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PAGE THREE MONDAY, APRIL 1927. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL Crisis Near Over Bootleg Coal tTo"Rule;at Ball AVOCA NEWS Preview of Summer. Millin ery 7 Ft- 'v . . "v v i:Mvi- ; -'.J '.,; J-?' - .Vk : V "Jv. - r.:: - ' -f. -,. ?i Screening coal 11 ,3 Llvl 0" x-v- j called to look after and John friends in Governor Carle Vx.V.v ton!"5' i--CSf .ss-v c "Booties mine" shaft By CHALMERS TERRY ; Commission Appointed International Illnsiroted Neus - Claiming that their extra-legal ac Fcnture Writer J tivities are an economic necessity. HARRISEURG. Nov.- that the-the coai bootleggers have won them stubborn auto strikes have been set-: selves considerable popular senti tled by Gov. Frank Murphy of Mich-in,ent when the owners provide igan, eyes of the nation are focusing I steady work, the racket w ill cease, on Gov. George Earle of Pennsylvania j tne miners say. as he seeks to solve the perplexing! Fact,(i viih a situation as serious coal bootlegging situation which has;as that of the automobile manufac risen as a major menace to the peace ; tnrers when their plants were held of Pennsylvania. I by sitdowners, the "coal barons" are Day by day, month by month, great iuvgins the governor to restrain the truckloads of "black diamonds" j workers. All are now agreed "some rumble down the highways of the:thi11; must be done about it." Keystone state, giving ominous warn-, on the governor's commission, ing that an economic crisis may be , dedicated to amicable settlement of fast approaching t'e hard-hit anthra- j the bootleg question, are the follow cite region. 'ing men: Dr. James W. Angell, New "Bootleg" coal, child of the de-,York econcunist; Morris L.. Ernst, pression, has grown to tremendous wbo drafted Crovernor Lehman's New proportions, and now that times arc ypr banking and insurance legisla better. legal owners of the ravished j tion ; Harrison Hoblitzelle. head of mines are demanding that it be given! William R. Lynett, Scranton pub legislative attention. i Usher, and William Jett Lauck, 25. COO "Bootleggers" Washington mining engineer, w ho During the dark days of 1900-34. ; serves as chairman. coal operators began permitting un- employed miners to "borrow" enough SURPRISED ON EIRTHDAY fuel to heat their homes. As their j funds gave out, the men started sell-1 Melvin R. Todd selected the an ing the coal to others, and now the ' i.iversary of J. Sterling Morton to illegitimate industry has reached an,tv torn, so ihe"ir anniversaries come estimated annual size of more thanjon the fame day. The fact of the 4.000.0CO tons. j passing of this dual anniversary was How to remedy the situation, injimovn to a number of the friends, which an estimated 2-". 000 miners' who get together and went to the are engaged, is the problem of Gov-:h-rnC of Mr. odd for a most pleas ernor Earle's newly-created anthra-jant evening with pinochle and social cite coal commission. Gravity of the , conversation. There were also an present crisis was emphasized by the j abundance of eats to help make the governor when he told the commis- occasion a successful one. sion: "This is the greatest conflict j The friends all joined in extend- between moral and property rights; iag congratulations and best wishes in history of the state." ;;. Mr. Todd on this anniversary of Oddest aspect of the bootleg in-' his birth and Arbor day. a nation- dustry is its open conduct. Despite : wide holiday in honor of J. Sterling the combined protest oi operators.; .Morton, wno was horn years railroads, and residents of under j ago last Thursday mined towns, the stripping and haul- Those who were present to enjoy ing proceed. the evening and greet their friend In some communities deputy sher- were Robert Schanoutt. Jr. and wife, iffs have made arrests, but their cases , R. S. Karn and wife. Mr. and Mrs. have been tossed out of court by,L. B. Todd, Elmer Rasohm, Richard iuries svmnathetic to the miners, j Schanoutt. Sr.. and wife of Nebraska With local authorities handicapped City and Hazel Bonlinsday by public opinion, the governor has! been called on to bring in state troop-j Rooms or fipartments can be ers. This he has so far refused to; rented through our Want Ad de- do. fearing bloodshed. Fred Marquardt was Omaha last Monday to business matters. Morris Ruge and wife Luge were guests of L'nion last Sunday. Earl Morley and family of Auburn spent last Sunday at the home of Mr. Morley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morley. Albert Ereuner and E. J. Hal! :i'c:ni were in Lincoln last Monday, ::oing to visit