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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, NOV. 5, 1928.
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Arrest Minnesota
Man Here for the
Theft of Auto
Taken to Omaha Where He Will Also
Pace Chages of Violation
of the Mann Act.
From Thursday's Dally
Chief of Police Johnson arrested
a trio here on Wednesday who were
turned over to Sheriff Bert Reed and
the man of the party, George Dahlin,
faces a charge in the federal court
of the violation of the Mann act
and also the theft of the auto in
which the party were traveling.
The parties drove to this city in
a Chevrolet coupe bearing an Iowa
license number and when reaching
here they were stranded and sought
relief and funds to get a supply of
gas and food, claiming that they
were en route to Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. In the party were the
man Dahlin, and two young ladies,
Irene Jones and Viola Simpson, who
gave, their ages as 19 and 18 and
their residence as Crookston, Min
nesota. The party did not look so good
and the chief of police turned over
the parties to Sheriff Reed and De
puty Sheriff Rex Young, and who
investigated the case and the story
that the parties told. Investigation
showed that the car had been 6tolen
last June at Fairpark, Minnesota,
and was the property of an Iowa man
living at Hartley.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Ed
ward Leemukuel of O'Brien county,
Iowa, arrived here, accompanied by
H. A. Ewaldt, father of the young
man irom wnom tne car nad Deen
stolen. John Hoerr of Hartley and
County Treasurer John Yeager of
Primgahr, Iowa, the county seat of
O'Brien county.
After the arrival of the Iowa sher
iff the parties were questioned by
Sheriff Reed, Sheriff Leemuel and
Deputy Sheriff Young and as the re
sult the man in the case confessed
his stealing the car and also that he
had gone to Crookston -and lived
for some time, meeting the two girls
and inducing then to ' accompany
hf.m to Oklahoma City, the trio only
reaching as far as this city on their
journey when apprehended.
The man will face a term In the
penitentiay at Leavenworth as a re
suult of the violation of the Mann
act.
ENJOY TEACHERS MEETING
From Thursday's Dally
The annual convention of district
No. 2 of the State Teachers associa
tion opened this morning in Omaha
and with a very large attendance
from the teachers in this section of
the state. The greater part of the
teaching force of the PlattBmouth
schools attended the Omaha meeting
altho a few were at Lincoln for the
sessions of the district meeting.
At the convention several of the
Plattsmouth teachers will have im
portant parts in the convention work,
Mrs. George Mann, Miss Marie Kauf
mann and Miss Estelle Baird being
departmental presidents and Miss
Alpha Peterson a member of the
convention nominating committee.
"Teaching as a Fine Art" will be
the convention theme, and an elab
orate program which includes ad
dresses by leading educators of the
country, has been arranged by Leon
Smith, assistant superintendent of
the Omaha city schools, who is pres
ident of this group.
Headquarters will be at the Fon
tenelle hotel and all sessions will be
held at the Technical high audi
torium. Special features include a men's
dinner at the Ad-Sell restaurant Fri
day evening; a women's dinner the
same evening at the Fontenelle hotel
and through the courtesy of the As
sociated Retailers all visitors will
be guests at the first concert of the
Omaha Symphony orchestra at the
municipal auditorium Friday night.
A tea dansante.for the visiting wom
en teachers will be given Thursday
from 4 to 5:30 p. m. at the Ad-Sell
restaurant.
CARNIVAL ARRANGEMENTS -
From Thursday's Dallv
The general carnival committee of
the Legion is completing the arrange
ments for entertainment and nightly
door prizes, as well as the popularity
contest, and will have the printed
literature out in a few days giving
the details of these features. Suffice
to say, some of the leading radio stars
are being secured to entertain the
crowds each night and there is no
question about not getting more
than the worth of the admission
charge of 10 cents in entertainment
alone, to say nothing of the big door
prizes.
RECEIVES GOOD NEWS
Yesterday, a message was received
by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Donat, Sr.,
that they are grandparents to a fine
son that arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Havelka of Wahoo,
Nebr. (Hallowe'en) a. m. Mrs. Hav
elka was formerly Miss Marie Donat
of this city. Mother and son are do
ing fine and the little one is much
pleasure to the father and mother
and two little Bisters.
