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Nebr. Stale Historical Society 4 VOL. NO. L PIATTSMOUTH, IfEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1934. NO. 15 Piattsmouth Scouts are Given Advancement Piattsmouth Troop Has largest Dele gation at the Court Over 200 in. Attendance. From Thursday's Daily A large delegation, rrom Piatts mouth atended the district Court of Honor for Boy Scouts at Peru last evening. The court was held in the auditorium of the Training School building on the campus. Over two hundred were in attendance and it was the largest court which has con vened in this district since it became a part of the Cornhusker council. The board of examiners met at 7: SO ,and passed finally upon all awards to be made, and the meeting opened promptly at eight o'clock. Rev. Dutton and Prof. Claybourn of Peru were local men who presided over the session. Superintendent of schools at Ne braska City, M. R. Shrader, district advancement director, presided over the proceedings of the court proper, while the Peru Scouts conducted the opening ceremonials, including the flag salute and Scout oath. Instru mental music and a short dialogue demonstrating Scout benefits were also contributed by the Peru Scouts. Among the various towns of the district comprising four counties, Piattsmouth had the largest number present twenty-nine. Advancement among Piattsmouth Scouts has been marked during the past few months, and reflects the work being done by Scoutmasters Larson and Reeder, their assistants and the patrol lead ers. Mr. G. Li. Taylor, familiarly known among the boys as "Doc" is advancement director of the local troop, and presented all merit awards. Honors for Piattsmouth were as fohows: Rank of Second Class Elmore Brink, John Cloidt, Gavin Farmer, Earl Pitman, James Sandin, Allen White, John K. Bestor. Rank of First Class Warren Reed, William Rosencrans, Robert L. Tay lor, James Webb. Merit Award; John Rishel, Wil liam Evers, George Mark, Richard Yelick, Stephe'i Davis, Burton Rishal. Mr. Lee Haibottle, assistant execu tive of the Cornhusker Council was rresent, and in his most genial man ner assisted in the ses-Fion of the court, at the conclusion of which, he held a short conference with the Scouters present. Cars for the trip were furnished by G. L. Taylor, J. E. Turner, J. R. Reeder, S. S. Davis, J. J. Cloidt and Harry White. Scouts Alton Roland, Francis Lib ershal and E. II. Wescott also at tended. SUSPECT SUICIDE CASE Investigation of the death of Her bert Schliefert, which occurred on Tuesday night at the farm of David Parriott, near Ashland, leads to the belief that the young man came to hi3 death by poison apparently self administered. A search was made of the route that was taken by Schliefert from hi3 home to that of his neighbor and along the road a bottle partially fill ed with whiskey was found, and which seemed to have some crystal formations mixed in the whiskey. Tests made of the liquor indicated the presence of choral hydrate in the whiskey while the taste strongly re cembled that of strychnine, the choral having a tendency to check the severe convulsions that are char acteristic of the strychnine poison ing. The contents of the stomach was taken to Lincoln by Deputy Sheriff Lancaster for analysis at the state university and the findings are ex pected to be received here by County Attorney W. G. Kieck as well as the tests by experts of the contents of the bottle that might have carried the fatal drink. County Attorney J W. G. Kieck will probably have the inquest as soon as the reports ,re all received as to the death, to fully reach all the facts and allow the jury to determine the cause of death. Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Wiles of Weeping Water were among the visi tors in the city today to look after some business matters and visiting with friends. AN OLD TIMER HERE Frank E. Warren of this city, one of the old time residents of the com munity, was observing his sixty-second birthday Wednesday, having been born March 21, 1372 at Bedford, Iowa. His sojourn in Iowa was brief as he was brought here by his par ents in 1S74 and barring a number of years spent in Denver has made this city his home. Charles Warrsn, fath er of Frank, was engaged here as a barber for many years and later moved to Cedar Creek where he died. Mr. Warren grew to manhood here and was an employs of the store de partment of the Burlington for years or until that department was re moved. He has in recent years served as night clerk at the Hotel Riley. Harold Meyers Scores Catch of Record Bass Well Known Weeping Water Resi dent Lands Seven Pound, 12 Ounce Fish Last Evening From Thursday's Daily Harold Meyers of Weeping Water, well known sportsman of that city, Wednesday evening secured the catch of what seems to be a record break ing big mouth bass, landing a fish that weighed at Weeping Water, sometime after catching, seven pounds and twelve ounces. The fiih was caught in one of the lakes near Louisville, where