thttir friend, Henry Y. chlers, at the hospital. William Wolfe was a visitor in Nehawka Monday of last week, driv ing fiver to see some of his friends and look after business matters. Fred Marquardt has planted a Isrce area to strawberries, securing neveral thousand plant?, as it takes a large number of them to cover an acre. Pr'StmnstAr W TT nrr ri rrl wp.p called to Nebraska City last Tuesday to look ri'ter business matters and :!so visited with friends while t! ere. Clarence E. Tefft oi Weeping Water was in Lincoln last Monday, going to visit his son. Ward Tefft. who is a student at the University of Nebraska. The telephone girls report an ad option to the users of phone service, a. new phone having been installed tor Ervin Steinhoff who operates the tnam station. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilcox and family, of Beatrice, wore guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. Hallstrom last Sunday. Mrs. Wilcox and Mrs. Hallstrom are sisters. Mrs. Bedella Stander, of Louisville mother of Mrs. Fred Marquardt, spent a number of days last week in Avoca as a guest at the home of her daughter, remaining over the week end and returning home Monday. Dr. J. W. Brendel was a caller at the Bryan Memorial hospital in Lin coln Tuesday of last week, going to see how his patient, Harry Wohl- ers was progressing, as he was very sick after his operation for a bursted appendix. partment. Cost is small. t t ' - ,V ' " ' i- - n $ l - ' 1 HS I Geraldine McGreevy Selected "most attractive fresh man co-ed" at Washington State college, Pullman, Wash., Geraldine McGreevy rules over the annual publications ball at the college. Miss McGreevy. a 21-year-old bru nette from Tekoa, Wash., was se lected as the prettiest by Bing Crosby, screen actor, in the final judging. Ivloving Back to Farm Mr. and Mrs. Marius Neilson. who nave been making their home in Nehawka. visited Sunday evening at the home of the parents of Mrs. Neilson. Ernest Sailing and wife. Mr. Neilson remained to look after some business matters the following day. The Neilsons are planning tc move back to the farm near Avoca soon. To Reside in South Mrs. Joseph F. Sindelar and the children of Omaha were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. Hallstrom for a number of days dur ing the past week. The ladies arc sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Sindelar ex nect to leave soon for Lake Worth, Florida, where the father of the two ladies, Robert Propst, resides, and will make their home in the south. eration, his condition became very irrave and his temperature ran as .hich as 107 . He is being given the best of medical care and expert nursing, but still his condition re mains most serious. Seth Voyles Still Sick Seth Vovles. who has been con- tined to his bed for a number of months following a stroke of paraly sis, is still very poorly. His brother in-law, J. H. Seacat, who resided here formerly, but who has been making his home at Fleming, Colo., tor a number of years, came in last week to visit his brother-in-law as well as meet his many old friends in this community. Home from Hospital Mrs. Lloyd Behrnes, who has been at an Omaha hospital where she re cently underwent an operation, was able to be brought home the first of last week and is showing continued improvement, which is good news to lur many friends. Harry Wohlers Very Sick Harry Wohlers was taken with an attack of acute appendicitis which caused him great suffering. He was hurried to the Bryan Memorial hos pital in Lincoln for treatment" and an operation. The appendix had be come ruptured, making the case a very severe one. Following his op- State Legislator Lives in Trailer at Capital r J " ztu tr k "St!; J - - vi a f lfJl Relieved to be the first "trailer legislator" in his tory. Moris F. Burgess transported his home on wheels to the state capital at Augusta. Me., from his home in Rumf ord Center when the state legis- .eni into session and set up housekeeping capitoi witn Mrs. Burgess, above.. J his home i j lature we I near the Otituary cf Mrs. Bartell Mary Emshoff was born in Han over, Germany, on August S, 1S57 She came to the I nited Mates in liGS, and with others of the fam ily lived at Richland Center, Wis consin, until the fall of 1S74 when another move was made and they settled near Avoca. Nebr. Marv Emshoff was confirmed in and united with the German Luth eran church at North Branch dur in"- its first pastorate, with Rev Naumann in charge. The same year on November 9. IS SO, she was unit ed in marriage to Fred Bartell and lived on the farm in the same com munity until 