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT
The death of Mrs. Al Hiskey, for
mer resident of this city some twen
ty years ago, occurred a few days
ago at Bady. Kansas, where the fam
ily have made their home since leav
ing this city some eighteen years
ago.
While living here the family re
sided in the south portion of the
city and where they made their home
for a' great many years, Mr. Hiskey
being employed in the shops here
The funeral of Mrs. Hiskey was
held at Bady and the interment
made in the cemetery there.
The deceased lad yis survived by
the husband and three children, all
grown. Seven deceased children of
the family are buried in the Oak
Hill cemetery here.
High School
Students Enjoy
School 'Mixer'
Masquerade Largely Attended and
Members of the School Enjoy
Event to the Utmost.
From Thursday's Dany .
Last evening students of the
I'lattsmoutn nign school enjoyed a
real "mixer," the event being in
the nature of a masquerade and in
which the members of all classes of
the school joined to a very large
number, altho the bad weather Berv
ed to interfere to some extent with
the festivities of the occasion.
ine memoers or tne party came
masked and in fancy costumes and
made the gym where the "mixer"
was held, a riot of color and fun as
the members of the party arrived to
join in the fun and pleasures of the
evening.
The gym had been arranged in
the Hallowe'en colors of orange and
black and made a very attractive
picture while cornstalks were also
used in the decorations to lend at
mosphere of the harvest season to
the scene.
In the awarding of the prizes for
the best costumes Elizabeth Hatt
and George "Winscott were - given
first prize by the Judges.
The evening was spent in games
of all kinds and at which a great
deal of fun was derived by the Jolly
bunch of students and occupied sev
eral hours in this manner.
During the evening refreshments
of hot chocolate, sandwicheB and
potato salad was served by the re
freshment committee and which car
ried out their part of the enter
tainment in a Jine manner.
CELEBRATE HALLOWE'EN
From Thursday's Dally-
Last evening Miss Mary Holy and
Miss Frances Krejci entertained e
group of the friends at the Holy home
in the west part of the city at a most
delightful Hallowe'en party and one
that was enjoyed to the utmost by
the group of young people.
The home was arranged in th
decorations of the season and amid
this pleasant scene the time war
spent in playing games of all kinds
several contests appropriate to the
Hallowe'en season being held and ir
one of these Miss Josephine Rys
proved the most successful with
John Svoboda winning the secon"
honors while in another of the fun
producing games Frank Koubek
proved the winner.
The members of the party also en
joyed the fine radio program afforded
and which gave a fine musical set
ting for the members of the party
to have assist them in the obser
vance of the occasion.
At a suitable hour dainty refresh
ments were served, the dining table
being arranged in the Hallowe'er
decorations and with a large pumpkin
occupying the place of honor as the
centerpiece.
Those attending the event were:
Missess Lillian Koubek, Rose Janda
Dorothy Svoboda. Frances Sedlacek
Rose Janca, Josephine Rys, Mary
Krejci, Mary Holy, Frances Krejci
Messers Frank Koubek, Ernest Janda
John Svoboda. George Sedlacek
Frank Sedlacek, Ray Janda, -Jack
Uhlik, Louis Svoboda, James Holy
Joe Krejci.
DAMAGE CASE SENT
BACK FOR REHEARING
Lincoln, Neb., Not. 2. The sup
reme court commission Friday held
that changing a sidewalk without a
permit from the city constitutes an
act of "affirmative negligence.
This decision was made in an opin
ion which remanded for reconsider
ation in the Lancaster county dis
trict court a $10,000 damage suit
instituted by Alta F. Shook against
W. Bruce Shurtlef, John Violet and
Frank Davis. The district court dis
missed 'the suit on the demurrer of
the defendants.
It was charged that the defend
ants tore up a sidewalk and rebuilt
it two feet lower than adjoining
walks. Alta Shook suffered an In
juhy to her spine when she fell on
this sidewalk, and subsequently
brought suit for damages.