Mr. Meyers, in company with County Agent D. D. Wainscott. R. M. Wall ing and District Clerk C. E. Ledgway, had motored after the business cares cf the day to try their hand at fish ing. The fish struck three times at the hook before it was finally caught and made a great battle against be- Scoutsjing landed and it v.as impossible to bring the fish entirely to shore on the reel and the cervices of the clerk of the court were called upon to assist in getting the beautiful fish on the bank of the lake. The fishermen state that this is a record fish and it weighed appar- cntiy in the neighborhood of eight pounds when first taken from the water, it being some time before the proud possessor of the fish could reach home and have the fish weighed. The fish measured twenty-four inches in length and sixteen and a quarter inches in girth, being a re cord catch of this type of fish in the opinion of the fishermen. The fish was photographed and Mr. Meyers is planning on having it mounted as a trophy of his skill as an angler. PREPARE FOR ELECTION The residents of Louisville are pre paring for their annual election which will be held on Tuesday, April 3rd, they making the selection at that time of members of the village board for the ensuing year. The Progressive party, of which the present members of the board are member?, held their convention on Monday evening and re-nominated the members of the board for another term, Dr. E. H. Worthman, John Busche and Chris Gauer. K. V. White served as the chairman of the con vention while A. Lundcigen was the secretary. The Citizens convention, which was held a few hours after that of the Progressives, was presided over by ! Elmer Sundstrom as chairman and G. W. Hart as the secretary. The candidates named by the party were Dave Sjogren, F. T. Reichart and G. W. Hart . Sjogren and Reichart later declined and Arthur Nelson and Charles Knutson were drafted to make the race. The members of the board of edu cation alro were named at the school meeting. Dr. E. II. Worthman, Mrs. W. S. McGrew, G. W. Hart and La Rue Williams bejng placed on the ballot and from this list two of the members will be selected ATTEND HEARING TODAY From Friday's Daily A. D. Zaar and William Kleiser of South Bend, with Attorney J. C. Bryant and Mra. Tillie Henry of Ash land were in the city today to attend the hearing in the county court in the estate of Oscar Zaar, deceased. Mr. Zaar and Mrs. Henry are bro ther and sister of the deceased. Spring Sports High School Attract Many a. Coach Fred Rothert Givin? Spring Fcoiball to Rockies and Also Staging Track, Easeball. The spring sports program at the local high school is one of tho busiest cf years and with the fine athletic field that is now almost near com pletion, the various sports can be staged successfully. Coach Rothert has had the boys out for workouts the past several nights. Thera is the regular spring track program which will have some excel lent material from last year': team as well as the younger classmen who J are out this year. Ia the short heats there is some very fast boys, Howard Hirz, William Crouch, Earl Lamber son and William Jensen being in this clars. while Oliver Taylor is looking good as a milcr. One of the bright spots of last year was the work of Wayno Hiner in the high jump and pole vault and he should be even bel ter this se-asou. Maynard McCleary showed well ia the vault also. Ken neth Armstrong should go places in the broad jump this season. The spring football practice has brought out a number of fins huskies from the coming freshman class who will be heard from later in the blue and white with these left from the 1333 squad will bear the brunt of the battles on the gridiron next season. The baseball team has attracted a large number of the students to whom football cr track does not appeal and a good lineup can be looked for dur ing the spring season. The school has seme good fast ball players who have enjoyed this sport each summer after school and have a good knowl edge cf the game. With the array of spjii c.euts the athletic ueyartuitnt of the school should supply plenty of activity for the students from now until the close of the school year in May. HOLD DISTRICT CODE MEET Wednesday evening the retail food and grocery dealers of Cass and Otoe county met at Nebraska City to dis-i-as-i th? code regulations that apply to their several lines of business. There was a very large attendance cf the retail men of the towns of the two counties. II. G. Soennichsen of this city was in charge of the meet ing and introduced P. J. Kaupel of Lincoln, secretary of the state code authority and who explained the pro posed code. This code wa3 signed on Decem ber 29th and became effective on January 6th, but applies only to cities of 2,500 and over .eliminating the smaller communities from the effects of the act. There will be state and district setup? or committees that will have charge of receiving and investigating complaints, the local or district com mittee