1SSD, when her hus 1 and entered the grain elevator business at Avoca. Their home has been in the village of Avoca ever since. Mrs. Bartell, though a member of the Lutheran church, has for many years been an active and very help ful member of the Avoca Congre gational Ladies Aid Society. Her home and garden reveal a love for hfe and beauty in the generous varietv of flowering plants and shrubs. Craduallv failing in health and strength, she passed on the after noon of Tuesday, April 13, 1937 .Two sisters. Mrs. Ludwig and Mrs Hasremann. have preceded her in death. Besides her husband, Fred Bar tell, there is a brother Fred Ems hoff, of Avoca. Nebr., and a sister Mrs. Heins. of Minnesota, together with many nieces and nephews, as well as a large number of friends and neighbors living to share th loss of a loved one departed. Funeral services were held on April 15 from the family home and the Congregational church of Avoca with interment in the Avoca ceme tery. By special request of the de ceased, Rev. J. M. Kokjer, an old friend of the family, conducted the services. His topic was "Our Citi zenship is in Heaven. Music was rendered by a mixed quartette. The pall bearers were six nephews. The floral tributes were very profuse A large audience was present show regard for the family and bi a final farewell to the loved one de parted. MANLEY NEWS Miss Mary Murphy returned to nr home Monday after spending the v inter in Omaha. Herman Rauth is the possessor of a new V-S and John Kruger is also reported to have bought one. Mrs. O. E. McDonald was a visi tor at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Meyers, of Ashland Sat urday. John Stander, Theodore Harms and Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rauth tuade business trips to Omaha dur ing the past week. Mrs. Etta Moore and Margaret, j Mrs. Art Hansen and daughter Gwendolyn were guests of the O. E. McDonald family the first of the v eek. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haws were .'.own to their farm in Kansas, to visit at the home of their son, who is handling the farm this year, and were well pleased with the way ti.tngs were looking. John C. Rauth drove to Omaha Saturday morning to meet Mrs. who was returning from a week's vsit in Chicago. While there. Mrs. Pauth was a guest at the Sullivan Griffin wedding on April 13th. Miss Teresa Rauth was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Bergman last Sunday, enjoying the hne dinner that was served as well as a visit with the Bergman family. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Joy of Alta ista, Kansas, who have been spend lg the winter in New York, were visiting at the (J. E. McDonald home Monday. O. E. is a nephew of the .Toys. Fay Kestard, of Atchison, Kansas, was a guest at the home of his brother-in-law, David Brann and family, several days last week, and ' also enjoyed the opportunity of re newing acquaintance with many of his old friends in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Albee and Mrs. John Arras of Lincoln and Mr. anfl Mrs. V. Mockenhaupt of Alvo pent Sunday at the C. E. Mocken haupt home. Mr. Mockenhaupt has improved enough to be able to si' out of doors for a short time each ny Twenty ladies of Manley and vicinity were guests ot lrs. waitei Mockenhaupt last Thursday at an e'ectric demonstration given by the Nebraska Power company. Lunch as served and attractive door prizes awarded to the lucky winners. Th hostess received a beautiful lamp. Mrs. O. E. McDonald of Manley and Mrs. Robert R. McDonald of Nehawka attended a bridal shower at Creenwood Saturday in honor of Miss Julia Colman of Lincoln and Ralph Meyers, of Greenwood, given bv Mrs. Poteet of Lincoln and Blanch Hoig of Greenwood. Our stock of legal blanks Is most complete. r- 1. : L. . . . 1 an V1 V4 Milady should find interest in these new creations. u.tr York at summer millinery preview. At the left is the ' . tournament", a Victorian bonnet of chartreuse trimr pansife. - At the right is the "Saturday mghf . a ?mk-..oxvticu open- crown toaue. Omaha Wednesday of las look the town over. They good many places of interest and en joyed their day away from the class room very much. Met at Syracuse The blacksmiths of Cass, Otoe and Lancaster counties held a meeting at Syracuse last Sunday and perfect ed an organization. Other meetings will be held from time to time to discuss matters of interest to their trade. Many who attended the Syra cuse meeting were accompanied by their wives. Those from Cass coun ty included Anton Auserwald, the Manley blacksmith, Herbie Kuntz of Nehawka. and Eugene Ledwick