Phone ns the news. No. 6.
Legion Post
Elects Officers
Last Night
Fred Lugsch. Named as Commander
Walt Stohlman and Leo Boyn
ton Vice Commanders
From Thursday's Dally
Hugh J. Kearns post. American
region held its annual election of
officers last night. Due to inclement
weather only a score of the more than
100 members were present, although
notice of the election had been sent
to each member.
At the conclusion of the routine
business, the election t)f officers was
declared in order and the only name
presented for commander was that of
Fred Lugsch, who on motion of A. H.
Duxbury was declared unanimously
elected to this position.
The new commander is one of the
well known younger business men of
this city, having been engaged in the
dry cleaning and tailoring "business
in Plattsmouth since his return from
the service in 1919. He was a mem
ber of Co. I, 16Sth Infantry, in which
organization he saw considerable ser
vice overseas, and was later sent back
to the United States as a drill ser
geant at camp Mills. He also saw
active service on the border in 1914,
when the punitive expedition was or
ganized to capture Villa.
ine election of commander was a
criterion for the unanimous selection
of all the other elective officers, as
follows:
Walter Stohlman (navy) and Leo
Boynton (army), vice commanders.
Executive Committee: W. F. J or
gensen, M. L. Brown, Harold Erick-
son, Leslie Niel, Garold Holcomb,
Frank Rice, James Doyle, Otto Lutz
and C. B. Ledgway.
M. D. Brown was elected to suc
ceed himself as post finance officer.
At the conclusion of the election,
Commander Niel surrendered the
gavel to Commander-Elect Lugsch,
who announced the following ap
pointments and which were likewise
unanimously confirmed:
Elmer Webb, adjutant; A. H. Dux-
bury, service officer; Rev. H. E. Sor
ter, chaplain; Albert Olson, sergeant
at arms; Kathryn Lugsch, historian.
The new commander announced
the personnel of one of the important
committees, the Cemetery committee,
which is to be composed of Raymond
Larson, chairman; Tom Walling and
Clyde Jackson.
The appointment of the Boy Scout
and other committees was deferred
until a later date.
The general carnival committee,
composed of Roy Holly, chairman,
James Doyle and Elmer Webb, ad
vised the meeting of the arrange
ments already made and under con
templation for the annual Harvest
Festival the week of November 10 to
17, and there was much confidence
expressed in the success of this year's
endeavor.
The Legion is past the infancy
stage in its career and has already
accomplished a portion of the task to
which it devoted itself in the earliest
years of its existence. The coming
twelve months should see much of the
indebtedness on the present building
cleaned up, after which the post can
go ahead with is plans for finishing
the structure.
OMAHA PEOPLE WEDDED
The parsonage of the Eight Mile
Grove Lutheran church west of this
city, was the scene of the wedding of
two Omaha people on Monday even
ing. Miss Anna Eggers and Mr
Edward Thiel being the contracting
parties. The v bride and groom ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. William
Miller of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs
H. L. Gamer of this city, motoring out
to the parsonage for the wedding.
The marriage lines were read by
the Rev. A. Lenz, pastor of the church
and the impressive service of the
Lutheran church used in the per
formace of the marriage ceremony.
STILL CONTINUES CRITICAL
From Saturdays Dan?
The condition of Mrs. Joseph F
Hadraba at the Clarkson hospital in
Omaha still continues very poorly and
the condition of the patient is such
that the son, Ted Hadraba, who is
here from Chicago, will remain with
the other members of the family un
til a change for the better will per
mit his return to his studies at North
western university. Mrs. Hadraba har
a very critical case and one that is
being given the, constant attentior
of the most eminent specialists in
the hopes of giving the patient some
measure of relief.
HAS TONSILS REMOVED
From Saturday's Dally
This morning at the Methodist hos
pital at Omaha Arthur Blunt, coun
cilman from the fifth ward of the city
was operated on for the removal of
his tonsils In the hope of giving the
patient some relief from his illness of
the past several week3. Mr. Blunt
has been suffering from a breakdown
and it was thought that the removal
of the tonBlls might aid in the curing
of the illness and giving the patient
relief.