first, taking up the matter of violations and if unable to reach an agreement would place the matter in the hands of the state committee and if no agreement was arrived at then tha matter would be handled from Washington, where the power to send the complaint to the U. S. district at torney was lodged. At the Nebraska City meeting there were nominations made for the several classifications of the commit tee, II. G. Soennichsen of IGA store here to represent the independent stores, Leslie Y inters, manager of the Hinky-Dinky, to represent the chain stores. The wholesale and job bers representatives and that of co operative stores will be sent from Nebraska City. On next Wednesday there will be a mass meeting here and at which time the selection of the committee will be made permanent. This committee will cover the fifth of the nineteen districts of the state and this district will comprise Cass and Otoe counties. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Sitzman of Weeping Water, were in the city for a short time today, visiting their daughter, Mrs. Floyd Gerbeling and family and also looking after some business matters. Journal Wam-Atis set results! good slogan to observe. STANDARD BEARERS The March meeting of the Stand ard Bearers, was held at the heme of Miss Beatrice Arn, with Miss Mar jcrie Schwennikcr assisting. The girls arrived immediately af ter school and a delicious lunch wan served at once by the hostessss. Tho favors found on th" plates were a pleasant surprise, and were enthus iastically received. A brief lesson, under the topic, "Prevention Is Better Than Cure," was given i:i five fhort stories by Mrs. Barkus, the counsellor. This was followed by a discussion of "Some Mistake You Can Avoid," in which all took part. As a fitting con clusion, brief prayers were given several of the girls. Arrest Two for Robbery- of Takott Home Two Greenwood 3oys Admit Guilt in Loctirg Hone cf Physician; Arrastel Thursday. The burglary of the residence of Dr. N. D. Talcott, well known Graen wood physician, which has been un der investigation by Sheriff Homer Sylvester since the robbery on Mon day night, culminated Thursday night in the arrest of two Greenwood school boys for the offense. The two youths finally acknowl edged that they had taken the money from the Talcott home, stating that some $30 had been secured, altho it had been reported to the officers that between $G0 and $70 had been se cured. It had been suspected that the burglary was the work of some local person and accordingly a. check was kept at the request wf tlie sheriff on the actions of a number of the younger people as to the unusual ex penditure of money. Tho two boys had been followed to Lincoln where they seemed to have considerable more money than the circumstances would warrant and this was report ed to the sheriff who at once had them taken into custody. The two boys when brought here acknowledged their part in the tak ing of the money and were ready to acknowledge their guilt in the mat ter. O.n their return from Lincoln they had concealed 314 in the slot of one of the windows in the door of their car and this amount was recov ered to be restored to the owner. MANY ATTEND MEETING From Friday's Daily A large number of the members cf the congregation cf the First Methodist church of this city, were at Omaha today to attend the all day meeting which was being held as a part of the program of the Foreign Missionary society of the church. The national vice-president of the society is returning to her home in the east from Honolulu, where she has been gathering data on the work of the society in the Pacific islands, stopping over at Omaha for a meet ing with the members of the society. The meeting was held at the First Methodist church at Omaha and the morning was taken up in conferences among the various groups that rep resented the churches in and near Omaha, followed at the afternoon cession by the address of the national vice-president. The occasion was one of the great est interest and which brought to gether several hundred of the mis sionary society workers in this part of Nebraska. RETURNS WITH BRIDE Maynard Tritsch, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Tritsch, who has spent the last two years in the southwest, engaged in looking after seme con struction work in southern Arizona, has returned to this county and bringing with him his bride. Mr. and Mrs. Tritsch are expecting to engage in farming the coming season and Mr. TriUch will have charge of the home farm west of this city and east of Louisville. The many friends will be pleased to extend their best wishes to the young people on their wedding and glad to learn that they will be residents of this community. IF VTiMvni'An is Named to the District Bench Appointment Made by Gcv. Bryan Late Fiiday afternoon; Holds Court Here Today. The- long r.waited appfjintmcnt of a judge for the second judicial dis trict cf Nebraska, succeeding the late Judge James T. Begley, was made late cn Friday afternoon by Gover nor Charles W. Bryan, designating D. W. Livingston of Nebraska City ,)V!as the new Iudrre. i There had been a large number of the members of the bar of Cass, Otoa and Sarpy counties mentioned in con nection with the office but the most prominent of these had been Judge Livingston, W. W. Wilson of Ne braska City and D. O. Dwyer of this -, - DAN W. LIVINGSTON city. The governor had been urged strongly by the bar and by other judges to make the appointment a'3 soon as possible that pending liti gation might be taken up." 