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ffebr. State Historical Society VOL. No. XLVI PLATTSMOTJTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1930. NO. 22 Damages for Road Placed at $9,000 by Jury In the Creation of Road Through the Elbert Wiles Farm Jury Raises Appraisement The trial of the case of the re location of highway No. 75 just south of this city, was completed in the district court Saturday and a verdict reached late that afternoon placing the amount of damages due Elbert Wiles at the sum of ?9,000. The verdict of the jury increased by fl,000 the amount that had been previously allowed, $8,000, and from which the state department of public works had appealed as had the land owner as well. The appraisement of the land was made on the application of the state department to the county court for the condemnation of the land of Mr. Wiles, the road being through a considerable portion and which cut the farming land into two tracts, which was objected to by the land owner. The appraisers of the land after visiting the scene and checking up the possible loss to the land bjr reason of the highway construction recommended the sum of $S,000. The decision of the appraisers was appealed as both the state and the land owner objected to the settle ments and the hearing of the case occupied all Friday and until past noon Saturday when the case was submitted to the jury for their con sideration and with the result of the verdict that increased the amount of the damage. In the trial of the case Mr. Wiles was represented by Attorney A. L. Tidd of this city while the state de partment or public works was repre sented by Assistant Attorney General Ross Newkirk. FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED From Monday1! Dally The funeral services of Dolores Knffenberger were held on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the St. Paul's Evangelical church, one of the largest that has been held at the church and following the services some 360 persons fiiled past the crb ket of the young girl to pay their last respects. The services were in charge of Rev. O. G. Wichmann, who spoke feelingly of the life of the departed girl, her attachment to the church and her confirmation as an active member of the church a year ago and since which time she has been very active and faithful in the discharge of the obligations of her teachings. The sptcial musical numbers of the service were given by Miss Mar garet Engelkemeier in a solo, "Abide With Me," and the quartet composed of Misses Eva and Dora Wichmann. Miss Margaret Engelkemeier and Miss Grace Mortensen, sang "Beau tiful Isle of Somewhere." The junior choir sang one number, "Face to Face." The pall bearers were selected from the school friends and neigh bors, the young men comprising this group being Ralph Wehrbein. Verner Kaffenberger, Verna Meisinger, Ken neth Rhodes, Leonard Stoehr, Dale Rhodes. FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE From Tuesday" Daily- This morning in the office of the clerk of the district court an action was filed in which Mrs. Alice Haffke was the plaintiff and Fred Haffke, the defendant. The case is one for divorce and in which the plaintiff in her petition states that the parties were married at Plattsmouth on April 3, 1909. The charge in the case is that of cruelty. The petition also asks that the defendant be re strained from disposing of his pro perty and that a suitable division of the property rights of the parties be arranged and that the custody of the minor child be given the plain tiff. J. A. Capwell appears in the action for the plaintiff. STREETS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE The dirt streets over the city are as a whole in the best of shape and with the dry weather that has pre vailed for several months the street department under the direction of Councilman Carl Kunsmann. has been able to have the streets in all parts of the city dragged and placed in good Ehape for the opening of Summer. The hilly dirt roads are a real problem to the city and while the number is growing less by paving projects, still there are a large num ber that are used quite extensively and which keeps the street force busy In trying to keep passible at all times and they have certainly done a good job this season In the work. BUS BACK IN SERVICE The bus of Clarence Cotner which was out of commission Friday eve ning and necessitating the use of another bus, is now back in service and Mr. Cotner was able to make his trips Saturday as usual In the old bus and now the service Is back to normal again. CAUGHT IN BOOZE CASE From Monday's Datty This morning Martin Gulick, 30, of Weeping Water, was in the coun ty court on the charge of having transported one pint of hootch for the purpose of sale, and to which charge he entered a plea of guilty. The court, after hearing the plea of the defendant and the statement of the case, gave the defendant sixty days in jail and a fine of $100 and costs. The defendant - is a resident of Weeping Water, where