RICHARD L. METCALFE HERE
From Thursday's Dally
County Chairman J. A. Capwel
has received the notification that
Richard L. Metcalfe, democratic can
didate for United States senator will
be in this city on Friday evening
November 2nd, to discuss with the
voters of this section the issues of
the day.
Mr. Metcalfe, who was drafted by
his party in the race for senator, has
made a very extensive tour over the
state and has been u great force in
the advancement of the cause of hir
party both on the national and state
tickets.
Mr. Metcalfa will speak at the
district court room at 7 o'clock on
Friday and will give an address that
all should hear and will enjoy as he
is a very able and fluent speaker and
one that has a real manner of de
livering his message to the people
It is urged that the ladies espec
ially avaid themselves of the oppor
tunity of hearing Mr. Metcalfe dis
cuess the issues of the day.
Following the Plattsmouth meeting
Mr. Metcalfe will sp?ak at Bellevue
at 8:30.
Platters Hold
Auburn Team to
Scoreless Tie
Muddy Field Prevents Fast Playing
and Both Teams- Suffer From
the Slippery! Ground.
From Thursday's Dally
The Platters and the Auburn high
school football team yesterday after
noon battled in the rain and mud to
a scoreless tie, the field making im
possible any effective work for the
two teams.
The one opportunity of the Plat
ters to tally in the third quarter.
dearly bought in the line smashes
of the team through the mud, in
which Bob Fitch added his weight
and force in -the ball lugging, failed
when for roughness the locals were
penalized and later lost the ball
to the visiting team, who however,
were unable to do tlat effective work
In the mud.
In the last quarter of the game
the Auburn team came so close to
plowing over for the coveted point
that the locals can thank the slip
pery field and muddy ball that slip
ped from the hands of Sailors, fast
Auburn back, as he plunged but
three feet from the local goal and
fumbled, the Platters recovering the
ball.
For the visitors Sailors was prac
tically the only ground gainer in
the game, several runs being good
for much yardage, while Fitch for
the Platters seemed the most con
sistent gainer.
The wet ball and slippery field
made the aerial attack of Platts
mouth almost an impossibbility and
equally checked the visitors in their
end runs in which the speed of Sail
ors was wasted.
Despite the fact that the rain was
falling in a steady drizzle and the
conditions were anything but com'
fortable, a large group of the school
fans remained rooting until the close
when wet and bedraggled the crowd
started the march homeward through
the mud.
NEW BUS A REAL JOB
FYoir Saturdays Dally
Clarence Cotner, owner and oper
ator of the Cotner bus line between
Plattsmouth and Omaha, has just
placed in service a new bus a real
job in the latest type of bus construc
tion and which has been brought
here from the Buick plant at Louden
Ohio, by William G. Meisinger and
turned over to the purchaser.
The bus is the newest type that
the Buick people are putting out, a
1929 model and one that has every
comfort for the traveler. The cai
is the chair car type with leathei
upholstered chairs instead of the old
type of seats where the traveler was
closely crowded with the others in
the cars and tends for real comfort
to those who travel via the bus route.
The new bus also has a seating cap
acity of eighteen, giving Mr. Cotnei
a larger car which he has long needed
and will enable him to handle the
patrons of his line with more comfort
and also additional passengers which
the lack of space in the old bus often
made necessary to transport in pri
vate autos.
The new bus was placed in service
today and Mr. Cotner feels very proud
of the improvement that he has been
able to make in his bus service and
convenience of his patrons.
ENTERTAINS RELATIVES
From Thursday's Dally
The pleasant country home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Hendricks south of
this city was the scene of a very
pleasant dinner party this week
when Mrs. W. F. Chalfant of Goff,
KanBas, Miss Theresa Donat and Vera
Hendricks were entertained there.
Mr9. Chalfant has been here to visit
at the home of her mother. Mrs.