'In announcing the appointment of Judge Livingtcn at Lincoln, Gover nor Bryan gftve the statement to the press: "He has an unusual ability as a lawyer," said the governor, "and en joys a large practice over the state. He has served his district in the leg islature and probably has as wide an acquaintance as anyone thruout hi.i district. Livingston is counsel fcr the Lincoln branch of the Home Own ers Loan corporation and is about 60 years old. He served as representa tive in the state legislature in 1927. The Second judicial district consists of Otoe, Cass and Sarpy counties." Governor Bryan note;d that Judge Begley had been on the bench about twenty years and that Otoe county had not furnished tho district judge for "upward of thirty years." He had taken this into consideration, he added, in making the appointment. "It has been very difficult for mo I to make a decision in this appoint- ment on account of the richness of the district in material from which to select a man of outstanding abil ity," he said. "I feel that the ap pointment will be upheld by the judg ment of the people." The new judge of the second dis trict is one of the best known mem bers of the bar of southeastern Ne braska and has longe been engaged in the price of his profession and among the leaders of the Otoe coun ty bar. Judge Livingston also has been one of the active leaders of the democratic party of the state, serv ing as state representative as well as county attorney of Otoe county. In the past Judge Livingston has com manded strong support for the judg chip, having been considered at the time of the appointment of Judge Eegley in 1912 and at the last elec tion was a candidate at the general election for the office. Judge Livingston will 'jrlng to the bench a wide knowledge of the law from a long and brilliant career as a membrr of the bar and his selec tion will be pleasing to the many friends over the second district. Thi3 is the first time in many years that the judgeship has been held by a member of the Otoe county bar, the last being Judge Paul Jes sen, head of the court from 1900 to 190S, when he was succeeded by the late Judge Harvey D. Travis, who held the office until his death in 1912 and was succeeded by Judge James T. Begley, then a resident of Papillion, but who later moved to this city to be nearer the center of the district. Prior to the time of Judge Jessen, Judge S. M. Chapman and B. S. Ramsey of thi3 city served the bench of tlie district, which then comprised Otoe and Cass counties Sarpy being added later. Judge Livingston was in the city today to take up the matter of hear ing the application of thi Bank or Murdoch for an injunction to restrain tlie state department of banking from closing the banking hous:. Tho newly appointed judgo was the recipient of an jinproirpto n t; tion at the court house from the nfii ccrs cf the county, members of tho bar and frb-nds. of Death of Her bert Schliefert Tests of State Ch;mist ol Stomach and Contents of Eottle Find Strych nir.2 and Choral Hydrate. The report of the analysis of the contents of the stomach of Herbert Schliefeit, 3 4, who died suddenly Tuesday night at a farm near Ash land, has been received at the of fice of ShsriiT Sylvester and shows that the ycung men Lad died of poi soning. The tests showed that the contents of the stomach cs well as that of a partially filled bottle of whiskey found along the roadway where Schliefert had come to the Parriott farm, contained strychniae and choral hydrate in sufficient quantities to have caused death. The examination cf the stomach and liquid was made by C. J. Frank furter of tho state university at the request of the Cass county officers to determine the cause of death. The inquest in the ca.