he has been engaged in farm work and in the quarries until an accident that re sulted in his receiving a broken leg, and it is claimed that he has been largely engaged since in the illicit liquor business and which resulted in his arrest yesterday for the of fense. Eagle Store Robbers Receive Prison Sentence Ed Wharton, 18, to Reformatory and Kenneth Gevan, 21, Draws Penitentiary Term From Tuesday's Dally This morning in the district court before Judge James T. Begley. Ed Wharton, aged eighteen, and Ken neth Gevan, aged twenty-one, were arraigned on the charge of having broken into the store of Valley Trumble at Eagle and stolen goods and articles therefrom. The young men entered a plea of guilty to the charge and Wharton, a first offender and very youthful in appearance, was sentenced to one to seven years in the state reformatory while Gevan was given a fiat sen tence of three years in the state penitentiary. The two young men are part of the gang that was captured at Sut ton a few days ago by state officers following a pursuit from Lincoln and the final round up of the young men in a barn near Sutton where they had sought shelter and to sleep frem their long hours of flight by auto from the scenes of their rob beries. The two here have been implicat ed in robberies at Union and Green wood in this county as well as at Eagle, North Bend, Unadilla and Syracuse, as well as having been en gaged in a number of auto thefts. Wharton claims to have come ori ginally from Michigan .and has been roving over this part of the west, while Gevan claims to be from St. Louis and acknowledged that he had done a term in the state reformatory for breaking and entering at Dunbar in Otoe county. Sheriff Bert Reed will take the two boys to Lincoln as soon as pos sible to "start in on the serving of their sentences. ENTERTAINS FRIENDS FroTr. Tuesday s Danv- The Robert B. Hayes home was the scene of a very pleasant house party the past several days. Miss Jean Hayes having as her guests Miss Ida Eleanor Fetters and Miss "Bata" Fetrow, of Council Bluffs. The young ladies came down Sunday in company with Otto A. Wurl and son. Otto Jr., and they remained over for a part of their Easter vacation here, the ladies returning home this evening. On Monday evening the guests with a number of the local school girl friends of Miss Hayes enjoyed a very happy "come if you wish" the atre party and then the remainder of the evening was spent at the Hayes home in music and the very delicious refreshments that had been prepared for the event. The young ladies on returning to Council Bluffs voted Plattsmouth a very lovely place and a fine group of friendly young people that helped make up the school life of the city. . PLEAD NOT GUILTY From Tuesday's Dally This morning in the county court before Judge A. H. Duxbury, R03- Wilson and William Rourke, both of Louisville, were arraigned on the charge of having stolen some thirty feet of copper wire from the plant of the Ash Grove Cement Co. The two men entered a plea of not guilty to the charge as preferred and the court set the bond at $500 for the men and in failure to supply this they were remanded to the custody of Sheriff Bert Reed. The prelimin ary hearing in the case was set for Thursday, April 17th before Judge Duxbury. SUFFERING FROM SMALLPOX From Tuesday's Dally George Barr of this city, who was operated on last week at the Metho dist hospital at Omaha, is doing just as well as possible following the operation, but his case had been com plicated with a severe attack of smallpox. Mr. Barr had wished to be brought home but this was not possible and he is now isolated under the care of a special nurse and under quarantine and doing very nicely at the last reports. Murray Red Sox Win First Game of Year Game at Murray Well Attended and a Cracking Good Game Af forded the Fans fmm Monday's Dally The Murray Red Sox baseball team won their opening game of the 1930 season Sunday when they defeated the Colored Red Sox of Omaha by the score of 5 to 4 in one of the best contests that has been seen on the Murray grounds. The Plattsmouth players who formed a part of the Murray team were all in their mid-season form and with their associates proceeded to trim their foes, one of the best colored team in the state metropolis, in a contest that was real battle from the start. Alex Schliscke, hurler for the the Plattsmouth-Murray team, was the outstanding star of the game and his pitching and effectiveness in the critical stages of the game held the colored boys from scoring, altho they had the bases filled at one time and looked very dangerous. In their playing Newman at short, Gansemer at second played a fine game and Fay Spidell back of the bat was in his usual hardworking position with plenty of stuff to aid in the winning of the game. The Omaha Colored Sox had a hard hitting shortstop who led his team in batting altho he made one very costly play for his team. The attendance was good and with the fine game played it was a most pleasing start for the