlington, the stock being trucked to this city and loaded on the cars at the local loading yards and sent to the market at the windy city. The stock was large and fine and showed the excellent feeding: that they have had and were In great 6hape for the market. County Legion Picnic at Louis ville Sunday Centrally Located for All Posts An Abundance of Shade, Water and Other Conveniences Next Sunday, July 15th, will wit ness a great gathering of Legionnaires from all over the county, the occasion hrinj thf first aimn:il Cass f-mititv American Legion picnic. Ivery successful so tv.f in their venture The site selected for holding the imd ;ire thoroughly .pleased with the festivities is at the Louisville tourist 1,ew line of work- Mr- 13 P'1"" park, baseball grounds and grove on sonally a very fine gentleman and the river front, located at the south; bis host of friends- here are much end of the Platte river bridge at the Phased at his splendid rticcefs in the tement metropolis. j chosen work that he has taken u;. Invitations have been stnt to every S- S. Gooding, former emj.loye of Mr. Legion member in the county and a! Hill here, was a visitor at the Hill good many ex-service men who are not Legionnaires. The picnic dinner is scheduled to take place at 12:30 and all are urged to come not later than then. Some will be on the grounds the greater part of the forenoon as well. Individual families and groups will bring their own picnic lunch, as no edibles will be available at the site of the picnic. There will, however, be served free to young and old through out the day, ice cold lemonade con tributed by the Louisville Commercial clubs, and for the kiddies, the Legion posts have gone together in the pur chase of ice cream cones and pop. Following the picnic dinner, a pro gram of sports and entertainment will be provided, with small prizes con tributed by Legionnaire business men in the different towns, going to win ners of the contests. Those who desire to see the new $2,000,000 cement plant now in pro cess of construction and located near by, will be given every opportunity of doing so with employes of the Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement com pany on hand to show them about. The completed work to date includes a large machine shop and numerous other buildings, while large storage silos and a 250-foot smoke stack are being rushed to completion. ' Only one thins can mar the suc cess of this great picnic and that rain, in which event the picnic will be postponed to one week later at the same place, the notices say. Plattsmouth post will furnish a large attendance at the picnic. The selection of Louisville as the site was most pleasing to Legionnaires here, and should be equally so to all posts in the county, being located about equi-distant from Greenwood, Elm wood, Nehawka and Plattsmouth, the towns in which Legion posts are lo cated, outside of Louisville Another entertaining feature will i be band music by the Louisville Mu nicipal band and the Greenwood Jun ior band. The Louisville post will clean up the grounds (before and af terwards) as well as provide tags for all Legionnaire children, .which will be their ticket of admittance to the ice cream and pop lines. If there is any ex-service man in the county who has been overlooked in the sending out of postal card no tices, he is cordially invited and urged to attend, regardless of whether or not he belongs to the Legion. STORM DAMAGES CROPS The reports received here from sections west and southwest of this city state that crops have suffered a great deal from the effects of the storms of Saturday afternoon and night. A great deal of damage to the corn from both wind and hail is reported, but the hail was not over a large area of the territory and the greater part of the damage has been from the wind that laid a great deal of the corn flat, blew other sections of the corn badly and caused leaves of the corn to be shredded by the wind. No definite estimate of the extent of the loss to the crop is avail able at this time as all of the farm ers have not fully checked over their losses. West and north of Murray there is a great deal of corn badly damaged, reports from the Deitel farm indicating that a great deal of damage was done by the hail there and which struck the corn that was getting in good shape for the sum mer, making a very heavy loss, while other farms did not suffer as heavy from the effects of the storm. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends for their many words of sympathy and acts of kindness during the last ill ness and at the time of the death of our loved mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Forbes, also to those who sent the beautiful flowers and assisted in the funeral services. These kindnesses will always be remembered. The Children. CARD OF THANKS ! We take this opportunity of thank Ingour friends and neighbors for kindness in the storm of Saturday in preventing other buildings on our farm from catching fire while the "U1""'6 iiireaiemng me destruction of other Jake Hild and family. ounaings. Journal Want Ad bring result. OPERATING CHICXEN FARM The many friends of E. C. Hill former resident here and also a form er storekeeper of the Iiurlington at this place, will be interested in know ing that Mr. Hill is engaged in the iconduct of a chicken and turkey farm in the vicinity of Bethany, a .suburb ;of Lincoln. Mr. Hill has had great success with his new venture and now has 1,000 little turkeys that will be raised in readiness for the winter market while there are also S00 little ; chicks that will sofm ie ready for the market from the Hill farm. Mr. Hill with his