T. J. McCulloch near this city and
at the Hendricks home and returned
to her home Wednesday afternoon.
Phone your news , to No. 6.
City Has Shown
Improvement in
the Past Year
Visitors Here Find the Community
Has Much Improved Condition
Especially in Streets
From Frida3'"s Daily
A former resident of this city was
here a few days aco on a business
trip and stated that while he had
made many trips back here since leav
ing this city, he had never found the
city in appearance looking so good
and presenting such an attractive
ness in both the business and resi
dential sections.
This former resident lived here in
the days when the city paving was
confined to a few blocks of cobble
stone thoroughfare in the main busi
ness section and when the avenues
that lead to the main part of the city
were in the rainy season a real job
to get through, even with horse and
buggy, without getting stuck in the
mud. These streets are now well
paved and in the best of shape, while
the total paving of the city has now
grown from less than half a mile to
ten miles of the finest brick andVon
crete paving, covering all parts of the
city with the exception of the ex
treme southern part and in the west
portion of town, although in the last
named section of the city the paving
on Main street extends as far west as
Sixteenth street and also on Oak
street there is gravel as far west as
Oak Hill cemetery.
Another of the changes for the
better that was remarked upon was
the fact that in the last year a large
number of the buildings in the busi
ness section have been placed in the
best of shape, newly painted and re
decorated and a great many have
carried on remodeling programs that
have made the places modern to the
last word and a great credit to the
city and its people.
Those who reside here often do
not fully appreciate the changes made
and their value until it is called to
their attention by the remarks, as
in this Case, of someonewho has re
sided here In the past ano"who"at
once recognizes the advanced steps
that the community has made In its
appearance, the improvements being
made gradually and which if carried
on a few more years will give the
city a large and well connected paved
system of streets in all sections and
add to the value of the city as a
place of residence.
STORM SLACKS UP TRAVEL
From Friday's Dairy
Old Man Winter, in conjunction
M-ith the rain of the past two days
and nights, has put a crimp in the
auto travel, both among the tourists
and local people, for even short dis
tances. The rain and snow renders
the dirt roads hard to travel and
the thorough soaking that the dirt
roads received will make them in bad
shape for several days and in may
cases impassible.
The storm of rain and snow has
checked the number of residents of
the country districts coming In and
proved a general check on all lines
of activities, either business or spec
ial.
The bad weather has had the ten
dency to keep the residents of the
city indoors and only those who have
had absolute necessity to be out have
braved the storm to get down into
the business section.
But weather does not stop certain
lines of activity, such as the mail and
newspaper carriers, and if anyone
thinks driving in this kind of weath
er is good he ought to ask Dick Bev
erage or Henry Krejci, the delivery
kings.
ENJOYING VISIT IN THE EAST
From Saturday's Dally
A. W. WThite of this city has re
ceived a message from his son, Ralph
W. White and family, of Dallas
Texas, that they are enjoying a very
fine time on their trip to the east
coast and have just completed a visit
to Boston and the interesting sec
tions of that portion of New England
and are leaving for New York City to
enjoy the sights of the greatest city
in the world and the gateway to the
United States through which thous
ands of our citizens have come. Ralph
White has for a number of years been
engaged in the management of the
interests of the telephone companiep
in western and northern Texas and
is one of the leading representativer
of the telephone interests in tha:
part of the country.
JUDGE WEBER SOME BETTER
ffrnra Thursday's Datly
The reports from the bedside of
Judge William Weber today state
that the patient who ' had been in
very cirtical condition for several
hours, rallied somewhat last night
and this morning and was able to
converse with the members of the
family. Judge Weber is still in very
serious shape and. his recovery Is
considered very doubtful, altho the
improving of the. patient has proven
of some encouragement to the fam
ily and friends.
GOES TO HOSPITAL
From Saturday's Daily
This morning Mrs. fW. P. Sitz
man departed for Omaha where she
enters the University hospital at that
place with the expectation of under
going an operation the first of the
week if her condition will permit the
operation. Mrs Sitzmnn has not hern
in the best of health for some time
and to give her any measure of per
manent relief it was decided by the
attending physicians that an opera
tion would be necessary. The many
friends here of Mrs. Stizman are
hopeful that she may
soon
through the ordeal and be able to re
turn home restored to her formei
good health.