season. The lineup of the Murray team was at follows: Gansemer, second base; Svoboda, first: Lund, third; Newman, short; Spidell, catch; Kre jci. right field: Pierce, center field; Sedlacek. left field: Schliscke, pitch. The Omaha Colored Sox: Mack, third base; Morrow, second base; Kirkey, first base; Owen, short; Ar vin, center field; Fellows, left field; Littlejhon, pitch; Grey, right field; Parker, catch. FINISHED CONSTRUCTION OF TRADE SHOW BOOTHS From Monday's Pally American Legion members yester day completed construction of the twenty-six trade show booths, and have the same ready to turn over to the different exhibitors a full ten days ahead of the opening date of the show. This will be a distinct ad vantage over last year, when decora tors were forced to work night and clay getting the booths ready because they had not been completed early enough to permit getting the work done in regular hours. All available booth space was en gaged nearly three weeks ago, and double the present number of exhibi tors could be secured if there were only sufficient space to accommodate them. Legionnaires are asked to turn out in force Tuesday night and help give the building a general cleaning-up, arranging dressing rooms for the style show and completing the dec oration of the stage. Vaudeville acts are being booked for several nights and there will be a dance Saturday night. The style show feature promises to eclipse that at last year's show. JURY HANGS ON CASE From Tuesday's Dany The jurv which was given the case of James Alloway vs. Frank Ross and lirth Ross, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, was still deliberating over the issues of the case this noon. This action is one involving some $450 of property, live stock and furniture, which the plaintiff claimed to have detained by the defendants while the defendants claimed the property to have been a gift from the plaintiff to the defendants, Mrs. Ross being a daughter of the plaintiff. In the county court the plaintiff was given damages of $50 while the defendants also claim damages. SHOW FOUR GENERATIONS The World-Herald has a very in teresting picture shown in their is sue of Monday evening of four gener ations and in which a Plattsmouth family is largely represented. The portrait is of Anton Tuma of Omaha with his daughter, Mrs. W. P. Sitz man of this city and her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Sealock of Omaha and Master William Sealock, who repre sents the fourth generation. Mrs. Sealock was formerly Miss Margaret Sitzman of this city. TAKE BOYS TO PRISON From Wednesday's Dally This morning Sheriff Bert Reed and Deputy Sheriff Rex Young de parted for Lincoln where they took the two young men, Ed Wharton and Kenneth Gevan, to start serving their sentences for the robbery of the Trumble store at Eagle. Wharton is to serve from one to seven years in the state reformatory while Gevan has a fiat sentence of three years In the state penitentiary facing him. DEATH OF FRANK PRINCE The death of Frank Prince, 4 6, occurred Sunday night at the St. Joseph's hospital at Omaha where Mr. Prince was taken on last Tues day, suffering from, a very severe case of high blood pressure and heart trouble. The patient has been in poor health for a number of years and his condition had become such that his recovery was the matter of the gravest doubt and he was sent to the hospital to give him what care was possible. He sustained a stroke early Sunday morning and his sin ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Chovanec, of this city were called to his side and remained until the end. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Prince, old residents here and who have preceded the son in death. He has made his home here for a great many, years and since the death of the parents hjis residede with his sister, Mrs. John Chovanec, on the farm southeast of the city. Bring Young Bandits Here to be Tried Sheriff Bert Reed and Constable Tom Svoboda To Retnrn Two of Men Canght at Sutton From Monday's Daily Sheriff Bert Reed left this morning in company with Constable Tom Svo boda for Lincoln where they were called to take over two of the quar tet of young men captured at Sutton on Thursday. The quartet have con fessed to State Sheriff Condit and his force their connection with a large number of robberies in various points in Nebraska nid including stores at Greenwood, Eagle and Un ion as well as auto thefts in Cass county. The duet of robbers had a short career after their rcrobery of the store at Greenwood and Eagle, as their car was discovered in Lincoln and the men, all of whom are young men, were traced to a barn on a farm near Sutton and wb-jjre they were captured by state ofiicerB and hrought back to Lincoln. The investigation of the case by the state sheriff re vealed the fact that the parties had been implicated in a great many robberies over this section of the state and the men will be turned over to the county officials of the several counties to be prosecuted for their offenses. Michael