son ar1 daughter oper- , ate the chicken farm and have been home Sunday. Aged Man Ends Life by Hanging at Omaha Home John C. Simons, Aged 82 Years, Hangs Self from Rafter in the Garage Son Finds Body On Sunday evening at C o'clock, John C. Simons, aged, 82 years, a resident of Omaha for the past twen ty years, ended his life by hanging at the home C50S Parker street, Omaha, the body being found by his son, D. F. Simons, with whom the aged man made his home, when the son and wife returned to their home at G:30 p. m. Sunday. Neighbors of the family had seen the aged Man enter the garage about C o'clock and a half hour later the son and his wife returned home from an auto ride and on entering the garage the son saw the lifeless body of the father swingl-.." from the rope. Mr. Simons had hit the door open and with the son as he entered the garage was Hugo Okerberg, a neigh bor. The cause of the rash act is thought to be despondency over ill health, as the aged man has been very poorly for the past three years and worry over his condition is thought to have caused him to decide to take his life. The man used a clothesline and a stepladder to carry out his desire to end his life. He had apparently ad justed the noose around his neck, ! dir.; bed the ladder, tied the rope to the rafter and then kicked the ladder from under him. The body was taken to the Ilaynes funeral home, where it was held in charge of the coroner until after the inqut st. The relatives in Omaha notified the son, William Simons, of this city, of the tragedy and he drove to Omaha and remained with the members of the family there while the matter of the inquest and funeral were being arranged. The aged man was married several times, leaving the last wife, from whom he was separated, and three sons by a previous marriage, D. F. Simons and L. M. Simons, of Omaha; William Simons, of Plattsmouth, and one daughter, Mrs. Anna Hultz, who lives in St. Louis. PAPPI0 ON RAMPAGE The Pappio creek, just south of Fort Crook and east to where it empties into the Missouri river east of La Platte, was a great raging river Saturday night when the wa ters pouring into the stream along its course through Douglas and Sarpy counties brought the creek to flood stage and overflowed the low lands on either side of the creek, lay ing waste many acres of the grow ing corn crop. The bridge over the Pappio near Fort Crook was over flowed and water raced over the road to the south of the bridge in a tor rent for the entire night. Great piles of logs, brush and debris of all kinds was lodged against the bridge as well from the league, announcement le an tho Misfinnri Pacific bridcre east 1 ceived here last evening by the local of the highway bridge. A force of management states and the franchise roadmen were on duty at the auto; that has been held in the Iowa city bridge all night and all day and last ' has been transferred to the Julien evening had the debris well taken Essex team of Omaha, who will play care of and the creek was again in out the remaining part of the sched its banks, altho the water was still ule. The new team has been one of standing in the fields along the creek the best in Omaha and will give ad banks, ; ded interest to the loop race that ! has been very close among the sever- RAIN STOPS GAME !al of the teams including the Platts- mouth team. The games in the Interstate league j were an canea on sunaay owing to the heavy rains of Saturday after noon and evening in this section where the league teams are all lo cated The diamond here was a great lake Saturday night and heavy rains at all of the towns in the league de- cided the president to call off the en- tire series of games for the week This leaves the Plattsmouth team .with tn-n nnstnnnpd e-nmpa tn hp . piayed off. that with the North Oma- ha Athletic club and the Knights of Columbus teams. The Missouri Val- d&W.lpv team is scheduled to antipnr here the coming Sunday if the. weather will permit. Free Bridge Over the Platte Now Realized Kin? of Trails Eridee Turned to the Traveling Public Free Last Night at 6 0'Clock. From Vv'ednesd&y'a lally rr. i , . . l .1 . . ... - B . . . . . . ! a free bridge over the Platte river at this point was realized last night when the toll keepers at 0 o'clock took the last tolls on the bridge and with the passing of the hour the bridge became free to the traveling public, the event making the dis appearance of the last tell bridge in th'- state. This splendid structure of con crete and steel, one of the best of its type in the state and which has b-en followed in design by many Of the late bridges erected in the state, was first proposed in the late fall of 1924, but the actual steps toward its erection was taken up in March 1925, when the King of Trails Bridge Co., was formed :.nd incorporated, com posed of Plattsmouth and Omaha business men and capitalists and the preliminary work leading to the ac tual construction of the bridge launched. The company selected as their of ficers, H. A. Schneider, Plattsmouth, president; J. 13. Root, Omaha, vice president; Searl S. Davis, Platts mouth, secretary; Frank M. Bestor, Plattsmouth, treasurer; W. B. Cheek and T. C. Byrne Omaha, and Arthur Troop, Plattsmouth, as the directors. The work on the bridge was rush ed and day by day the spans grew more numerous and soon the steel work was started and in a few brief months the completed structure stood ready to be used by the traveling public and in October, 1925, the bridge was opened to the public. The bridge was erected under the provisions of the state law that per mitted the erection of a bridge by private capital and its purchase later by the state and the