Elmwood Banker
to Locate with the
Platts State Bank
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Elmwood State Bank Comes
Here to Make Home.
From Friday's Daiiv
The Plattsmouth State bank of
this city has a new member of their
staff of employees, Karl Schneider of
Elmwood, who comes here to take
the place made vacant in the force
of employees by the death of Ernest
L. Trumble.
Mr. Schneider brings a great
perience in the banking business with
him as he has for the paBt ten years
been connected with the Elmwood
State bank of Elmwood. and was one
of the most efficient members of the
staff at that excellent banking in-1
stitution.
The residents of this city will be
glad to learn that this splendid young
man has decided to locate in this city
and his pleasant personality and
marked ability will make him a
splendid addition to the city and its
people.
Mr. Schneider has lone been a
very active figure at Elmwood since
reaching manhood and his going from
that city will bring much regret
from the many friends there but they
will be pleased to learn that he is that time a tireless worker in tne
securing an advancement in his UneVcatise of the order. 'r '
of work and will still be a neighbor
In his new location in Plattsmouth.
The friends here are pleased to
welcome Mr. Schneider to this city
and feel that he will enjoy his new
position and the associations in the;
city that he has selected as his new
home.
JURY TERM NOVEMBER 19TH
The opening of the November term
of the district court has been called
by Judge James T. Begley for Mon
day, November 19th, when the mem
bers of the jury panel will be called
for duty.
The members of the jury as selected
for service at this term of the court
consists of the following:
C. W. Fahnestock, Avoca; Martin
D. Neilsen, Manley: Wm. Borneneier,
Elmwood; S. S. Chase, Plattsmouth;
Charles Buell, South Bend; J. B. Sut
ton, Alvo; Marvin Carr, Eagle; Henry
Meierjurgen, Murdock; Henry Kam
mann, Avoca; Charles Godbey, Alvo;
Rueben Groesser, Weeping Water;
Elton D. Snoke, Eagle; Wm. Brandt,
Nehawka; Clark J. Gonzales, Elm
wood; R. L. Panska, Elmwood; H. L.
Gayer, Plattsmouth; John T. Crozier,
Weeping Water; B. W. Livingston
Plattsmouth: J. W. Murdock, Nehaw
ka; F. A. Burch, Weeping Water;
August Hemke, Murdock; W. O. Bur-
bee, Union; M. P. Fleming, Platts
mouth; F. H. Nichols, Louisville.
ENTERTAINS CLASS
From Thursdays Danv
Last evening Miss Sarah Baird en
tprtainpd the members of her class
in the MPthndist Sundav school at
her home on Main street at a most
delightful Hallowe'en party. ing several days jod or me Dauot
The home was arranged in the Hal- handling. The ballots for the Platts
lowe'en decorations and the table mouth five wards can be handled
very prettily decorated in a color easily as those of Plattsmouth pre
scheme of red and yellow. The fa- cinct and Murray but the outlying
vors of the evening were the tiny precincts in the west end require
Hallowe'en dolls. some time to make the trip.
The time was spent in the playing
of all of the games of the season STORM BRINGS ON WORK
and in bobing for apples at which a!
great deal of enjoyment was derived ' From Saturday's Dany
by all of the members of the party. The enow and Ice that came In
At a suitable hour the hoetesa serv- the wake of the two days rain in
ed dainty and delicious refreshments this locality hag made the life of
that came as the climax of a very the men maintaining the signal sr
pleasant evening. i vice of the railroad lines anything
COMES THROUGH OPERATION
From Saturday's DaJiy
Everett Fulton, 17-year-old son of He was called to Oreapolis yesterday
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fulton of south morning at 3 o'clock and has since
of this city, was operated on Friday been busy there attending to the
at the Immanuel hospital for kidney keeping of the automatic signal ser
trouble from which he has been r vice in active operation and combat
sufferer for a number of years. The ting the handicap of the storm over
case was so severe that it was found the lines that he has the task of
necessary to remove the kidney. The maintaining.
patient came through the operation
in very good shape and while it is a
very Bevere operation is reported as
doing just as well as could possibly
,.,,, ... . , . . , , iety store, is the possessor of one of
altho it will be several days before . , ... ... ,i . ,.