-c will prob ably be held the first part of the com ing week when tlie tacts m the case as far as can be learned will be pre sented and the matter of the manner of the death b. jury in the case. determined by the FILES FOR COIIIvIISlICNEE From Saturday's Dally The firct filing lor the office of county commissioner in the third dis trict was made this morning at the oHice of County Treasurer John E. Turner, when William Bomemeier, of ElnnvooJ precinct, made his fil ing for the republican nomination. Mr. Bcrnemior, whose postoffice address is Elmwood, is a life long resi dent of that section of Cass county and is engaged in farming, being en gaged in this occupation since boy hood. He i3 a member of one of the well known families of the west por tion of Cass county and his friends will be interested in learning that ho is to enter the political arena in the ausuh pi unarms. The primary as well as the general election for commissioner is confined to the third district which includes the Elmwccd, Greenwood, Stove Creek, Tipton, Salt Creek, Weeping Water, South Bend precincts, and Weeping Water city. The third district ha3 been reprc rented for a number cf years by Fred II. Gordcr, democrat, of Weeping Water. RETURNS FROM HOT SPRINGS From Saturday's Daily Father George Agius,, pastor of the St. John's church, who has been spending the past two weeks at Hot Arkarsas, returned home ! last evening. Father Agius is much improveil from his stay at the health resort where he was taking baths and treatment at the St. Joseph sani tarium, one of the largest institu tions in the well known health resort. Father Agius states that the weather ha3 been fine there and he was much surprised to find the semi-winter con ditions prevailing here. iS EYE REMOVED From Saturday's Daily John A. Libershal, who had one of his eyes injured several dajs a.-o, was operated on today at the Meth odist hospitul at Omaha for the re moval of theinjured eye. The eye was injured while Mr. Libershal was burning some trash, apparently a piece of glass flying in the eyeball and lodging there. Efforts were made to save the eye but without fucccsd and in order to give the pttient re lief it was found reccs3; ry to re move the ey. Eastern Star Has Visit from Dist. Supervisor Mr; Hay Helhnssv.orth of Milford Here to Visit Heme Clnj.tcr Praise fc :r bhovn:rr. Ilonip chapter No. 160, Order the Eastern Star, had the pleasure of having with them at their noting tliis week, Mr; oi .Mil ford, tho . May lIcIli!-.:r:;vvO!t!i, district supervisor of the order. There was a very lare attendanco of the membership present and the chapter officer.! conducted the initia tory work of the order in a very im pressive manner which was leviewed by the representative of the grand I chapter. j Miss Clara Weyrich, secretary of the local chapter, was presented as a grand representative, having been ap pointed recently as the representative of the grand chapter of Texas to t lie grand chapter of Nebraska. Tlie chap ter members are much pleased that this honor has come to one of their membership. Mrs. Ilollingsworth was delighted with the showing of the local chap ter and gave praise to the chapter for it.: efficient showing in all depart ments and the officers for the splen did v.' ay in which they had carried en the ritualistic work. Refreshments were served by the committee at the conclusion of the evening. HONOR DEPARTMENT HEADS From Saturday's Pally The employes of the Piattsmouth exchange of the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co. last evening tender ed a very delightful informal recep tion at the exchange building to the new department heads and their ladies. The reception was arranged to honor Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mistier, Mr. and Mrs. Claud? Helms and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gent. Tlie evening was spent pleasantly at cards and in the bridge contests Mrs. Ray Misner was awarded the prize for the high score, while in the pinochle games the prizes were won by Mr. and Mrs. John Potter and that of the most successful rummy player was Vern Hutchison. During the course of the evening dainty and delicious r.:frer;hmc nts were served that added to tlie en joyment of all of the members of the party and which afforded all an op portunity to become better acquaint ed. ATTENDS STATE MEETING Miss Bernice Arn, Cass county community nurse, was at Lincoln Thursday where she was in ance at a conference held state and regional directors attend by tho in this line of community service. There were representative.; from ten counties of the state in attend ance at the meeting and much inter est shown by the workers in the dis cussion of the plana for the coming summer. Randall Biart, state emergency re lief director, was the principal speak er of the occasion and gave a fine statement of the conditions and the plans cf the work in the state. Maynard Hayr.es. federal CWA di- rector was alro on the program and gave i angles very fine tr.lk on tho various of the wc;l: In ti e stal". CALLED ON SAD MISSION Mrs. Amanda Harri-; ii at Ed:!y ville, Nebraska, where r!n fail ed by the death of her granddaugh ter, Dorothy Richard", 5, who pasred away on Wednesday at the family home in that city. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richards. The funeral services were held today at Eddyvillc and Mrs. Harri j is expecting to return home Saturday. SETTLE IN NEW H0I.1E Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Farney. who are residing here during work on tho river improvement contract which the Farney Co. has the contract, have located in the residence of Mrs. D. C. Morgan on North Clh street. Mrs. Morgan also has an apartment at the home.