of Weeping Water. Injured by Road Machine Elmer Mann, better known as "Pete," was injured at Gresham as he was attempting to start the ele vating portion of the road machine with which he was working. From reports received here, it seems that his clothing became tangled in the machine and he was drawn through the elevator which carries dirt to the wagons when grading is being done. He was taken to a hospital in York, for a leg operation and is re ported getting along very nicely tut avers he .would just as soon go over Niagara Falls in a barrel as be drawn through the road machine tgain. Enjoyed Their Sneak Day The students of the ninth and tenth grades of the Manley schools under the sponsorship of Mrs. Stall man, one of the teachers, went to Returned to the Hospital Conant Wiles, who spent some time at the- hospital recently, re turning home last week, went back nst week to have the physicians check up on his case and keep m touch with the progress he is mak- ng toward recovery. st week to i 7" . 7 J y visited a Heater ound in the Missouri River Thursday Workers on Missouri River Improve ment Project Discover Body Near Mouth of Pappio Creek. Celebrated Wedding: Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tlauth were lests last Sunday at the home, of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hansen, all enjoying a very pleasant day and an excellent dinner as well. The occa sion was the fifteenth wedding an niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Hansen. There were a large number of other fr'ends at the gathering to extend greetings and best wishes for many years of happy wedded life to come. Mrs. Hanson was formerly Miss Balda Nelson. CLUBWOMEN'S SESSIONS END Wahoo, Neb. The rourth district convention of the Nebraska feder ation of women's clubs, closed here Thursday. Xew officers were not elected and the site of the next con vention was not chosen. Speakers at the closing session were Mrs. M. E. Scott of North Platte, general federation director; Mrs. Walter Kiechel of Tecumseh, state vice president; Mrs. Gladys Bradley of Lincoln, state director of education; Mrs. Scott Miller of Dill er, district vice president and Mrs. Clara Butts of Burwell, state chair man of the junior department. The Bethany college a capella choir Sf Lindsborg, Kas., sang at the afternoon session under the direc tion of Dr. Hagbard Brass. Dorchester was named winner of the-fourth district publicity contest, with Hebron, second, and Carleton, third. Nearly 300 registered for the convention. Late Thursday afternoon Abe Simons, a worker on the Missouri river improvement project, discover ed near the mouth of the Fapphf creek the body of a young man float ing in the Missouri river and where the body had apparently been for some time. The body was towed to shore and last night was brought to this eity and placed in charge of the Stnicht funeral home to await burial. The body had apT-arently bm In the water for some time as it was clothed in heavy winter garments, a heavy zipper jacket and rep and the man also was wearing two pair of pants. The body was oiii- of a comparative young man but had no marks of identification on it. a small cheap penknife wj.s the only article to be found in the poiktts of th- man. County Attorney .1. A. Cap well waa notified of the fin-iinc: of the body and communicated with the Omaha police department r. s lo any o:i from that city who rr.iirl". t have been miss ing in recent months. GIRL BITTEN BY MAD DOG WEDS FATHER-IN-LAW Jamestown, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Lawson Howard found herself the grandmother and great grandmother of the same four children. Mrs. How ard has just returned from a wed ding trip with her husband, Matthew J. Howard. She was the widow of Howard's son, George. BRUCE PAYNE DIES Ponca. Neb. Phyllis p.aben. 12. was treated for rabies altr ;. n exam ination of the head of a 5ri: which bit her showed it was infected. Own ers of dogs here wee ordered to tie or muzzle their r.rimals. Nashville, Tenn. Bruce Ryburn Payne, 63, who built George Pea body college for teachers into a na tionally known institution, died of a heart attack. una to I CLEAN and WHITEN TEETH with Calox, the Oxygen tooth powder which penetrates to the hidden crevices between the teeth. Pleasant, Refreshing, Protects the gums and is economical to use. TRY CALOX AT OUR EXPENSE What Calox will do for your teeth is easily demonstrated by you in your own home at our expense. Simply fill in the coupon with your name and address and mail it to us. 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