Nebr. Stale Historical Society
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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.