Hild Files for Clerk of District Court Will Seek Nomination on the Demo cratic Ticket for This Office at the Primaries. From Monday's Tallv This morning another entry was made for the August primary, when Michael Hild, one of the well known democratic leaders of the county, filed his name for the nomi nation for the office of clerk of the district court on his party ticket. Mr. Hild is well known over the entire county, as he served for a number of years in the office of the county treasurer and was deputy in that office under Miss Mia U. Ger- mg. He is a memner 01 one or ine prominent families of the county. for many years making his home on the farm west of Mynard. later mov ing to this city, where he engaged in business for a number of years. He has been engaged for the past vear in extra work at the court house in the various offices and is an ex pert in the line of bookkeeping and clerical work. This is the first democratic filing for this office, although C. E. Ledg- way, the present deputy in the office. is a candidate on the republican ticket for the office. DIES AT IMPERIAL Mrs. Frank Raker, former Elm wood lady, died on last Tuesday at the family home at Imperial after a short illness and the body was brought back to the old home at Elm wood on Friday and the services held at that place. Mrs. Raker was form erly Miss Jessie Miller of Elmwood and has resided in the west for a great many years. The deceased lady was a sister-in-law of Mrs. W. E. Rosencrans of this city and well known to a large number of Platts mouth people as she has been a vis itor here many times. ARREST LOUISVILLE MEN Deputy Sheriff Rex Young was at Louisville Sunday where he took into custody Roy Wilson and W. R. Rourke, who it was alleged had been caught taking property belonging to the Ash Grove Cement company. The' property taken was wire and other material. The men were brought here and lodged in the county jail to await a filing of a" complaint against' the men. William Baird President of the Rotary Club Well Known Local Rotarian to Head Club Other Officers Are Selected From Tuesday's Xiaiiy The Plattsmouth Rotary club held a very interesting meeting this ncor at which time the annual election of officers was held and which brought as the head of the club, William Baird, superintendent of the local Burlington shops and one of the popular and well known members of the club. Mr. Baird being named as successor to Dr. J. S. Livingston. The other officers named were Dr. Livingston as the vice-president, George K. Petring, secretary, L. O. Minor, treasurer, S. S. Davis and E. II. Sehulhof, directors and Carl Ofe as sergeant at arms. The new president was warmly greeted by the associates at the an nouncement of the election and Billy," as he is officially known among the members of the club was heartily congratulated by the asso ciates who had joined in naming him as the executive head of the club. The meeting was under the leader ship of Mayor John P. Sattler and was featured by a very fine musical offering by Bobby Jensen and Her bert Minor, sons of Rotarians, who gave several very fine instrumental numbers in the course of the pro gram. R. W. Knorr took up the discus sion of the countries covered by in ternational Rotary by giving a very fine word picture of Guatemala, the Central American nation where cof fee, sugar and bananas are the basic crops. ' The review of the Rotary maga zine was given by L. D. Hiatt and was filled with much interest. WILL PRESENT CANTATA On Easter evening at the Pres byterian church, the triumphant Easter message will be given in song and biblical story. At this time the choir of twenty-six voices, under the efficient direction of Miss Ruth Lind say, will render a Cantata entitled "Victory" by Henry Wildemere. Those who have heard the splendid anthems rendered by the choir dur ing the year, know they have a war ranted anticipation in the Easter Cantata. - The part taken by the choir in each worship hour is both devot ional and inspirational. Without the choir, the service would seem very incomplete. While all admit this fact, few realize the hours of time contributed by the choir members, that the music of the service be well rendered. The anthems which are an uplift to the audience on Sabbath morning, many times have been in progress of rehearsal for several weeks. The weekly "choir practice night," is of course a pleasure to those who love to sing, but it also means an evening of real work add ed to a full duty day. Let us show the choir a real ap preciation of their faithful services during the whole year, and especial ly now in the rendition of the Eas ter Cantata, by attending this serv ice next Sabbath evening at eight o'clock. The program in full will be an nounced in Friday's paper. BOOSTING BASEBALL W. T. Distell of this city has been appointed as the county manager of the American Legion Junior base ball league and is now busy plan ning with the aid of the several posts to have some good teams of the youngsters in the game this year. The