. . . , , . ,, the handsome new models of the
the outcome of the case can be fully , , . ,, v!v . ,
rt t , Buick four door sedan, which he has
aeterminea. jugt received and which will make
. . j . a very .fine car for the family and
A few Cass -county -maps left at pr0vide the beBt in comfort, conven
tie Jonrnal office. 50c each. ience and speed for the family car.
William Hassler,
Old Time Resident
Dies Suddenly
Death Came in Few Seconds as Aged
Man Conversing; xriih Friends
Had Not Eeen DL
From Saturdays Dall
This mornine- at 9:45. as William
e Hassler, veteran blacksmith and one
of the oldest residents of the city,
was conversing with friends at the
city scale house office, he was sud
denly stricken and sitting down,
passed away in a few seconds.
Mr. Hassler had been In his usual
good spirits and while he complained
last evening of not feeling well, he
had arisen as usual this morning and
was apparently in his usual spirits
and was joking and laughing with
M. B. Allen, street commissioner, in
the office of the scale house as he
was stricken down
J,
Allen was the only one pres
ent when the aged man passed away.
Mr. Hassler and he were standing
conversing when Mr. HaHsler sudden-
ly swayed and reaching a tnair sat
down and in an instant the spirit of
life was gone. Mr. Allen hurriedly
summoned Dr. R. P. Westover to the
office, but death bad come instantly
to Mr. Hassler and he was beyond
the aid of human hands.
I The deceased was one of the most
ex-'highly respected and loved residents
of the city and had made his home
In Plattsmouth since lb 6 9, wnen ne
came here as a young man from
Pekin, Illinois, to which place he had
come from his birthplace in Germany,
where he was born on June 21, 1S49.
His lifetime has been spent in this
'community, where he was married in
1S78, the husband and wife observ-
ing their golden wedding several
months ago in this city. He has been
a useful and patriotic citizen in the
community and his services to the
I city and its people have been many
'and of untold value. or many years
he was banker of tho local camp of
the Modern Woodmen of America,
and vtas one of the charter members
of the order in this city and since
Mr. Hassler is survived by the sor-
'rowing wire ana inree cnnaren. anas
Anna Hassler, of Dunkirk, New ork:
William Hassler, Jr., of Lincoln, and
Earl F. Hassler, of Grand Island.
In this hour of deep sorrow and
grief, the sympathy goes out to Mrs.
Hassler and the sons and daughter at
their loss of a loving husband and
father and their loss is shared by the
community where Mr. Hassler had
bee a loved figure for many years
and where he will be missed by hun
dreds who for years have seen him
at his blacksmith shop, which he es
tablished many years ago, giving a
cheery greeting to his friends and a
kindly word to those who passed
his way.
The loss of this good man Is one
that is real to the city of Platts
mouth and lessens the ranks of those
who at an early day assisted In the
development of the city and its ad
vancement. STARTS BALLOT DELIVERY
From Friday's Daily
County Clerk George R. Sayles
started out this morning to deliver
the ballots to the various voting pre
cincts over the county, a no small Job
and especially in view of the weath
er conditions that make travel by
auto anything but comfortable. The
vote this year is expected to be very
heavy and the amount of the ballots
that the clerk will deliver will make
a real load. The task is not as bad
as In the days when train or horse
and buggies were required to reach
the various voting places as the auto
makes
it possible to visit a great
many of the voting places in one
day and relieves the clerk of mak-
but pleasant and Ed McGuire, who
looks after this work at this point
has been on duty almost continu-
ously for tne past forty-elgnt noura.
PURCHASES NEW CAR
From Saturday s Dafly
R. W. Knorr of the Popular Var-