counties, this provision being ina.de a part of the articles of incorporation of the King of Trails Bridge Co., with the announced desire of ultimately hav ing the bridge a free structure. During a short period the bridge was operated as a private bridge, but in the early part of 1926 the struc ture was purchased by the state of Nebraska and the counties of Cass and Sarpy for the price of $125,000, the state paying their half of the purchase price at once and the two counties bsing allowed to collect toll for their half of the structure, the bridge company turning over to the counties the amount that had been collected during their operation of the bridg'? to hasten the ultimate making of a free structure. Since the opening of the bridge the rates have been fifteen cents per auto and twenty-five cents for trucks and busses, and from this small toll a daily average of $170 has been realized, the office of the state engi neer states, the bridge being one of the most extensively used in the state. From the tolls the counties have paid their half of the purchase price, the maintenance of the bridge has been kept up and the toll keepers, three in number, have each been paid $95 per month, paying the In terest, and also sufficient funds have accumulated to pay also for the re surfacing of the brdige this sum mer and placing it in the best of shape for the travelling public. The realization of the free bridge is a very pleasant event for all the residents of this part of the state and those who were responsible for the securing of the bridge by their initative and public spirit in ad vancing the funds for the erection of the bridge are deserving of the com mendation of the people of the south eastern part of the state. TAKES OVER BALL TEAM From Tuesday's rally The Missouri Valley team of the Interstate league has withdrawn CLUB HAS MEETING The "Wednesday's Willing Work ers," sewing club under the leader- ship of Miss Esther Albert met at the home of Miss Leola Heil, this being the 4th meeting to be held, A short business meeting was held and a fee of five cents will be charg- ed each month. As the sewing bags were comdeted the members began to work on clothespin bags. The sewing bags were very successiui ana it is hoped to make tne ciotnespin bags on - the sewing machine, and that they will be Just as successful, ine uieam ami uesue oi n.f land in question was secured by WI1- dents of this section of Nebraska forjjam Weiner and who secured an ev- j The next meeting is July 11th. SUIT ON FORECLOSURE FILED From Tuesday's Ially t This morning in the office of the clerk of the district court an action U':i filtl In ix-l-iW'Vi Yi TrnviiK.ro Tn-l surance Co., is the plaintiff and A. II. Weichel, et al., the defendants. The ' 1 action is one in which the plaintiff company seeks to have certain notes anl mortgages foreclosed on land In The plaintiff company in their peti-! tion states that the defendant Wei - chel entered into a loan in 1919, for the sum of $10,000, that later the . - . tension of the loan and mortgage on which it is now sought to collect. The plaintiff asks that a deficiency) judgment may be given them against the defendants as the amount sued for it is claimed will not be covered , by the land. William A. Robertson of this city appears as attorney for the plaintiff. Grand Master of Knights Templar to Visit This City Special Train of 400 Grand Comman dery Officers to Make Stop Here at 5 :30 Friday From Wednesdays Dally George W. Vallery, of Denver, Most Eminent Grand Master of the Knights Templar of the United States, with a party of some 400 state commaudry officers from Colorado, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, California and other of the western states, vill be guests of Plattsmouth for somt lifieen minutes on Friday, July 13 th at 5:30 p. m. Yfcc party ot distinguished Temp iirs will r. ric here on two special trains over the Burlington and will l. ake the stup here at this ciiy, the Or'hplace of Mr. Vallery am i. h.ne of the .-. -i'.y sine;. '- nrliesl pioneer days, hen the nor of Mr. a.Iery came west from Ohio o found a home in the treat and then little known west. The train will make the longest special passenger train that has been 1 nown, twenty-one cars comprising the train that will arrive at Omaha urc where the train will have a stip and where the grand commandrj' of f era of Nebraska will have their cars attached to the train. On the wl' from the west the train consists of sixteen Pullman coaches, three dineis and the special lounge car xnd the baggage cars, establishing a naw record in handling of the large spec ial train. From Omaha east to C'iiicaa the tr;-.i'i vill be divided into two iriiins, both of which will stop at Platts mouth for fifteen minutes and which is a special recognition of the city, the birthplace of the Grand Master. The party is enroute to Detroit where the grand conclave of the Knights Templar is being held and on their arrival they will be met at that place by the uniformed Kinght? Templar of Detroit numbering some. 15,000. ; The Chamber of Commerce and the city is taking the matter up and ; the visitors will be greeted by repre-:and sentatives of the various civic organi- zations as an appreciation of the re cognition giventhe city by the stop made at this place, the home of the Nebraska Masonic Home and where the Masonic bodies are very active. The general public is expected-to be present in large numtiers at the station to greet the train and having the opportunity of meeting many of the most distincuished members of the Knights Templar in the west who j will be on the train as it reaches this city-- UNUSUAL WEATHER