teams will include largely boys from twelve to sixteen and it is the hope of Mr. Distell to have at least one team in Louisville, Nehawka, Greenwood and Elmwood where there are Legions posts and two teams in this city, to make an even balanced league of six teams, altho the other places may organize as many teams as they wish to join the league. The Elks lodge here at their meet ing last night voted to help the cause along by the assistance in the get ting up of a team and which with the others over the county should make a very interesting summer for the youthful ball players. FIND FOR DEFENDANT From Wednesday's Dally The jury in the case of James Alloway vs. Frank Ross and Mirth Ross, which was out deliberating on the issues of the case from Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, returned a verdict last night at 6 o'clock and finding for the defendant in the ac tion. The jury verdict was that the right to the property in dispute and the right to the possession of the property had been in the defendants at the time of the commencement of the action. The jury found the value of the property in favor of the de fendant and at the sum of $446. Following the verdict the members of the jury had tried the case were ex cused from the service for the term. Read the Jonrnal Want Ads. ACCEPTS NEW POSITION Miss Mary Ilobscheidt, who has for a great many years been identified in the business houses of the city, has accepted a position at the Harry Kruger Paint and Wall Paper store on North "Sixth street and will be loerttd there in the future. Miss Ilobscheidt is a lady of the most pleasant personality and her cour tesy to the patrons and ability in the work as clerk and bookkeeper will make her a very valuable as sistant to Mr. Kruger. Miss Hob scht :dt was for many years with the H. M. Soennichsen grocery as book keeper and later with the Hinky- Dinky store. The many friends of Miss Ilobscheidt will be pleased to learn that she is again to become a part of the business section of the city. Odd Fellows En joy a Visit from Grand Master Many Visitors Here From Lonisville, Greenwood, Havelock and Om aha for the Event From "Wednesdays Daily Last evening Platte lodge No. 7, of the I. O. O. F. enjoyed a visit from a group of the distinguish ed members of the order and headed by Grand Master William Dunn of Sutherland. Nebraska, and Grand Secretary E. S. Davis of North Platte. The occasion was also made not able by a large delegation present from Omaha as representatives of the encampment and Odd Fellows from Louisville, Gre.enwood. and Havelock also here to join the Platts mouth lodge in the greetings to the grand master of the order for the state of Nebraska. The lodge was presided over by Rev. H. E. Sortor, noble grand and who introduced the visitors. Grand Master Dunn gave a very fine talk on the work of the order in the state as did the grand secre tary. Mr. Davis, and which was very much enjoyed as the speakers cov ered the work of this great frater nity in the state und the -many not able acts that had marked the wrok of the order. During the course of the evening Hans Siever, one of the veteran mem bers of the local lodge was presented with a jewel in honor of his thirty years of membership in the Platte lodge and the I. O. O. F. of Nebras ka, Mr. Seiver having been one of the faithful workers in the order for all of the 3rears since his initiation and whose service has largely aided the advancement of the order in this city. At the conclusion of the lodge ses sion a very fine social time was en joyed and which was featured by a fine luncheon. HERE FROM CALIFORNIA From "Wednesday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Deets, from Riverside. California, arrived in Plattsmouth yesterday afternoon for a few days visit with old friends in this cit3 Mrs. Deets was formerly Miss Emma Myers, who for several years was engaged in the millinery business in this city. The trip from Riverside was made by auto, leaving thre two weeks aero next Monday morning, but making several stops along the way. They report a very fine journey all the wa- through, good roads and wonderful weather, right up to the time they light in Cass county, tough detours with no markings, and if the Platte river had dried up since Miss Myers left Plattsmouth they would still be traveling northward, but when they arrived at the river she found her bearings. It looks to us as though it were the "duty of someone to see that all these detours were properly marked for the travelers. The trip was made over the south ern route, coming up through Colo rado and Kansas, and Mr. Deets says that crops in the southern portion of both states are looking wonder ful. After a few days here Mr. and Mrs. Deets will go on to Sterling, Illinois, where they will spend the summer at the old home of Mr. Deets. WAS A REAL SAND LITTER Those who see Joe Benak in his daily rounds with his milk route or engaged in his work at the dairy farm north of this city, would hardly realize that Joe was one of the