From Tuesday's Dally The residents of this city last evening experienced an unusual weather condition that caused not a little apprehension when a sudden verv heated neriod came on about 9:30 to 10 o'clock and which brought! fear of cyclone or tornado conditions when the indications pointed very strongly to existing. The earlier part of the evening a pleasant breeze had . been blowing and suddenly this died Hnn-n nnH th air hpcnmp hnt. almost down and the air became hot. almost i mrn nir in ita intoncitv n n i a 1 1 hrpp7P .... I died down for short neriods of somel1' v.. , ten minutes and this prevailed for almost half an hour. The heat was very intense and seemed as great as though a person was standing near a neatea stove. Tne strange weatner freak passed however, with out any serious trouble altho it was the source of worry to the residents who had experienced two very serious windstorms in the last week. MRS. GREBE VERY LOW From Tuesday's Daily Mrs. Georce Grebe. Sr.. Is very iow t her home on Wintersteen hill nn nf the atrari lariv has caused the greatest apprehension to the members of the family here ana relatives at distant points have heen called to her hedsidn a the. patient's condition has given but lit- j tie hope of her recovery. Banker Murray is Happy in Cell After His Arrest Says Will Plea Guilty and Gladly Take Year's Sentence Wan dered a Year. j Mount, Vernon, Wash., July 9. Aftr a vcar of wandering as a fugi- tive from justice, Thomas L. Mur- ,..IV ru former m-Uident of the Dun- bar state bank, rejoiced iu his cell at tne county Jail this afternoon. e js gia,i Gf his capture, which means that he will go back to the community he left as president or the Chamber of Commerce, elder in the Presbyterian church, and civil pillar, as a prisoner in custody of Sheriff Carl Kyder of Nebraska City, who is expected to arrive here, in three days. Aware of Discrepancies. He said he is willing to plead guilty to making excessive loans, and is fully aware of a discrepancy charged to him in the bank accounts , reaching 100 thousand dollars. He declared himself willing to take a year in prison for his offense, al though conviction, he said, calls for a year's sentence, a thousand dol lar fine, or both, but asserted that the discrepancies were due to bail judgment on his part. "You don't know how happy I am that I was caught, because it means that I will soon see my family again," he declared. "I've got the finest son in the world back there. And my wife has been loyal to me all the way through, I know, al though I have not heard from her since last July. And there are the daughters, Janet and Mrs. Burton Gorton." Turns Again to Bible. In his cell this afternoon Murray 'turned to the Bible, which he ad mitted he had neglected since his departure from Dunbar, although he had been an occasional church at tendant. He-has hopes, he said, that he will be forgiven for what he says are "mistakes" rather thau criminal activities. Had it not been for a tip from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Price, former cus tomers of the Dunbar bank who live here, Murray might never have re joined his family, he admitted. He had come to obtain a loan of one hundred dollars, and had a round trip ticket to Vancouver, B. C. where he was negotiating for a place as manager of a real estate office. Was Hard Pressed on Notes. Pride and lack of courage to face friends and citizens who had trusted him started him on his flight a year ago when he left his wife in Denver and fled to Canada, he said. He was aware then that loans on depreciated farm lands were threatening failure to the bank, and he had been hard pressed by Omaha banks to whom he had rediscounted notes, he said. But bitterly he said that the last straw was knowledge that Burton Gorton, his son-in-law, head of a grain company in Dunbar, had "gone wrong" on the grain market. He had loaned Gorton about 25 thou sand dollars on grain which the latter said was in storage, he said, onlv later learned the younger man had speculated and lost. When he told his wife this in Den ver, he said, she fainted. "And now I have learned that Gorton blamed me for everything while I have been away," he said. Wants to Go West Again. Although he never expects to re gain the place of civic leadership he once held, the former president wtacto ct.,to nanimm' oa. goeiation pians to face the music and afterward to move back to the- west with his family. He hopes that his daughter, Mrs. Gorton, will remain with the fam ily, and said that he will never be able to forgive Gorton. Murray spoke willingly of his travels, his odd jobs, the times he faced want and lived in cheap lodg ing houses. He told how his fortune, which during war days was close to 200 thousand dollars, had dwindled to nothing, but said his wife has lit tle but the home. When he parted from his wife in Denver after an unsuccessful trip to iexa3 B"ra "u ior ijunum persona, he had $245, he added. He blamed a competing banker " IIu hlimcH o nr. ' "is uiuicuiues, aeciaring the latter s tactics forced him to make excessive loans to hold his customers. World-Herald. STORE IS ROBBED From Tuesday's ta.ily Amessage was received here this afternoon at the office of Sheriff Bert ) Reed, announcing that his presence j was wished at Weeping Water ns the j C. H. Gibson store at that place had i been robbed. The message did not state the circumstances of the rob bery. The sheriff departed for the secene of the trouble thi8 afternoon and will investigate the matter for Mr- Gibson. Mrs. Lloyd Sharp was a visitor fn Omaha tndav. e-nlntr tn that cltv on the early Burlington train and where she will visit with friends.