sand lotters around Omaha. The World Herald, of Sunday carried a picture of the "J. V. D.'sV a youthful team of 1902 in Omaha and in this Joe appears as utility man. The picture is of the days when the ball players used the old time padded pants as a protection to the players from the strenousness of the sport. PASS BILLION MARK New York The great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company Tuesday report ed that sales for the fiscal year end ed Feb. 28 exceeded $1,000,000,000 for the first time. Net profit totalled $26,219,631, equal to 511.78 a share on the outstanding common shares after preferred dividends. Suit for $5,000 Follows Auto and Wagon Smash Snit Filed in Cass Connty for Acci dent Occuring on the D. L. D. Last December Frnm "Wednesday's Dally This morning a damage suit or $5,0o0 was filed hi the office of the clerk of the district court in whic h Mrs. Man'e A. Tyler is the plaintiff and William Bell and John Do-, et al. are the defendants. The petition of the plaintiff al leges that on December 21. 1929, the plaintiff was riding in an auto driven by her husband, W. 15. Tyler, on the I). L. D. highway in Cass county, that the defendant's hired man was engaged in hauling shelled corn in a wasron and that the wagon was left on the surfaced highway, the horses unhitched and the wagon standing as the car of the plaintiff's husband came along. There was a large amount of the loose corn scat tered on the roadway that was not. step, by the driver of the Tyler car and which ran into the corn caus ing the car to swing over and get beyond the control of the driver and the car then crashed into the rear of the wagon. As the result of the collision the plaintiff claims to have been cut about the face and head and suffered other injuries that have since affected her health. The plain tiff asks that $5,000 be placed as the amount due for the injuries suf fered by the plaintiff. It is alleged that the defendant's hired man in charge of the wagon violated the rules of the road in the leaving of the car where it was when the Tyler car struck it. CLASS HAS LONG CAREER The Young Men's Bible class of the Methodist Sunday school is now starting on its twenty-fifth year as a part of the Sunday school, a quar ter of a century that has been filled with the greatest of interest and stimulation to the church and also bringing into the ranks of the class young men from all -walks of life. The class has just held its elec tion of officers and the following have been named to head the class for the year: President A. H. Duxbury. Vice-President R. E. Kelly. Secretary W. L. Heinrich. Treasurer Howard Davis. Song Leader John E. Turner. Teacher E. H. Wescott. It was in 1906 when at the open ing of the year the matter of a room and separate organization for the young men and their class was dis cussed and it was found that there was not room in the church proper to house the class and accordingly this group of some eight young men and their teacher decided to provide a place and commenced the task of excavating under the northeast corn er of the church building and by diligent labor a small room was dug from the clay soil, the wall? placed and the class moved into its new home. The class was first chartered un der the adult class department of the Methodist board of Sunday schools and those who signed the charter roll were Hugh Cecil, Edwin White, David G. White, James Ris hel, Pr-ul Morgan, George M. Hall, Clyde Martin. Edward Roman. Lee Barnes. Of the class Edward White passed away a number of years ago and the other members with one exception are living in widely scat tered secitons of the country, James B. Rishel is the only charter mem ber still residing here. In all of the years since the start of the class on April G. 190fi. the class has had but one teacher, E. H. Wes cott, who has been with the class every Sunday that it was possible and the days that the teacher has been absent from his task have been few indeed. He has extended the welcoming hand to the class members each Sunday, has helped arrange their many interesting lectures and banquets as well as the social meet ings, he has shared the personal joys and sorrows of the members of the class and at the close of almost a quarter of a century is still telling the story of the bible in the weekly lessons that the young men and those no longer youthful love to hear. The class has a wonderful history to look back upon and the associa tions of the members and the teach ers have been that of comradeship in their common faith and friendships. There are few classes in the Sunday schools of the smaller cities that have a record as pleasant and worth while to look back upon as has the Y. M. B. C. DRAGGED EY HER HAIR, BUT SHE'LL W.LJJ iiXM. Los Anceles. CaL. April 12. Sev eral months aeo Lena L. Critchfield, 1 Hollywood dancer, swore to a battery ! complaint against Edward Frank Mills, wealthy shoe manufacturer, as ! serting he dragged her out of a house by her hair. Today they filed notice of intention to wed.